Tag Archives : Google

Although still in closed-beta, Google‘s team at Niantic Labs added an update to its game, Ingress. Described as a “global game of mystery, intrigue, and competition,” Ingress combines socially-driven interaction with strategic planning. The story involves a controlling, “mysterious...

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...

Many of us foresaw the demise of the Nexus Q, our media streaming friend from Google that never quite took off. This much was alluded to this week when Google announced its improved Google Play Music service, which does not support the Nexus Q as confirmed by Phandroid. If this already wasn’t...

Well Google I/O 2013 started off with a bang with many different services being officially confirmed you can say the Android world is excited. Among some of the confirmations Google new music subscription service All Access as announced along with a ton of new feature updates for Google Now. From what...

It is Google I/O and you all know that means a tn of information and a ton of updates. Google Music just updated in the Play Store with all the new goodies of the All Access streaming service. Google Search also update for any device on Android 4.1+ that adds in the super cool new stuff that was shown...

While watching the live feed of Google I/O 2013 (still bummed I couldn’t go) I saw them demo a game on Google Chrome. This game is called Racer. It is the same concept as the slot car racing games because it allows you to go as fast as you want by tapping and holding down on your screen. Now...

Google+ will be getting a nice little UI overhaul later today, as well as adding 41 additional features. The new UI has a very Google Now card-like quality to them, as well as taking an animation effect that is reminiscent of Flipboard. Now they did not go over all the features that we will be getting...

With Google I/O literally hours away, there has been news that Google will likely be announcing a music streaming service, which aims too compete with the likes of Spotify and other like services. This news isn’t so much a surprise as it is an inevitability with a Google music streaming service...

This probably won’t be the last rumour you hear before the start of Google I/O but it is definitely one of the more interesting ones so far and doesn’t involve the Moto X Phone. There is a rumour circulating that Samsung and Google have been knocking boots to create a Galaxy S4 with stock...

Ghost, XFON, BIG FOOT?! Google and Motorola love to tease, don’t they? It seems that the mystery AT&T Motorola phone, XT1058, has shown up in a benchmark showing off some mid-ranged specs. Now of course, speculation that this is in fact a Moto X Phone, is already coming about, but I personally...

Happy Friday to you all. Time for some ManDroid madness in your face. New Nexus 7 looking to be at Google I/O, and there was this pesky rumor that Google is giving up on the Moto X project. Don’t know about that one. Enjoy the show! News Topic Leaked new Nexus 7 info Has Google abandoned Moto...

The Moto X Phone is slowly turning into somewhat of a mythical creature. With Rumored specs, and leaked photos, it is soon going to be standing up on the podium with Loch Ness and Big Foot. Today I woke to the news that some analyst, named Sun Chang Xu, from Chinese Technology has said that Google...

With recent updates to Google Glass and possible UI changes to Google Maps, Google Earth has some new updates of their own. One of the most notable changes is the integration of Street View. Street View has been a part of Google Maps for a while now, but it will give Google Earth additional exploration...

If a post from Google Operating System is to believed, we might be seeing a new UI for our beloved Google Maps very soon. And does it ever look good. From what we can see from these screenshots, the interface of Maps has done away with many of the side bars and overlays, making for a much cleaner experience...