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Critics Take A Shine To Google Chromebooks

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.12.2011

Following Google's I/O event on Wednesday evening, Samsung showed off its new Series 5 Chromebooks, which pack 8.5 hours of battery life, a 12.1-inch ...

Critics See A Long Road Ahead For Google's Music Beta

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.11.2011

Music Beta, Google's cloud-based streaming music service, launched Tuesday at the Google I/O conference, and some lucky reviewers have received early ...

Google Debuts Chrome-Powered Laptops

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.11.2011

Google took the wraps off the Chromebook, the first consumer-facing laptop powered by the Chrome operating system. Following last year's Cr-48 pil...

'Angry Birds' Comes To Google Chrome

The Huffington Post | | Posted 07.11.2011

Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka just took the stage Wednesday at the Google I/O conference to announce a brand new WebGL version of "Angry Birds" for Google...

What Will Google Announce At I/O Day 2?

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.11.2011

Google's I/O 2011 event is well underway following Tuesday's big keynote, and Google may have a bit more up its sleeve for Day 2 of the conference. ...

Android Challenges Apple With New Devices, Software and Services

Larry Magid | Posted 07.10.2011

Larry Magid

Google's Samsung Tab 10.1 is thinner and lighter than Apple's iPad 2 and feels great in the hand. While I'm not going to declare this device an iPad killer, it's certainly a contender.

What Google's New Music Service Means For You

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.10.2011

If you're an Android user, Google's newly announced Music Beta service was designed with your devices in mind, but it's far from an iTunes-killer. Her...

Android Devices To Control Home Appliances

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.10.2011

Google announced a number of upcoming features for the Android platform during Tuesday's I/O developers' conference. One exciting project, Android@Hom...

Google Announces Cloud-Based Music Service

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.10.2011

At Tuesday's Google I/O conference, the company took the wraps off its long-awaited cloud music service, Music Beta by Google. The service lets you...

Sweet New Android Logo Unveiled

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.10.2011

Here it is! At I/O 2011, Google has finally unveiled the latest Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android, the followup to the current tablet-only Android...

Android Market Now Offering Movie Rentals

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.10.2011

Google kicked off its 2011 I/O conference with a flurry of announcements, and it looks like the Big G is getting into the streaming movies game. T...

Google Music Beta Leaks Online

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.10.2011

It has been rumored that Google will announce a cloud music offering at the Google I/O conference on Tuesday. It seems that the live beta of Googl...

Google Set To Launch New Music Service

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.10.2011

[UPDATE] Google announced on Tuesday that it will launch the beta version of its cloud-based music service, Music Beta by Google. Get an early look at...

Google I/O 2011: How To Watch And What To Expect

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.09.2011

Google's annual I/O developer conference kicks off Tuesday in San Francisco. Can't make it to the conference, which reportedly sold out in under an...

Google Tries Freeing Web Video With WebM

CNET News | Posted 05.25.2011

Google unveiled an open-source, royalty-free video format called WebM on Wednesday, lining up commitments from Mozilla and Opera to support the encodi...

Google Slams Apple At Google I/O (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Google TV. Froyo. WebM. Google announced a slew of new products and technologies at the two-day Google I/O developer conference earlier this week...

Google TV Unveiled At Google I/O Conference (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. believes it has come up with the technology to unite Web surfing with channel surfing on televisions. To reach the long-...

Google's 'Smart TV' Platform To Be Unveiled Thursday: REPORT

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

As we wrote earlier this week, Google is reportedly collaborating with Intel and Sony to develop a new, Internet-enabled "Smart TV" platform. Detai...

Google IO 2010: How To Watch LIVE

Posted 05.25.2011

Google I/O, a two-day developer conference hosted by Google, kicks off May 19. The conference sold out in early March, but you can still catch the A...