You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Google seems to be adding a Google Now widget to Androids in the future. A possible leak on their support pages shows a screenshot of the widget. Although this image does not show a lot of information, it seems to show information that is usually available on Google Now, which is a service aimed at providing users with up-to-date information about their day. You can think of it as an assistant, which knows what you’re up to by looking at your emails, calendar information etc… (more…)
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While my wife and I were busy watching Once Upon a Time and The Walking Dead last night, it seems everyone else was watching The Grammys. Because of that, it seems we missed out on a commercial for the Nexus 4 that was everyone crowing about it this morning.
Google’s Nexus 4 commercial focused entirely on Google Now, which was introduced as a direct rival to Apple’s Siri. It also marked the first time an Android 4.2 Jelly Bean-powered device was featured in a commercial, giving those who don’t have the latest Android OS and don’t follow tech blogs a glimpse into what’s possible nowadays. (more…)
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If you’re using Chromium in Windows, you can now get a notification center. The feature’s just in a developmental stage right now, but it could lead to some neat developments with Chrome that tie it closer to the Android operating system. More »
Seeing how much Apple and Google have been butting heads over the past few years, the most embarrassing for Apple being its Maps fiasco, you might find it a bit odd for one company to praise the other one at all. But that’s exactly what seems to be going on as Google’s text-to-speech engine has been caught praising the iPad by using the phrase “he now praises the iPad.” (more…)
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With the introduction of Siri and Google Now, many smartphone users have probably asked their digital assistant to update their calendar, set a timer, or to read their messages to them. But one issue a number of users probably have is their smartphone is tucked away someplace and retrieving it just to get a quick update isn’t worth it. That’s an issue the makers of CommBadge probably experienced one too many times, and decided to launch their project on Indiegogo in hopes they could offer their product to consumers.
The CommBadge is a personal communicator that can be clipped onto any part of your body that you feel would be easy to reach when you need to communicate with your iPhone or Android device. A tap on the CommBadge will allow you to communicate with your phone without needing to pull out your device. Not only that, but the CommBadge also can be used as a bluetooth speaker to answer and make phone calls.
The creators of CommBadge are asking for a $75 contribution, which will get you one Galactic Black CommBadge Classic, which if the project receives full funding, will ship out in April 2013.
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We have seen our fair share of documentaries in the past which involves hunting down something or someone – a great treasure perhaps, or clues in a murder case that happened years ago. Well, code hunters could be the premise for a new documentary, as some folks have discovered clues of future and upcoming software being embedded or included in current versions of a software. Case in point, it seems that there are clues pointing to Google Now making a move on the Chrome browser sometime down the road, and even on the ChromeOS itself.
Folks who have given Google Now a run with the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update would realize that this is one interesting system that pulls together everything that Google has a handle concerning you from your search history, GPS location, and even calendar events, pushing out the kind of information that you are looking for intelligently. It seems that the Chromium branch code has added “skeleton for Google Now for Chrome implementation”, which means we could see Google Now cards integrated into the Chrome Notifications system down the road. All it takes now is some patience, and when contacted, Google mentioned, “We’re always experimenting with new features in Chrome, but have nothing to announce at this time.”
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Since its introduction earlier this year, Google Now has quickly become one of the stand-out features of having a (current version) Android phone or tablet. It looks like Google Now-age won’t be exclusive to mobile for long, however; Google Now is coming to Chrome. More »
Google Now is fast becoming one of Android‘s defining features. But, if some recent additions to Chromium are anything to go by, the nifty little life-predictor could well be finding its way to Chrome browsers, too. An entry in the Chromium project code site titled “Show Google Now notifications in Chrome” along with some code revisions for “Creating a skeleton for Google Now for Chrome implementation” hints that the idea is, at least, at some level of development. This of course means that the service would leap out of its current mobile OS restraints, and become available to a much wider audience — at least those using some portion of the Google ecosystem — and not just its Android platform. The code was spotted by an eagle-eyed François Beaufort, who points out the reference to it working with Chrome’s desktop notifications. While we wait for more official word, we guess a card to notify us of when this might be coming would be too much to ask?
Filed under: Desktops, Internet, Google
Via: CNET
Source: Francois Beaufort (Google+)
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