With plethora of leaks and confirmations coming in, its evident that this year belongs to Android. Now, at the Google I/O conference, Android’s Andy Rubin has chimed in by saying that they expect around 18 Android phones to be launched this year. He did not reveal the manufacturers but we do have a fair […]
Google Chrome 2 now available
Google’s Chrome 2 is now available for public consumption after serving as a Beta for the last two months. The second stable version irons out over 300 bugs and updated the WebKit and JavaScript’s V8 engine. On the visible features front, it now has a form autofill option, full screen mode and the option […]
Archos to bring Android powered Tablet
Archos churns out decent PMPs and caught by the latest fad to produce an Android device, they’ll also join the league by launching a 5-inch Internet Media Tablet (IMT). The tablet will combine Android’s telephonic capabilities and – Archos’ multimedia framework. Some of the features of the IMT are: – PC-like Internet experience enhanced […]
Apple commanded, Google obeyed
Google and HTC gathered a lot of flak because of their decision to leave out multi-touch functionality in G1 (HTC Dream) where proof-of-concepts have shown G1 to handle multi-touch gestures at ease. However, according to a member from the Android team, it was a conscious decision by Google. He says that Apple asked (ordered?!) […]
Google’s Internet Bus will roam to educate about, yes, the internet
Google’s latest initiative to enlighten masses with the world of internet has made them to stop at Tamil Nadu, India. The Internet Bus will roam across 15 TN towns to make people use internet and discover its advantages. Most of the services showcased will be from Google along with some movie trailers and entertainment […]
Google to map Oceans to find unique corals and fishes (Update)
UPDATE: The feature is now official and is included in the latest version (5.0) of Google Earth. Download Google Earth from here. Google has allowed users to travel across the globe, Mars, Space and even Moon. Now it looks like they are going to expand their wings by mapping the vast oceans. The underwater […]
Google GDrive gets a description
GDrive might reach us anytime now. Brian Ussery found an interesting tidbit when he delved into a file used in the Google Pack. It had some reference to GDrive. According to the file, the service was described as an online file backup and storage, making it certain that Google is on its way to […]
Research claims single Google Search emits 7g of CO2, Google rubbishes it
A new research by a Harvard University Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that a single search on Google generates about 7 grams of CO2 and two searches sums up the energy equivalent to boiling the kettle for a cup of tea. This might not make much impact but consider this equation when 200 million search […]
Android running on Asus Eee PC 1000H
Two enthusiasts Matthaus Krzykowski & Daniel Hartmann are showing a proof of concept of Google’s Android OS running on a netbook. With just four hours of toiling, the duo managed to get Android up and running on Asus Eee PC 1000H. The point to be taken from this concept is that Android operating system […]
Samsung Android phone coming in 2009
Samsung Electronics has confirmed that a Google Android based phone will be launched in the second quarter of next year in North America. The phone is expected come on Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile and Samsung is speeding up the development to cater to the service provider’s needs. Not much to talk about the device […]