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Here’s what we love and hate about Google Podcasts app on Android

After Google announced plans to sprinkle its Play Music offering into YouTube’s video cauldron to create YouTube Music, you’d think the company would continue…

Robbie Williams (and his World Cup middle finger) spikes Google Search traffic

If you were expecting Will Smith to open the 2018 World Cup in Russia this evening, don’t worry, we were too. Instead a British…

Yes, YouTube is ‘experimenting’ with users’ subscriptions feed

Hold onto your hats, folks. Google’s fixing what isn’t broken again. Facebook did it. Instagram followed. Even Twitter’s done it to an extent. So…

Here’s why Google thinks doubters will love YouTube Music

Google’s taking a big gamble with its new YouTube Music streaming project. The company’s lumping Google Play Music with YouTube’s wealth of music in…

Google’s YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now official

If something’s not broken and doesn’t need fixing, trust Google to provide a solution. The firm did this with its messaging services — now…

YouTube now ranks the world’s hottest tracks in its ‘music charts’

YouTube might be a video streaming service first and foremost, but it’s also the world’s most popular music distribution tool. So with that in…

Google launches Android Experiments to showcase app creativity

If nothing else, it appears that apps are going to make us magicians who can flatten landscapes with a tap on our device screens….

Google easter egg pays homage to Silicon Valley TV show

After yesterday’s Alphabet announcement, an umbrella group to all Google-owned companies, it began to emerge that the internet giant had hidden something in the…

Google: Android Lollipop adoption hits 18.1%, KitKat 39.3%

Google did not disclose Android adoption numbers for June. There was no explanation as to why that was, but now it has released new…

Google Translate adds 20 more languages, makes voice translation faster and smoother

Google Translate has received an update, adding 20 more languages. Now users can instantly translate up to 27 languages, making the program available to…

Google Now lets you dictate WhatsApp, WeChat messages on the go

Google has introduced an new feature to Google Now that makes it easier to send an instant message without actually having to type them…

Google revamps Google+, ends YouTube integration

Hard as it tried, Google could never make Google+ cool, no matter how many features it added. And now, it seems, the Mountain View-based…

Slack integrates with Google calendar to remind you of events

As of today office communication tool Slack will come with Google calendar integrations, allowing events to automatically post reminders inside Slack channels. At any…

Google brings My Maps to Google Drive

Today, Google Drive is even getting better. Google announced that My Maps is coming to Google Drive. My Maps, though not hugely popular with…

Google introduces News Lab, a project to birth journalists on steroids

Google has announced a new project called News Lab, designed to give journalism more power. The site is a new effort by the company…

Google’s Project Soli is an innovation from the distant future brought to the present

Google’s ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) department has been working on something very special. Called Project Soli, the technology could completely change how we…

YouTube’s new ‘Music Insights’ tells artist in which city they are most popular

YouTube has introduced a new tool for artists. Called Music insights, its function is to give artists data about where their music is being…

Google refreshes, reinforces its user privacy and security settings

Google has rolled out two improvements to its privacy and security tools in a bid to give users more flexible options. There’s now a…

Google explains the design philosophy behind Material Design [video]

It’s been a few days since Google I/O 2015 ended but just hours after the annual shindig, Google gave its website a Material Design…

Controversial Google, Oracle case could put future API usage in jeopardy

Both Google and Oracle are tech giants and their technology is ingrained into our everyday lives. The latter company owns the Java platform, which…

Tweets will now start showing up in your Google search results

From today, Tweets will start showing up on Google Search on mobile devices. When users are searching on the Google app or any browser…

Weekly Round Up #22: #AskMmusi, Instacart, Gaming villains and humans crash into self driving cars

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas,…

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