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Google Patents Nanoparticle Reading Wearable For Cancer
News March 27, 2015
Google released a proposal earlier this year for a wristband that detects cancer. The wristband uses moulds created using human skin. Recently, the firm patented the technology that would ‘”automatically modify or destroy targets in the blood that have an adverse health effect.” Using an external energy source like... Read more
Instagram Launches Layout Collage App
MobileNewsSocial Media March 25, 2015
Popular image sharing app Instagram, has just launched a new app called Layout. The new app is designed to help users create image collages before sharing them on their social networks. Layout is initially only available for iOS on iPhone. It won’t be long before Android receive their version... Read more
Google Glass Isn’t Dead, Under Commercial Development
News March 24, 2015
When Google Glass was removed from the Google store in December, many thought it was the end of the augmented reality device, but chairman Eric Schmidt claims it is just the beginning of Glass. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Schmidt confirms Nest Labs are now in... Read more
Elon Musk Worried Self-Driving Cars Will Ban Human Drivers
News March 20, 2015
In the future, humans might be banned from driving their own cars in order to maintain full safety on the road. That is according to Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, who believes once the benefits of self-driving cars are apparent, governments will outlaw or bring strict requirements for those... Read more
Back To The Drawing Board: Google Delivery Drone Fails
News March 19, 2015
The drone delivery program from Google was part of the company’s drone-delivery system Project Wing, under the Google Project X research lab. The idea was for the delivery drones to be able to take-off vertically and then land vertically. This is the key feature that would be useful in busy... Read more
Tag Heuer, Intel and Google Team Up To Make A Smartwatch
News March 19, 2015
Without a doubt, the smartwatch is this year’s tech must have item. I mean, if you are going to buy a wearable then you are going to be looking at a smartwatch. Unless of course you just need a fitness tracker, but (exercise aside) where’s the fun in that? The... Read more
Google Maps Everest Region
Internet March 13, 2015
When a good friend of mine said he was going to Nepal to make the long and arduous trek to Everest Base Camp, I must admit, I thought to myself ‘rather you than me mate!’ The Everest region has some of the most hostile environments known to man. I’m... Read more
Google Launches Chromebook Pixel
News March 12, 2015
When Google launched the Chromebook Pixel in 2013, few people ran to the stores to see if there was any in stock, in fact I’d wager nobody did. It was an expensive and ludicrous notebook running Chrome OS; Google’s web browser operating system that is capable of running on... Read more
The new Player Analytics tool is coming to Google Play Developer Console in the next few weeks. The new tool has been designed to give developers lots of data, from reports of sessions and average spending patterns to how players are progressing through their games. As a developer you... Read more
Google To Offer Wireless Service in the Future
Internet March 5, 2015
During a keynote session at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday of this week, the senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps at Google Inc. Sundar Pichai, announced the Internet giant will launch their very own wireless service as an MVNO in the coming months. This... Read more
When Google X first launched, the goal was to work on ideas outside of the typical world of software and services, including things like an air-wind turbine, an artificial human brain and immortality. As these projects became more than the simple engineer ideas, Google started to work on business... Read more
Google Confirms Titan Drones Will Fly This Year
News March 3, 2015
We all wait patiently every year for fresh and exciting news to come from Mobile World Congress and this year is no exception. There have been lots of different things happening in the realms of mobile pay, hardware and surrounding technology at this year’s MWC. One thing that caught... Read more
Google Acquires SoftCard To Compete With Apple Pay
News February 24, 2015
Google wants to compete in the payments business, but for over three years Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile USA have blocked Wallet – the mobile wallet and payment service – from working on U.S. smartphones. This has severely limited Wallet’s adoption rate, while the three main carriers offer the... Read more
Anti-Monopoly Case Taken Against Google In Russia
News February 24, 2015
Google is facing yet another antitrust investigation, this time in Russia by the Anti-Monopoly Service. It follows a lawsuit filed by Yandex, the search provider based in Russia, over Google’s pre-loaded applications on Android. Yandex claims Google gains a significant advantage on mobile search and services use by forcing... Read more
Google I/O: Wallet Revival Incoming
News February 23, 2015
Google Wallet has been a failure in terms of user and retail adoption, but it is not all the fault of Google. The service is only available in the United States, and even in the country U.S. carriers have blocked the service in favor of SoftCard. It might not be... Read more
YouTube To Unveil App For Kids’ Viewing
Internet February 22, 2015
YouTube is an amazing innovation, and has become firmly embedded in our culture. Whether it’s cats playing the keyboard or a Khan Academy video explaining advanced calculus, the Google-owned video channel can provide just about anything you need to see. But one of the great equalizing features of YouTube... Read more
Google Creating Wearable To Fight Body Odor
Mobile February 17, 2015
Google is known for a lot of good products around the world today, such as (but not limited to) their search engine (obviously), Gmail, Android, and last but not least, Google+ – their take on the whole social media thing. One thing they’re not known for though is ridding... Read more
Boston Dynamics Announces New Quadruped: Spot
News February 11, 2015
Boston Dynamics employees have recently showcased their newest member of the ‘Dog’ team: Spot. Boston Dynamics’ latest quadruped has an incredible ability to self-stabilize and more than one employee has been given the opportunity to literally kick Spot, to see if he will get up after being kicked down... Read more