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Watch Google’s I/O keynote live right here

Are you ready for some major news on all things Google? Google is kicking off its annual I/O developer conference today. The conference starts at 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM on the East Cost, 6 PM in Lon

Google plans to bring password-free logins to Android apps by year-end

Google’s plan to eliminate passwords in favor of systems that take into account a combination of signals – like your typing patterns, your walking patterns, your current location, and mo

Houzz wins “Best App” at the inaugural Google Play Awards

Interior design and decorating resource Houzz is the overall best Android app of the year, according to Google, which this evening announced the results of the first-ever Google Play Awards at its de

Android apps can now react to your environment

What if the apps on your phone knew where you were, what you were doing, what’s nearby, and even what the weather was like outside, and then combined this information to react intelligently to y

Google Play installs reached 65 billion last year

How big is the Android app ecosystem? Google gave an update on this today at its Google I/O Developer conference, when VP of Engineering Dave Burke announced 65 billion installs from Google Play ove

Google unveils its Amazon Echo competitor, a smart speaker called Google Home

At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today unveiled a new hardware device and competitor to Amazon Echo, a portable speaker powered by voice assistance technology called Google Home. The de

Google Now Comes Online (Well, Its Homepage Does)

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/landing/now/">Google Now</a>, the smart personal search assistant <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/google-now">announced yesterday at Google I/