We had seen the teasers, however as of today, Fast & Furious 6: The Game has officially arrived for Android. The game is available for free and currently sitting in the Google Play Store. We know there was a fair amount of people waiting for this release, but we suspect there may be a bit of disappointment. Show More Summary
Interest in social mapping and navigation provider Waze is reportedly heating up, with Google and several other “large tech companies” currently holding talks with the Israel-based company. Bloomberg on Friday reported that Google is considering a bid that exceeds Facebook’s earlier offer, which reportedly fell between $800 million and $1 billion. Show More Summary
The rumors don’t seem to die, despite HTC’s official denial, but then again the company did say “currently”, so perhaps a release in the future could be a possibility! Like It, +1, Tweet It, Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.
Is Russell Holly a seer of the future, or did he just manage to get lucky? That's the question we're currently kicking around at Engadget. You see, when he first revealed that a Galaxy S 4 would be introduced at Google I/O with stock Android, we quickly dismissed it as something that'd never happen in a million years. Show More Summary
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Politicians are having fun slapping around big corporations for supposedly not paying enough taxes. In this country, Apple is the current target, while in Europe it’s Google, Amazon, and Starbucks, according to the Washington...Show More Summary
Wearables pioneer Steve Mann has joined forces with Meta, an ambitious startup that’s currently working on the world’s first entry-level augmented reality glasses. Read more...
At Google I/O last week, Google announced that its Google App Engine High Replication Datastore (HRD) - its schemaless object data storage service - currently processes over 4.5 trillion transactions per month, has an uptime of 99.95% and stores over a petabyte of data. Show More Summary
The beat goes on in music streaming. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) introduced a premium music streaming service — All Access — last week. This week, we’re finding the current leaders stepping up their game in response. Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) is rolling out a new station — Pandora Premieres — that will play upcoming album releases, sometimes in [...]
The beat goes on in music streaming. Google introduced a premium music streaming service -- All Access -- last week. This week, we're finding the current leaders stepping up their game in response. Pandora is rolling out a new station...Show More Summary
After previously investing into the company, Google has now acquired Makani Power, a green energy startup that is currently building airborne wind turbines. The acquisition was first reported in Brad Stone’s Businessweek story about Google X and judging from Stone’s story, the team will join Google X. Show More Summary
It's Google Play Music vs Spotify and my first impression is that Google Music is the best unlimited music subscription service currently available. I was skeptical when I watched this week's Google I/O (Google conference in San Francisco). read more
Toronto-based creative agency Playground Inc. has created a video showing possible future applications of the Google Glass augmented reality headset. The device is currently limited in its functionality, and Playground Inc. looks at how the headset could possibly evolve to enhance activities like shopping, gaming, and learning to play the guitar. via io9
gMusic: A Google Music player is in the process of being updated to support Google’s All Access streaming music service. The All Access subscription service isn’t currently available on iOS through any app, but the developer of gMusic has already submitted an update to Apple that will bring the service to the iPhone or iPad, [...]
While The New York Times is currently focusing on print, online, apps, and even Google Glass experiences today, the company has a lab in which they think about how readers might want to consume its content in the future. In a talk at...Show More Summary
When Chinese hackers infiltrated Google's servers back in 2010, they gained access to years' worth of information on surveillance orders from the U.S. government, according to current and former government officials. Those officials,...Show More Summary
A recent report by IDC stated that a group of open-source mobile operating systems are due to launch this year, but with competition already so heated among the current players — and Android sweeping the globe — is there really room for smaller players? Nope. At least not right now. No room in the inn [...]
When you search for weather on Google Play you come up with thousands of results. Most apps you find here show you the current and forecast temperature, and maybe some other information such as wind strength or precipitation. The Android app WeatherBomb does all that, but adds to it large scale weather trend maps. The [...]Show More Summary
Ellen Nakashima at the Washington Post: "Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials." The hack was reportedly intended to root out the identities of Chinese intel operatives in the US believed [...]
Wall Street has a difficult time determining YouTube’s exact financial status. That’s because YouTube’s parent company, Google isn’t required to report it. The multimedia and technology conglomerate currently puts YouTube under the umbrella...Show More Summary
Will video Hangouts launch when you're on AT&T's 3G network? Can you FaceTime with a friend over LTE? The carrier's current video chat support is confusing at best. Following Google's Hangouts app launch last week, we attempted to try out the Android version over AT&T's HSPA network. Show More Summary