Google details security features in Android 7.0 'Nougat'
During an hour-long Hangouts web chat for the media and select IT professionals, Google today provided a glimpse of some of the new security features in its upcoming mobile OS, Android 7.0 "Nougat," which should be available on Google Nexus devices "in a few weeks," according to the company.The online briefing wasn't meant to be exhaustive.Instead, it provided a top-level look at a set of new security and management tools in Android Nougat and Android for Work.
Russia fails to reach settlement with Google in Android case
Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, May 10, 2011.REUTERS/Beck DiefenbachMOSCOW Russia's state anti-monopoly watchdog FAS said on Tuesday it and Alphabet Inc's Google had failed to reach an out-of-court settlement in a case over Google's Android operating system, Interfax news agency reported.The watchdog last week imposed a 438 million ruble ($6.85 million) fine on Google after ruling last year that the firm was abusing its dominance by requiring the pre-installation of certain applications on mobile devices using Android, following a complaint by Russia's Yandex.
Google launches Duo, its cross-platform answer to FaceTime, for Android and iOS
After we saw a sneak peak of Duo earlier this year, Google's straightforward, cross-platform video calling app is now ready for the masses.Google Duo launched on Tuesday and is here to do battle with FaceTime and Skype, giving the Mountain View behemoth a potentially stronger competitor than the woefully underperforming Hangouts.Google first showed off Duo at its I/O conference in May, promising that the new app would be very simple and focus more on the human element by offering you a live view of the video before answering the call, thanks to the Knock Knock feature.
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