There’s a next-generation HTC One out there in the wild, and it goes by the code name M8. You may recognize this name as it’s a one-up from the HTC One’s original code name in M7 – here appearing to be, quite simply, the next big step. Like the HTC One X’s release in the […]
We knew it was coming, and it might have taken a little longer than expected, but Google Play Music for iOS is finally here. The long-awaited iPhone app hits the App Store exactly six months after it was announced for Android and the desktop, and like its counterparts, offers free access to 20,000 of your uploaded tracks, lets you create playlists and also share songs with friends. However, you might be tempted to grab a free month’s trial for its All Access streaming service (normally $9.99 a month), which gives you access to over 20 million tracks, offers custom radio stations and helps you discover new music with its smart recommendation features. 9to5mac reports that Google is working to deliver an iPad version of the Play Music app and aims to bring its “I’m feeling lucky” feature and improved playback features in the near future.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Apple, Google
Via: 9to5mac
Source: Google Play Music (App Store)
Google has a heart for the environment by working alongside a bunch of researchers from the University of Maryland, NASA and the USGS. This collaborative effort would see the first high-resolution map of global deforestation being brought to life with the use of their very own Google Earth Engine. It is an immense effort, especially when you consider how this particular project was developed using more than a decade’s worth of Landsat images which showcases global land use changes in a manner where the public, NGOs and governments worldwide are able to learn more concerning various forestry practices, and along the way, will hopefully do its bit to reduce unwanted deforestation.
Lead author Matthew Hansen, Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Maryland, said, “People will use this data in ways we can’t even imagine today.” Do you think that this particular tool will allow folks to be more aware on the amount of deforestation that is happening in the world, that their consciousness will be pricked to do something about it? This tool actually analyzed a whopping 654,178 Landsat images, and thanks to the massive gains made in CPU technology that such a high-resolution map (that can be scaled down to 30 meters to boot) was able to come to fruition.
Google Offers High Resolution Map That Depicts Global Deforestation original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Back in the day, the internet was hard. There weren’t search engines or pretty HTML5 websites. There weren’t address bars or social networks. You had to dial up other computers and make connections yourself. At least that’s what they tell me.
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There are two types of people in this world: those who like the convenience of autofill, and those who don’t think a browser should double as a PA. For the former group, Google’s updating its mobile Chrome apps today, and autophilics will be pleased to hear the feature is being added to iOS, with form data from other devices synced up for immediate use. Chrome for Android received autofill abilities earlier this year, but today’s update should “further streamline online forms” to save you a little bit more time. Retailers need to adopt this “faster checkout flow” on their end (Betabrand is in from the get-go), but with the holidays coming up, we’re sure several sites will want to make those last-minute purchases as painless as possible. Now, we’re off to order some Catan socks.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Chrome Blog, Play store, App store
You might have heard earlier about how Facebook had reportedly tried to buy Snapchat for a whopping $3 billion, an offer which many are still wondering why Snapchat decided to turn down. As it turns out Facebook was not alone when it came to showing interest in the app, and according to a tweet by GigaOm founder, Om Malik, he reported on a rumor that he had heard on how Google had also attempted to buy Snapchat and that the search giant actually managed to outbid Facebook by offering up an eye-watering $4 billion instead.
Google’s plan for Snapchat was basically to leave it as it is, and keep it as a standalone app much like how Facebook did with Instagram. Unfortunately despite being offered so much money, Snapchat’s CEO, Eva Spiegel, was reported to have decided to turn both offers down because he believed that at the rate Snapchat was growing, it would be valued much higher further down the road. Was this a wise move by Spiegel to turn down $4 billion from Google? Hopefully it is, and hopefully this will not be the story of how Friendster was offered $30 million by Google but turned it down, and eventually faded away in obscurity.
Google Rumored To Have Outbid Facebook For Snapchat With $4 Billion original content from Ubergizmo. 
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The Moto G has gone on pre-order today for select areas in Europe and the UK today, less than 24 hours after it was introduced to the world by Motorola at a special Brazil-based event. Sao Paulo is indeed one of the other areas where the Moto G, a budget-minded smartphone, is seeing pre-sales, while […]
BlackBerry Messenger – or BBM – has been updated today to include a list of fixes and feature additions for Android and the inclusion of a couple new devices for iOS. This new version of BBM works with the wi-fi-only iPad now as well as the iPod touch where the first version did not. This […]
Google released their latest Transparency Report today. This marks the eighth such report, with the seventh having come back in late-April. That last report brought mention of a record high number of government requests and this time around the report is arriving with a similar description. Details coming from Google point towards how “requests from […]
For the past few years, Google hasn’t highlighted manufacturers of its Nexus devices in their monikers. Take the Nexus S for example which came out in 2010, it was manufactured by Samsung and the “S” was an obvious reference to the manufacturer’s Galaxy S line. Now, even in the Play Store, device monikers don’t hint at their makers, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and the Nexus 5 are fine examples. Google may have its own reasons of doing this, but apparently LG wanted it shift from this tradition. Chosun libo, a major newspaper based in South Korea, claims that LG wanted that the Nexus 5 be called the Nexus G, an obvious reference to its “G” line of devices.
LG changed its own naming policy for its premium devices this year, dropping the “Optimus” moniker in favour of the alphabet G. Since then, it has unveiled devices like the LG G2, G Pad and the G Flex. Perhaps the company might have thought that since Google has previously allowed Samsung to brand Nexus devices, the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S to be precise, perhaps it might extend the same courtesy to it. The newspaper claims that while LG did discuss the idea with Google, the company denied and went ahead with the Nexus 5. The rest, as they say, is history.
LG Reportedly Wanted Nexus 5 To Be Called Nexus G original content from Ubergizmo. 
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