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Nexus 6P offers welcome step up

Like Microsoft before it, Google decided it would let other companies build the hardware for the software it developed.

Smartphone encryption in Govt sights again

Is a compromise possible between Govt agencies and phone makers over encryption and law enforcement access?

Google and Apple try to keep malware out of app stores

Google and Apple have moved a third-party Instagram app from their online stores after reports surfaced the app was stealing usernames and passwords.

NZ's Great Walks (without the walking)

It's the ultimate tool for the very laziest of armchair travellers of New Zealand - a 3D-view of some of the country's most famous tramping tracks.

Open net threat from Facebook and Google

Mozilla is warning web users that the push to squeeze ever more internet consumption into apps risks undermining a neutral, public internet.

Google adds to music streaming

As if the streaming-music world wasn't complicated enough, Google has announced a new product called YouTube Music.

What you need to know about YouTube's new music service

As if the streaming-music world wasn't complicated enough, Google announced a new product called YouTube Music.

Google challenges Netflix with YouTube Red

Can Google founders match Warren Buffett?

As Google becomes Alphabet, its founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, are going to become full-time capital allocators.

Court case splits movie and internet industries

A U.S. appeals court struggled over the rules to block electronic transmissions that violate U.S. property rights.

Juha Saarinen: Google's bold restructure easy as ABC

It's a bold move, typical of Google, which may be connected to the internet and which earns vast amounts of money, but isn't really part of anyone's life, writes Juha Saarinen.

Google pushes back against French order

France's data privacy authority has ordered Google to extend the so-called right to be forgotten to its websites globally.

Amazon envisions air-traffic system for drones

Amazon is creating a blueprint for an air-traffic system and the necessary technology is rapidly developing.

Google Maps can see where you've been

Google is introducing a new feature to its Maps application that allows users to see where they have been on any given day, month or year.

Smartphones driving vehicle changes

As Google and Apple start making car apps, automakers must decide whether to hold them off or open the door to the tech giants.

Six predictions the movies got right

We don't have Pitbulls or Mattel hoverboards yet, but Japanese car company Lexus recently unveiled a prototype for a real, rideable hoverboard.