Jan 15
Following the launch of the Google Play Music app for iOS in November, the company has expanded that push into Apple’s playground, announcing today on Google+ the availability of Google … Continue reading
Jan 15
When we heard about the Moto G being offered as a Google Play Edition handset, we immediately scratched our heads in wonder. Why would Google offer a device from their … Continue reading
Jan 14
The Motorola Moto G is a wonderful phone for the money
     |
Jan 09
It seems to be the trend that some of the best software updates for Android tend to be part of either app updates or updates to the Google Play services framework, compared to the full system update for Android. Well, from today onward, Google has begun to introduce Google Play Services version 4.1, where those who apply this particular update would be able to enjoy the wonders of turn-based multiplayer support when it comes to games, among others.
With turn-based multiplayer, this would mean that game developers are now able to make use of Google Play services in order to deliver asynchronous multiplayer in games. In a nutshell, this would make Google function as the middleman when it comes to transferring turn data between players. This particular service will also add support for multiplayer games of anywhere between 2 to 8 players. Turn data will also be sent to Google and automatically routed to other players. Apart from that, there is also a developer preview of a new Google Drive API which is currently in the pipeline, where this particular API will enable any app to read and write Google Drive files, not to mention offer offline editing capabilities to boot. Do expect to see more advertising support in the Play services update as well, where DoubleClick for Publishers, DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and Search Ads for Mobile Apps are now part of the family.
Google Play Services 4.1 Delivers Turn-Based Multiplayer Support original content from Ubergizmo. 
| |
Dec 31
Google Music All Access users are reporting that they’ve received an email inviting them to join the ranks of Glass Explorers. (Here’s the sign up page you can try if you didn’t get the email.) As far we can tell it’s the first time Google has opened up the program to a subset of its users without demanding that they explain themselves.
| |
Dec 30
Coinbase has released Coinbase Merchant, a point-of-sale app for accepting payments in Bitcoin. The app functions like a traditional POS app (like Square, for example) except it works for the … Continue reading
Dec 23
SwiftKey got a new theme for winter this week. It’s called “Ice”, and it is what it sounds like. The alternative keyboard shows off a wintery look with snowflakes that … Continue reading
Dec 23
While the app called AllCast was originally born of the creator’s wishes to connect more media to the Google device Chromecast, it’s made a significant expansion this week. This initial … Continue reading
Dec 22
LEGO has posted an app to the Google Play store that walks you through the process of building two model cars. The app provides animated, step-by-step instructions for creating them … Continue reading
Dec 18
At this point in time, should you wish to upload your digital songs over to Google Play Music, it is not quite as straightforward a process as “drag and drop”. First of all, you will need to download Music Manager, which is an application that will hook itself into your computer’s hard drive, allowing you to transfer selected audio files over to Google’s storage cloud space. Of course, there will always be moments when you do not wish to download and add on another software to your computer simply because you are running out of space, or are sick and tired of managing so many software already, so what are you to do then?
The unofficial Google system blog has come up with some potentially good news. Down the road, there is a very real possibility of you uploading songs straight from the browser, now how about that? This was speculated after gleaning the source code over in Google Play Music, where it does point to such through a dialog description text which reads, “Drag songs or folders here to add music to your library. Or, if you prefer, select from your computer.” It remains to be seen whether Google will take the actual step of implementing browser uploads for its Music service, but the line of code surely points out that Google might be toying with this idea.
Google Music To Receive Upload Feature original content from Ubergizmo. 
| |
Who's in charge here?
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.