Jaikumar Vijayan

Days after Amazon Web Services announced price cuts on its cloud services, Google has responded, but not with price cuts of its own as some might have expected. Instead, Google has released a comparison of its cloud prices with those of AWS. The comparison reflects what Google officials said are its lower prices, even after […]

Google wants software developers to submit ideas for utility and gaming applications based on the company’s emerging Project Tango computer-vision technology. Developers who submit application ideas that catch Google’s attention will receive funding and engineering support to bring their products to market in an expeditious fashion, the company announced Jan. 8. As an added bonus, […]

Google’s effort to get automakers to integrate its technologies into their vehicles appears to be running into some headwind. Earlier this week there was considerable speculation about Ford announcing a partnership with Google on an autonomous car project. Yahoo Auto quoted unnamed sources that it claimed were close to the deal as saying the impending […]

New York City is reportedly set to begin replacing its aging pay phone booths with a network of kiosks that will provide free high-speed Internet, phone and cell phone charging services to residents in the city’s five boroughs. The first two of the so-called Link kiosks are expected to go live Jan. 5, and will […]

Google and Ford are reportedly set to announce a joint venture to develop and manufacture autonomous vehicles based on Google’s self-driving car technology. The initiative, to be announced at CES 2016 in Las Vegas this week, is part of a much broader Ford strategy to use next-generation connected cars in new consumer mobility alternatives such […]

Google has selected an unfinished semiconductor manufacturing facility in Montgomery County, Tenn., to be the home of its 15th global data center. The company will reuse and repurpose as much of the existing infrastructure from the facility (originally built for polysilicon supplier Hemlock Semiconductor) as it can for its new data center and recycle what […]

Google is testing a way to let people log in to its online services without a password. A small number of its users have been invited to participate in tests involving the use of their smartphones to log in to Gmail and other Google services. ” ‘Pizza,’ ‘password’ and ‘123456’—your days are numbered’, ” Google […]

Google has made it simpler for businesses of all sizes to manage their location information on Google Search, Maps and Ads. The company this week introduced a new API that it says will make it easier for businesses to integrate with the company’s Google My Business platform and publish updates on their business locations. The […]

Google, which has been developing and testing self-driving car technology for the past several years, has expressed disappointment with a proposed set of rules in California that among other things would require a licensed driver to be in an autonomous vehicle while it is in operation. It also excludes fully autonomous vehicles from being operated […]

Users of several Android applications will now be able to pay for in-app purchases using Google’s Android Pay mobile payment app. Currently, about 20 Android apps support the feature including Lyft, OpenTable, Instacart, DoorDash and ParkWhiz. Starting today, users of these apps can pay for purchases and services by tapping the Android Pay button within […]