Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google. Show all posts

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Google working on its smartwatch?


It looks like Google wants a piece of the still nascent smartwatch market, or at least they don’t mind spending resources to secure related technology. A patent filed on behalf of Google was recently approved, detailing a smartwatch. Here’s what it says: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, and a flip up portion. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Google's Project Glass made available to developers



Project Glass lead designer Isabelle Olsson talks about the design of the Google glasses during the keynote at the company's annual developer conference. Photograph: Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images
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Google will be selling the prototype version of its wearable computer glasses to US programmers attending its three-day Google I/O conference this week.
Developers willing to pay $1,500 (£961) for a pair of the glasses will receive them early next year.
The device, known as Project Glass, provides a way to search for information, read text messages, watch online video and post photos on social networks without having to fumble around with a

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Google unveils its new digital mapping service

San Francisco: Google, on Wednesday, unveiled its new digital mapping service in order to be more convenient and convincing for the users. 

In a live event , Google demonstrated 3D models of individual buildings and entire cities. The new features were shown off to members of the press on an Apple iPad, rather than an Android-based tablet.

Besides providing 26 million miles of driving directions, Google's maps will now include imagery of most of the world's neighborhoods. 
Google also has traversed 5 million

Saturday, June 9, 2012

How to download Google Books?

Google Books is the greatest public Internet library but it’s not very convenient to read books there. First – the inbuilt reader is odd enough for long reading and contains a lot of distracting elements such as search box, navigation menus, related books, ads that divert your attention. You have to open browser each time you want to read a book at Google Books. Second, you can’t read Google Books when you are offline (there are still many places without internet connection in the world). You can’t print Google Books and read them in bed, but need to sit in front of computer screen that harms your eyes. And you can’t use your favorite E-Book Reader (such as Sony Reader,