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Google is launching huge balloons to bring the Internet to remote and difficult terrain — think mountain ranges, archipelagos and jungles — beginning with New Zealand. Last week, Google launched 30 Internet-enabling balloons in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, with plans to launch 20 more. The balloons, which resemble white, effervescent jellyfish, use a combination [...]
Google released an official Cloud Print app for Android. While there were other very respectable apps in the marketplace that tied into your Google Cloud Print account, this is the first official app from Google. Cloud Print, which has been around since mid 2010, was meant as a (you guessed it) cloud based printer management system. Obviously designed [...]
In a post on Google+, Google said that it does not intend on approving any apps with facial recognition features — though it hasn’t closed the door the possibility in the future. In the post, Google said “many have expressed both interest and concern around the possibilities of facial recognition in Glass. … We won’t [...]
Google has revealed that it has two new sophisticated Android smartphones in the works, one of which will have the unprecedented distinction of being made in the United States. An HTC One smartphone customized to be “Google’s take on Android” will make its US debut on June 26 at a price of $599, the head of Android, Chrome [...]
LG will not make Google’s next Nexus device, the Nexus 5, despite previous rumors. In an interview with Dutch website All About Phones, Won Kim, vice president of LG Mobile Europe, indicated that the company has no plans to produce another Nexus device, in part it seems because the company doesn’t need to. “The Nexus 4 was a great success, [...]
Google has recently announced the release of their new Maps that comes with a bunch of new features, as well as 3D areas. After a few days’ wait, I finally got my invitation and decided to give it a go. One of the nice tools is the ability to locate certain categories of places in [...]
At Google I/O, there was an underlying theme to the keynote. Googlers on stage proposed that moving technology out of the way would lead to a richer life, allowing us to worry less about what was going on digitally, and focus on what was tangible. Google Now is a large part of that shift, and [...]
Millward Brown Optimor has released its annual BrandZ list of the most valuable global brands for the year, and Apple and Google are in the top slots, with the former coming in at #1 and the latter at #2. On top of that, comparing the numbers, we see that both companies saw an increase in brand value over 2012, [...]
Leading up to Google I/O, the rumors kept piling up. First there were rumors of the next Android, Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Then it was supposed to be a minor update, Android 4.3. There were also rumors of a new Nexus tablet, maybe even a phone. Granted, most of the rumors were pure speculation, [...]
Whether or not this announcement has anything to do with the recently announced Google Play games services, the timing is surely curious. It seems like Google has other plans for the future of gaming on its platforms, because it has announced today that Google+ Games will be retired on June 30th. Given the low-profile nature of [...]
Specs of Motorola’s Moto X Phone Leak Again
Acer’s 8-inch Iconia W3 is the first one-handed Windows 8 tablet
Computex 2013: Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 and 8 Tablets
Computex 2013: Dell XPS 11, Another Super Resolution Convertible Tablet
Computex 2013: Dual-Band 1900 Mbps Router from ASUS
Computex 2013: Zenbook Infinity, a 13.3-Inch ASUS Ultrabook with Gorilla Glass 3
Computex 2013: New ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity Tablet Has 2560 x 1600 IPS Display
Computex 2013: ASUS Transformer Book Trio Dual-OS Tablet
Google won’t approve facial recognition Glass apps until it has ‘privacy protections in place’
Windows 8.1 Full Features List
Specs of Motorola’s Moto X Phone Leak Again
Google Launches Balloons to Bring the Internet to Remote Regions
Wearable Tech Bracelet Brings You Smartphone Notifications
Plastic 2013 iPhone Launching in August, Made by Pegatron
Apple iPhone 5S in gold?
Bill Gates Joins LinkedIn
Apple iPad mini 2 LCD displays to come from Samsung
Yahoo Buys Developer Behind PhotoForge and KitCam
Google releases official Cloud Print app
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Goes Official
