Products
Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1 Billion: What It Means for Apple Watch – Tom’s Guide Report
Google could start making its own wearables
Wearables
Google owner Alphabet wants to buy Fitbit, report says
Pixel watch – or Pixel fitness trackers?
Keeping Current
Redefining The Next Generation Of Human Machine Interaction: A Q&A With Mobvoi: TechRadar Pro
From a Chinese startup to an AI giant
Blogs
Google Nest Rebrand Kick-Starts The Next Chapter Of A Smart-Home Evolution
Google Home and related devices have a 24% market share as of January 2019
Products
Google Unveils Stadia Gaming Platform
Google has thrown its hat into the game-streaming ring.
Industry
Warren Outlines Plan To Cut Amazon, Google, Facebook Down To Size
Would include classifying Big Tech as 'platform utilities'
Products
Nest Of Spies? Senators Query Google On Undisclosed Mics
Want to know if there are any other undisclosed mics in Google products
Products
88% Of Smart Speaker Owners Have One Of Amazon’s
But almost half say they would look to Bose, Samsung or Sonos for next one
Industry
CEDIA Keynote: Integrators Poised For Content Revolution
And ready to reap the "spoils of war."
Retailing
BrandSource Launching Local Marketing Initiative
Bringing “hometown” dealer tool to next week’s convention.
Industry
Tech Industry Assails Trump Immigration Policy
“Not who we are as a nation,” CTA’s Shapiro says
Products
Alexa, Google Assistant On A Collision Course
Amazon holds the lead in voice-assisted devices, but Google will catch up this year, says Futuresource
Products
Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
Keeping Current
Amazon Makes Peace Offering To Google
Amazon is ready to bury the hatchet by bringing back Google’s Chromecast streaming devices after a two-year absence.
Keeping Current
Amazon-Google War Goes Hot
Google will block access to YouTube via Amazon’s Fire TV and Echo Show devices beginning Jan. 1.
Keeping Current
Is Google Paving The Way For ‘The Terminator’s Skynet?
Google has created an AI program that creates its own machine learning systems, and does it better than humans could.
Retailing
Let’s Get Physical
Wasn’t too long ago that pundits predicted the end of physical storefronts.
Retailing
Google Giving AVB/BrandSource A Local Shopping Boost
AVB/BrandSource is flexing its same-day/next-day delivery muscles through a new venture with Google and in cooperation with the buying group’s top vendors. Under the...
Keeping Current
Google Retail Alliance Targets Amazon
Target is deepening its year’s-long shopping partnership with Google. The expansion will allow the discounter’s customers to order by voice via Google Assistant, and could conceivably extend...
Products
Sengled Element Bulbs Now Compatible With Google Assistant
Sengled announced its Element smart energy-efficient LED light bulbs now offer voice control using Google Assistant. The voice commands will work with Google Assistant...
News
Google Steps Up The Competition
Everyone loves a good race between worthy opponents. It’s your favorite college football team against its arch rival, it’s your favored politician against the...
Products
Google Takes On Amazon Dot With New Home Mini
Google unveiled a its new lineup of retail hardware products Wednesday, led by a new Pixel 2 lineup that will compete with new smartphones...
Products
Amazon Invading Apple’s Ecosystem With Its Echo Smart Speakers
Smartphone users seem to be taking sides in the Amazon vs. Google smart speaker race. New analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates...
Keeping Current
It’s Amazon Vs. Google In The Battle For The Smart Home
With Amazon unleashing a bumper crop of Echo devices last week and Google unveiling its own array of new devices today, the battle lines are...
Products
Bose Builds Google Assistant Into QC35 II Headphones
Bose became the first headphones manufacturer to integrate Google Assistant into a pair of headphones. The company also introduced a new pair of...
Keeping Current
Wither HTC, Now That Google Bought Half Its Brain Trust?
Three years after Google sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo and outsourced its smartphone biz, the company is reassuming direct control of its handset destiny with the $1.1 billion...
Keeping Current
Leaked Images & Details Of $49 Google Home Mini Publish
The Home Mini is clearly Google’s answer to the wildly popular Amazon Echo Dot. Despite carrying the same price point, Google is nonetheless faced...
Products
Alphabet Spells P-R-O-F-I-T
Alphabet’s revenue continues its upward streak as the Android, Google and YouTube parent saw second-quarter earnings growth of 21 percent year over year. The...
Industry
Google Goes Deeper Into AI At I/O Conference
CE manufacturers most often make headlines by announcing new hardware or software products — which is great if you can sell them. Less frequently,...
Products
Logitech Links Harmony Line With Google Home
Logitech’s Harmony hub-based devices are now compatible with Google Assistant, providing voice control for the Harmony Elite, Harmony Companion and Harmony Hub within the...