Google Hangouts was rumored to be a junction of all of Google’s chat tools, and it partially is. It combines the old Hangouts, Google Talk, and all the separate chat systems they used across their sites. However, a few specific communication methods were left out: Google Voice and SMS. We knew Google Voice integration wouldn’t be there at launch, but we… Read more
Google I/O’s keynote was almost completely devoid of hardware discussion, aside from the stock Android Galaxy S 4. However, this doesn’t mean that Google I/O as a whole won’t discuss new or existing hardware. For example, Project Glass staff hardware engineer Jean Wang took a moment to speak about the design of Google Glass and how it progressed. As… Read more
Yesterday at Google I/O, Google announced the new Hangouts. This was a service that replaces Google Talk and the old Hangouts, combining standard chat and video chat into one. It has many new features, like chat history and many more. However, there seems to be a new problem that has nothing to do with Google itself: AT&T is blocking video chatting on… Read more
Oh how the mighty have fallen as another piece of bad news surfaces for the BlackBerry crowd as new figures suggest the once giant smartphone OS has dropped to fourth in global shipments. There’s no question that Android at 75% and iOS at 17.3% of the total global smartphone market in the first quarter 2013 have the clear lead. Still, Microsoft saw an… Read more
Samsung is reversing their position of sorts as it pertains to the available memory on the 16GB Galaxy S 4 telling CNET UK: “As one of the most advanced smartphones on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S4 uses part of its internal memory to bring our customers its innovative and unique features. We appreciate this issue being raised and we will improve… Read more
We heard it a lot from the Google I/O keynote today: Google is out to make our less complicated, more convenient. One of these efforts Google is making didn’t even make it into the keynote today, but we actually think it’s pretty rad. From the Official Gmail Blog we found out that Gmail and Google Wallet will be joining efforts to allow us to send… Read more
The Google I/O keynote is finally over. That was a lengthy 3 hour keynote, but it contained a lot of great information. Google announced so many new features, and though none of them were huge (like a new version of Android), they were all amazing and a big benefit to users. Here is a quick recap of what was announced at Google I/O. Google Play… Read more
Google Maps is getting a brand new user interface, across both Android and iOS. The leaked screenshots were pretty spot on, with the simple UI. There is a single search bar floating above, with new UI elements popping up when necessary. When searching for something, a small card pops up at the bottom. When you pull it up, all the information shows up…. Read more
If you haven’t already heard, Google announced its unified chat service that we’ve been hearing about for a while. Hangouts will bring together all the different Google services such as Gmail, Google+, iOS, Android and Chrome. You will be able to save your chat history, send emoji icons, photos and make video calls. Hangouts will replace Google… Read more
This is the Google we know and love as they introduce a number of new cards for Google Now and something else equally amazing. As for the new cards, Google is introducing reminders, public transit commute time and recommendations for albums and books. Let’s be clear about this though, new cards for Google Now are welcomed but they are hardly… Read more
Google Photos has long been superior to other services on a technical level. With full size uploading, without the need for having it resized, it made photos that much better. But now, the storage has been upped from a measly 5GB to 15GB to take into account photos getting bigger and bigger. But that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. Google has a… Read more
Google+ has long been the underdog, but it seems like Google is once again pushing the service. They have redesigned the user interface with a new “cards” layout. The UI will adapt to the size of your display, with one to three columns of posts. Important posts can actually take up multiple columns. Each post will have automatic hashtags. Depending… Read more
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