Disabling location services can enhance your privacy or extend battery life, but it can make your phone less convenient. You can turn location services on or off from the Settings app on an iPhone or ...

Mobile developer William J. Francis demonstrates how easy it is to consume a RESTful service from your Android device. RESTful services are well suited for providing content to small footprint devices ...

Various Google services on top of the mobile operating system make up the modern Android experience. Google is now adding a new ‘System services’ settings page to manage all the background services ...

Android application developers are being barred from using third-party payment systems in their software. As Google mandates the use of its own Google Wallet service for in-application purchases, ...

Since it’s developed by Google, Android Auto is integrated with a series of services belonging to the Mountain View-based search giant, and this is the reason some of the bugs you might come across ...

Android is famed for being an open-source operating system. Well, kind of. Anyone can cruise and caress Android's code thanks to the AOSP, but if you want a package complete with Google's services -- ...

To update Google Play Services on your Android device, head to the "Apps & Notifications" menu in your settings. Google Play Services let your Android apps connect to the internet and communicate with ...