Month: May 2013

Google

Google’s Products Are Just By-Products Of Its Quest For Tomorrow

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE Google isn’t about search, apps or devices. Those are just vehicles, and there’s no destination. That’s because Larry Page’s Google is on an unending pursuit of the future, not just next quarter’s earnings. The scattershot of projects Google revealed today at I/O had just one unifying factor: They further that pursuit, or empower the curiosity of others. Google is lucky. It takes a lot of fuel to shoot for the moon. Fuel…

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Business

Samsung estimated to make 95 percent of Android device profits.

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Yes, we all know that Android has the prevailing device market share right now, but which companies in that group are actually making money? According to Strategy Analytics’ estimates for Q1, it’s Samsung… and virtually no one else. With $5.1 billion of Samsung’s $7.9 billion operating profit last quarter believed to have come from Android, the Korean firm reportedly accounted for 94.7 percent of Android’s hardware profit engine. The only other company that…

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Application Google

Redesigned Google Maps hands-on: vector-based, more personal and coming soon to mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Darren Murph According to Bernhard Seefeld, product management director at Google Maps, “this is the most significant overhaul of Maps since it launched in 2005.” We sat down with both Seefeld as well as Jonah Jones — lead designer of Google Maps — following a marathon keynote to kick off Google I/O. Their slice of the event centered around the desktop refresh of Google Maps, but there’s actually a lot more to be excited about…

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Google Play Music All Access: Android / US-only rollout is just the start

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As reported on Engadget. By Darren Murph Nearly two years ago to the day, Google introduced Music Beta at I/O 2011. But in reality, it was little more than a gigantic cloud to store 20,000 of your favorite tracks. Despite a plethora of rumors that the search giant would beat Spotify to the punch by launching a subscription-based music service in the United States, we got a digital locker that has done little to distract most listeners…

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Entertainment

Light up your Converse All-Stars with Adafruit’s DIY tutorial (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Melissa Grey If you missed out on the L.A. Lights craze of the early ’90s, fear not — there’s hope for you yet. Adafruit’s DIY enhancement for Converse All-Stars takes customized kicksto a whole new level with the science of electroluminescence. To light up the star on your Chucks, all you need is a pair of EL panels, tiny inverters (like a coincell or AAA battery type), some common household tools and…

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Military

What Torture Charges? Special Ops Chief Says Afghan Relations Are ‘Great’

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As reported on Wired. BY NOAH SHACHTMAN Adm. William McRaven at a ceremony in 2011. Photo: DoD   It’s been a brutal few days in Afghanistan. On Sunday, the local government accused an American special operator of torturing an Afghan civilian.  On Monday, the Hamid Karzai administration insisted that U.S. warplanes killed 17 women and children. Then, on Tuesday, three more U.S. troops were killed by an improvised bomb, bringing the total to 17 slain in this awful month alone.…

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Entertainment Review

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ review: boldly going back to the future

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop J.J. Abrams’ latest keeps looking back when it could be forging ahead In 2009 J.J. Abrams reimagined Star Trek, turning Gene Roddenberry’s near-utopian vision into a high-octane summer action ride. Rather than simply creating a prequel, however, Abrams opted to fork the Trek universe with a bit of time travel trickery and some heavy lifting from Leonard Nimoy. The result was a massive hit that set the stage for a new…

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I/O 2013: One Google, Under Page, With Unification And Usability For All

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF This is the evening before Google’s I/O developer conference and there’s already been quite a bit of chatter about what the company will announce and share at the conference. One important thing to note is that there will only be one keynote this year, a mega three-hour session where Google will talk to the attendees about all of the important things that have happened over the past year and what to…

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Application Business

BlackBerry To Launch BBM On Android And iOS This Summer

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Today at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced BBM will soon be available on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. This is a huge move for BlackBerry as it brings BB10′s strongest feature to literally hundreds of millions of potential users. “It is a state of confidence,” Heins explained. “The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the…

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Sign-up page for revamped Google Maps shows off plenty of new features

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Just hours before its I/O event, Google has apparently had a little accident: the sign-up page for “the new Google Maps” briefly went live, revealing a slew of extra details about what’s coming in the rumored refresh before quickly being pulled. Droid-Lifemanaged to grab some screenshots, including the one above, which gets to the heart of what Google is trying to achieve. The central idea is that Google will create maps tailored…

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