Google’s CEO Larry Page in an official blog post just made an announcement that it plans to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The whole acquisition process is expected to finish by early 2012. Well, what does this acquisition mean? Is this to protect the whole Android ecosystem? Google just acquired 17,000 patents specifically related to mobile. And we can expect the whole patent lawsuit issues to end in the near future....
Sharing is about more than just conversations - it’s about shared experiences too. And now, the Facebook killer, Google+ introduced Games too. To begin with, you will now be able to play some of the popular games like Crime City, Dragon Age Legends, Zynga Poker, Angry Birds, Sudoku Puzzles, etc. You can share your latest high scores with your friends’ circles too. If you are a Game developer interested in building games for this project, navigate to https://services....
The mobile sphere has become increasingly competitive over the last few years with giants coming into the platform. In an official blog post from Google, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond believes recent actions from Microsoft and Apple indicate a partnership of sorts bound with the common bond of stopping Android’s fast growing success in its tracks. According to the post, Android is on fire. More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers....
Best Buy has announced one day exclusive offer on all versions of Google’s Nexus S on August 3. You can buy Nexus S for free as a new phone or an upgrade purchase with two year activation at all Best Buy stores and also online. Nexus S is a pure Google experience phone and runs Android 2.3, Gingerbread. Offer runs from Aug 2 at 11 PM CST to Aug 3 at 11:59 PM CST and available on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile....
A malware targeting Android devices is reportedly capable of recording users’ phone conversations without consent. Android is Google’s mobile operating system recently hammered with lots of malware and Trojans in the past. While Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and Symbian are generally free from viruses, Android in which users can install 3rd party apps that are not moderated has been considered as an unsafe platform. In the SD card, the audio file is saved in a directory called “shangzhou/callrecord”....
So, the Facebook killer is out and everybody around the globe who got invites are playing with this new awesome product from Google. If you are too late to be invited by Google, this project Google+ now stopped sending invites on its own because of huge response! And there are people selling these invites on eBay for money too! This trick takes the hidden feature of Circles service, which is a part of Google+ project....
The much awaited project which is already live in 27 countries and recently announced project in Bangalore – Google Street View is now in trouble. The city commissioner issued a notice to the firm asking them to stop capturing pictures for this project. On 27 May, 2011, Google announced that it will start capturing images using special equipment for their innovative Street View. This lets you explore places around the world through 360 degree level imagery....
Having to sync all your music between devices is a bit annoying stuff. Few days ago, Google launched a new music service Google Music that lets you upload your personal music collection to the cloud from which you can play them from anywhere directly on computer and Android devices. This service is now in beta mode and invitation based for the United States users only. I managed to get the invitation yesterday night and uploaded around 330 songs from my library....
Earlier last week, Google unveiled yet another future innovative technology – Google Wallet. Google Wallet is an Android app that makes your phone wallet. In simple words, Google Wallet is a result of a partnership that will allow Google to have NFC (Near Field Communication) built in most of upcoming Android devices. NFC is a wireless technology, which among other usages, will allow you to replace your credit card with your smartphone....
Google India has announced Google Maps with Street View for India which lets you explore places around the world through 360 degree street level imagery. This long awaited project which is already live in 27 countries is coming to Bangalore (Bengaluru) from tomorrow 27th May 2011. According to @googleindia twitter account, Google will start gathering images from select locations in the areas such as the Nityagram Dance Village over the next few weeks in Bangalore....