Google Pixel 2 XL “Muskie” May Be Cancelled, is “Taimen” the New Pixel 2 XL?
We’ve known about the Google Pixel 2 XL, codenamed “Muskie”, for some time now. It was supposed to be the…
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800 Android Apps on Google Play Store Infected with “Xavier” Malware, Downloaded Millions of Times
800 Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store were found to have been infected…
Google Pixel 2 XL Might See This Important Change, Snapdragon 835 Expected
According to a GFXBench listing for a “PixelXL2” device, it shows that the new Google Pixel 2 XL that’s expected…
Nexus 6P and 5X Android Upgrade Support Ends Sep. 2017; Security Support Ends 2018
Google has just validated its stand on supporting Android smartphones with OS updates for two years after the device’s launch…
Are Your Smart Speakers Secure and Private? Echo, Home, HomePod, Invoke
It’s great to have a digital assistant sitting in your home waiting to do your bidding, but most users of…
Don’t Expect Big Things from iOS 11 or Android O, It’s Not about the OS Anymore
Whether you’re on a developer beta build of iOS 11 or the new developer preview 3 for Android O, you’ll…
Apple HomePod Unveiling Could be Disastrously Premature: Advantage Amazon and Google?
Apple is only making its Siri-controlled HomePod smart speaker available sometime in December 2017, so why did they showcase the device…
Siri and Google Assistant on Amazon Echo? Amazon Exec: “We’re Open to That.”
Amazon’s senior vice president of devices, David Limp, says that the company is open to talking with Apple and Google…
Two Big Features Google Chrome 59 Brings to Android Devices
A day after rolling out Google Chrome 59 for desktops, Google has started the roll-out to Android users. The Android roll-out, as…
Google Chrome Extension to Control your Facebook News Feed, Block Unwanted Topics
I’m sure you have some delightful friends on Facebook, but does that mean you need to go through every single…
Partial Google Home Outage Points to Larger Implications for the Future of Smart Homes
An unspecified number of Google Home users were faced with a simple problem last weekend, when the digital assistant refused…
Google Chrome Native Ad Blocker (Coming 2018) Will Even Block Its Own ‘AdSense’ Creatives
In an attempt to “clean up the web,” Google is launching a Google Chrome native ad blocker next year to…
Waymo Lyft Partnership Potentially Worth 12 Percent of Alphabet’s Valuation: Morgan Stanley
Analysts from Morgan Stanley have calculated that Waymo’s partnership with Lyft on self-driving technology could put the Alphabet spun-off company’s…
Google Chrome Flaw Allows Sites to Hack Your Webcam and Mic, Google Says it’s NOT a Flaw
AOL developer Ran Bar-Zik told Google on April 10, 2017 that a Google Chrome vulnerability allowed websites to record video…
Google Search is Getting More “Personal”, Literally
If you’re already using Google’s many web-based applications, like Gmail, Google Docs and so on, you’ll find the new “Personal”…