Google’s App Engine For PHP Hits General Availability

Google’s App Engine for PHP is now out of beta and generally available on the company’s platform as a service offering. This means PHP apps are now covered by Google’s App Engine service level agreement and deprecation policy.

Google finds that security questions aren't really secure

If you've ever thought that "what was your first pet's name?" is a lousy way to keep intruders from resetting your password, you now have some evidence to back up your suspicions. Google has published research showing that security questions aren't that secure at all.

Google Reportedly Testing New Mobile Image Search Results Design

From time to time Google makes a variety of changes to its design of its websites. It’s usually nothing huge or drastic, but rather subtle changes meant to help improve the ease of use of its services. Recently it seems that Google has been testing out a new design for its image search results on mobile devices.

Apple and Google push Obama to prevent encryption backdoors

Apple, Google and other major tech companies have urged President Obama not to give the FBI backdoor access to smartphone data, according to the Washington Post. The publication obtained a letter signed by no less than 140 major tech players, security specialists and privacy groups stating that "strong encryption is the cornerstone of the modern information economy's security."

Google Introduces Two New Sub-$250 Chromebooks In India

Mobile is the big tech focus for India — with initiatives like Facebook’s Internet.org andGoogle’s Android One, to name but two — but that isn’t stopping Google from introducing new budget Chromebook laptops in the South Asian country.

Google researchers create amazing timelapses from public photos

 There are a zillion digital photos in the public domain and scientists have just figured out something very cool to do with them. A team from Google and the University of Washington have developed a fully automated way to create time-lapse videos of popular tourists landmarks using images from Flickr, Picasa and other sites.

Google got some 'right to be forgotten' decisions wrong, says UK

It's been almost a year since the European Union ruled in favour of the "right to be forgotten," giving anyone permission to request that specific links be removed from Google's search results.

Google tightens control over Chrome, blocks non-Web Store extensions

In a bid to protect people from accidentally installing malware, Google is blockingWindows and Mac users from loading Chrome extensions not hosted on the official Chrome Web Store. The company first introduced this policy for Windows users in May last year, but left it open for people using the developer version of Chrome (a more experimental version of the browser that's updated more frequently) to install extensions from wherever they liked.

Google Releases Chrome Extension For The Color-Blind

For those of us with regular eyesight, we suppose in some ways we’ve taken colors for granted, and when designing for the web, it’s not often that we think about users who might be color-blind which in turn could have allowed us to create more color-blind friendly websites and themes. However if you are color-blind or know someone who is, Google has recently announced a new Chrome extension aimed at color-blind users.

Android M Could Be Debuted At Google I/O 2015

The latest Android Lollipop distribution figures are encouraging as they appear to have almost doubled from the previous month. This is a huge increase which seems to suggest that the latest build of Android is being adopted rather quickly, so how will its successor fare?

Google says it's now bigger on mobile than desktop in 10 countries

Google is focusing more firepower than ever before on meeting the demands of mobile users, and with good reason: the company has confirmed it's now serving more Google searches on smartphones than desktop computers in 10 countries — including the US and Japan.

Android developers will get to experiment with app prices

When you make a mobile app, you usually have to find out the hard way what will sell. You can't fiddle with pricing for just a few people, for instance. All that could change very shortly in the Android world, however. Sources for The Information claim that Google is introducing a feature that lets Android developers try different versions of the same Google Play Store page.

Google tries to make peace with news outlets in Europe, announces €150 million Digital News fund

Google has had a difficult relationship with publishers in many European countries over the use of headlines and snippets of news stories on Google News. Although the Internet giant has usually come out on top after the inevitable power struggle, European regulators aren’t to fond of its stranglehold on the industry. It’s time to start building bridges.

Google tries to play nice with European publishers with $163M fund

Google is attempting to mend relations with European publishers, launching a series of initiatives to train digital journalists and work with papers to build new products to deliver the news. The US company announced partnerships with eight European newspapers — including The Guardian and The Financial Times — as well as a $163 million pot (€150 million) to fund "innovation in digital journalism" over the next three years.

Google offers cash support to Europe's news groups

Google is offering to help European media organisations make money from the internet

Google has pledged to give €150m ($163m; £107m) to European news publishers and journalism-focused start-ups over the next three years.

Google Faces Enormous Forces In Fight Over the Future of Android

Android mobile phone operating system are facing an antitrust investigation in Europe. But the roots of the probe stretch across the Atlantic and well into the past.

Android Mascot Discovered Urinating on Apple Logo in Google Maps

Amid the fanfare of the Apple Watch launch, a few eagle eyed employees at Team Androidtoday discovered an unusual easter egg within Google Maps. Visiting these specific coordinates on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Team Android found an image of the Google Android mascot urinating over the Apple logo to be embedded within the map itself. 

Google 'Project Fi' Wireless Service: 10 Amazing Facts

Google has just launched its long-rumored wireless cellular service that comes up to give a tough competition for AT&T and Verizon communication.

Yes! A wireless Service for Cell Phone users.

Google’s Search Update Will Remake the Web in Its Own Image

SOME PEOPLE ARE calling it Mobilegeddon. That’s a bit of a stretch. But for the Google search engine—something that’s such big part of our daily lives—it’s likely the biggest change of the past three years. And it’s reminder of the wonderfully magnanimous yet deeply selfish way that Google uses its market power to accelerate changes across the rest of the internet.

Google investing additional $1B in giant Iowa data center

Google is investing an additional billion dollars in a data center that could be Iowa’s biggest economic development project. The new money brings Google’s total investment in the project to $2.5 billion.