You don’t need to be besties with a Wizard to share an adventure in Middle-earth—just point your favorite browser to goo.gl/TheHobbit on yo...
A new Google Maps app for smartphones and tablets
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Today we’re introducing a new Google Maps app for Android smartphones and tablets, also coming soon to iPhone and iPad. It’s a new mapping e...
Google Now on your iPhone and iPad, with the Google Search app
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Many of us can no longer imagine life without our smartphones. We use them for all sorts of things, like getting reminders of important cale...
Google’s most advanced voice search has arrived on iOS
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When you have a question, finding the answer should be effortless—wherever you are and whatever device you’re using. The new Google Search a...
Introducing a new YouTube app for your iPhone and iPod touch
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For all you diehard YouTube fans out there who can’t get enough YouTube on your mobile, we’ve got some great news: starting today, you can d...
Half a gigameter of biking navigation in 12 countries in Google Maps for Android
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Whether you’re a seasoned century rider or a casual beach cruiser, finding the best biking routes can be a challenge. That’s why today we’re...
Conquer the back to school blues with Google tools
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August is both an end to the lush freedom of summer and the beginning of another year of student life. As a rising senior at the University ...
Make your mark on Google with Handwrite for Mobile and Tablet Search
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Unlike searching on a desktop or laptop computer, when you're searching on a touch-screen mobile device it’s often inconvenient to type....
Android @ I/O: the playground is open
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(Cross-posted on the Official Android Blog ) Last year at Google I/O, we talked about momentum, mobile and more . This year, we’re picking u...
AdWords, meet AdMob
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Mobile advertising has become a core part of marketers’ and publishers’ digital strategies, helping to fuel business growth and great conten...
Google+ for Android: polish and performance
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We continue to work toward a simpler, more beautiful Google , and today we're accelerating these efforts with a new Google+ app for Andr...
A faster, simpler Google Search app for iPhone
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Starting today, when you use the Google Search app on your iPhone, you’ll see a completely redesigned interface that gives you faster resul...
We’ve acquired Motorola Mobility
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The phones in our pockets have become supercomputers that are changing the way we live. It’s now possible to do things we used to think wer...
New research shows smartphone growth is global
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Last October, we launched Our Mobile Planet , a resource enabling anyone to visualize the ways smartphones are transforming how people conne...
Google+: a mobile app with sense and soul
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Sharing is deeply sensory. From cooking a favorite meal to getting together with friends, it's the smells and the stories and the smiles...
Introducing Google Play: All your entertainment, anywhere you go
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Entertainment is supposed to be fun. But in reality, getting everything to work can be the exact opposite—moving files between your computer...
Mo-mentum: what’s new with mobile search advertising
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Mobile search helps people find what they need in a snap. Whether they’re choosing between two restaurants, shopping for a new watch, or bu...
New tools to help publishers maximize their revenue
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What do a celebrity blog, a video interview on a newspaper site and a cable channel’s smartphone app have in common? They’re all supported b...
Android in spaaaace! (Part 2)
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Back in December, Android ventured into near space , thanks to a weekend of DIY work, a couple of Nexus S phones, some weather balloons and ...
Shop your favorite catalogs with Google Catalogs
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(Cross-posted on the Commerce and Mobile blogs) For years, shoppers have enjoyed flipping through glossy print catalogs to be inspired, di...