Google

Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin named the search engine they built "Google," a play on the word "googol," the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The name reflects the immense volume of information that exists, and the scope of Google's mission: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.

Google became a part of the cellular world after creating the Android operating system. They have also introduced a cellular phone, the Google Nexus One.

Google launches Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier apps for Android

Google today launched two new Android apps that aim to make life easier for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. First up, Live Transcribe does...

Alex Wagner

6 years 11 months ago

Do you use your Apple Watch to answer calls?

As is pretty typical for Apple, the company's first smartwatch wasn't the device that really kicked things off for that particular wearable market....

Evan Selleck

6 years 11 months ago

Do you set a budget for in-app purchases?

Pop-ups and advertisements in mobile games is nothing new. It has indeed become worse in recent years, but the mobile gaming market isn't that great...

Evan Selleck

6 years 12 months ago

Google Maps for Android will now let you set arrival and departure times

Google Maps users have long been able to choose their arrival and departure times when setting up navigation on the web, but that feature is only...

Alex Wagner

7 years 1 day ago

Google Maps begins showing speed trap alerts

Google Maps is gaining another handy new feature. Support for displaying speed traps has begun rolling out in Google Maps. Screenshots shared by one...

Alex Wagner

7 years 1 week ago

Are you tracking your screen time and app usage?

As our phones have gotten better at just about everything we'd want them to get better at and certainly earning the "smart" part of the name, our...

Evan Selleck

7 years 2 weeks ago

Google gets FCC approval for Project Soli, which uses radar for touchless interactions

Google has gotten the green light from the FCC to continue work on one of its big projects. The FCC has said that Google can use sensors for Project...

Alex Wagner

7 years 3 weeks ago

How often do you use Siri, Google Assistant, or Alexa?

Digital personal assistants have been around long enough now that you probably have a favorite. Or, if you are like some households out there, use so...

Evan Selleck

7 years 3 weeks ago

Do you prefer phones with smaller screens?

As 2018 winds down, I'm reminded that even phones with "small screens" don't actually have small screens. As fate would have it, I had to switch from...

Evan Selleck

7 years 4 weeks ago

What feature is your favorite in your Android phone?

For many people out there, their smartphone is the go-to device for most situations. It's the device that's in their pocket, ready to go at all times...

Evan Selleck

7 years 1 month ago

What do you think of Samsung's Infinity-O design?

2018 is wrapping up here shortly and it's felt like this is the Year of the Notch. Sure, Essential and Apple actually introduced the design decision...

Evan Selleck

7 years 1 month ago

When it comes to phone cameras, quality over quantity

I can still remember a time when a VGA camera in a phone was something to get excited about. Well, maybe not excited, but at least the phone had a...

Evan Selleck

7 years 1 month ago

YouTube Music and YouTube Premium now offer discounted student plans

After launching its new music-focused services earlier this year, YouTube is now offering student plans for those services. YouTube Music and YouTube...

Alex Wagner

7 years 1 month ago

Google Duplex begins rolling out to select Pixel users

Earlier this year, Google introduced Duplex, a feature that'll let you use the Google Assistant to call a place and make a reservation on your behalf...

Alex Wagner

7 years 1 month ago

Are you using a BlackBerry?

While a BlackBerry-branded device wasn't my first phone, technically, nor was it even my first smartphone, it's definitely the first handset to...

Evan Selleck

7 years 1 month ago

Are you buying any devices on Black Friday?

I've never been a huge fan of Black Friday. Not because there aren't some great deals out there, because there definitely are. But it's the early...

Evan Selleck

7 years 2 months ago

Would you buy the Google Pixel 3 Lite?

Before Google got around to announcing the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, there were rumors that we were actually going to see three variants of the...

Evan Selleck

7 years 2 months ago

Have you moved on from the headphone jack?

Before Apple got around to announcing the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, there were plenty of rumors circulating that the company was planning on ditching the...

Evan Selleck

7 years 2 months ago

Google Pixel Slate now available for pre-order

When Google revealed the Pixel Slate last month, it spilled most all of the important details of its new tablet, save for one: the release date. Now...

Alex Wagner

7 years 2 months ago