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Google: Developers, Stop Draining Android Battery

Google is asking Android developers to be good citizens.

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Google’s Fragmentation Problem

Google may have to deal with growing unrest among Android developers who are becoming frustrated at the operating system’s fragmentation between hardware and software versions, according to a report by.

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Google Amazon River Basin View

Last summer, a team of Google employees traveled to the Amazon river basin with boats, tricycles and panoramic cameras to photograph the environment and local villages. This week, that wealth of material was incorporated into Google Street View, the 360 degree perspective available beyond the most zoomed-in level of the company’s map service, Google Maps.

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Chrome Has Its Day (Singular) In The Sun

Google’s Chrome browser briefly became the world’s most popular browser on Sunday, temporarily unseating rival Internet Explorer.

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FBI Can’t Crack Android; Taps Google To Sidestep 5th Amendment

The Federal Bureau of Investigation raised some eyebrows this week when it tacitly admitted it couldn’t get past the pattern lock on an Android handset, by serving Google with a.

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Google Tweaks Gmail Buttons For More Accessible Design

Google announced today that they would reinstate the option to view words on buttons instead of icons in Gmail, partially in response to complaints by users with visual impairment. “Some.

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Google Hires Kevin Rose, Milk Team

Google has hired entrepreneur Kevin Rose, who will begin work for the company almost immediately. Rose is best known for starting early social link sharing site Digg, which has fallen.

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Google Plus: Homogenization And Its Discontents

Veteran Apple interface designer Andy Hertzfeld has enjoyed outsize influence on the latest generation of Google design changes. Hertzfeld made his name in Silicon Valley working with Steve Jobs and.

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Google Integrates Docs With Google+ Hangouts

Google has announced that the full Google Docs suite is now fully integrated with Google+ Hangouts. The integration means that Google Doc users will now have the option to video chat with.

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Chrome, Firefox To Support Windows 8 Metro

Google will release a version of the popular Chrome browser for Windows 8’s tablet-oriented Metro user interface, according to recent reports. Metro is a design language originally developed by Microsoft.

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