Automatic photo uploads are a feature missing from the core of most mobile operating systems, but Android has often provided the functionality for app developers to push images to services the minute they are taken. Facebook knows this and has enabled such a feature in its official Android client, testing it with limited ...
Microsoft to Safari users: Hey, try Bing (because Google is evil and breached your privacy)
on 9.20.12
If you’re a Safari user, Microsoft is urging you to use Bing because Google doesn’t take your privacy seriously. No, I’m not joking, take a look at this webpage, which appears to be a new Bing landing page for Safari users: bing.com/privacy-protection. The saga dates back to February 2012, when a report suggested ...
Apple partner says new Maps app in iOS 6 is terrible
on 9.19.12
In the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, the company has replaced Google Maps with its own service. Initial previews of the feature were critical and most agreed that Apple had a long way to go if it was looking to dethrone Google. Business Insider spoke with Waze CEO Noam Bardin about the iPhone’s new ...
Google Play adds 600 Fox movies and TV shows
on 9.19.12
Google’s entertainment ecosystem for Android is about to get a big boost thanks to a new deal to bring additional movies and TV shows to the catalog. Google revealed on Thursday that its new partnership with Twentieth Century Fox will bring more than 600 movies and TV shows to Google Play in the U.S. Google was ...
Google+ now home to 400 million total users, 100 million active monthly users
on 9.17.12
Google on Monday announced a new milestone for its Google+ social networking platform. Vic Gundotra, the company’s senior vice president of engineering, revealed that Google+ is now home to more than 400 million members and, despite arguments that claim the service is a ghost town, it now attracts 100 million active ...
Oh snap: Google acquires Apple’s favorite iPad app
on 9.17.12
Apple is a huge fan of Snapseed, the mobile photo editor for iPad and iPhone from Nik Software. So much so, in fact, that Apple named it the 2011 “iPad App of the Year.” But Snapseed has an even bigger admirer in Google, which just bought the German company behind the app, according to a report by The Verge. Apple’s ...
Five reasons the Google Nexus 7 beats the Kindle Fire HD
on 9.14.12
Amazon has called its new Kindle Fire HD "The best tablet at any price." But that's far from the truth. Here are five reasons the Google Nexus 7 beats the Kindle Fire HD. Use both devices for a little while, and it's clear that the Google Nexus 7 is zippier than the Kindle Fire HD. Web pages load more quickly and it's just ...
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Now Built Into Google
on 9.13.12
File this under pointless but awesome. Google has upgraded their already impressive search engine to now figure out Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Yes, the game that surmises any actor can be connected to Kevin Bacon in six movies or less (because Kevin Bacon has been in so many movies and worked with so many people) is now ...
New research shows over 50% of Android devices worldwide are vulnerable to malware, hackers
on 9.13.12
Less than two months ago, Duo Security released a DARPA-funded Android app called X-Ray, which looks for known privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could potentially give malicious apps access to root privileges on your device. Since launch, the company has already collected results from over 20,000 Android devices ...
Google: We didn’t really believe rounded corners were patentable
on 9.12.12
Google’s vice president of corporate development, David Lawee, sat down with Bloomberg to talk about the ongoing patent disputes within the mobile industry and more specifically Apple’s recent victory over Samsung. The executive revealed that the Mountain View-based company wasn’t investing into the patent ecosystem ...
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