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Hands on

Hands on: Google Play Music All Access

Adam Turner Has Google waited too long to jump into the subscription music market?

Mobiles

Galaxy S4 fastest-selling Android phone ever

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/htc-one-a-standout-20130418-2i26z.html

James W. Manning Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone has sold more than 10 million units, making it the fastest-selling Android phone ever.

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Mobiles

Siri rival Google Now arrives on iPhone, iPad

Google Now is now available on the iPad and iPhone.

Ben Grubb Google Now, the intelligent personal assistant on the latest Android phones and tablets, has arrived for Apple's iPhone and iPad.

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Apps

Google Keep - can we trust Google again?

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Adam Turner After scrapping Google Reader, can we trust Google to keep Google Keep?

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Blog

Google kills Reader - another nail in the coffin of RSS

Google Reader.

Adam Turner Once the secret sauce of the internet, RSS is being phased out by the online giants.

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Google's Chromebook Pixel - an oxymoron priced to fail?

A Chromebook Pixel.

Adam Turner Does a stripped-down computer need a budget price tag?

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Blog

Amazon Kindle tablet ships to Australia, has it missed the boat?

Kindle Fire

Adam Turner The Kindle Fire is finally available in Oz, but has Google's Nexus 7 stolen its thunder?

Google working on 'X Phone'

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Balaji Sridharan Google is working with recently acquired Motorola on a handset codenamed "X-phone", aimed at grabbing market share from Apple and Samsung, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people...

Android winning mobile war with Apple: Google chairman

Eric Schmidt

Brian Womack Google's Android is extending its lead over Apple in the mobile-software market at a rate that compares with Microsoft's expansion in desktop software in the 1990s, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said.

Hands on: Google Maps for iPhone

Google Maps app on iOS6.

Adam Turner Google Maps is finally available for iOS6.

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Google's Android is eating Apple's lunch

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Glenn Chapman Smartphones and tablets powered by Google's Android software are devouring the mobile gadget market and eating into Apple's turf.

New Google gadgets go on sale and sell out

Nexus devices.

A handful of new Google devices went on sale yesterday, and some have already sold out.

Google's Nexus 4 prototype lost and found in a bar

Found in a bar ... Google’s Nexus 4 prototype.

Alex Fitzpatrick An employee of one of the world's biggest tech companies loses a hotly anticipated new smartphone in a bar, only for it to be found, photographed and posted on the internet - sound familiar?

Google unveils new phone, larger tablet

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Michael Liedtke Google has unveiled a new smartphone and a larger version of the Nexus tablet in a renewed challenge to Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Hands on: Sony Google TV

Sony's Google TV set-top box and remote.

Adam Turner Now available to everyone, Sony's Google TV puts Android in your lounge room.

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Google adds Street View to mobile browser maps, aiding Apple Maps woes

Google street view

Brian Womack Google has added Street View to its maps feature for mobile browsers, enhancing the navigation service available to iPhone users who don't have the tool built in to their handsets.

Google announce Android event on October 29

Android

Not to be outdone by Apple, who announced an event yesterday, Google has today sent invitations to the media for an event relating to its mobile operating system Android.

Apple iOS 6 moves towards a Google-free future

Passbook

Rich Jaroslovsky The new version of iOS, the software that runs Apple's iPhones and iPads, may be more important for what was taken away than for any of the things added.

Google's Schmidt hits out at mobile patent war

Eric Schmidt

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has criticised raging patent disputes in the global mobile industry, warning that they stifled innovation and reduced consumer choice.

Google withdraws patent complaint against Apple

Google Motorola

Diane Bartz Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility has dropped a complaint of patent infringement against Apple without explanation.