Oct 10

Hands-on with Myriad’s Alien Dalvik 2.0 on an iPad (video)

Posted in: Android, app, Apple, apps, ctia, exclusive, Google, hands-on, ios, mobilepostcross, Today's Chili, video

Last week, Myriad outed its plans to unveil Alien Dalvik 2.0 — which works on iOS — at CTIA, which starts today. But, knowing our readers would be champing at the bit to see it in action a little early, we got an exclusive sneak preview of the software for you right now. As a quick refresher, Alien Dalvik’s a custom bit of code that lets you run unaltered Android apps on a non-Android OS, like Maemo or MeeGo. This new version brings that same black magic to iDevices (and just about anything else), so head on past the break for more about Myriad bringing Apple and Android together in app harmony.

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Oct 10

Happy 9th Birthday Google!

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili, YouTube

This article was written on September 27, 2007 by CyberNet.

happy birthday google If you visit Google today, you’ll notice the usual logo has been replaced with the one you see pictured to the right.  It’s Google’s 9th Birthday, and they’re celebrating! While there are actually several dates that could be considered Google’s birthday, clearly they acknowledge today, September 27th as their official birthday, the day that they became incorporated and their name was officially Google inc. I’m sure they’ve got birthday cake galore and other goodies on hand at the Googleplex to help celebrate. It’s been quite the 9 years for Google, so lets take a look at some of their milestones.

  • 1995-1997 – Google founders Larry and Sergey met at Stanford University and it wasn’t love at first site – they argued over everything. Eventually they agreed that there was a problem to solve, so they got together and began working on technology that would provide relevant information from mounds and mounds of data.
  • 1998 – Working in a dorm room (Google’s first data center), they began working on what they called BackRub, a search engine. After initially wanting to sell their technology, they decided they’d try and grow the service on their own and with generous donations, they were able to move out of the dorm and into the infamous Menlo Park, California garage.
  • 1999-  After outgrowing their space in the garage, they moved once more to an office in Palo Alto to comfortably fit eight employees. Shortly after that move, they found once again that they needed more space. This move took them to what is now known as the Googleplex – The Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. They also felt that it was an appropriate time to ditch the beta tag, so in 1999, Google Search left it’s beta days behind.
  • 2000 – This is the year that both AdWords and the Google Toolbar were introduced. By the end of 2000, Google was handling over 100 million search queries each day.
  • 2001 –  Eric Schmidt took over as the big boss (CEO) of Google in August of 2001 to help their growing business.
  • 2002 – Both Google News and Froogle ( Now Google Products) launched this year as well as Google Labs which “enabled engineers to present their pet ideas proudly to an adventurous audience.”
  • 2003 – This is the year that Google AdSense launched which has given web sites the opportunity to generate revenue through targeted ads.
  • 2004 – One word… Gmail! At the time, the gigabyte of free storage that they offered for each user was huge. And because they launched this service on April 1st, everybody was convinced it was an April Fools joke. As we all know, this was no joke! Other big milestones this year included the acquisition of Picasa, as well as Keyhole Corp. which we now know as Google Earth.
  • 2005 – Google Video launched this year, although in a very different form than what we know it as today, as well as Google Maps and Google Talk.
  • 2006 –  Undoubtedly the biggest news of 2006 for Google was the acquisition of YouTube, although that was far from the only major thing that happened that year. This was also the year that Google Trends, Google Notebook, and Google Co-op launched.
  • 2007 –  Happy 9th birthday Google! Highlights from this year included TiSP – free broadband service for you home (Happy April Fools), opening Gmail up to everybody, and the acquisition of DoubleClick and Feedburner.

This was only the tip of the iceberg as far as Google’s milestones go, and I can only imagine what 2008 will bring. Happy Birthday Google!

Source: Google Corporate Information

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Oct 10

Boost Mobile adds Samsung Transform Ultra to its repertoire, hopes you’ll transition for $230

Posted in: Android, gingerbread, Google, mobilepostmini, qwerty, samsung, slider, Today's Chili
You might think it’s more than meets the eye, but the Samsung Transform Ultra doesn’t have much to hide — except a full QWERTY keyboard, that is. Arriving precisely on time, the newest flagship device for Boost Mobile packs a prepaid punch: the Ultra rocks a 1GHz single-core CPU, Gingerbread, a three megapixel camera and a VGA front-facing cam. You can pick one of these up now for $230, which isn’t too shabby for a decently-spec’d Android device with no contract involved. Head on over to the source link if this particular beauty is meant to be a part of your future.

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Oct 10

T-Mobile unveils Galaxy Tab 10.1 and SpringBoard, combines 4G talk with HSPA+ walk

Posted in: 4G, 7-inch, Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, dual-core, GalaxyTab, Google, mobilepostcross, samsung, samsung galaxy tab, SamsungGalaxyTab, t-mobile, TMobile, Today's Chili

Sure, rumors and scuttlebutt clued is in that T-Mobile might be seeing a pair of slates landing sometime this year, but we loves us some confirmation. The magenta network just announced that the T-Mobile SpringBoard with Google and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 are primed to launch just soon enough for you to shove some HSPA+ holiday cheer into your relatives’ oversized stockings. The SpringBoard looks very much like the dressed up MediaPad we expected, replete with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear-facing 720p camera and an SD card slot for up to 32GB of expandable memory — not to mention a 7-inch capacitive touch display, and a 1.3 megapixel camera upfront. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the same Samsung slate we already know and love, but dressed in T-Mobile’s not-quite-4G HSPA+ style. In fact, both tablets sport HSPA+ compatibility and run Android 3.2. There’s no official word on price yet (although that MediaPad was rumored to hover at about $200 on contract), but the press release promises these slabs will drop sometime before the holiday season. Oh, that PR? Just hit the “read more” button below.

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Oct 09

Gmail Now Has Integrated PowerPoint Viewer

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on June 12, 2007 by CyberNet.

Google just added a new feature to everyone’s Gmail accounts that allows you to open PowerPoint files (with the PPT file extension) right there in your email. This isn’t a surprise because it had peaked out about a month ago, but it is nice to finally have it available in my Gmail account.

Now when there is a PowerPoint file attached there will be a new option located between the "View as HTML" and "Download" which says "View as slideshow." This will open up a new window or tab and immediately show you the PowerPoint presentation.

Google PowerPoint Viewer
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The navigation buttons are along the top, and in the upper-right corner you’ll notice a drop-down menu to select which slide to view. You can also right-click anywhere in the PowerPoint viewer to change some things like the slide rotation speed. They have, however, removed the embedding option that we previously saw, which is a little disappointing.

I tried this out with several different PowerPoint presentations to see if it would handle some of the more "complex" ones. It worked fairly well, although one of them said that the conversion failed and it wasn’t readable. I also tried to open a PPTX file which is the new Microsoft Office format, but it doesn’t even recognize it as a PowerPoint filetype.

So Google still has some work to do on this feature, but given some time I think they can make it better. Then they’ll need to start working on a way to create the PowerPoint presentations. :)

Source: Google Blogoscoped

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Oct 09

*Gasp* Google Takes Two Services Out of Beta!

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on September 18, 2007 by CyberNet.

It’s not very often that Google takes something out of labs, especially not two services at the same time. The Google Lab is considered Google’s "technology playground." Instead of saying that a service is in beta (aside from Gmail), they say it’s in labs and not quite ready for "prime time." The two most recent graduates of labs include Google Reader, and GOOG-411.

googlereaderlogo On the official Google Reader Blog, The Google Reader Team posted a break-up letter with labs saying "we don’t know how to tell you this, but it’s time that we break up." And with the breakup comes the removal of the Google Reader Labs logo which is now replaced with the logo you see to the right. They said that the addition of search played a role in taking it out of labs.

Besides the change in status, Google Reader also took into consideration the fact that news is important in the world no matter what language you speak. Up until today Reader was only available in English, however, they’ve now added support for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, English (UK), Japanese, and Korean. Google reader is now multilingual!

And lets not forget GOOG-411 which also graduated from the Google Labs. It’s a number that you can call for free to search for local businesses. I’ve used it a handful of times already within the last few months, and it’s extremely useful.  Those of you who have used it know that it used to say "GOOG 411 Experimental." Now they’ve dropped the "Experimental" part and just say "GOOG 411 – what city and state?" Apparently this service is a keeper for Google, which makes me a happy camper!

With Google Reader and GOOG-411 out of labs, what are your guesses for their next service to leave the lab? You can see an entire list of lab services here. My guess is that Google Trends will be next.

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Oct 09

Public Transportation Made Easy with Google Maps for Mobile

Posted in: Google, maps, Today's Chili

This article was written on June 06, 2008 by CyberNet.

Just yesterday, Google announced that they have updated Google Maps for Mobile to version 2.2. The big improvement with it this time around is that users will be able to get transit directions for over 40 cities in North America like Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver and 20 cities around the globe. If you’re familiar with the web version, you’ll have no problem using the mobile version because it’s very similar.

Here are some features that you’ll enjoy (some of which aren’t found on the desktop version of Google Maps quite yet):

  • Searchable transit maps
  • Find the last transit trips of the day (in other words, found out how late you can be out before getting stranded with no way to get back home)
  • Easily browse through earlier or later trips
  • My Location feature makes it easy to set the start point of your trip

With gas prices going up and up and up, more people are exploring other transportation options including public transportation like trains, buses and even ferries. Google Maps for Mobile could make this transition for people much easier by helping them find the routes they need to take and even letting them know how much it will cost.

Below is a video that Google put together which shows off the new Google Maps for Mobile, so if you’d like to see it in action, take a look.

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Oct 09

Google Calendar Offline Support Coming

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on October 23, 2007 by CyberNet.

Google Gears Calendar Offline

The eagle-eyed Google Blogoscoped forum noticed that Google Gears has started prompting some users to enable offline support. Tony Ruscoe looked through some of the JavaScript code on the page, and managed to scrounge up two different lines that provide definite clues that Google Gears support for Google Calendar is coming soon.

Typing javascript:_olp_showPromo(); into the address bar of your browser while viewing Google Calendar will display the popup pictured above. It implies that Google Gears will support 3 months of calendar data, which should be more than enough for anyone wanting offline access.

Typing javascript:void((function(){if (3!=0) {_GenSettings(3);}})()) into the address bar will show the settings page for Google Gears. And no, the changes you make here are not saved.

It’s apparent that Google Gears support is definitely on its way, but Google isn’t quite ready to launch it yet. Hopefully Gmail is just around the corner because it would complete the trifecta: calendar, email, and RSS reader!

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Oct 09

NASA and Google Come Down To Earth

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili

This article was written on December 19, 2006 by CyberNet.

In what seems to be a likely partnership, Google and NASA have joined together to bring space exploration down to earth. Both Google and NASA have something important to offer the other, and in return, we’ll have access to loads of new information. NASA’s Administrator Michael Griffin says that, “This agreement between NASA and Google will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars.” How cool is that?

I’m sure we can expect new features added to Google Earth as Google gets their hands on the wealth of information and images that NASA has collected over time about our Earth. Not only that, but just think about all of the information that could potentially be available by doing a Google Search in the future. NASA admits that while they have so much information that is available to the public, it’s  difficult for the public to get their hands on the information.  Google will be working to make that information more accessible to the general public, and in the process, they will be helping NASA organize themselves.

After Google and NASA get information available to view on the Internet, their next goals are to provide real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the International Space Station and space shuttles. Now that would make for some impressive additions to Google Earth!

Google’s Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says that, “Partnering with NASA made perfect sense for Google, as it has a wealth of technical expertise and data that will be of great use to Google as we look to tackle many computing issues on behalf of our users.”

News Source: Big Mouth Media

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Oct 09

Pantech Vega LTE gets official for South Korea, dual-core 1.5GHz CPU and 4.5-inch HD display

Posted in: 4G, Android, gingerbread, Google, korea, lte, mobilepostmini, smartphone, Smartphones, South Korea, SouthKorea, Today's Chili

Pantech holds no punches in its home nation, where the company’s latest handset, the Vega LTE, has just become very official. In addition to 4G support, the phone features a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 4.5-inch display with a whopping 1280 x 800 resolution. Take a moment to savor that last part. Gingerbread is at the core of this large-and-in-charge beauty, which also includes an 8 megapixel auto-focus camera that captures video at 1080p, an LED flash, a 1.3MP front-facing shooter and 16GB of built-in storage. An 1830mAh battery powers the slab, which measures just 9.35mm thin and weighs 135.5g (4.8oz). Rounding out the internals, users will benefit from A-GPS, 802.11n, NFC and terrestrial DMB — that last one is specifically for the home crowd. With specs like these, we can only hope a domestic version makes its journey across the Pacific. If you’re looking for some mental exercise, a translated PR follows the break.

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