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Advertisements are the largest source of revenue for most mobile applications, with many cycling through full-screen ads intermittently or housing banners at the bottom of the screen. Six popular applications found on the Google's Play Store have now been removed for illegally abusing these services and users should quickly uninstall …

After the European Commission hit Google with a record $5 billion fine, branding Android as anti-competitive, the company said that it would do more to ensure that users know about the alternative browsers and search engines available. Outlining the range of changes set to hit new and existing Android devices, …

While Spotify is undoubtedly one of the most popular music streaming applications around, the company has regularly struggled to turn a profit. The release of its fourth quarter financial results of 2018 showed that all aspects of the company were in the black, a first for Spotify as it reports …

As the feud between Google and Amazon raged on, YouTube found itself a casualty on Fire TV devices back in 2017 when the two firms stopped supporting each other’s products. Well over a year later, it looks as though both companies have buried the hatchet as Amazon Prime Video plans …

Like its iOS rival, updates to the Android operating system have been carried out through the Settings application since its commercial release in 2008. It seems as though this is set to change with the introduction of Android Q later this year, as a new Play Store APK shows system …

Although the Nexus 6P was undoubtedly a success in terms of sales, owners of the smartphone ran into trouble when an update sent the device into a never-ending “bootloop”. It’s taken brand-owner Google and manufacturer Huawei two years to come up with an agreement after pointing the finger in the …

Rumours of Google’s mid-range smartphone efforts have been circulating for quite some time, but a leak from the company’s own store earlier this month confirms that the Pixel 3a series is on its way. This model is said to be accompanied by a Pixel 3a XL, as Google reportedly conducts …

Late last year, Microsoft made the decision to begin developing a Chromium-based version of the Edge browser. The main goal here will be to boost appeal for web developers and generate better compatibility with popular extensions available on other browsers, like Google Chrome. An early version of Chromium-Edge leaked a …

Rumours of a Pixel Watch came to a head at the start of the year, as Google acquired Fossil’s smartwatch technology for $40 million. Although the company has yet to make anything official with its Pixel branding, a new patent pertaining to quick changing wristbands shows that Google does intend …

Google has begun phasing out its second-generation Pixel 2 and 2 XL smartphones by redirecting the URL to the newer Pixel 3. While many are speculating that this has something to do with the budget Pixel 3 Lite supposedly on its way to challenge the iPhone XR, it is simply …

KitGuru explores the many high-quality April Fools’ Day jokes that the tech world has put out in 2019.

We’re less than a week away from the April 1st, otherwise known as the day that jokes and pranks are played under the justification that it’s April Fools’ Day. Although there are many cases of inspired creativity on the day, many more are simply annoying and Microsoft wants no part …

The European Commission hit Google with a record $5 billion fine last year, stating that its Android OS was anti-competitive with its pre-packed Chrome browser. In an effort to combat these claims, Google will now make more of an effort to ensure European users know that there are other options …

Today at GDC, Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, took to the stage to announce the company’s new gaming service, known as Stadia. Built on the technology tested last year as part of ‘Project Stream’, Stadia is Google’s cloud gaming platform, aiming to tie together playing games and watching games.

The Android Q beta has arrived, bringing with it promises of better privacy controls, native support for foldable devices and greater connectivity. As usual, the annual preview is meant for developers only, initially rolling out on Google’s own Pixel devices before wider testing. Google introduced the new update on its …

After a few years of leaks and various rumours, Google is set to sit down and talk about its gaming plans more at GDC this month. Ahead of the big event, Google has revealed that Jade Raymond has joined the team as a VP, after leaving EA Motive. Jade Raymond …

‘Cut backs’ seems to be a key phrase alongside ‘layoffs’ this year, as every company seems to be shaking things up, inevitably making a number of employees redundant. Even Google is not immune as it scales back its dwindling hardware division, but the Search giant is ensuring that its employees …

There has been talk of Google releasing its own gaming console since as far back as 2013. Over the years, these rumours have been consistent and Google has confirmed plans to enter the gaming market with acquisitions of studios and the public testing of a new streaming service. It looks like we are now closer than ever to seeing Google's own gaming hardware too, with the controller design being revealed over the weekend.

After throwing herself in the ring as US Democratic presidential candidate for 2020, Elizabeth Warren has declared her intentions of breaking up Amazon, Google and Facebook. Warren claims that the trio has too much power over “economy, society and democracy” and continuously display anti-competitive behaviour. Warren discussed the matter on …

The Google Project Zero team is still hard at work examining security flaws and forwarding them on to the affected companies for fixing. From time to time, these warnings go unheard until the flaw is made public. Apple has found itself in that exact situation this week, with a macOS …

Google is testing a built-in feature to reduce RAM usage within Chrome.

‘Dark mode’ has become a staple choice within user interfaces (UI) over the past year, allowing users to swap out brighter white menus for a darker grey, blue or sometimes black. Google is late to the party, but has doubled down in its Chrome 73 beta for Android, which brings …

Google has repeatedly been accused of breaching Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with seven countries coming forward about the matter last November. The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has since launched an investigation to determine whether the Search giant is guilty, potentially resulting in a £ 1.55 billion …

Earlier this week, Facebook was revealed to be running a secret program that paid users between 13 and 35-years-old up to $20 per month to install an application that provided the company near-unrestricted access to their smartphone activity. The social network wasn’t alone in its efforts, as Google has also …

It seems as though Google is currently working on its own facial scanning technology to better compete with Apple’s Face ID. While it remains uncertain whether this will be ready in time for the release of Android Q, this is said to bolster Google Assistant’s personalisation as well as biometric …

A few years ago, the folks behind Google's Deepmind project became interested in training the AI to tackle StarCraft 2. Blizzard helped out by releasing bot creation tools and giving Google access to tens of thousands of recorded StarCraft 2 matches to help train the AI. Significant progress has been …

Despite failing to achieve the same foothold in the market as its full Android counterpart, it seems as though Google is committed to its Wear OS operating system built for smartwatches. Earlier today, the Search giant announced that it has invested $40 million into Fossil, one of the last remaining …

Epic launched its new video game store at the end of last year in an effort to compete with Valve’s sizeable revenue split. The publisher isn’t stopping there, however, as Epic is in the early stages of tackling Google’s Play Store on Android. It’s no secret that Epic Games isn’t …

Google found itself probed by members of the House Judiciary committee yesterday, as the US government attempted to understand reported efforts to re-enter the Chinese market. CEO Sundar Pichai told the panel that the company had “no plans” at this time to relaunch its search engine after its removal in …

It seems as though Google is still having trouble with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as seven consumer watchdogs have claimed the firm has violated the regulation. The complaint alleges that Google has been deceptively using location tracking in order to distribute targeted advertisements. The EU’s GDPR went live …