Google Touts New Smartphone, Pixel

Google Touts New Smartphone, Pixel

Google has devised their “first phone made by Google inside and out.” Some of Google Pixel’s features include rounded edges for better hand grips, 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4 (front display and back), an “aerospace grade aluminum body”, a Pixel Imprint, our fingerprint sensor and a long lasting battery that charges seven hours of battery time in fifteen minutes. Another…

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Think with Google

Think with Google

Think with Google is a tool that gives web and mobile developers the ability to test a site’s mobile-friendliness and “improve your mobile site to boost your business.” Go to Think with Google to try it. Update: Test My Site is no longer updated with new data and will be sunset soon.

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Google's New App, Duo

Google’s New App, Duo

With the popularity of Apple’s Facetime, Google has developed it’s own video calling app called Duo, “a simple 1-to-1 video calling app available for Android and iOS. Duo takes the complexity out of video calling, so that you can be together in the moment wherever you are.” A Google account is not required but rather a simple…

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U.S. House of Representatives IT Blocks Google and Yahoo

U.S. House of Representatives IT Blocks Google and Yahoo

For the last two weeks, an IT team from the U.S House of Representatives has effectively blocked representatives from using Yahoo Mail, Gmail and appspot.com, “the domain where Google hosts custom-built apps.” Purportedly since June 2015, Google’s appspot.com has been hosting a remote access trojan which is designed to extract personal information from users. Gmail and Yahoo…

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