May 2, 2012
After months of rumors regarding a move into augmented reality, Google finally unveiled its Project Glass initiative at the beginning of April. Apart from a few photographs of annoying models wearing an early version of the Google Glasses, the main draw was a concept video showing one day in the life of someone wearing these futuristic specs. This video was ripe for spoofing.
April 25, 2012
Watch out Dropbox, Amazon Cloud and Microsoft SkyDrive! Google introduced today its free, 5GB cloud storage service, Google Drive. Available to anyone with the Google account, Google Drive enables users to upload, share, collaborate on files stored in their Google Drive account. If you’re familiar with Dropbox, you’ll be right at home with Google Drive. [...]
April 17, 2012
Google continues to add more and more titles to its Google Play and YouTube rentals movie libraries. After striking deals with five of the major film studios, the newest one to join the fun is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) which will be adding more than 600 titles to the Google movie libraries. Less than two weeks ago, [...]
April 15, 2012
Google is Google, and we know it by that all-white search page and multicolored logo. Isn’t it a little bit bright and harsh on the eyes, though? In this post, I’m going to try to fix that for you. I’m here to put you on to a list of Google Search pages that change the color scheme and design of your homepage.
April 9, 2012
Google’s Project Glass has everyone talking. It’s a glimpse of the future of augmented reality, wearable computing, and better integration of the Internet and technology in our day-to-day lives. Imagine replacing your smartphone with a pair of glasses, controlling them with your voice and movements of your head.
April 8, 2012
Google recently released a concept video for their Project Glass. Today I’d like to take a closer look at the technical feasibility of these real-life Google Goggles; what we know; and why this concept video should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt. Bear in mind I’m certainly no expert on the topic, but I’ve done a good bit of research and would like to present two possibilities.
April 4, 2012
The Google logo is recognized the world over. It’s a logo that many people see on a daily basis as they make the Google homepage their first port of call in exploring the wider web. It’s simple and yet iconic at the same time. But no one wants to see the same old logo staring back at them every time they search for something online, do they? Google doesn’t think so.
April 2, 2012
Are you curious about Google+, but you don’t know where or why to start? Check out “Get Into Google+: A Guide For Everyone”, the latest free guide from MakeUseOf. This guide, by author Maggie Marystone, teaches you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Google’s fledgling social network. It outlines what Google+ is, what it does and why you should learn to get the most of it.
March 30, 2012
“We celebrate our failures,” Google’s Eric Schmidt once said. Google’s had some amazing successes that have changed the world, but some of their attempts to do so have failed. With their famous “don’t be evil” mantra, they’ve sometimes been overly naive and optimistic. Here’s a list of some of Google’s big attempts to change the world that just didn’t pan out.
March 24, 2012
Following the launch of Street View for the Great Barrier Reef, Google has announced a similar project, this time in the Amazon. After exploring the Amazon forest and communities on their famous tripod, Google are now releasing the Amazon Street View project, which includes over 50,000 images, stitched together to create 360-degrees panoramic views. The [...]
