Google has finally launched the rumored YouTube Kids app for its younger audience, and the piece of software is currently available for both the Android and iOS platforms. Details and download links to follow right after the jump.
Apple Pay is plodding along rather nicely following its roll-out alongside the iOS 8.1 update late last year, and with Apple Watch about to further broaden the horizons of the contactless payment infrastructure, Google is apparently poised to counter with the second-coming of its seemingly forgotten Wallet. The forthcoming I/O developer gathering, which has already been confirmed with the Big G taking registrations from the middle of next month, will play host to this revival of Google Wallet, and with Apple Pay gaining quite a bit of traction, the Android maker knows that it'll need to move quickly in order to keep up.
Could Google be making the jump from Android 5.0 to 5.2 for the latest Android devices, including the recent Nexus lineup? According to a recent spotting, a Nexus 5 has just been seen running Android 5.2 Lollipop. Head over the jump for further details on this development.
The first camera modules for Google's Project Ara modular smartphone have just been revealed by Toshiba. Details and video of the modules in action to follow right after the break.
In an effort to expand its dominance in the desktop Web browser market, Google is experimenting with a number of under-the-hood changes that dramatically improve the zooming experience currently offered in its Chrome browser. The current publicly available build of Google Chrome for Mac already offers a less than polished pinch-to-zoom type functionality, which ultimately gets the necessary job done but suffers from the fact that it only allows noticeably jerky 10% incremental zooms. Google's latest build of Chrome Canary for Mac takes things to the next level by introducing a polished Apple Safari-esque zooming experience.
Here's how you can add all Cricket World Cup 2015 match fixtures / schedule to Google Calendar and view them on your smartphone, tablet or computer. More details on how to do so can be found here.
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to get 2GB of free Google Drive storage space. More details can be found right here.
Google's Chromecast took the entertainment market by storm when it launched all the way back in 2013. The HDMI dongle mightn't have been a set-top in the traditional sense, but it did prompt vendors of set-top boxes (read: Apple) into concerted expansion of services. One of the most enticing aspects of the Chromecast, besides the fact that it integrates with mobile devices and brought on-demand streaming services like Netflix to non-smart TV sets, is the price. At $35, it has been something of a revelation, but as if that price point wasn't reasonable enough, the Big G is now throwing in a digital gift to the value of six bucks to its highly valued army of Chromecast users. Check below for details on how you can claim yours!
In an interesting bit of development, Apple's iPhone sales have overtaken that of Android devices for the period October - December 2014. The latest report coming in goes on to show the impact that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus's arrival has created on the local smartphone market. Further information to follow after the jump.
Free music is relatively difficult or relatively easy to come by on the Web, depending on your moral compass, and if you regularly scour the likes of Google Play and iTunes for your next download, you'll be interested to learn that the former is giving away a whole auto album for free. Details on how you can take advantage of this limited offer are posted below.
