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Dark Sky - Is it worth it?

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Every keystroke a Google Search™

Paul Miller May 19, 2016 12:33 pm05.19.2016 19

I like using Google to search the internet. Sometimes I'm looking for websites, and Google is a great place to find them. Of course, Google's only product isn't Google Search. They also do other things!...

This app lets rescue workers send offline alerts when disaster strikes

Amar Toor May 19, 2016 09:00 am05.19.2016

Communication is critical during any emergency, but whenever a natural disaster strikes, it's often unreliable. Congested cell phone networks and damaged infrastructure can make it difficult for rescue...

A mesh network for emergencies

Google's Awareness API can turn every Android app into a smart assistant

Vlad Savov May 19, 2016 10:12 am05.19.2016 2

Maybe the reason why Google isn't giving a formal name to its personal assistant software is that it's more than just one thing. Introduced at I/O this week is a new Android Awareness API that bundles all...

Privacy concerns? What privacy concerns?

Rawr’s the new messaging app that lets teens kick each other in the crotch

Tom Warren May 19, 2016 07:31 am05.19.2016 8

Usually my teenage daughter alerts me to the latest app trends that I'm not cool enough to discover, but I've unearthed something way before her today. While Google was busy launching 500 new messaging...

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Zuckerberg calls Facebook ‘a platform for all ideas’ after meeting with conservatives

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 07:39 pm05.18.2016 18

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with prominent US conservatives today to address concerns his social network was censoring news from right-leaning outlets. In a post published on his personal account,...

And namedrops Donald Trump and Fox News

Google is launching Family Library to let you share apps

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 05:46 pm05.18.2016 10

Google began sending letters to developers today notifying them of an upcoming feature called Family Library, according to a report from Android Police. Releasing on July 2nd, Family Library will let as...

With up to six family members

Poncho's playful weather app launches on Android

Jacob Kastrenakes May 18, 2016 03:00 pm05.18.2016 6

Somehow, Poncho is the only app genius enough to have a cartoon cat tell you about the weather. And now, fortunately, Android phone owners will be able to partake in that wonderful experience, too.

Also:...

Let a cat tell you about the weather

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Watch a video of Google's new video chat app Duo

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 02:32 pm05.18.2016 6

Google wanted its very own version of FaceTime, so the company built a video chat app called Duo. Announced today onstage at the I/O developer conference, Duo is a dead-simple and blazing fast way to start...

A new video chatting app

Android users have installed more than 65 billion apps from Google Play in the last year

Nick Statt May 18, 2016 02:08 pm05.18.2016

Google kicked off the Android segment of its I/O developer conference this year as it has in the past with a list of new facts and figures to tout. The company says more than 600 new Android phones have...

While 600 new Android phones have launched

Google Duo makes mobile video calls fast and simple

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:48 pm05.18.2016 65

Google is releasing a new video calling app later this summer. It's called Duo, and it's probably the fastest and simplest video calling app I've ever seen. Like its companion chat app, Allo, Duo is...

Mobile first, mobile only

Allo is a messaging app with Google built right in

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:33 pm05.18.2016 146

Google is announcing a new messaging app today. It's called Allo and its main feature is a Google assistant that's built right in. Google says it'll be available later this summer — for free — on both iOS...

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Google is making its assistant 'conversational' in two new ways

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:33 pm05.18.2016

Google would like to remind you that you can talk with it.

Today Google is announcing a "Google Assistant" that essentially performs the same tasks as other Google interfaces do, but in a conversational...

...but it isn't naming it
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