Are you looking for help with something and YouTube just isn’t cutting it? It’s time to check out Google Plus. Earlier this year, Google launched “Google Helpouts,” a new video chat helpline service. The program is now open to the public and brings live video tutorials, instructions and services to you through Google Hangouts. Whether Continue Reading →
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Google Glass is slowly coming within reach of members of the general populace who aren’t developers, celebrities, or elite early adopters. This week, as Google rolled out a Glass software update that adds a new command for listening to music, the company also quietly put a new form online that allows anyone to add themselves Continue Reading →
Six months after Google first announced the program in beta, Google Play for Education has officially been unveiled for tablets, as the Internet giant tackles Apple’s K-12 market share with cheap apps and tablets. Google Play for Education is a US-only initiative for now, but in its short beta tenure, Google claims that “thousands of Continue Reading →
While most of us think of Google Glass as a consumer gadget, it’s going to be great for businesses, too. Market research firm Gartner has boldly predicted that companies using Glass and similar gadgets could save $1 billion a year within three to five years. Hands-free access to the Internet, cameras, conferencing and phone calls, plus Continue Reading →
Google is releasing yet another update to Gmail on Tuesday, which sees deeper Google Drive integration coming to the company’s email platform. Now users will be able to skip the whole process involved with downloading email attachments, and instead view and save their files directly to Google Drive – without leaving their inbox. This change Continue Reading →
For about two years, Google refused to let Nielsen place measurement tags on ads running on YouTube, a stance that media buyers say stopped some advertisers buying time on the online video site. Last week, Google reversed its position in a decision that analysts say could fuel the shift of TV ad dollars to online Continue Reading →
To sell Glass, its augmented-reality form of eyewear, Google has already tried to make it a fashion accessory and a must-have video device for any parent or sky diver. Now it is also presenting this $1,500 piece of wearable technology as a way to interact with music. On Tuesday, Google will unveil a set of Continue Reading →
Google has been saying for some time now that it would eventually bring prescription lens support to its Glass headsets, but so far, there hasn’t been any word as to when that might come. “Sergey [Brin] dropped this on us in 2012 at I/O,” Tim Moore, director of technology at Rochester Optical, tells The Verge. Continue Reading →
Apple’s maps have turned out to be a hit with iPhone and iPad users in the US – despite the roasting that they were given when they first appeared in September 2012. But Google – which was kicked off the iPhone after it refused to give Apple access to its voice-driven turn-by-turn map navigation – Continue Reading →
I think at this point we can pretty safely say that BlackBerry’s BB 10 relaunch was a bit of a disaster for the once-mighty Canadian smartphone makers. I mean, you don’t give your CEO the boot for nothing right? And it now seems the company is ready to fully capitulate to its Android rival. How? Continue Reading →