Google said on Thursday that its self-driving prototype cars have taken to streets in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View where it has its headquarters. The move comes after Google’s internal testing of the…
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Google opens News Lab to sharpen journalism skills
Google on Monday launched an online lab where journalists can learn or sharpen Internet Age reporting skills. The News Lab mission is to collaborate with journalists and entrepreneurs to apply technology innovations to reporting news,…
Google unveils Android Pay in fresh challenge to Apple
Google on Thursday unveiled its pay-with-a-phone system for Android devices, ramping up its challenge to Apple in mobile payments. Android Pay, unveiled at the Google Developers conference in San Francisco, brings together mobile carriers, payment…
Accessible Tech: Chrome browser adds colour-blind filter
Google’s Chrome browser gets more accessible with their new free tool that helps users who are colour-blind. The Chrome Color Enhancer is a sliding scale that helps users who are colour-blind or have difficulties in…
Google self-driving cars not crash-proof
Google on Monday said that even self-driving cars that can sense and react faster than humans still wind up in accidents. “We’ve been hit from behind seven times, mainly at traffic lights but also on…
Self-driving cars hold key to future highway: Google exec
Self-driving vehicles hold the key to reducing traffic fatalities and will transform the automobile industry, a top Google executive predicted Tuesday. Ray Kurzweil, an leading expert in artificial intelligence who joined Google in 2012, told…
Google launches its own mobile telephone service
Google said Wednesday it was launching its own US mobile wireless service, with considerable potential savings for customers using their devices at home and for international travel. The service called Project Fi is only available…
Google Maps lets you play Pac-Man
Google’s mapping service rolled out a gamefied version inspired by the classic Pac-Man, turning the real streets of a city into a labyrinth to gobble up pellets and ghosts. A Google spokeswoman said the game…
Google preparing to launch cellular service?
Google is getting ready to sell wireless telephone services directly to US consumers after reaching deals with carriers T-Mobile and Sprint, US media reported Wednesday. The move is likely to have big impacts on the…
Google Glass moves closer to market
Google announced on Thursday that its Internet-linked eyewear Glass is breaking free of the lab and moving closer to market. “As we look to the road ahead, we realize that we’ve outgrown the lab and…