January 14, 2016 Google Cardboard gets 'spatial audio' support Today's updates allow Cardboard VR apps to "produce sound the same way humans actually hear it."
January 8, 2016 Smartphone industry embraces anti-theft measures, but some lawmakers say it’s not enough Pretty much all the leading smartphone makers have signed a pledge to pre-load anti-theft software – or have it ready to be downloaded – onto their mobile devices from July next year. Similar software is already offered by some manufacturers, including Apple with its Find My iPhone app.
January 6, 2016 Google Translate 'technical error' labels Russia as evil kingdom of 'Mordor' Russia is home to the Lord of the Rings’ fiery, evil kingdom of Mordor, and its foreign minister is a “sad little horse,” according to a Google Translate “technical error” that left the search giant scrambling.
December 30, 2015 The weirdest tech stories of 2015 In 2015, we were never in short supply of the odd, astonishing, and just plain weird tech stories.
December 30, 2015 Google Glass redux: High-Tech wearable gets ready for business Google Glass is alive and well, and it could be coming to a workplace near you
December 29, 2015 Comcast gigabit service goes live: No Google killer yet Comcast's Internet service isn't yet ready to match the speeds that Google Fiber offers, but the cable giant just took a big step toward taking on Google.
December 23, 2015 Google testing password-free login system Google has invited a small group of users to help test a new password-free way to sign into their accounts.
December 23, 2015 Google's state-of-the-art media center a major draw at Republican convention Massage chairs. Treadmill desks. A giant touch screen allowing users to watch the convention and a crisis response center tracking Tropical Storm Isaac. Those are just some of the innovative features you’ll find inside Google’s official media center at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
December 20, 2015 NSA secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers worldwide, new report claims Massive cloud networks from companies like Google and Yahoo cache and serve up much of the data on the Internet -- and the NSA has secretly tapped into the unencrypted links behind those company’s enormous servers, according to a new report from the Washington Post.
December 20, 2015 California issues testing permits for driverless cars German automakers Audi and Mercedes-Benz will join Google as the first three firms sanctioned to test driverless cars on California’s public roads.