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Google Street View Hyperlapse Is An Experimental New Way Of Wandering The World

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Google Street View is maybe one of the most interesting and under appreciated technical developments of the past decade, but it’s all a little static when viewed through standard channels like Google Maps on the desktop or on a mobile device. A new project from Toronto UX design firmTeehan+Lax, which operates a Labs unit to explore its more playful side, threads together Street View imagery to create time-lapse animations…

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Blue state: Microsoft’s tricky strategy to strike back against Apple and Google

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Can Redmond rethink 30 years of corporate culture to pull this off? As it has countless times in the last decade, Microsoft once again finds itself at a crossroads. Over the course of thirty-plus years, Microsoft rose to global dominance on the back of the desktop computer. But in the last decade, PC sales have been slowing as mobile devices become the next paradigm in personal computing. This…

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Quickoffice on Android and iPhone now free for Google Apps for Business users Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Quickoffice for iPad became a free perk for Google Apps business subscribers back in December, and now Mountain View has extended the offer to its Android app, and made its iPad application iPhone-compatible. By wielding the office suite, users can edit, create and view Excel, Word and PowerPoint files that reside on Google Drive. In addition to going gratis, the software has been tweaked to show Drive folders such as Recent, Shared…

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 isn’t even out yet, but it’s been rooted Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith We might have spent a few hours toying with Samsung’s new mobile hardware, but tinkerers over at XDA-Developers have had enough time to root the Galaxy S 4, already. This means those (very) early adopters can start perusing the inner workings as soon as it arrives on store shelves. There’s a video of the process after the break and you can pick up all the necessary files (and warnings of not…

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Google and Microsoft trade insults for April Fools

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As reported on The Verge. By Matt Brian April Fools’ Day provides the springboard for companies to make some unbelievable announcements, but for Google and Microsoft, it serves as the perfect time to poke fun at eachothers’ shortcomings. With Gmail Blue, Google is teasing Redmond over a product that doesn’t officially exist yet, while Microsoft goes back to basics to poke fun at its rival’s “vanilla” search engine. “HOW DO YOU COMPLETELY REDESIGN AND RECREATE SOMETHING, WHILE…

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Google Introduces “Gmail Blue” — It’s Completely Blue, Because Brown Was a “Disaster”

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF The Google April Fool’s train continues with the announcement of “Gmail Blue.” Yes, it’s a version of Google’s email service where everything is the color blue. The YouTube one from earlier was OK, and the Nose one was just so-so, but I’d actually use this product if it existed, especially since it took six years to “develop the technology.” Can you imagine something like this actually happening? Some people flipped out…

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Remains of the Day: Gmail’s New Compose Window Comes to Everyone

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Joshua Rivera Gmail makes its new compose feature standard, Amazon acquires Goodreads, Google starts testing its same day delivery service, and Facebook Messenger gets free calling in the UK. Gmail’s New Compose Now Default Gmail’s new compose window, which allows you to write new emails in an overlaid chat-like window, is now the default setting for all users. The old Compose window is still accessible, but only as a temporary setting. [Gmail] Exciting News…

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Google Glass will reportedly be manufactured in the US

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As reported on The Verge. By Nathan Ingraham Google Glass headsets will be manufactured in the US, according to a report from The Financial Times. Specifically, Google wil be manufacturing the headsets at a Foxconn plant in Santa Clara, California, making it the second product that we know Google has manufactured on US soil. The first of which was the ill-fated Nexus Q media streamer, which Google eventually shelved before a wide release to the public. As the initial product run will…

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Google Starts Testing Google Shopping Express In SF, With Free Delivery At Target, Walgreens, Staples And More

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Google is finally opening up its Google Shopping Express service to the public today, with the same day delivery service being made available as a test to select users in San Francisco and the Peninsula from San Mateo to San Jose. Participating retailers include, as we’ve previously reported: Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle, Toys“R”Us/Babies“R”Us, Office Depot, San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Raley’s Nob Hill Foods, and Palo Alto Toy & Sport. Our original…

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Google’s Android unit reportedly building a smartwatch

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon According to a recent report from The Financial Times, Google might also be getting into the smartwatch game. And unlike Glass, which was developed in the company’s experimental X Lab, the watch (not pictured above) is said to be under development by the Android unit, possibly indicating that Google sees it as a more immediately viable product. According to FT’s source, the Google watch is separate from Samsung’s recently-announced effort.   THE NEXT…

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