Chrome Beta for Android, the cutting edge alternative to the standard Chrome browser for our Android smartphones, has been updated to version 28. This new update includes an awesome feature that emulates its desktop counterpart: automatic translations using Google Translate. When you visit a site that is in a foreign language, Chrome will pop up a small… Read more
We’ve heard pretty much nothing about Android 4.3 aside from it being confirmed by some sources, along with a June 10th release date (that’ll also bring a white Nexus 4). Now we finally get to see a little more detail! This Nexus 4, running what looks to be a legitimate build of Android 4.3, was found at a mobile expo in Thailand. It has a kernel built… Read more
It was rumored that at Google I/O, there would be an announcement for a new Gmail app for Android. Unfortunately, Google had no such announcement in store for us. But they did sneak in a screenshot of the new Gmail upp during their session “Structure in Android App Design.” How kind of them! Looking about 23 minutes in, it shows an example of the… Read more
There is a new feature rolling out to users that will allow you to see information from Google Drive, Calendar, and other things from Google when searching from Gmail. This integrates multiple services into one search bar. Google says the limited field trial was very successful, with people liking this feature, so they are now going to roll it out to… Read more
The city of Raytown, Missouri was recently selected as a candidate for Google Fiber (lucky), and it was up to the city itself whether Google would go through with its plans. And when time came to vote, the City Alderman (what a fun word!) did not disappoint. They ended up voting unanimously to bring Google Fiber to their area. Don’t forget that… Read more
In a list of the most valuable companies made by BrandZ, Google has gone from third place to second. Its brand value is now $113.669 billion, overtaking IBM (who’s brand is valued at $112.536 billion). It’s a pretty tight race, but Google has taken second place. Of course, they are nowhere near Apple’s brand value of $185.071 billion, which puts them at… Read more
With Samsung under fire all this time from Apple and its lawyers, we didn’t expect it to stop. However, we also didn’t expect them to go after Google services. When adding the Galaxy S 4 to their lawsuit against Samsung, they also added in a few Siri patents that they claim are violated by Samsung’s inclusion of Google Now. This is not a Samsung… Read more
Hello Google Chrome conversation voice search now up and running with the newest update to Chrome 27. It’s still a little finicky and isn’t as complete as the Google I/O demo showed us just yet, but you’ll see the microphone in the main search window on Google.com. The bright-side of Google’s conversation search is the natural language and semantic… Read more
AT&T does again what they do best: block video chatting apps. Like with FaceTime before it, AT&T had recently given its position on the new Google Hangouts: Video calling will not be supported on mobile data at this time. Obviously, people did not take kindly to this. If we’re paying for data, and we can use other apps like Skype to video chat, why not… Read more
We weren’t expecting Key Lime Pie at Google I/O. It was pretty clear that it wasn’t coming for whatever reason. We don’t know whether it was to give manufacturers time to update their devices to 4.2, or they’re working on something big and need more time, but we expected this to happen. However, it seems that we missed a few references to Key Lime Pie… Read more
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