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Google has rolled more Google+ functionality into search results, injecting app activity so as to give examples of user preferences alongside searches for sites and apps. The new feature will be rolled out to desktop search users “over the next few weeks”, Google says, and initially with a limited number of music and movie apps including Slacker Radio and Deezer.

There’ll also be Fandango, Flixster, Songza, SoundCloud, and TuneIn support from launch. However, Google says that more apps will be added “over time” in addition to other tweaks to the preview system.

Google is billing the feature as a way for potential app users to see how the software is actually used, with a glimpse into what existing users are doing expected to make it clearer as to whether it would actually be useful or not. So, if you search for SoundCloud, it will not only show how many followers on Google+ the app has, but show which particular audio has been most popular recently.

For movie apps, meanwhile, such as Fandango, there’ll be a list of popular films; clicking one will jump straight to that movie’s page in the app.

Of course, this is also designed to encourage more developers to add Google+ Sign-In support to their apps, the secure login system Google unveiled back in February. The system is similar to Facebook Connect, only attempting to make Google+ the ubiquitous credentials that log users in across the web.

Google injects App Activities into search to push Google+ Sign-In is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Congratulations are in order to Holstein Housewares for the development of the Holstein Pet Treat Maker,
a panini pan that makes perfect dog biscuits in 7 minutes. It’s not
available yet, but the specialized appliance will be ready for sale at HSN.com sometime in May, and here’s what it will offer..

Yahoo‘s new app has arrived on Android, packing a similar features selection to the iOS iteration that launched last week. Alongside better search language algorithms, there’s the same Summly magic attempting to whittle longer news articles down to 400 characters or less. The news app will make better use of your smartphone screen too, with more attention being paid to both images and video content. Feast your eyes on Yahoo’s refresh by grabbing the app at the Play store — the link’s just below.

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What does $110 million get you these days? Of course, you will end up with plenty of fast cars, large mansions, and for a company like Jawbone, it would mean acquiring another entity known as BodyMedia for that particular amount of dough. Just in case Jawbone sounds familiar to you, that is because they are the developer of Bluetooth headsets in addition to other kinds of wearable technology. Having picked up BodyMedia, a fitness monitoring company that is based in Pittsburgh for a reported $110 million, this acquisition clearly shows that Jawbone wants to force their way into the health and wellness arena.

BodyMedia is a company that was founded more than 15 years ago, and proved to be one of the very first companies to work on wearable body monitors which will help gauge physiological data, narrowing down on fitness. All data will be captured using its 24/7 on-body monitors, and it has been used by consumers as well as care providers to monitor behavioral changes in addition to weight control and the promotion of an active lifestyle. Jawbone’s acquisition would see them pick up BodyMedia’s 87 patents, which might come in handy in the long run. It would be interesting to see what else Jawbone will come up with sometime down the road.

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We’ve been hearing a lot about Google‘s self-driving car lately, and we’re all probably wanting to know how exactly the search giant is able to construct such a thing and drive itself without hitting anything or anyone. A new photo has surfaced that demonstrates what Google’s self-driving vehicles see while they’re out on the town, and it looks rather frightening.

The image was tweeted by Idealab founder Bill Gross, along with a claim that the self-driving car collects almost 1GB of data every second (yes, every second). This data includes imagery of the cars surroundings in order to effectively and safely navigate roads. The image shows that the car sees its surroundings through an infrared-like camera sensor, and it even can pick out people walking on the sidewalk.

Of course, 1GB of data every second isn’t too surprising when you consider that the car has to get a 360-degree image of its surroundings at all times. The image we see above even distinguishes different objects by color and shape. For instance, pedestrians are in bright green, cars are shaped like boxes, and the road is in dark blue.

However, we’re not sure where this photo came from, so it could simply be a rendering of someone’s idea of what Google’s self-driving car sees. Either way, Google says that we could see self-driving cars make their way to public roads in the next five years or so, which actually isn’t that far off, and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is even interested in developing self-driving cars as well. However, they certainly don’t come without their problems, and we’re guessing that the first batch of self-driving cars probably won’t be in 100% tip-top shape.

[via BuzzFeed]

Driving Miss dAIsy: What Google’s self-driving cars see on the road is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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