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Search Your Bookmarks in Chrome With This Hidden Feature

If you find yourself drowning in an ocean of unorganized bookmarks, then Chrome’s recently revamped bookmark manager has one or two tricks that may help. One is the option to search through your bookmarked pages right from the browser’s address bar at the top of the interface. Here’s how to set up and use the…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 18

Google Hopes Free Goodies Will Persuade You To Use Android Pay

Mobile payments, like Apple Pay and Android Pay, is a nascent technology saddled with the ambitious goal of unseating the simple, plastic-y way of paying for things. It hasn’t been going so well. Now, Android Pay is using another tactic to change your mind—giving away free stuff. Google’s calling it Tap 10. Although the company…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 15

Everything You Need to Know About Obama’s Autonomous Car Plan

In his final State of the Union, President Obama hinted about building a “21st century transportation system.” Now we know he was actually sitting on a plan to dramatically change the way Americans get around. 2016 has already been a wild ride for autonomous car news. First Google was rumored to announce something at CES.…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jan 15

Display Your Connection Speed in Android’s Status Bar

Android’s always given developers more elbow room when it comes to hacking into its mobile OS. Here’s a case in point: putting a connection speed indicator in the Android status bar (and notification tray). The app we’re going to use for the job is Internet Speed Meter Lite though there are alternatives out there. It…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 15

View Every App You’ve Ever Installed on Your Smartphone

Whether you want to get back into that game you loved in 2012 or you want to curiously tally how much you’ve spent on apps from Google or Apple the last few years, there are a couple of ways of listing all the apps you’ve installed through your account—even if they’re no one your phone…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 14

The Best Small-Sized Android Phone Is Finally Coming to the US

Sony’s smartphone relationship with the US is a tumultuous one, but it looks like the company is going to give the states another shot after all. Last year’s Sony Z5 will finally be arriving at a steep $600, but the more exciting of the two is the $500 Z5 Compact, a small 4.6-inch smartphone with…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 14

5 Big Updates We Want From Android in 2016

CEO Sundar Pichai took to Twitter this week to announce that Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference, will be taking place in Mountain View on May 18-20. The only thing we know for certain is that we’ll get our first look at Android N, the mobile operating system’s next big update. Sure, part of…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 14

Google’s Now Launcher Finally Forces Every Icon To Be the Same Size

Android app developers don’t always play by the rules when it comes to icon size, which can leave the home screen looking like a bit of mess. But now Google is forcing icons to assume a unified size, pleasing design pedants everywhere. Google has guidelines about icon dimensions for Android, but developers often ignore them.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 14

Report: The Pope and Google Boss Eric Schmidt Will Have an Unusual Meeting Friday

According to The Guardian, leader of the online advertising world and CEO of Alphabet Eric Schmidt will have a “brief conversation” this Friday with Pope Francis, presumably not about moving the @pontifex Twitter account to Google+. Self-driving popemobile: more likely. The Pope meeting with major business leaders isn’t unprecedented. During his trip to the US…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 14

What It’s Like to Be Behind the Wheel of Google’s Self-Driving Car

Yes, there is a Big Red Button for… something. Although plenty of journalists have been passengers in Google’s cars, Steven Levy is probably the first one to sit in the drivers’ seat. (Although, technically, aren’t we all passengers in Google’s cars?) Levy writes about his experience at Backchannel in a thoroughly entertaining (and very long…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jan 13

Google X Is Now Just Called ‘X’

The most threatening letter of the alphabet is now the new name of Google’s quasi-secret moonshot lab: Google X is now just “X.” Hear that? That’s the sound of paranoid civilians boarding up windows and prepping drone-downing cannons. Re/code reports that Google’s arm for awesomely out-there inventions switched its name to just “X,” and debuted…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Jan 13

Google Cardboard Gets a Big Upgrade With Realistic 3D Audio

When you strap on a VR headset, you’re immediately in awe of the new digital world that’s slowly manipulating your brain. The visuals sell the sensation, but sound is what makes it stick. Google’s taking strides towards making that sound more convincing. Today, Google Cardboard is upgrading its SDK with new tools for improved positional…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 13

Google Used Tiny Cameras to Street View the World’s Largest Model Railway

Brace yourself for perhaps the cutest views ever to appear on Street View. Google has scaled down its hardware to capture Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland—the world’s largest model railway. Google worked with Ubilabs to build a series of miniature Street View vehicles, shown in these pictures, that could travel around the model landscape and capture the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 13

Google Maps Will Now Figure Out Your Destination Without Asking

Google Maps might know the local traffic better than me, but for short trips around town, I can’t be bothered to turn it on. But thanks to the latest update to Maps on Android, I don’t have to. Among a few other updates in Maps v9.19 spotted by Android Police, Google has introduced a new…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 12

Getting Weird With Google’s Project Tango Tech

Yesterday, Lenovo announced it would release the first consumer device using Google’s Project Tango technology. What is this technology good for? I’m glad you asked. The forthcoming “less than 6.5-inch” Project Tango device will use three camera sensors—RGB, depth, and a fisheye—as well as an accelerometer and gyroscope to quickly map the space around you…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 8

Create an RSS Feed for any Search Result

Whether you’re constantly searching your own name online (you know who you are) or there’s a topic you want to follow closely, Google Alerts lets you know when new pages hit the web that match your query—and you can convert these results into an RSS feed (or something else) to make them easier to manage.…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 8

Remix OS for PC Puts Android on Virtually Any Old Computer for Free

Got an ageing computer taking up space in a closet? Well, from mid-January you’ll be able to give it a new lease of life with Remix OS for PC, which will let you run a version of Android right there on a computer, gratis. The new OS is a forked version of Android Lollipop made…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

Lenovo’s Making a Consumer Phablet Using Google’s Crazy Project Tango Tech

Lenovo and Google have been working together for a year to find a mainstream use for Google’s experimental Project Tango technology. Today we’re getting information about the very first Google Tango device for consumers. They’re actually gonna do it. This is very ambitious. Ever since Google first showed the world its 3D-aware technology about two…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7

Google Fixed a Bug Where “Russia” Automatically Translated to “Mordor”

Google has some good news! Earlier this week, Ukranian media noticed a slight glitch wherein Google Translate was giving “Mordor” as a translation for “Russian Federation.” The good news is that they’ve fixed the problem. Along with the Tolkien problem, “Russians” was coming up as “occupiers” and “Lavrov,” the last name of Russia’s Foreign Minister,…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 7

The Books About Artificial Intelligence That You MUST Read, According to Ex Machina‘s Alex Garland

Ex Machina remains a strong contender for the best science fiction film of 2015. It’s jam-packed with ideas along with all that psychosexual weirdness. And now at last, writer-director Alex Garland has unpacked where some of those ideas come from. In case you missed it, Ex Machina is a film where Poe Dameron invites General…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 31

Search Your Bookmarks in Chrome With This Hidden Feature

Google Hopes Free Goodies Will Persuade You To Use Android Pay

Everything You Need to Know About Obama’s Autonomous Car Plan

Display Your Connection Speed in Android’s Status Bar

View Every App You’ve Ever Installed on Your Smartphone

The Best Small-Sized Android Phone Is Finally Coming to the US

5 Big Updates We Want From Android in 2016

Google’s Now Launcher Finally Forces Every Icon To Be the Same Size

Report: The Pope and Google Boss Eric Schmidt Will Have an Unusual Meeting Friday

What It’s Like to Be Behind the Wheel of Google’s Self-Driving Car

Google X Is Now Just Called ‘X’

Google Cardboard Gets a Big Upgrade With Realistic 3D Audio

Google Used Tiny Cameras to Street View the World’s Largest Model Railway

Google Maps Will Now Figure Out Your Destination Without Asking

Getting Weird With Google’s Project Tango Tech

Create an RSS Feed for any Search Result

Remix OS for PC Puts Android on Virtually Any Old Computer for Free

Lenovo’s Making a Consumer Phablet Using Google’s Crazy Project Tango Tech

Google Fixed a Bug Where “Russia” Automatically Translated to “Mordor”

The Books About Artificial Intelligence That You MUST Read, According to Ex Machina‘s Alex Garland

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