Gmail action buttons allow one-click response
May 16, 2013
Google has launched a new Gmail tool that lets you take relevant actions in response to an e-mail — before you’ve even opened and read it. But functionality may be limited at first.
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Google launches Hangouts for group conversations
May 15, 2013
Google has created more than just a messaging app in Hangouts. The company created a unified platform for free group video chats, photo sharing, and text and video messaging. It works across all Google platforms so that you can use it on your computer through Google+, and on your Android mobile phone and tablet through downloadable apps.
Google rumored to launch unlimited music service
May 15, 2013
Google appears to be on the verge of announcing a subscription music service. It’s a market that’s proven tricky so far for smaller players.
Google Glass facial recognition already here
May 14, 2013
A third-party application for Google Glass lets doctors bring up patient notes using facial recognition. It’s the first to use such a tool and is sparking debate about the pros and cons of such a feature.
Google’s Schmidt: Internet needs delete button
May 8, 2013
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, says more needs to be done to give people the opportunity to undo mistakes they makes online. But he didn’t have any firm proposals on how that might work.
Google Play is now on the Barnes & Noble Nook HD and HD +
May 4, 2013
Barnes & Noble announced that its two high end tablets are getting Google Play through a software update that started yesterday. By allowing Nook HD and HD+ owners to access Google Play from their tablets, the company is giving them access to over 700,000 apps, movies and TV shows not previously available and sets the Nook apart from the Amazon Kindle.
Twitter good, Apple bad says privacy survey
May 3, 2013
Twitter is one of only two companies to get full marks for protecting customer privacy from law enforcement agencies in a new report. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ranked MySpace and Verizon bottom, closely followed by Apple and Yahoo.
Glass Gets Hacked, But Does it Matter?
April 28, 2013
Google Glass has been out for less than a month, but newfound owners are already wondering how they can break it, hack it, and make it work in ways that, perhaps, don’t fulfill Google’s vision for Glass. Enter Jay Freeman, who hacked and rooted his Glass while he ate dinner with friends.
Google to change results order to satisfy officials
April 26, 2013
Google has agreed to change the way it presents search results for some type of queries following pressure from the European Union. But rival Internet firms have already said the changes don’t go far enough.
New “BadNews” Malware Family Downloaded Up To 9 Million Times on Android
April 20, 2013
Lookout Mobile Security, a security research firm, has discovered a new Android-based malware family dubbed — in what must be considered one of the more apt names for more malware — “BadNews.” And it is, truly, bad news: the affected applications, according to Lookout, have been downloaded 2,000,000 to 9,000,000 times from the Google Play store.
Google Gives The Goods On Glass, Mirror API
April 16, 2013
Google released hardware and API details of its Project Glass product. The details show a robust product with surprisingly restrictive terms (at least for now).
Here are the details.
Privacy Concerns Shouldn’t Limit The Use of Autonomous Drones
April 13, 2013
The last thing Google’s Eric Schmidt wants to see is a drone hovering over his yard. Not the kind of drone which drops missiles and kills people in Pakistan, mind you, but the kind you can take out of a box and just let loose. The kind of drone that civilians can, and likely will, use in the near future. That’s why, Schmidt argues, they need to be regulated before they even become an issue.
Android being free dubbed ‘anticompetitive’
April 9, 2013
Google’s rivals have complained to European regulators that Google is acting anti-competitively by not charging for the Android operating system. They’ve implied that the free software is an attempt to unfairly control consumer data.
Google will release an updated Nexus 7 in July
April 3, 2013
News reports indicate that we can expect an update of Google’s popular Nexus 7 sometime in July. ASUS will again be the manufacturer behind the tablet but there will be some significant differences with the update.
Google announces Google Glass winners, including Newt Gingrich
March 31, 2013
Google announced who has won the privilege to purchase the $1,500 Google Glass in advance in its “#ifihadglass” contest, and the list is quite exclusive. For example, former Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, won the right to a pair. Mayhaps he’ll use his Glass on his soon-to-be moon colony?
Google fails to make ‘ungoogleable’ ungoogleable
March 27, 2013
A Swedish organization has abandoned plans to include a reference to Google in a semi-official list of new Swedish words. The move comes after pressure from Google relating to its trademarks.
Google to use TV airwaves for broadband
March 26, 2013
Google is to provide wireless broadband services over unused TV frequencies. The test project in South Africa is designed to provide evidence that such a technique can work in the United States.
