Google's default Android apps aren't bad, but they're not great either. The file manager is still very basic and lacks FTP ...

Android ships with a long list of Google apps, but a handful quietly deliver far more value than their icons suggest. I focus ...

Google Chrome is about to make a huge tracking change. We await a global prompt to say no to cookies within the world’s most popular browser — albeit we will need to use private browsing for some of ...

Google announced plans to begin banning the sideloading of applications on Android devices in select regions, starting with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. The tech giant was referring to ...

[Koush] is at it again, this time releasing AirCast, an Android app that’ll push videos to the Chromecast from Dropbox, Google Drive, and your phone’s Gallery. Astute Hackaday readers will recall that ...

One of the main reasons to root your Kindle Fire is so you can install the Google Play Store and have access to apps that can't be found in the Amazon Appstore. But if you're worried about voiding the ...

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Google’s got a lot of apps. Maybe even too many, in certain (ahem) cases. Amidst all the obvious titles and oddly overlapping offerings, though, Google’s wing of the Play Store holds some genuinely ...