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Google’s first keynote of year’s I/O 2012 was the bigger one; the company had introduced lot of stuffs: both software updates and hardware. The biggest news, the company unveiled was the Asus-branded Nexus 7 tablet. Google also announced Nexus Q, Android’s next instalment: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Further, Sergey Brin set the stage for some crazy skydiving...

Google today at its I/O 2012 event has announced that its new Chromebooks will be available in 100 US Best Buy stores. Beyond this, Google exec Sundar Pichai says that the devices will become available via more retailers in the near future. Discussing the new approach, the company said: Speed is integral to the Chrome experience. The new Chromebook and Chromebox,...

Back in April, Google unveiled Google Drive, today taking the service a step further, Google released Google Drive for iOS: both for iPhone and iPad. The app lets you save files for offline viewing, which is huge. The app is available starting today as the same way as Chrome for iOS available today. The company announced Chrome OS as well as offline editing for Docs,...

Google hit quite high with its Google Chrome active users number, but that’s not the only thing the company sharing today, Google just unveiled Chrome for iPhone, which is going to be arriving later today. The app features all of the tab syncing and credential syncing feature the company having in its Chrome for Android app. The app also has an incognito mode,...

Today at the second day of Google’s I/O 2012 event, the company’s SVP of Chrome and apps Sundar Pichai announced that Google Chrome reaches 310 million active users. Two years ago, Chrome had 70 million users, said Google. Just a year ago, the browser had grown to 160 million users and now that number has almost doubled again. Pitchai further covered the announcement of Chrome for Android and discussed the growth of internet traffic, which he says has reached 2.3 billion users while mobile users now account for 1 billion of those. Google...

Google yesterday at its Google’s I/O 2012 event, company’s Sergey Brin come out on stage as Moscone West all of sudden in order to deliver a demo of Google Glass. The Glass at that time was available for pre-order, but only for US-based I/O attendees as of now. It will cost $1,500 and will be shipped only early-next year. There was no word on when it will be...

Google yesterday during the day 1 of keynote at its I/O 2012 event had unveiled Google Now, the smart personal search assistant. The service has now come online; at least the landing page for the service has come online, with later more to add in coming days. Google Now gets you just the right information at just the right time. It tells you today’s weather before...

Google yesterday went ahead with turning the long rumoured stories of its Asus-branded Nexus 7 tablet down, and make it public in front of all, but there is one story that still many of us not know, that how this 7-inch device comes into existence. In order to bring the picture in front of all about the development of the tablet, Asus’ chairman Jonney Shih and...

With the announcement yesterday of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the next big hype is when and how this new version of Android will be available. The first one to get the update is all of the developer’s at Google’s I/O event. Google distributed the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 and the Nexus Q in which the Galaxy Nexus wasn’t running Android 4.1 but the update was...

Well, that was unexpected happens today at Google’s I/O 2012 event, company’s Sergey Brin come out on stage as Moscone West all of sudden in order to deliver a demo of Google Glass and what makes the whole demo was interesting, two things: first involvement of Google+ hangout conducted through their connected eyewear and it is a live skydiving demo. “Being...