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Google Admits It Spams The Hell Out Of You In New Gmail Commercial

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE Got so many Google+, YouTube, Google Offers, and Zagat emails you want to scream? Google’s got you covered. No, it’s not sending you less spam. It’s organizing your spam into tabs! Google’s blatant attempt to cross-promote its bevy of services in the video for the quite possibly awesome new Gmail inboxleaves it seeming like a sketchy foreigner who just needs $200 to wire you your lottery winnings. Yes, of course…

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Using Google Glass: at the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600

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As reported on The Verge. By Nilay Patel A day in the life of a hungover cyborg I am not a shy man. I stood in the bathroom of my hotel room in Indianapolis, repeating those words to myself in the mirror. I needed to find courage in those words. I needed to find resolve. I needed to find the strength to walk downstairs to the hotel bar wearing Google Glass. I was also slightly worried…

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Google+ App For iOS Updated With New Automatic Photo Features, Hashtags And In-Stream Google Offer Posts

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Google unleashed a slew of updates to its Google+ social networking service at I/O earlier this month, and now a bunch of those new features are making it to the iOS app for Google+. The update follows the Android version, which arrived last week, and brings tons of new things to the version on Apple mobile devices, including Auto Backup, Highlight, Enhance and Awesome features for photos, hashtags that curate related content…

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Chrome For Android Gets Fullscreen Mode For Phones, Simplified Searching From Omnibox, Voice Search Coming To iOS Soon

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Chrome 27 for the desktop arrived yesterday and today, Google updated Chrome for Android to version 27 as well. While the desktop update mostly focused on improved speed, the Android version actually includes a number of new features. The most important of these is probably the new fullscreen mode for phones. Just like in the iPhone app (or in the old stock Android browser), the toolbar will now disappear as you scroll down. Also…

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Wearable-technology pioneer Thad Starner on how Google Glass could augment our realities and memories

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As reported on Engadget. By Tim Stevens Countless wearers of Google Glass stalked the halls of this year’s Google I/O developer conference, but only a lucky few were sporting the prescription model, which makes room for lenses in a more conventional glasses frame. Among those lucky early adopters with imperfect vision was Thad Starner, a Georgia Tech professor who, in 2010, was recruited to join a top-secret project at Google’s fabled X Lab. That project, as it turned out,…

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Google Capital to make investments in maturing tech firms

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Google Ventures has a reputation for backing tech winners early on — it gave a boost to this little startup called Nest, for example. It wants to exert influence every step of the way, however, and it’s launching Google Capital to make this happen. The new fund is investing in firms that aren’t quite so young, but are doing “amazing things” aligned with Google’s interests, according to general partner Mike Pearson.…

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Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company’s Surveillance Database

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As reported on Wired. BY KIM ZETTER   Hackers who breached Google’s network in 2010 obtained access to the company’s system for tracking surveillance requests from law enforcement, according to a news report. The hackers gained access to a database that Google used to process court orders from law enforcement agencies seeking information about customer accounts, including classified FISA orders that are used in foreign intelligence surveillance investigations, according to the Washington Post. The database contained years’ worth…

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Google Glass apps: everything you can do right now

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As reported on The Verge. By Paul Miller We test every Google Glass app so you don’t have to Google Glass isn’t ready for prime time. Even Google knows this, which is why it hasn’t shipped to the masses yet. Instead, Google floated a few units to “Explorers,” glorified guinea pigs who can enjoy the joys and trials of this cuttingest edge of cutting edge technologies. But nascent or not, Glass exists, and it works. Or at…

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Google Checkout Nixed In Favor of Google Wallet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Google Checkout is being sunsetted as the company focuses on shaping Google Wallet into a viable PayPal rival. Google Commerceannounced today that Google Checkouts will be retired on November 20. Google suggests that merchants who do not have their own payment processing transition to Braintree, Shopify or Freshbooks, which are offering discounted rates for Google Checkout users. U.S. merchants who do have their own payment processing can apply for Google Wallet Instant Buy. Developers…

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How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service

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As reported on The Verge. By Greg Sandoval Sources say iRadio is still mired in licensing talks and may not be ready for WWDC Google’s long-rumored Play Music All Access service is already out the door, while Apple’s iRadio is still bogged down in licensing talks. According to music industry sources, all the haggling could prevent Apple from debuting the service at the Worldwide Developers Conference next month. Sony/ATV, the largest music publisher, has rejected Apple’s terms according to published…

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