google

Siri Gets an Updated British Voice

Siri has been given an updated voice to users in the United Kingdom. Seemingly delivered through server-side changes overnight, the company has been updating its international Siri voices, with some…

Apple Hiring More Software Developers Than Hardware

Apple is hiring more software developers than hardware developers for the first time, according to a new report by Thinknum. The analytics firm has studied job listings at Apple for…

Google launches new and improved Santa Tracker

Get in the spirit with the Santa Tracker! Every year since 2004, Google have launched the Santa Tracker, a website (now app) designed to track the location of everyone’s favourite…

YouTube moves further from its roots as it launches another unnecessary feature…

YouTube has been around since the very early days of the Internet as we know it today. Launched in 2005, it was set up as the first mainstream video streaming…

Trump hints Google might be guilty of monopolistic behavior

In the wake of the European Union fining Google $5 billion for monopolistically using the Android operating system, US President Donald Trump has spoken out. He criticized the EU’s move…

Could the Pixel 3 be the best smartphone of 2018?

Since the release of the Google Pixel in 2016, Google has been winning the smartphone game. The Pixel 1 put Google high in the ranks of smartphones, especially after the…

Google and Apple are potential partners for Verizon’s home 5G service

Verizon Communications is in looking to partner with both Apple and Google when they launch home 5G service later this year, according to Bloomberg News. “Verizon is expected to update to its…

YouTube Finally Gets Streaming Right

With the rise of streaming came the death of iTunes, CDs and any other form of digital download. The launch of Spotify made monthly payments and streaming music the mainstream…

Facebook, Amazon and Google suspected of violating GDPR

Though the privacy-protecting GDPR regulation entered force just over a month ago, evidence has emerged that tech titans including Facebook, Amazon and Google may not yet be fully compliant. The…

Have you seen Snapchat’s privacy video?

Privacy settings and personal data are both topics of conversation at the moment. It all started with Facebook and Instagram with the Cambridge Analytica disaster. Since then many other services…

Google fights $4.3 billion iPhone privacy claim in UK court action

This week, The High Court in London, England saw the start of a $4.3 billion class action lawsuit brought by a privacy group, Google You Owe Us. They claim their…

YouTube Music relaunch coming next week

After months of delays, it seems Google is finally relaunching YouTube Music next week! The relaunch will be followed by YouTube Premium, a redesign of the original YouTube Red subscription…