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Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...

Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of ...

Google Apps for Business is getting a new entry today, in the form of Google Maps. At an event at Google's San Francisco office, VP of Google Maps Brian McClendon and his team just announced Google ...

IRIS from Envista, a new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that allows the rapid configuration of custom apps for the utility, pipeline and other industries, signed an agreement with Google Inc. GOOG to ...