Tag Archives : Google apps

Google+ received a nice update today that bumped up the build number to 4.0.0.46852618 from 3.6.0.44338848. This update brought all the amazing features of their Photos service to the mobile app. Just in case you don’t recall, Google announced some pretty damn amazing Photo features that will...

We all love our apps, and with more than 800,000 available in the Play Store, there are plenty to choose from.  But some things about them still bug us users. App Permissions. During the Google I/O Fireside Android Chat, Android Framework Engineer Dianne Hackborn said about the idea of optional app...

We all know what the Google Play Store is. It is where we go to find all the latest and great apps, games and tools published for consumption by a wide variety of developers. There is another Play Store that most of you will never see or use though. The Google Play Private Channel. The new Private Channel...

Chinese software company Alibaba created the Aliyum OS which, despite claims to the contrary, is a forked Android OS, along the same lines as the Kindle Fire or Nook. Alibaba claims that its Aliyum OS is Linux based, but oddly there’s several pirated Android apps on the Aliyum app store including...

We’ve seen the Nexus 7 commercial, and the introductory “Make Yourself At Home” video, and now, we have a third video from Google about the Nexus 7 and it’s all about Google Apps. Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Earth and YouTube get featured in the video. Any long time Android user will...

It has defintely been an amazing day in the Android world. The unveiling of the Nexus Tablet, Jelly Bean, and a bunch of updates to our Google apps. Google Maps got a nifty little update today. The update gives us the ability to view maps even when you do not have a data signal to connect to. Now that...

No wonder Microsoft is always up in arms about Google and their app services. Microsoft is making bank off the American people. Ever wonder why taxes are so high, blame Microsoft. All kidding aside though, Colorado announced today that the state will be adopting Google Apps across the state. This move...

There is only one thing about politics that I have ever liked, that was the commercials the candidates make to bash each others ethics,, past or skeletons. Some say it is sinister, evil and wrong. While others take it as truth and it can sway their vote in the elections. The same scenario happens all...

One of the only things that was a big let down to me about the Kindle Fire was no Android market access. There is no reason they would want to offer the market to their tablet, after all they are hoping to make back profit loss on sales up in the Amazon AppStore. If you have ever checked out their market,...

This is a nice surprise to finally see. Google has now added their social networking service to the list of Google Apps. We know this has been a highly requested service since its launch. Google Apps users will now have access to the same set of features that are available every G+ users and more. Adding...

I sometime wonder how we ever managed to survive with out Google in our lives. How different do you think things would be if it was Lougle instead. (You know what I mean.) This handy little ability is over on the left hand side of the account tucked neatly inside your GChat/GTalk section. I never really...

Like many of you I have a chunk of my home screen and launcher stuffed full of my Google apps. They are the bread and butter of our devices and often our lives. Sometimes you might even need to dedicate an entire screen to Google apps. Thanks to some ingenuity by Boris Lemke,  we now have a simpler...

Android has come a long way in the last two years as a mobile platform, with 5 main firmware versions seen on devices around the globe and increased support for exchange users it’s no wonder it’s the fastest growing mobile operating system in the world. One area that is often overlooked, however,...

Cyanogen has released an update to CyanogenMod-6 for the HTC EVO. The latest version is now 6.0.0-RC2. Also included with this new version is a new version of the Google applications.  From my experience, Gmail has been enhanced with a new tool bar and I’m sure there are more. This release is...

To be exact, today Google dished out an Orkut App and a Buzz Widget. Never heard of Orkut? Orkut is Google’s first of three attempts at social networking (that is if you count Wave and subsequently Buzz as numbers two and three) and the most orthodox among them. Here are the respective press releases...