Google is buying secret smart watch technology from Fossil for $40 million. Design company Fossil said Thursday some members of the research and development team supporting that intellectual property will join Google as well.

“Google it.” We use this phrase every day. Once upon a time, the word “Google” just indicated a very long number. Today, it’s a verb.

That extends to physical products as well.

But the world's most powerful search engine can do more than find things. Yes, the full G-Suite is a game-changer, and many of us have uploaded our entire digital existence to Drive; but most users don't even realize how much power they have with a simple browser, thanks to Google's many features and tricks.

The high-def movies you bought in the Google Play Store will automatically be upgraded to 4K for free, Google says, at least when 4K titles are available from participating Hollywood studios.

It's been ten years since Google first launched Chrome. At the time, Google's browser was a revelation. Firefox had gotten slow, Internet Explorer was Internet Explorer and none of the smaller challengers, maybe with the exception of Opera, every got any significant traction. But here was Google, with a fast browser that was built for the modern web.

Google Maps has an element called "Well known circumstances" that shows to what extent you can hope to hold up at places like eateries and stores.

Google's solution to Amazon's Echo Show is at last here: Lenovo begins transporting its Smart Display, which consolidates voice control with a screen for video seeing, to customers this coming Friday.