Google

Why Google Is Going All In On Diabetes

11:09am September 09, 2015

by Christina Farr

Google made a name for itself with search technology, but it has dabbled in moonshot projects like self-driving cars. Now the company's life science unit is looking for better diabetes treatments.

Both Google and Samsung are rolling out new processes to issue security updates for Android devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

Under Pressure, Google Promises To Update Android Security Regularly

7:33pm August 05, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Google recently came under sharp criticism after researchers found a major flaw in Android would let hackers take over smartphones. Now it's launching a new system to protect phones regularly.

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A security gap on Android, the most popular smartphone operating system, was discovered by security experts in a lab and is so far not widely exploited.

Economy

Major Flaw In Android Phones Would Let Hackers In With Just A Text

2:01pm July 29, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

A security gap on the most popular smartphone operating system was discovered by security experts in a lab and is so far not widely exploited. It would let malicious code take over a phone instantly.

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The components of a Google Carboard VR viewer.

Want A Taste Of Virtual Reality? Step One: Find Some Cardboard

9:29am July 07, 2015

by Linda Poon

Fancy headsets can cost between $200 and $500. But if you have a smartphone, some extra time and an empty pizza box, you can make your own.

Gmail Now Features A Way To Ease Sender's Remorse

7:11pm June 24, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

Once tucked away in Google's "Labs" space for beta testing, the "Undo Send" option now gives users 5 to 30 seconds after sending an email to change their minds.

Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri won the Booker Prize for his 1991 novel The Famished Road. It remains to be seen whether that prize and this new one will share the same shelf at home.

Books

Book News: Booker Winner Ben Okri Nabs Bad Sex Prize

7:34am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The 2014 Bad Sex in Fiction award has picked its winner: Okri's novel The Age of Magic, which not so subtly features a skyrocket in flight. Also: Raymond Chandler's lost comic opera is discovered.

Google is doing test flights of its balloons carrying Internet routers around the world. Last June, a balloon was released at the airport in Teresina, Brazil.

Bringing Internet To The Far Corners Of The Earth

9:38pm June 17, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

About 5 billion people are mostly or entirely disconnected from the Internet. So to capitalize on this opportunity, Google and Facebook have begun high-profile campaigns to connect the unconnected.

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World News

Google Announces Partnership With Newspapers In Europe

11:12am April 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Last December, Google shut down its Google News page in Spain, after the country threatened steep fines for aggregator sites that don't pay newspapers.

National

Google Experimenting With Patent Marketplace To Combat Trolls

6:12pm April 27, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Google will allow patent holders to "tell Google about patents they're willing to sell at a price they set." Tech firms have been targeted by "trolls" who own patents and charge them licensing fees.

Google Announces Foray Into The Wireless Business

3:11pm April 22, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The service will only work on Google Nexus phones, but it could potentially disrupt the wireless industry with its pay-only-for-what-you-use data plans.