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Google Android Voice Assistant
Voice recognition apps are popping up all over the place at the moment, with Google announcing plans to launch its own voice-controlled Assistant for the Android platform. Google says the new functionality will be tailored towards helping users ‘achieve real-life goals’, with ‘goal-oriented search’ a key focus of Google’s development plans for 2012 after the [...]
Google Flight Search Now For Android/iOS
Google Flight Search service, launched last fall, was initially limited to desktop PCs, but the app has now been ported to the Android and iOS platforms. All of the most crucial features of the PC version have made the leap to mobile – search, discover by location, filtering by price/airline, calendar view – and have [...]
Warning Lights Flash At Google’s Privacy Policy
Google’s new privacy policy has taken effect, provoking legal warnings from the EU and Japan. The EU Justice Commissioner warned that Google’s new policy is in breach of European law, and Japan’s Ministers published a notice sent to Google’s Japanese subsidiary reminding Google of the need to abide by Japan’s privacy laws. The new Google [...]
Microsoft Mocks Google
It seems Microsoft has launched a broadside at Google Apps, which attempts to provide alternative business software to the Microsoft Office suite. In a newly-released video Microsoft depicts a sleazy Google Apps salesman and warns that Google might suddenly pull the plug on any of the features offered in the same way it has killed [...]
Google Chrome 17- Faster and Safer
Chrome 17 – the latest update to Google’s Chrome browser has been released, featuring ‘instant’ browsing and improved security features. Chrome 17 arrives two months after Chrome 16 was launched and it offers faster,Chrome 17 secure browsing. Users can update from within Chrome via the About section. Chrome is already jolly fast, and now 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 [...]
