May 15 2013
Google Hangouts Hits the Apple App Store
Google announced today at Google I/O that they would be releasing a Hangouts App of its very own on iOS and Android.
Well it’s already here and available for download.
May 15 2013
True Android Samsung Galaxy S4 Announced
Love the Stock Google Android experience that you get from a Nexus 4, but love the design and features of the Samsung Galaxy S4 then you’re in luck.
Google today announced at Google I/O that they will start selling an unlocked Samsung S4 in the Google Play Store with a true Android experience – getting rid of all that bloatware that Samsung adds on.
When the announcement was made at I/O by Hugo Barra the audience went crazy by all accounts until the price was announced. To get the True Android Samsung Galaxy S4 it’s going to set you back a hard hitting $649.
The Stock Android S4 will go on sale on June 26th and work on both AT&T and T-Mobile LTE networks.
May 13 2013
The Future of Android
Ever wondered what the future of Google’s Chrome and Android OS’s where well the head of Android Sundar Pichai spoke to WIRED and gave a little heads up.
May 8 2013
Glass Gets Google+ Integration
Google Glass has received an update today not only getting an Facebook sharing App but also Google+ integration.
The integration allows Glass Explorers to receive Google+ Hangout notifications as well as the ability to +1 and comment on posts.
The full list of changes is below..
- Change to sync policy: require power + WiFi for background uploads
- Crash reporting
- Incoming G+ notifications (direct shares, comments, +mentions), including ability to comment and +1
- Incoming Hangout notifications
- Transcription of queries & messages is now wicked-fast
- Long-press to search from anywhere in the UI (no longer just from off)
- International number dialing + SMS
- Hop animation on disallowed swipes in the UI
- New On-Head Detection calibration flow
- Show device Serial Number on Device Info card
- More reliable estimation of battery charge remaining
- New recipient-list mosaic
May 8 2013
Google Offers iOS Devs a Way to Make Chrome Default – Well Sort Of!
Google have released a bit of code to developers that helps make Chrome the default web browser on iOS devices.
The code will allows developers to open links directly to Chrome instead of Apple’s own web browser Safari. Not only will it treat Chrome as the default browser for links but will return users back to their original App.
May 8 2013
Facebook Sharing Appears On Google Glass
If your one of the lucky few that splashed out $1500 on Google Glass then your probably snapping pictures left, right and center and now you want to share them to your social media feeds such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
Thanks to a new App released for the newest tech gadget called Glass to Facebook, users of Google Glass can now happily share their pictures with their nearest and dearest.
The App is a 3rd party App and once you have linked it with your Facebook Account your can share your videos and pictures.
One word of warning though there’s currently a security alert on TesseractMobile’s website (Glass to Facebook Developers) associated with the site’s root certificate – so its down to yo whether you wish to install it or not.
Apr 29 2013
Google Now available for iOS
Available as an update to the Google Search app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, Google Now finally brings joy to some Apple users. The update is simple and doesn’t have very much “wow” factor, something that Google seems to leave out of their iPhone apps. Read on for the changelog.
Apr 27 2013
Google Nexus Smartwatch Concept [Video]
Smartwatches seem to be the thing of the moment, Sony have already released one, Apple have apparently been working on one for some time and now there are rumours that Google is joining the Smartwatch club.
A video posted yesterday by T3 on Youtube shows what a Nexus Smartwatch may look like and behave.
Apr 26 2013
Google Updates Play Store to Stop Apps Updating Themselves
Google has pushed out an update for its Play Store to version 4.0.27 with very minor tweaks. One think it has changed however is its policy on Apps bypassing the Play Store to update themselves.
Google has added a new part to the policy under Dangerous Products that reads
An app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play’s update mechanism.
The update will not effect most Apps in the Google Play Store but one that it will have an impact on is Facebook.
Facebook’s latest update for their Android App gave it exactly the ability that Google is now forbidding.
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