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Google Glass Coming in 2013?
Google has released a new video demonstrating a more realistic look at what Google Glass could end up offering as a user experience. Less focused on providing a crazy heads-up display (HUD) for your life, the new Google Glass video is more focused on recording your life, accessing and referring to information easily and sharing pics, videos and experiences while keeping your hands free.
Google Maps Hits App Store
Yes, you read that correctly. Google Maps is finally available on the iPhone… again. After Apple’s infamously failed Maps catastrophe, iPhone users can finally gain access to the world’s most used navigation service. It seems that, despite doing its best, Apple simply wasn’t able to compete with Google in terms of, well, quality.
Google Fiber Speeds of 700Mbps
The people of Kansas are finally getting access to Google Fiber as it begins to go live for general consumers. As a result, the internet is being flooded with pictures from happy users once they discover the actual speeds they’re getting. Crazy maximum real-world speeds of around 700Mbps on Ethernet and 200Mbps on WiFi.
Google/LG Nexus 4: Our Thoughts
The latest Nexus device, future flagship of the Android operating system, was announced a few weeks ago and it’s probably about time we wrote a little something about it. Interestingly enough, the Nexus 4 is not a Samsung, HTC or even, as some speculated, a Motorola-manufactured device. Instead, the Nexus 4 will be coming to consumers courtesy of LG.
Android 4.2 and Better Customization
One of the best and worst things about the Android platform is its support for diverse options for user interface (UI) and customization. There’s no real one-way to do things with an OS as open-source as Android and the end result is that the user gets a huge range of options when it comes to personalising their device in both appearance and functionality.
Google Wallet Moves Forward
To most people Google Wallet is still one of those things that people talk about being “the future”, but right now is nothing more than an ambiguous, passing curiosity. This could be for a slew of reasons, amongst which is that, until recently, Google Wallet has lacked support for most major credit and debit cards.
ICS Now on 10% of Android Devices
It’s been around seven months since Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) hit shelves but still only one in ten active Android devices have received the update. Admittedly, that’s a bit better than we’ve seen with some previous iterations of Android, but considering that ICS was supposed to be the one Android update to unify them all the numbers are hardly staggering.
Google Nexus Tablet: The Nexus 7
Despite the fact that ‘the Nexus 7’ sounds a bit like some kind of sci-fi meets wild-west action flick, the new Nexus tablet unveiled by Google at its 2012 I/O conference looks all kinds of promising. From the outset we’ll justify that statement with the Nexus’ price tag of just $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for the 16GB. This is not a ‘premium’ tablet; it’s a low-end contender that sports specs which could give the higher end of the market a run for its money.
Google I/O: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Google has detailed the changes and improvements coming to the Android OS with the next update: 4.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is set to bring some key improvements to the ecosystem with a definite focus on eliminating the lag time and often jerky touch-response often found on Android devices. Of course other changes will be coming as well such as camera improvements, keyboard and voice tweaks, NFC data transfer, Notifications, Search and Google Now.
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