Google has launched its Gmail SMS Chat service in South Africa, which enables Gmail users on a PC to chat with mobile phone users via SMS, for free. FULL STORY >

Google has announced that the Android Market will be replaced by its new Google Play digital offering. FULL STORY >

Net Applications presents its latest desktop browser trend report, detailing PC desktop browser usage for the month of February. FULL STORY >

Google announces the latest milestone figures achieved by the Android Market and its Android mobile operating system. FULL STORY >

Google has found itself the subject of recent criticism over an impending change to its privacy policy. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google makes its Chrome 17 web browser available for download, bringing speedier and safer web surfing to users of its popular browser. FULL STORY >

With over 100 000 apps available for Android smartphones at the Android Market, TechSmart would like to help you get to the good ones first. Here are our top Android Apps of the month. FULL STORY >

A new study has found that apps on the iOS platform are more likely to crash than on Google's Android. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google is expanding on the number of Cape wineries available via its Google Street View service and also reveals Botswana as the next location that its Street View cars are headed to. FULL STORY >

This week, Google announced a new service named Bouncer to show malware on its Android Market the door and toss wayward developers to the curb. FULL STORY >

Net Applications presents its latest desktop browser trend report, detailing PC desktop browser usage for the month of January. FULL STORY >

Internet search giant Google and its partners launch a new local initiative through which it aims to provide South African companies with a presence on the web. FULL STORY >

Market research firm Nielsen reveals that more US smartphone consumers are choosing iPhones, with Apple closing the gap on Android. FULL STORY >

Google apologises after having been discovered stealing customers from a Kenyan start-up. FULL STORY >

Google's move this week to make search more personal has been lambasted by Twitter. FULL STORY >