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Google unleashes a flurry of new Android and Google Home features

Google has hosted its I/O 2017 conference this week, and the internet giant certainly has a lot to shout about.

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• 9 days ago

Google moves to claim a bigger piece of the IoT pie

Internet giant Google has launched Cloud IoT Core, a new service in its Google Cloud Platform designed to extend its capabilities to distributed devices.

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• 10 days ago

Europe under pressure to restrict power of mobile platforms

The ability of mobile platform owners to act as gatekeepers to the mobile consumer has been criticized by leading music streaming services in a letter to the European Commission.

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• 05 May 2017

Cash Cloud – AWS, Google and Azure are smashing it

AWS, Google and Azure has all reported healthy growth figures, with artificial intelligence forming the central role in the future of the platforms.

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• 28 Apr 2017

Mobile now accounts for the majority of US ad spend

We’ve been waiting for this moment for a while, but it has finally arrived. Mobile advertising now accounts for more than half of the total digital advertising spend across 2016.

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• 26 Apr 2017

Samsung capitulates to Google over music player

Starting with the Galaxy S8 the default music player on all new Samsung mobile devices will be Google Play Music, not Samsung’s own app.

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• 24 Apr 2017

Android’s Russian rebuke could have global implications

Google has reached a settlement with Russian authorities over claims it has been abusing Android’s dominant position, but that might not be the end of it.

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• 18 Apr 2017

Burger King advert hijacks Google Home Device

A new advert from Burger King threatens to irritate millions as the actor attempts to activate Google Home Devices to read the Wikipedia entry for its Whopper burger.

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• 13 Apr 2017

Google: You bring the artificial fish, we’ve got the intelligent chips

Google claims it has made a significant step forward in the delivering the reality of artificial intelligence after releasing details of its Tensor Processing Unit, a machine learning chip.

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• 06 Apr 2017

Google tries to bring peace to the Android galaxy

The owner of Android has created a patent-pooling scheme with the stated aim of ending patent litigation between Android OEMs.

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• 04 Apr 2017

Infographic: 68% think the telcos have missed the smart home boat

After the launch of Google Home in the UK, the Smart Home is starting to become a commercial reality, but can the operators recoup lost fortunes through this IoT segment?

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• 30 Mar 2017

Watch out, Google’s about

With operators in the UK continuing to scrap and scrimp to recoup the lost fortunes of yesteryear, search giant Google has sauntered across the pond and is looking to make a play for the smart home gateway.

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• 28 Mar 2017

US telcos escalate YouTube advertising boycott

Google’s attempts to contain its YouTube advertiser crisis seem to be failing with AT&T and Verizon both pulling all their ads from the platform.

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• 23 Mar 2017

Internet giants on the defensive from increasing calls to become censors

As the definitions of ‘hate speech’ and ‘fake news’ get broader, and the consequences of being associated with them become more severe, the internet is facing unprecedented levels of censorship.

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• 22 Mar 2017

Oreo, Ontbijtkoek or Orange curd? Google releases Android O developer preview

Google has released the first developer preview of the next mobile operating system, Android O, but has yet to choose its full puddingy name.

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• 22 Mar 2017

Can Bixby take the heat off Samsung?

In its ongoing quest to win back favour in the eyes of the safety-conscious consumer, Samsung has released a new virtual assistant known as Bixby.

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• 20 Mar 2017

Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Cisco join Google in DoJ data row

Google was looking very lonely in its fight against the US Department of Justice, but now fellow tech giants Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Cisco have come to the rescue.

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• 15 Mar 2017

Who might be in line to buy SoundCloud?

Audio self-publishing service SoundCloud is at the centre of a rumour frenzy after reports surfaced that it has been struggling to raise the $100 million it needs to survive.

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• 14 Mar 2017

Android put in the naughty corner again – this time in Turkey

Google has found itself in a bit of bother once again after Android has been called into question over antitrust concerns in Turkey, after a complaint from Yandex.

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• 07 Mar 2017

Salesforce, IBM, Google and Xiaomi all hit the AI button

With artificial intelligence proving to be the new go-to buzzword for marketers in 2017, Salesforce, IBM, Google and Xiaomi have all stepped up efforts in a variety of different ways.

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• 07 Mar 2017