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Google Earth Pro Is Now Free
News February 4, 2015
In a recent announcement that was made last Friday, via a blog post, Google stated that the professional version of their mapping app, Google Earth, will now be available to all at no charge. The professional version can now be used, with all of the features simply be obtaining... Read more
Rolling Stone Archive To Hit Google Play Newsstand
News February 1, 2015
The popular culture magazine, Rolling Stone, is going to open up the archives and go digital. The renowned magazine will be making selected stories from nearly 50 years of publication totally free for anybody to feast their eyes on. This ‘new’ catalogue of Rolling Stone stories will become available... Read more
YouTube Now Uses HTML5 Instead of Flash Video
Internet January 30, 2015
The Google-owned media giant, YouTube, has just announced that it has begun using HTML5 video as its default for all media playback on the website. This marks a substantial forward step in its progressive move away from Flash. YouTube has stated the new default standard will work in the... Read more
Google is back on track with its fiber deployment schedule, following a blank 2014 where Google Fiber arrived in Austin, TX, and will be hitting four new cities in the US very soon. Under the #FiberIsComing campaign tag, Google Fiber will arrive in Nashville, TN, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte and... Read more
The Nexus 6 is Motorola’s first partnership with Google, despite being owned by the search giant for two years. Even though the phone reminds us of the Moto X (but larger), it had meagre results in the opening few months on sale. Dennis Woodside, the ex-CEO of Motorola, claims... Read more
On Monday of this week the Whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks, accused Google of giving up the emails and electronic data of its top level staff to authorities in the US, without providing a notification. That is until nearly three years later. Apparently Google was acting in response to warrants that were... Read more
Google’s location and traffic app Waze has been labelled a “stalking app” by two U.S. officials, asking for the developers to remove the ‘police nearby’ functionality. Reserve deputy sheriff Sergio Kopelev of Southern California started the complaint, claiming user submitted reports on police cars in nearby locations are a... Read more
Google is eyeing up its own wireless service in the U.S., utilizing T-Mobile and Sprint’s network to establish an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) in the country. The ambitious project would allow Google to offer broadband, TV and wireless in one package, something AT&T and Verizon Wireless are both... Read more
Google Possibly Interested In Acquiring Softcard
Mobile January 21, 2015
Google rumours are rife. It seems as though everyone has something to say about the tech giant. Well, if the latest rumours from Silicon Valley have any credibility, then Google is seriously thinking about making another acquisition. This time its in the form of a mobile payments service called Softcard.... Read more
Google Ceases Glass Sales, but is the Wearable Dead?
Internet January 20, 2015
It had to happen someday, I just thought that it would take while longer than it has done. Google has made the decision to put the current Glass programme on the shelf. The company will stop producing the wearable “in its present form.” Although Google has apparently decided to end... Read more
Chrome Remote Desktop has been a service from Google that has been around for a while now, in fact, it’s been knocking around for years. The service basically allowed users to gain access to a Mac or Windows computer from another computer or an Android device. Up until now... Read more
Richard Branson the head of Virgin, has said that his company is joining up with Qualcomm in order to put thousands of Internet satellites into orbit to offer Web access to remote locations on the planet, which currently don’t have Internet access. The idea of providing Internet access globally is... Read more
The Google Translate app now has the ability to translate speech in real time and also signs at the click of a button on your Smartphone. The update has began rolling out to both iOS and Android users from Jan 14th. The app is very simple to use; tap... Read more
Project Ara To Launch In Puerto Rico Later This Year
News January 16, 2015
Google has been working on the modular smartphone for two years now, utilising various divisions to make Project Ara possible, and it has finally announced the opening launch market: Puerto Rico. The modular smartphone will be available for testing in the Caribbean country, and Google is using an unorthodox... Read more
Google might be porting another Android feature to Chrome OS in the next update, this time the virtual assistant, which responds to ‘Ok Google’ commands. François Beaufort announced the feature would be coming to the experimental version of the Chromium project, and will be further tested before an official... Read more
New Mothers Use Google Glass To Help Monitor Babies
News January 2, 2015
The news regarding Google Glass has stagnated at the moment. Nobody has been attacked in a bar for wearing them or nobody has been ordered by staff to remove them from the cinema. Well, when I say ‘no one’ I mean sure, there could have been some people which... Read more
Check Out Google’s First Self-Driving Car!
News December 31, 2014
Earlier in the year, pictures and reports of a self-driving car from Google hit the internet in force, resulting in excitement from many, while it left others scratching their heads wondering what they were looking at. To be honest, the pictures were more prototype than anything else, but the... Read more
Both Google and Microsoft have filed objections to a petition to grant hoteliers the right to block personal Wi-Fi hotspots whilst on their premises. Two of the biggest technology companies, Google and Microsoft, are amongst firms who have made known their objections to the plan. They note the illegality of... Read more