In Google’s earnings call, CEO Larry Page announced that Google Plus now has 90 million users, and that the vast majority are active on Google either daily or weekly. “There are over 90 million Google+ users, well over double what I announced just a quarter ago,” Page said. “Plus users are very engaged with [...]
Google has made the decision to begin selling music online, similar to the way the iTunes Store works. The announcement came during their Google Music event last Wednesday. Instead of referring customers to content partners, they will begin allowing musicians to upload and sell their music to customers. Google Music went into beta earlier this [...]
Google has officially released Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, to the public. This was done at an event in Hong Kong, where the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was also released. Developers were left, sitting in their seats, wondering if they would be able to receive the source code from Ice Cream Sandwich. Android is advertised and [...]
The Motorola Droid Razr, which is currently running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will be upgrading to Android 4. However, this upgrade will not take place until early 2012. This news comes straight from Alain Mutricy, Motorola’s vice president. This means that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which was announced only hours after the Droid Razr, may be [...]
Facebook launched a Facebook Messenger app for smartphones on Tuesday. However, users found partial code for a video chat component tucked away inside it if they were early enough. Facebook messenger was announced in a Facebook blog as a “faster way to message on mobile” for the iPhone and Android smartphones. Shortly after the app [...]
With the iPad 2 now released, the tablet industry is clearly being dominated by Apple. Realistically, there aren’t any challengers. The only tablet that is even close is the Motorola Xoom, which seems to have as many commercials as sales. One month after its launch, the Motorola Xoom has but 50 native applications available for [...]
It’s been advised to backup your g-mail accounts once in awhile. Quite a few people have been reporting issues on support forums with missing e-mails, attachments, chat logs, and even disabled logins for a short amount of time. What does Google have to say about all of this? Well, Google initially stated that the recent [...]
A new service called Insync (no relation to Justin Timberlake) has been launched by a small team based in the Philippines. It’s kind of like Dropbox, but what’s different about this service is that it uses Google Apps and provides offline access to your Google Docs. What’s also nice is that the service is very [...]
Google has made a drastic change to the operation of its website. Usually they make minor updates that aren’t entirely noticeable by users, but this one is different. Google has started feeding search results instantly as you type, which they claim can save 2-5 seconds of your time. I assume it’s because while you’re typing, [...]
So, Google has launched a new tool called Scribe. As you type into the box, it will automatically suggest what word to use next. In fact, I wrote this article using Google Scribe. I was amazed when it knew what I was thinking of. There’s not much to say about it. It’s really best to [...]
