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Hugo Barra, director of product management of Google, shows off the Nexus 7 at a media event in June 2012.

After all of the hand-wringing over the announced shuttering of Google Reader on July 1st, is there still hope for the beleaguered content aggregator? If you look between the lines of Google's movements as of late, you might notice that we aren't really witnessing a slow, painful, public funeral.

In case you missed the GigaOm weekly podcasts, here's a second chance. Two of our shows had special guests to explain new technologies and our wrap-up show is fully dedicated to understanding all of the news out of Google I/O. Another week full of tech news means another week of GigaOM podcasts filled with analysis and commentary.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 was one of the most anticipated smartphones of the year and overall it didn't disappoint - sure we'd have loved a more premium build or the octo-core version that some parts of the world got, but Samsung still delivered the most powerful smartphone on the market so it would seem churlish to complain.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.

Google has announced a revamping of Google Maps and it is much more than a few changes.

During last week's Google I/O 2013 Conference , a variety of site tool upgrades were introduced, including fancy new virtual wrappers on Maps and Google Plus tools like Hangouts.

If you're still laughing at Google+, and at Google Glass , then it might be time to stop; Google has just shown that they're its next route to digitally understanding everything about you, and it slipped that through in the guise of a simple photo gallery tool.

A Chinese man has been reunited with his biological family more than 20 years after he was abducted as a little boy - and claims he has Google Maps to thank for finding his way home.

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.

A job at Google - who wouldn't leap at the chance. In this movie, being released in June, two recently laid off 40-something salesmen have got an interview for an internship at Google that might in turn lead to a job.

British politicians criticize Google and Amazon for failing to pay enough taxes in a country where they are reaping great rewards.

Facing stiff competition and tepid demand, Google Wallet has not made a big splash in the world of mobile payments.

Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

To make sure the response time for their increasingly interactive sites stays low, Chrome developers might want to look at ways to make use of the graphic processors embedded in consumer devices.

At the opening day of the search giant's annual I/O developer conference , it introduced some 41 new features for Google+, including a new layout, more prominent photos, and enhanced Hangouts , its video chat service.

Google Inc's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is due to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as a participant of an advisory group just days after UK lawmakers lambasted the Internet company's tax affairs.

A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced Thursday that Facebook , Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer.

Google isn't done trying to take on the behemoth social networks. That was the message from Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundorta at the Google I/O conference this week as he announced a new look for the company's Google Plus social network.