• Google Drive, Docs, Slides, and Sheets all updated with Material Design

  Today a smorgasbord of Google app updates are hitting the Play Store. Everything from YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, Android Wear Google Wallet, Google Docs, Google Play Games — it's a bit overwhelming. No matter, here's a few screenshots of the newly redesigned Google Drive, Google…

• Google Stars Appears To Be Back As 'Bookmark Manager' For Chrome

  We've been seeing bits  and pieces (and fully functional prototypes ) of Google Stars for a long time now. The tool, which for now acts as a replacement for Chrome's bookmark manager, has been in development even longer, but it looks like the Chrome extension might finally be ready to roll…

• Google Camera 2.4.022 update brings, you guessed it, Material Design elements

  Buried inside the Android Lollipop Developer Preview was an updated Google Camera app (2.4.008), complete with Material Design elements. It was nothing too flashy. Just some new icons and animations to complete the already very minimal look. Today, this update is now officially rolling out to the…

• Google Drive gets Material Design with latest update

  It looks like the Material Design makeover is continuing in full force. Google Drive received an update today, bringing with it some subtle design tweaks as well as new animations.

• Google Docs, Sheets, And Slides All Updated With 'Incoming' In Sidebar, New Hamburger Menu Icon, And More [APK Download]

  Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides have all received some love today, though the visual changes here are minor. For the most part, these apps were already all material-ed up, and while this update does dot some i's and cross some t's, it doesn't quite leave us satisfied. Fortunately…

• Soon, you'll be able to command 'OK Google' to search in third-party apps

  Rather than having to search through apps like Yelp, soon you'll be able to simply wake up your phone with the "OK, Google" command that's baked into Google Search and use your voice to search useful information. Once developers update their apps with just a few short lines of code…

• Android Lollipop and the automatic Carrier app updates

  If you'd not heard already, Google is bringing on Android 5.0 Lollipop sooner than later. Maybe not to your smartphone if it's not new enough, but for those of you that just purchased a Nexus 6 earlier today - you're in luck. Sort of. Today's revelation is that with this update,…

• CurrentC tries and fails to explain why merchants are blocking Apple Pay

  Basically no one had heard of CurrentC last week. But as of Saturday, that all changed: everyone now knows it as the reason that big retail stores like Walmart and Best Buy  aren't letting you use Apple Pay . CurrentC is those stores' own mobile payments app, and it was created specifically…

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• Google Camera Gets A Minor Update To v2.4 With A Tweaked Icon And Animations [APK Download]

  No update is too small for Google, in this case the Google Camera. It's going from v2.3 to v2.4, and it doesn't seem to do much of anything. But guys, the number is bigger so you need it right now . What's New So far, all we've noticed is a slightly flatter icon and some animations…

• YouTube offers live broadcast capabilities for Android mobile

  App developers can now add another functionality for the apps they're creating as YouTube announced their WatchMe for Android project, where live broadcast capabilities can now be added within the … Continue reading

• Google sends more Inbox invites; current users can invite more friends Thursday

  Google is giving out more invites to join its new Inbox party. The app, based off of Google's Gmail service, allows user to better manage and deal with emails in a new layout. So far, the service has been by invitation only, and fortunately Google is sending out more invites now. Additionally,…

• Google Play Games also receiving a Material Design makeover

  "Update Wednesday" is certainly living up to its name and hot off the Google Play Store are new updates to Google Docs and Google Play Games (we're sure there will be more). Both updates bring, what else, but a fresh new Material Design makeovers to the apps, keeping everything inline with…

• The Best of Android Lollipop in 8 GIFs

  Android Lollipop has been around as a developer preview for months , but the real version—complete with all its new Material Design tricks—is due to hit with the Nexus 9 on November 3rd. We're getting our first extended looks at the final version on our Nexus 6 and 9 review units, so…

• Piracy concerns spur Google Glass, wearables ban in movie theaters

  When it comes time to date night on Friday and you're ready for that dinner and a movie, be sure not to don Google's wearable Glass to the theaters, no matter how cool and fashionable you think the eyeglasses may be. Inconsistent rules and a new wave of piracy concern is now spurring a hard…

• Google Drive for Android gets Material Design update, improvements to search, sharing, and the PDF viewer

  Google today updated Google Drive for Android with a new design and features related to search, sharing, and PDFs. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play. First up, the search tool has been revamped so that it updates results as you type. Given that Google is a still…

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• Weekly Photo Contest: Evening

  We always have our phones on us, and that means we take a good number of evening photos. Whether it's while enjoying dinner, waiting for a train home from work or sitting on the couch at home, these are the times we take the quick evening shots with mobile devices. As such, we want to see your…

• Google Adds Low Balance Alerts And Automatic Deposits To Wallet, But They Didn't Mean To Tell You Yet [Update]

  Google's commerce blog was updated with a new post a little bit ago, but it was pulled down almost immediately. Luckily, we got a peek before that happened. Google is preparing to announce two new features of Google Wallet—automatic deposits and low balance alerts. They are both in the updated…

• Google Has A Six-Line Solution For Developers To Allow Search Queries To Interact With Apps

  Months ago, we posted a rumor about " modular actions " set to come to Google's Search app (now just called Google) along with "Ok Google Everywhere" functionality that would allow users to activate search from anywhere on their device. The latter has already been…

• Google Releases 'Primer: Marketing For Startups' App To Help Small Teams Get Their Brand Out There

  Primer: Marketing for Startups isn't like most of Google's other Android apps. For starters, it's the first to appear in the Play Store under the publisher " Google Learn ." The app also happens to be such a niche product that only a specific target demographic will benefit…

• How To Disable Google Now on Your Android Device

  Google Now is a glimpse of the future, a digital assistant that knows a surprising amount about you. It's not for everyone though, and you might not want the app keeping tabs on everything you're doing (and making suggestions accordingly). Here's how to disable some or all of the Google…