
Huawei seeks to populate its own app store
Inviting Play Store developers to sign up
Huawei is inviting Google Play Store developers to publish their apps on its own AppGallery app store after Google locked Huawei out of its Android updates.

Google buys Looker
Regulators? who cares about regulators and privacy watchdogs
Search engine outfit Google has agreed to buy Looker, a business intelligence platform, for $2.6 billion in cash to bolster its cloud computing division by providing customers with more powerful data analytics.

Google reveals Stadia price and more details
Launching in November for $9.99 a month
At its first Stadia Connect online stream, Google has revealed full details regarding its online gaming streaming service, including the $9.99 price, November launch date, 30+ games, and plenty of other details.

Apple orders developers to snub Google and Facebook
Developers might have to obey if they want their app approved
Fruity cargo cult Apple is ordering developers who want to sell on its App store that they must always place its login button above Google or Facebook.

Google to reveal more Stadia details on June 6th
Promises price and other launch details
Google has announced it will host its Stadia Connect event on June 6th, just ahead of the E3 2019 show, where it will reveal pricing, game reveals, launch and other info.

Google knifed Microsoft over Chrome brower
Et Tu as Vole rushes to Chrome
Google might have stabbed Microsoft in the back after Vole started testing its new Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium.

Google invests in another Finnish data centre
First one was just the Finn end of the wedge
Google is to invest about $672 million in a new data centre in Hamina, Finland.

Google loses three key SoC mobile engineers
Pixel own in house SoC dream dies
Google has reportedly lots three of its key hardware engineers that gave the iPhone A series chip its edge. Manu Gulati, John Bruno and Vinod Chamarty waved Google goodbye, the departure caused by the lack of Google’s ambition to build a serious mobile SoC platform. Apple will have an easier time to complete, now.

Google pulls the Android plug on Huawei
We sense a backfire
US president Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump’s trade war and a personal grudge against Huawei has suddenly found an ally in Google.

Italy opens antitrust action against Google
Made an offer that people could not refuse
Italy’s competition watchdog has announced that it has opened an investigation into alleged abuse of a dominant market position by Google in the smart device sector.