ye olde Nexus One Store circa 2010 The Wall Street Journal today reports that Google is in the process of building an online store to sell tablets running the Android operating system, including some with Google branding. We heard about the ASUS 7-inch Google tablet before, but the WSJ says Samsung may make devices too. [...]
WSJ: Google to open an online tablet store to take on Apple’s iPad, sell Google-branded tablets
‘Hulu Plus’ app now available on 7 Android tablets, flaunts new UI
Hulu Plus is now available on seven Android tablets with a new user interface. The “Hulu Plus” app is available on Google Play with an improved experience for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Motorola Xoom, Motorola XYBoard 10.1, Toshiba Thrive, Acer Iconia, and LG G-Slate. “This is just the beginning [...]
Google explodes into market research with easy-to-use consumer research tool
World—meet Google Consumer Surveys: Just when it looks like Google has extended its reach into every dark corner of the Internet, the search engine launches a new service to reap more cash online. It seems like the Mountain View, Calif.-based Company ordered its press-machine into full swing for today’s unveiling. Software Engineer Tessa MacDuff and webspam team head [...]
DuckDuckGo blows up as privacy-conscious alternate to Google; Nears 1.5M daily queries, upgrades system
DuckDuckGo entered the search engine game in 2008, and it is averaging almost 1.5 million average direct queries per day and announcing system upgrades less than four years later. The technology is simple: DuckDuckGo gathers results from crowd-sourced websites, such as Wikipedia and direct-competitor Bing, to display a host of search findings. It started as a [...]
Google banks four times more revenue from iOS devices than Android devices
Google gave a testimony to Congress last year claiming it earned two-thirds of its mobile revenue from iOS devices, but now it seems as though the company’s estimate might have been low. Google made less than $550 million in revenues for Android between 2008 and 2011, while making four times as much revenue during the same [...]
Kindle Fire update: Sharing, Book Extras, Personal Docs, Print Replica Textbooks, Reading view, Movie Rentals, more
Amazon is rolling out a big 6.3 update for the Kindle Fire right about now with the following updates: Sharing: Customers are able to easily share favorite passages and notes from their books directly from Kindle Fire, without even leaving the book. Customers simply highlight a passage and select “Share” or choose the “Share” option from [...]
Google shines the spotlight on Google+ star Daria Musk
Daria Musk is a singer-songwriter that joined Google+ last July and went from zero followers to over 1 million with the help of Hangouts in less than 8 months. Check out the video above to hear this performer’s awe-inspiring story. It looks like YouTube isn’t the only Google service turning-out stars these days (ahem—Bieber). The [...]
Google rolls out Hangout apps to bring poker, quizzes, drawing, and productivity to Google+
Just when the tech-world is seemingly about to explode with apps—apps for Android, apps for iPhone, apps for set-top boxes, apps for computers, apps for Facebook—Google adds to the bubbling pot with Google+ Hangout apps. Google Product Manager Amit Fulay announced on Google+ today the first implementation of apps in the social network’s standout multi-person [...]
It’s in the Vault! Google announces $5/user/year Apps tool for document preservation
Today, Google Enterprise announced a new offering designed to aid Apps customers in managing information and preserving important data. “Vault” is aimed at easing document and email management as it relates to corporate litigation, regulatory investigation and compliance actions. Businesses of all sizes need to be prepared for the unexpected. In today’s environment, using Vault to manage, [...]
