Keeping Current
Google to Add Casting to TV Sets, Starting with Vizio
New Vizio TVs won’t have to be smart to stream online services like Netflix and Hulu. “Google is getting ready to take casting beyond...
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Google’s Pixel C Tablet Lands With Marshmallow
Google’s Pixel C, promoted as the first Android tablet “built end-to-end” by the Internet giant, debuted on the Google Store at $499 plus $149...
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Google App Turns Smartphone Into VR Camera
Google released a Cardboard Camera app that turns Android phones into virtual-reality cameras. Users hold out the phone in front of them as they...
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Will Google Merge Android With Chrome OS?
Google plans to merge its mobile Android OS with its Chrome OS for computers, giving laptop users access to the Google Play store and...
Home Automation
Google’s OnHub Wi-Fi Router Gets A Sibling
Google’s OnHub Wi-Fi router is getting a companion. The $219 Asus-made OnHub will join the $199 OnHub made by TP-LINK and launched in the...
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Microsoft’s CE Products Get Almost As Much Respect As Apple’s
Consumer perceptions of Microsoft’s consumer electronics products are on the upswing, and the company “appears ripe to disrupt Apple’s hold across markets” thanks to...
Keeping Current
Doodle 4 Google Contest Kicks Off
Prizes include college scholarships, school grants and a trip to visit Google’s HQ. “Google flavors its home page with doodles that commemorate significant people...
Keeping Current
Twitter Just Hired Google’s $130 Million Man
While Twitter has a loyal user base, this base is exceptionally small when compared with the other social media giants. New CEO Jack Dorsey...
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Interbrand: Apple & Google Are Global MVPs
The two companies topping Interbrand’s annual valuable brands list will likely come as little surprise to anyone who regularly reads TWICE. Apple won and...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Google’s New Chromecast: Watch Out Roku & Apple TV
Google’s new $35 Chromecast could pose an even larger threat to cord-cutting rivals Roku, Apple and Amazon. “The new Chromecast brings enhancements in hardware...
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Google’s New Chromecast Audio Dongle Wants To Replace Bluetooth Streaming
Google is making a major inroad into wireless multiroom audio with a $35 Chromecast Audio dongle. It’s also launching the first Google-built tablet and...
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New Mobile Devices, Streamer On Way From Google?
New Nexus-branded smartphones, a new Nexus-branded tablet and a new Nexus streaming-media player could be in store from Google on Sept. 29, when it...
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Google Begins Android Pay Release
Google’s answer to Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and any other mobile payment platform has begun to roll out to Android phones. The company said...
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Google Rolls Out Android Wear For iOS
Google today began to roll out Android Wear for iOS, which initially works with the LG Watch Urbane, but Android Wear smart watches will...
Home Automation
Google’s OnHub Is A Wi-Fi Router & Smart Home Hub
Google really wants to be the hub in your home. The search giant, which just wrapped up last week’s Alphabet headline hoopla, unveiled the...
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Amazon Tops Media-Streamer Market In Q1
Boston — Amazon’s Fire TV is tops in market share for digital media streaming devices in the U.S., according to the latest Strategy Analytics...
IP Set-Top Boxes
As Cord-Cutting Flourishes, Pay-TV Providers Adapt
LONDON — As consumers increasingly flock to overthe- top video solutions in an effort to save money and “cut the cord,” traditional pay-TV providers...
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Google Launches Low-Cost Wireless ‘Fi’ Service
Mountain View, Calif. – Google became an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) today with the beta launch of low-cost wireless Fi service that connects...
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History Of The Smart Watch
The smart watch is a concept that harkens back to the era when pagers were a top-selling mass-market consumer electronics product. Here’s a look...
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Verizon Takes Aim Against Regulation
Bedminster, N.J. — Google’s reported plan to become an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) reselling Sprint and T-Mobile service “is another prime example of...
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Google Readies Modular Smartphone
New York – Google will roll out its long-awaited Ara modular smartphone in Puerto Rico in the second half through two wireless carriers to...
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Carriers Revealing Plans For Nexus 6
New York – Carriers have begun disclosing their plans for the industry’s first Android smartphone running the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. Sprint will make...
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Google Unveils Lollipop Devices, TV Streamer
Mountain View, Calif. – The first phone and tablet with Android 5.0 Lollipop OS will be the Motorola-made Nexus 6 smartphone with 6-inch display...
Computers
Toshiba Crushes Skulls For Chromebook 2 Retail Sendoff
New York – Toshiba America Information Systems (TAIS) gave its new Chromebook 2 family a special sendoff, Skullcandy-style, Thursday with a rocking Manhattan gala...
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LG To Expand Smart Watch Line
Seoul – LG will go to the Sept. 5-10 IFA show in Berlin with its second Android Wear smartwatch, this one promoted as the...
Financial
Motorola Q2 Sales Soar
Mountain View, Calif. — Google’s Motorola unit boosted second-quarter revenues by 73.3 percent to $1.73 billion, following a first-quarter gain of 42 percent to...
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Android TV To Refine OS For Big Screen Use
Mountain View, Calif. – After an aborted attempt behind Google TV several years ago, the mobile device and search engine giant resurfaced Wednesday with...
Blogs
Tech Brands Ranked Most Valuable Globally
The top four most valuable brands in the world are technology companies, according to a new study conducted by Millward Brown, with Google displacing...
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