All Entries Tagged With: "google"
Android Chrome Browser – Review
Google has finally released a version of its Chrome browser for Android, although for the moment it’s limited to Android 4.0 ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich OS). It’s pretty fast and it syncs everything you tell it to. Transition effects are cute and there is an intuitive system of hopping between tabs. Since appearing in 2008 [...]
Google – Disney joint promotion
Google is teaming up with Disney in a joint promotion. Google’s YouTube and Disney have announced a deal whereby each will spend $10-15 million on an original series. Disney will produce the short-length films, which will be distributed via a co-branded Disney channel, according to the New York Times. Reports suggest the channel will also [...]
Android – No Need For Anti-Virus Software
The leader of Google’s open-source software team has severely criticised firms selling antivirus software for Android and other mobile devices. Chris DiBona should know what he’s talking about. DiBona is Google’s open-source Program Manager, and he was responding to a press report attacking the “inherent” vulnerability of open-source software as used by both Android and [...]
Google CEO Defends Android’s Customizing
Google’s Eric Schmidt has reaffirmed his belief that Android is not suffering from fragmentation, maintaining instead that Google’s mobile platform simply exhibits ‘differentiation’ preferable to a one-siz-fits-all OS. Mr. Schmidt made the comments at CES 2012, where numerous manufacturers have unveiled devices running ‘outdated’ versions of Android but promising upgrades to Ice Cream Sandwich at [...]
What’s Google Up To?
Google recently held one of their occasional research days, where they outlined the direction of their leading research projects. Often these projects never see the light of day, such as last June’s Home Energy Sensor, which automatically identifies whether certain devices are on or off. On the other hand, projects like image recognition, which have [...]
Bing Overtakes Yahoo In Search
According to tech research company ComScore, Microsoft’s Bing search engine overtook Yahoo Search in December, with 15.1% for Bing against Yahoo’s 14.5% of US searches. The news puts Microsoft in second place in search engine use behind Google, although Google is a long way ahead with 66% of the search market. In total, 15.1 percent [...]
Most Popular Sites 2011
Google homepage is still more popular than Facebook, but only just. Market researcher Nielsen claims the search engine titan recorded 153 million unique visitors each month, with the social-networking giant in second place with 138 million. Yahoo landed the bronze with 130 million unique visitors per month, and Microsoft’s MSN/WindowsLive/Bing site came in fourth. Google’s [...]
Automatic Parking By Google
After driverless car trials earlier this year, Google is now investigating tracking and managing the computer-controlled vehicles. Work goes on to fine-tune the process by which the cars monitor their surroundings and steer to avoid obstacles and reach their destinations. Google has already been granted a patent for a ‘landing strip‘, which is a parking [...]
Google TV – Full Review
Google TV, a smart-television platform developed by Google, Sony, Intel and Logitech, became available to the public in October 2010 — version 2.0, based on the Android operating system, came out in October 2011. Sony is currently the sole producer of hardware for the platform – Logitech, who also sold the hardware, dropped out of [...]
10 Cent Apps To Celebrate 10 Billion Downloads
The Android App Market has passed a significant milestone with 10 billion apps having been downloaded. To celebrate, Google is running a 10-day promotion, with a load of uber-popular apps reduced to 10 cents or 0.10 of your local currency, be that euros, pounds,rands, you name it. So if you fancy stocking up on apps [...]
