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Tips For Browsing With Chrome
Chrome, the powerful browser from Google, is full of features and with the right know-how it can speed up your browsing experience. In this article we are going to look at some of Chrome’s features that can be used on a desktop PC, tablet or smartphone. Google Voice Search... Read more
What Can You Do To Detect The Heartbleed Bug?
Last week on TechBeat we reported on the lethal Heartbleed bug, which has allowed hackers to steal user names, passwords, emails, credit card information and more, all without detection for the past two years. Hopefully by now you have followed the advice to change all of your passwords as... Read more
Google Glass Available to Buy to US Public For One Day Only
Google Glass is the next big thing in wearable tech.  Only programmers, celebrities and famous/infamous people have been able to get their hands on the much-coveted device, until now that is.  On April 15 2014, anyone who resides in the United States will have the opportunity to become a Google... Read more
Google Delays I/O Registration; The System is Not Ready!
You are going to have to wait a little longer to get your hands on a Google I/O ticket this year, after Google announced that is holding off I/O registration for another week. The date has been rescheduled from 8th April to the 15th April. Why? you may ask... Read more
Scam App Virus Shield For Android Removed From Play Store
Virus Shield, the popular anti-virus app for Android, has been found to be a scam. In response to the discovery, Google has removed the bogus app from its Play Store. The app had previously held the top spot in the Play Store’s apps chart but has since been labelled... Read more
2014 Top 5 Tech April Fools’ Day Pranks
We all love a good joke and so do most of the tech giants it seems, if any of their April Fool’s Day pranks are anything to go by. Here’s my top five for 2014. 5. Whether you admit it or not, we’ve all done a selfie, some of... Read more
Behind The Scenes With Project Ara
Google has given us a glimpse of the work that is going into Project Ara, the company’s modular phone concept, that is being developed by its Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group, via a new video (below). In order to appeal to the masses, Google explains how there is... Read more
Google Chrome Best For Gaming
Are you a gamer?  What web browser do you use?  Well, if you haven’t tried it already, you should give Google Chrome a trial run on your PC and see if you like it.  Google Chrome is one of the best desktop browsers currently available on the planet. Millions... Read more
Google May Develop A YouTube For Kids Under 10
YouTube has become one of the most popular socila media video platform, with more than six billiob hours of videos watched every month. These stats prove it is even beating Facebook, with teenagers choosing YouTube over the social media giant. As a result of a huge young audience following,... Read more
Google Now is Pushed to Chrome For Mac & Windows
As we reported earlier this week, Google Now has finally arrived on desktop. Google announced this week that Now is being pushed to the Chrome stable channel for Windows and Mac.  It will be rolling out over the next few weeks. Cards will only be visible on your desktop if... Read more
Students Sue Google Over Email Snooping
A group of Californian students have chosen to take a stand against Google’s email surveillance, claiming that it is a violation of federal and state privacy laws. The group are actually suing Google and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California is in the process of... Read more
Android SDK For Wearable Tech On The Horizon
Google has helped put wearable technology well and truly in the front line.  The impact that Google Glass has had already and it has not even been released yet, is massive.  The company is aiming to march forward and take an active stand in the wearable tech market, because in approximately... Read more
Google’s In-Car Solution ‘Projected Mode’ Leaked
Following the news that Apple’s ‘iOS in the car’ is set to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has revealed that Google’s in-car solution will be called ‘Projected Mode’ and that it will seamlessly integrate Android devices in the car’s dashboard. Daimler... Read more
Google Hangouts 2.0 For iOS Brings A Fresh Look
Ever the innovators, Google have recently announced version 2.0 of their very popular communication app, Hangouts, for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The new look is fresh and it feels more intuitive.  There are also some big new features. Google Hangouts version 2.0 is the best yet. The app’s... Read more
Google: All New Android Phones Must Ship With KitKat
According to MobileBloom, a leaked memo has been identified, stating that all Android smartphones will have to run KitKat or else Google will not endorse the handset.  The Android memo is the first sign that Google is finally sorting the problem it has with fragmentation.  Because Google offers hundreds of phones to... Read more
Microsoft Tool Makes it Easier For Gmail Users to Switch to Outlook.com
So it’s been a year since Microsoft converted Hotmail to Outlook.com. Not only did the webmail service get a newish name, but it also got a new look plus some other features that were aimed at getting people to use the Microsoft product once again. Perhaps, the company was... Read more
Make Your Smartphone Smarter With Agent
I love my smartphone, but I’ll be the first to admit that for a smartphone, it can sometimes be rather dumb. For example, when my battery is on the fritz, the phone will exert an endless amount of energy telling me that it’s about to die. It will beep,... Read more
Pony Botnet Steals 2 Million Passwords
According to researchers at Spiderlabs, criminals have scooped up more than 2 million passwords for sites such as Facebook, Yahoo and search engine giant Google, but it appears that the data was stolen via malware-infected machines rather than a direct hack of their systems. Trustwave‘s SpiderLabs delved into source... Read more