A Preview – What we’d Like to See from Google’s Pixel 3
When Google’s second generation Pixel 2 was launched, it was referred to in some quarters as “an iPhone for Android” lovers. While this handset was largely well received and has benefited significantly by receiving Android updates ahead of its major rivals, even the most ardent fan would accept that there remains room for improvement when the Pixel 3 model is released in the autumn. Make no ...[Read More]
Google’s AR Framework Paves the way for Future Development
The move towards AR and VR has been a long time coming. While AR is certainly more overlooked than it should be, there can be no doubting its possibilities for both personal and professional use. Most recent among these developments is Google’s support, and the upcoming release, of its patented ARCore framework. This framework allows third-party developers to release AR apps onto Android-bas...[Read More]
UK start-up challenges Google Photos with A.I. powered private search – Pholio
In partnership with academics from the University of Oxford, a London start-up has condensed the power of cloud based visual search technology to the size of a book. The Pholio device, which can safely store or access your media all in one place, allows an incredible level of search and discovery across your photos and home videos. Simon Randall, CEO of Pholio, said: “Thanks to smartphones and mob...[Read More]
Litera Teams with Google Cloud to Bring Professional Document Comparison to G Suite
Google is enhancing G Suite with new capabilities for the Legal Industry Litera Corp, a global leader in document lifecycle solutions, has collaborated with Google Cloud’s Suite product team to introduce Change-Pro’s professional document comparison technology into G Suite. This is part of an initiative to enhance G Suite for professionals in the legal industry.For...[Read More]
Google and Facebook swallow over a quarter of people’s online time
“The future implication of this goes beyond simply what sites we surf” The impact of Google and Facebook on people’s lives is revealed by the fact they now account for one in every three and a half minutes of the time Britons’ spend online. British adults accumulate 42.7 million days a month across websites owned by Google – primarily search, YouTube and Gmail – the equivalent of more than ...[Read More]
Open Sesame! Nominated for Best Accessibility App for the Google Play Awards
Open Sesame! provides a Touch-Free interface for complete control of an Android device through mere head movements Open Sesame by Sesame Enable was recently selected as a nominee for the annual Google Play Awards in the Best Accessibility App category. Sesame’s technology has truly opened new worlds to an entire population that has been left out of the smart phone revolution – P...[Read More]
Soundtrap Offering in Google for Education’s “Creative Apps for Chromebooks” Expands to UK and Nordics
Fully Integrated into Google Classroom, Easy-to-Use, Multi-Platform – Soundtrap Helps Schools Transition to Innovative Music Educational Technology Soundtrap, the online collaborative music and podcast recording studio, is expanding its participation in Google for Education’s “Creative Apps for Chromebooks” program to include the UK and Nordics. Soundtrap, from Sweden, which la...[Read More]
Improbable Joins Forces with Google to Empower Developers
Improbable Joins Forces with Google to Empower Developers to Build New Online Gaming Experiences With Strategic Partnership & Open Game Developer Alpha SpatialOS, a platform from UK startup Improbable is available now for game developers to create massive, densely detailed and persistent game worlds running on Google Cloud Platform. Improbable, the London-based startup which enables dev...[Read More]
Meet the new Nexus devices
Meet the new Nexus devices and other products announced today We thought it would be a good idea to pull together all the info from today’s big announcement and have it in one place that’s easy to digest. Although, most of what actually was revealed was leaked like crazy, which, for me, kinda spoiled the event. There must be some loose lips at Google nowadays because the info from yest...[Read More]
Google I/O 15 officially announced
Google I/O 15 officially announced Sundar Pichai took to his Google Plus page to officially announce this years’ official Google Developers I/O. Being held: May 28 – 29, 2015. Moscone Center West, San Francisco, CA. The show is usually the highlight of what Google have in-store for the year ahead, we may see new devices launching, (not so likely with Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 still f...[Read More]
Tesco launches Google Glass app
Tesco launches Google Glass app Tesco has become the first UK based retailer to launch a Google Glass enabled service for its shopping app as wearable devices start to become more popular. The Tesco Grocery Glassware, developed by Tesco Labs, lets customers browse goods, view nutritional information and add items to your shopping basket, hands-free!! Pablo Coberly, innovation engineer at Te...[Read More]
Where’s my Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update?
Having rummaged through all the announcements from the big manufacturers, we thought it might be a good idea to list all/ most of the planned updates time scales for current devices that we and our readers own. Not a definitive arrangement by any means, but, we’ll try to link straight from the source as much as possible. Android lollipop 5.0 is the most anticipated software upd...[Read More]