Over the past several months, Alcatel has been hard at work creating one relatively large spread of smartphones, today bringing on an additional four smartphone models to meet the other two shown off earlier this week. This is the Alcatel One Touch Pop C-series, and it includes the Pop C7, C5, C3, and C1, starting […]
If you’re the sort of person that’s on the fence about working with Google Glass simply because you don’t want to have to put your finger up to the side of your head to tap around its controls, you’re in luck. Today there’s an update to the Google-made MyGlass app in the Google Play store, […]
In order to properly use Google Glass, a combination of voice commands, head nods and finger swipes need to be used to get the wearable device to do what you want it to do. We’re sure many Google Glass users have been dying to be able to manipulate their wearable device by using their Android device, and today, Google has released its MyGlass app which finally lets you do just that. (more…)
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Rumors about Google’s next Nexus device are heating up in the wake of a perceived leak via the company’s own promotional video for Android KitKat earlier this week. Today, a filing from the FCC (via Engadget) that details a new, unreleased LG device making its way to the U.S. offers up what could be some more granular information on Google’s next Android reference smartphone.
The Nexus 5 could be the “D820″ from the filing, a chance made more likely by the fact that the images shared with the U.S. wireless standards regulator line up closely with the sneak peek revealed in Google’s video, and by the knowledge that it contains wireless charging based on the Qi standard, a feature of its forerunner the LG Nexus 4. And per the filing, this supposed Nexus 5 would offer 7-band LTE, 802.11ac Wi-Fi networking, a 5-inch display, and come with Android 4.4 preloaded (which is named “Key Lime Pie” in the filing’s firmware name string, a sign the KitKat arrangement was one made late by Google).
Measurements of the device place it at 131.9mm tall and 68.2mm wide per the document, which is slightly thinner and shorter than the Nexus 4 despite the 0.26-inch larger diagonal display, so expect top and bottom bezel to be shaved slightly with the Nexus 5 if these reports do indeed describe that smartphone. The new Nexus phone as seen in the commercial can be seen in the screenshot below from 9to5Google, and a fan-made render by Philippine site Yugatech, pictured above, provides a better idea of what that device might look like up close.
Google started selling the Nexus 4 way back in November 2012, after announcing it at the end of October, so it’s nearly due for a refresh. At the time, the lack of LTE was a noteworthy admission, so the fact that its successor could get fairly broad LTE band support is big news, and the Snapdragon 800 is definitely no slouch in the processor department. We’ll likely have to wait a while yet to see what shape the next Nexus takes, but if this is it, and if Google can keep unlocked pricing in the same ballpark it managed for the Nexus 4, this could be a very good option for Android smartphone shoppers.
If you have insatiable wanderlust, you just might love the newest Google Earth update for Android — especially if you travel enough to forget where you’ve been. Version 7.1.2 adds the ability to view your geotagged photos from a new layer within the app, as long as they’ve been previously uploaded to Google+. Since the images are placed on top of the locale they were taken in — simply click on one to view them all as a full-screen slideshow — it’s the perfect tool to use when you want to do some reminiscing. The update should now be available, so relax and sit back on your beach chair as you download it via Google Play.
Filed under: Misc, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Earth (Google+), Google Play
This article was written on July 25, 2008 by CyberNet.
Google announced today that their search engine has hit a huge milestone, and it’s that they’ve come across an astounding 1 trillion unique URL’s on the web. Don’t confuse this with the number of pages that the search engine has indexed, because they flat out said that they are not indexing each of those trillion URL’s since many of them have duplicated/useless content:
So how many unique pages does the web really contain? We don’t know; we don’t have time to look at them all! 🙂 Strictly speaking, the number of pages out there is infinite — for example, web calendars may have a “next day” link, and we could follow that link forever, each time finding a “new” page. We’re not doing that, obviously, since there would be little benefit to you. But this example shows that the size of the web really depends on your definition of what’s a useful page, and there is no exact answer.
We don’t index every one of those trillion pages — many of them are similar to each other, or represent auto-generated content similar to the calendar example that isn’t very useful to searchers. But we’re proud to have the most comprehensive index of any search engine, and our goal always has been to index all the world’s data.
It’s crazy to think that there are over a trillion different URL’s that you can visit, and yet it was just a few years ago that Google was trying to tell us that we reached the end of the Internet? Uh, not quite. 😉
The problem that we all run into now is trying to find that one website that has exactly what we’re looking for. Search engines like Google try to make the information easier to find, but sometimes they don’t get the job done. To help discover the best of the trillion+ URL’s we have to rely on other services like StumbleUpon. Just think about how many different sites StumbleUpon has introduced to people. Heck, we’ve gotten over 2,000 visits alone from StumbleUpon today, and I’m sure a majority of those people are brand new visitors.
So grab yourself a few large pizzas, a couple cases of pop, and get back to browsing the web. You’ve got a few hundred billion more URL’s to discover. 😀
P.S. I wonder what the lucky 1 trillionth URL was?
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This article was written on April 02, 2008 by CyberNet.
TechCrunch is reporting that “Something big is brewing between Google and eBay’s Skype.” Whatever is brewing, whether it’s a full-blown acquisition or a partnership, this could be pretty big. Michael Arrington says that for several weeks now, there have been rumors that the two companies were chatting and trying to work out details, and that an announcement regarding what they intend to do will be made in the “near future.” So what could this mean for eBay and for Google should a deal be worked-out?
For eBay this could mean that they are finally able to ‘rid’ themselves of a company that hasn’t done a whole lot of good for them. You may recall that eBay acquired Skype back in September of 2005 for 2.6 billion. At the time, one of their intentions was to use Skype to help buyers and sellers communicate on eBay, which they tried but it didn’t go over so well. Not much good has come from the acquisition and eBay even took a $1.4 billion dollar asset-impairment last year during the 4th quarter to help with the promised Skype shareholder payouts that totaled 530 million. At that point, people were suggesting that eBay should ditch Skype all-together.
What does this mean for Google? Well, we already know that they have big plans for voice communication. They already offer GOOG-411 for free which we know is used for their speech-to-text model, and then they acquired GrandCentral back in June last year. Clearly Google is interested in voice and Skype could help them do big things. Our other thought was that they could integrate Skype into Google Talk. We’ve already seen a screenshot from a Google presentation which showed a screenshot of Google Talk with a “show dial-pad” link, so that tells us Google wants to help users dial-out and place phone calls right from Google Talk. Skype could help them do just this.
A Google acquisition of Skype makes a lot of sense and we’re thinking Skype would love to be under new leadership with a company who could devote the time and resources to make them profitable. And as for Google, Arrington says, “Skype is the glue that can pull all the nascent Google products together.” This could be interesting…
Source: Thanks for the tip Omar!
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Later this morning, Verizon will open its virtual doors to early Samsung Galaxy Note 3 adopters wanting to pre-order the new flagship device announced two days ago. AT&T wants to do one better, however, by flipping the switch right now. Starting at 12:01am ET, the GSM network will give you the opportunity to commit $300 of your hard-earned money and two years of your life — or $35 per month if you plan to use AT&T Next, which effectively translates into an off-contract cost of $700, by our calculations — to have the large smartphone shipped to your doorstep “around October 1st.” So yes, this means the final date is more of a flexible guideline than a rule at this point, though we’re holding out hope that this estimate is conservative and will actually arrive sooner rather than later, in the same manner in which the pizza place quotes you when you call for delivery.
The network also confirms that the Galaxy Gear is on its way as well, though it only gets as specific as “the coming weeks.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, Samsung, Google, AT&T
If you start to see a lot more of the Moto X on Facebook in the coming days, there’s a good chance that it’s a result of Moto Match. The app is new to the social networking site, which presents users with a smartphone that’s color coordinated with their photos — think of it as Moto Maker for the uninspired. The service is hardly a first of its kind, and is reminiscent of a design tool called Nike PHOTOiD that taps into one’s Instagram gallery. Still, to get the full experience, you’ll have to try out Moto Match for yourself. Just as a head’s up… if you pick an outdoor scene with green in it, don’t be surprised if you get an Olive Silver model.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
Via: @Motorola (Twitter)
Source: Motorola (Facebook)
As the dust of IFA slowly settles down, we turn our attention to something that passed us by rather quickly: the appearance of what is allegedly the Nexus 5. Keen observers noted in Google‘s Android 4.4 KitKat video what seems to be a Nexus smartphone featuring a rear design that has not yet been seen. […]
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