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Siri rival Google Now arrives on iPhone, iPad

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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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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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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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.

Android winning mobile war with Apple: Google chairman

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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 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...

New Google gadgets go on sale and sell out

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Apple, Google gear up for mobile-wallet war

Apple announced PassBook, a mobile-wallet app, in June.

Salvador Rodriguez Apple and Google appear to be headed toward a new fight, this one involving mobile wallets.

Google trumps Apple's Siri in road test

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Salvador Rodriguez Apple's voice assistant, Siri, was put under the microscope recently with a tough test and the arrival of a new opponent, and it did not fare well at all.

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Google strikes first in Apple maps war

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Google's digital mapping service will get several new features as it braces for a potential loss in traffic from Apple's expected dumping of Google Maps in its mobile devices.

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