Tag Archives: Google

A Google engineer posted on Google+ the first ever public screenshots of the company’s Android Wear operating system for smart watches and other wearable devices. The seven images were posted by Senior Developer Timothy Jordan. They show notifications for a Nest smoke detector, an Android game called Clash of Clans, a calendar app, as well as music controls and controls for ...

Google is now a car maker! The company unveiled a self-driving car designed not by some car company, but by the Google X labs. The company said that they are planning on building about a hundred of these vehicles. The cars are designed to look as unthreatening as possible so that people are not shocked by the sight of a driver-less car. ...

Many speculations have been circulating around about the relationship between Apple and Beats and many rumors were misheard. Now, the official thing is here. Apple is one of the companies that rely on the Beat Electronics’ ideas and projects and right now they are also showing it in a way that costs $3 billion. Apple officialised the fact that the company ...

According to a report, Apple is planing to make an entrance in the connected smart house area. The company plans to make a platform that would allow their iOS devices to control their smart home devices. For instance, using an iPhone to control the lights or the security system are only some of the thing you can do with a connected ...

Google+ has been updated with a new “friend-tracking” app that gives you the possibility to navigate to the exact location of a friend. Google Maps has always been useful when, for instance, you had to find a certain place in a crowded city, allowing you to get from point A to point B without any problem. With this new update ...

Rumors have it that that Gearhead, Google’s vision for Android in the Car, is close to a point where the results can be shown to the wide public. A press release these days informed that the interface will be based on four major spaces: navigation, music, telephony and search. There is no clear image of the interface yet and more ...

Google has been experimenting with advanced vision capabilities for mobile devices and now moves on to developing a high-end tablet. It’s said the company is planning to produce up to 4000 7-inch tablets starting next month. The device will come with two back cameras featuring infrared depth sensors and an advanced software that can capture 3D images. A person close ...

If the price of Word Lens, the real time translating app, is what kept you away from it, you should be happy to hear that it is now completely free. Google has bought the company behind it, Quest Visual, and made both the app and the in-app language packs free for everyone. This means that you can now download Word Lens ...

A recent report by global market research agency Millward Brown claims that Google overtook Apple and is now the most valuable brand in the world. A quick look at the list reveals that the internet giant’s value has increased by 40% since last year and is now worth $158,843 billion. On the other hand, Apple has seen a 20% decline since ...

Gmail’s new 4.8 update has arrived, bringing UI tweaks and some new features as well. The Gmail app is now able to save attachments to Google Drive so you can access them anytime from anywhere. The Settings, Help and Feedback got moved to the overflow panel on the left and the pull-to-refresh animation got changed from light blue to Google ...