Google Reveals 'Project Loon' Experiment To Bring Internet To 'The Entire World' By Balloons
Google has unveiled the latest project to come out of the Google X labs, named "Project Loon." It involves sending giant balloons up to beam down internet access to remote areas of the planet. They will provide a more cost effective solution for wireless coverage in regions, that would otherwise be difficult due to location.
Concept Video Shows Future Applications Of Google Glass
Now that Google Glass is out in the public, what does the future hold for the device? Will we as a society accept this device, and what apps would we use? Toronto-based creative agency Playground Inc. has answered this question with a concept video that envisions what we may be using Glass for in the coming months.
Watch Google I/O 2013 Here LIVE
Google I/O is here again, and with many questions being asked around Google Glass, Android and Chrome OS, it's fair to say hype is rather significant. New Rising Media will be streaming the entire event LIVE.
Google Earth Announces Support For Leap Motion Gesture Control
To celebrate Earth Day, Google Earth today announced support for Leap Motion's touch-free 3D motion controller, letting you navigate Google Earth with simple hand gestures.
Google Glass Specifications Revealed
Google has published a list of technical specifications for the upcoming head-mounted device Glass. These include a 640x360 display, the equivalent of a "25 inch high definition screen from eight feet away," a 5 megapixel camera with 720p video capture, 16 GB of storage (with 12 GB being usable), and audio delivered via a bone conduction transducer.
Google's 'Porn Equations.' Search Bug Returns Results For "Contradictory Queries"
A user on Quora has uncovered a Google search bug, which shows porn results without actually searching for them. Entering a certain equation exposes this glitch, which is a result of your query being misinterpreted and some sketchy search engine optimisation (SEO) practice.
Google-Designed Touchscreen 'Chromebook Pixel' Leaked In Concept Video
Developer Francois Beaufort has published information leaking a new device named Chromebook Pixel. It is a Google-made Chromebook with a full touchscreen, running at 2560 x 1700 resolution.
Facebook Announces 'Graph Search' To Take On Google
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken to the stage at their California headquarters and announced 'Graph Search.' Forming an indirect, social-based competition to Google, it is "a completely new way for people to find information on Facebook."
'Google Time' Smart Watch Concept Presents Bright Future Of Wearable Tech
User Interface designer Adrian Maciburko has created a concept dubbed 'Google Time.' As the idea of wearable computing rapidly becomes a technological trend in 2013, this shows a really nice and simple take on the smart watch, using Google's latest design language.
Google Nexus 4 Hands On At Gadget Show Live Christmas
A successor to the company’s previous flagship handset – the Galaxy Nexus – the Nexus 4, inspired in design by Google but built by LG, it’s one of the most fully-featured smartphones currently at market – that is, if you can manage to secure stock from the Google Play Store – but also one of the most affordable, coming in at £239 for the 8GB and £279 for the 16GB. Without question, this is one Nexus worth getting excited about.
'Explore The Galaxy' From The Comfort Of Your Internet Browser
As a continued testament to the power of current generation web technologies, a Chrome-experiment dubbed ‘100,000 Stars’ lets you explore our local cluster and the Milky Way beyond, all from the comfort of your browser.
Vuzix M100 Eyes Up Google Glass
It appears Google has some much-needed competition, then, in its efforts to develop an augmented-reality head-mounted display - Vuzix has just announced the M100 hands-free smartphone display and communications system.
Google Unveils The Nexus 4
It's not hard to love Google at this particular moment in time. Behind some of the most consistently-fascinating software (Android, Google Maps, Google.com itself), the company's recent foray into hardware is a tantalising prospect. With Nexus 7 being joined by 10-inch iPad rival the Nexus 10, Google today also took to lifting the curtains on a brand-new smartphone, the Nexus 4.
Google Confirms The Rumours, Nexus 10 Announced
We knew Google had something special up its sleeve, but the specifics of what it had in store were vague at best. But in a smorgasbord of announcements coming direct from the company in the wake of the cancellation of the much-anticipated Android event, we finally have confirmation. First up, a 10-inch tablet featuring a Retina Display-topping 2560 x 1600 resolution, boasted to be the “highest resolution tablet on the planet”. Say hello to the Nexus 10...
Now Carphone Warehouse Has Leaked Google’s Nexus 4 Phone
Oh how we look back on more innocent times when the announcement of every long-awaited product under the sun wasn’t preceded with a long line of leaks. Yesterday, we saw the manual of the Samsung-built Nexus 10 show up on a Korean news site. Now, Google has had another of its products otherwise held back for the Android event on Monday leaked by none other than UK retailer Carphone Warehouse.
Google Nexus 10 Confirmed By Leaked Manual
The Google Nexus 10 is coming; this much we can pretty much guarantee, with as many leaks coming from Google HQ and beyond as is becoming annoyingly customary with a modern-day product launch. Going under the name ‘Codename Manta’, we already understand the successor to the immensely-popular Nexus 7 (the best-selling Android tablet) will likely be running Android 4.2 Jellybean and will purportedly boast a truly staggering, Retina-smashing resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels (16:10), but now we might just have the first clues of what it will look like.
Microsoft Mistakenly Ask Google To Block BBC And The US Government Over Copyright Infringement
Microsoft France have mistakenly filed a takedown notice to Google, under the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) accusing seemingly innocent sites such as the BBC, The Washington Post and the US government of infringing copyright. Beyond this, the automated system Microsoft seem to have running has also requested the block of any webpage containing the number 45.
Google Goes Diving, “Sea View” Added To Google Maps
While Apple iOS6 users are still figuring out which motorway exit to take, Google is pushing even further ahead with a brand-new update to Google Maps, allowing us all to head below the water line and take in some quite breathtaking views of the Great Barrier Reef and other popular underwater spots around Hawaii and the Philippines.
British Spyware Found On Smartphones And Computers
Google security engineer Morgan Marquie-Boire and Berkeley student Bill Marczak have discovered new evidence that spyware sold by British firm Gamma International is in use in some of the world's most repressive regimes.
[Infographic] The Internet, A Decade Later
The Internet has come a heck of a long way in the short 10 years since 2002. Ultra-fast broadband has taken the place of the blips and bleeps of 56Kb dial-up systems; flashy ads, high-resolution pictures and interactive banners have replaced basic HTML coding; while the introduction of ‘Web 2.0’ has changed the way in which we interact with the World Wide Web forever.