The next-generation Android N mobile software needs a name, and Google wants you to help.Google announced Wednesday that it's calling upon the world to help them name Android N, which you can do on its website.Each Android release has a name that follows the last one alphabetical … | Continue reading
Google is letting the public offer its naming suggestions for the next version of Android — I'm #TeamNougat — but it still offered up plenty of new details about Android N at its developer conference.Android N was first announced in March, several months earlier than expected. Go … | Continue reading
VR is coming to Android N. Bouncing off of Cardboard, which has 50 million app installs, Google is accelerating its VR initiatives. Noting that cardboard is a bit limited, Google is releasing a new platform named Daydream that is focussed on a better VR experience for Android. Da … | Continue reading
Google today announced the launch of Daydream, a new platform designed for providing better virtual reality (VR) experiences on mobile devices. This is Google’s way of moving beyond the Cardboard headset introduced two years ago. There will be a headset, a controller, and many sm … | Continue reading
Google today unveiled Android Wear 2.0, which the company is calling “the most significant update to Android Wear” since the platform launched over two years ago. Since the reveal is being made at Google I/O 2016, the company’s developer event, it’s fitting that Google is not jus … | Continue reading
Google’s Android Wear smartwatch platform launched more than two years ago and it’s now supported by more than a dozen brands and runs on more than 100 watch designs. Today, the company took the wraps off version 2.0 of Android Wear, the biggest update of the platform yet. Google … | Continue reading
Want to start trying Android N early? Google is making a way easier today. It's launching a public beta of N that's supposed to be polished and stable enough to run on your primary phone.N has been out in a developer beta for a few months now, but you had to jump through some hoo … | Continue reading
Google hat ein Referenzdesign für ein VR-Headset vorgestellt: Weiß und wie man sich das vorstellt zum Handy-Einschnallen. Dazu gibt es einen einfachen Controller mit Bewegungssensor und zwei Schaltflächen (Bild nach dem Break).App... | Continue reading
How big is the Android app ecosystem? Google gave an update on this today at its Google I/O Developer conference, when VP of Engineering Dave Burke announced 65 billion installs from Google Play over the past year.“There were 65 billion installs in the last year alone. And I’m ju … | Continue reading
Today at the Google I/O event, Google announced that their popular photo sharing/storing service Google Photos now has 200 million monthly active users. | Continue reading
How many of you have been forced to share a Google account with your family members, just because you don't want to keep paying for the same apps? | Continue reading
Doom player and YouTuber Zero Master has bested id Software's latest shooter on its hardest difficulty setting without dying.That's actually a requirement for Ultra Nightmare mode, which is essentially the game's incredible challenging Nightmare difficulty with permadeath enabled … | Continue reading
Wie erwartet bekommt Android mit "Android N" einen VR-Modus. Ein "high-performance" Modus, der ab einer bestimmten Hardware, die ein "Daydream-ready"-Siegel bekommt, besondere Funktionen freigeben kann. Daydream ist dabei der Name der gesamten VR-P... | Continue reading
Namey McNameFace? Nougat? Nutter Butter? Nestle? These are just some of the possible names for Android N but now, Google wants your suggestions as well! | Continue reading
Accompanying the announcement of its Daydream mobile virtual reality initiative, Google is revealing a few of the experiences that people might have with its new VR headset. This fall, the company hopes to have Android phone makers launch the first Daydream-ready phones, along wi … | Continue reading
Following months of speculation, Google is diving deeper into virtual reality. Today at its I/O keynote, the company announced Daydream, a VR platform built on top of Android N. Google says that Daydream-ready phones, as well as VR viewers and motion controllers, will be availabl … | Continue reading
At its annual I/O developer conference today, Google is showing off a reference design for a new virtual reality headset that builds on the success of the Cardboard unit it launched back in 2014. The headset is part of Google's new Daydream initiative, a mobile VR platform baked … | Continue reading
Facebook’s author tag offers a potent way to build a personal brand. It’s surprising more bloggers and content marketers have not taken advantage of the feature. Facebook said it introduced the author tag last year to make it easier for readers to follow authors and for writers … | Continue reading
Google has just announced a simple, one-to-one video chatting app called Duo. | Continue reading
In addition to the new Allo messaging app at its I/O developer conference, Google introduced a new video calling app called Duo.Built by the team behind WebRTC, Duo is designed to make video calls more reliable even on the slowest Internet connections.SEE ALSO: Google announces ' … | Continue reading
Clearly, the days of boxy Volvos are officially behind us.SEE ALSO: Bay Area startup is testing self-driving semis on California freewaysVolvo Cars debuted two new compact concepts Wednesday morning. They're called 40.1 and 40.2. Although their names are lacking in creativity, th … | Continue reading
Google kicked off the Android segment of its I/O developer conference this year as it has in the past with a list of new facts and figures to tout. The company says more than 600 new Android phones have launched in the last year, while more than 65 billion apps have been installe … | Continue reading
Google today launched a new video calling app called Duo, as a sort of companion to the new Allo messaging app that was also introduced today at the Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California. Duo calls are end-to-end encrypted, said Google engineering manager E … | Continue reading
Growing your online business while on a budget can be a tough task. Take a look at these 5 tips and strategies to help your business thrive with little to no extra cost. | Continue reading
Google always names its newest version of Android after a dessert, in alphabetical order. This year will be the first time Google will let users choose the name. You can head on over to android.com/n to submit your vote. While it seems it doesn’t have to be dessert this time arou … | Continue reading
It wouldn't be a Google developer conference without some time dedicated to Google's most important software platform: Android. The next iteration, codenamed N, was announced super early in March of this year, and today at Google I/O more details and features are being revealed.G … | Continue reading
Google wants your help naming Android N. It's launched a website that'll let anyone suggest names for N, and Google says it'll search through them to pick out a final name. Does that mean it could choose something aside from a dessert? Who knows. Google didn't really go into deta … | Continue reading
Google will nicht, dass Googles neues Betriebssystem Android N "Android Name McNamechange" heißt, aber sonst sollen die Nutzer über den neuen Namen abstimmen.Die neuen Funktionen: Android N ist schneller, kann Vulkan und ist sicherer.... | Continue reading
Remember the rumor suggesting Google may use an online poll to name Android N? Well, it turns the rumor was half-correct: It’s more of a suggestion box than a poll. Google wants to hear your what you’ve got at android.com/n. On stage at I/O 2016, Dave Burke, vice president of eng … | Continue reading
Today at I/O, Google debuted its new chat app, ‘Allo‘ as well as a companion app (for video) ‘Duo.’ Duo is lightening-quick, encrypted and works on both iOS and Android. The team worked with WebRTC to create a new protocol that allows for instant creation of an encrypted connecti … | Continue reading
Google today launched the third release of the Android N developer preview, the first one to receive “beta-quality candidate” status. You can start testing your apps against this release by downloading the new preview from developer.android.com/preview. The factory images should … | Continue reading
Highway1 is a rare breed of accelerator that has realized that the people who most need help are the folks who are doing the startups thing with hardware products. Uniquely positioned in the final-version-is-final world of hardware startups, the companies passing through the acce … | Continue reading
You get to choose the name of Google’s next Android release. Traditionally, every Android release is named after something sweet: Marshmallow, Lollipop, KitKat, Jelly Bean, etc. Previews are always named after the next letter in the alphabet at first (N, in the case of the latest … | Continue reading
We don’t know if Google will launch its own virtual reality headset at its I/O developer conference this year, but Android N, the next version of the company’s mobile operating system, will feature a special mode for VR apps. Read More | Continue reading
As expected, Google made Android N, the next version of its mobile operating system, a cornerstone of its I/O keynote today. With Android N, Google moved to a very different release cycle compared to previous releases. While I/O is usually the place for Google to share a first lo … | Continue reading
Watch out Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, Google has a new messenger app on the loose. It's called Allo and Google is calling it a "smart messenger" because it combines communications with its new Google Assistant.In a lot of ways, Allo (pronounced like the plant) is a response … | Continue reading
Als Unterstützung für "Allo", den kommenden intelligenten Messaging-Dienst von Google, wollen sie mit Duo auch die Videoanrufe vereinfachen. Basierend auf der Telefonnummer soll Duo aber nicht nur der Versuch sein, Hangouts endlich ü... | Continue reading
Nicolas Winding Refn's newest project is a remake of the 1968 cult horror movie Witchfinder General, a hyperviolent gorefest that tracked Vincent Price's titular witch-hunter as he tortured the suspected witches of 17th century rural England. Directed by Michael Reeves, the movie … | Continue reading
At Google I/O 2016, the Mountain View just announced a brand new messaging app called Allo. | Continue reading
Google is releasing a new video calling app later this summer. It's called Duo, and it's probably the fastest and simplest video calling app I've ever seen. Like its companion chat app, Allo, Duo is mobile-only. It uses your phone number as an identifier, and it will work on both … | Continue reading
Some have criticised Google for falling behind when it comes to social networking and new communications services, but the company is how working hard to catch up. Today, the company announced a new video calling app called Duo — a high-definition app for Android and iOS devices. … | Continue reading
Google Home, a small speaker you can converse with using natural language, is an ambitious way to weave the company's search engine and artificial intelligence into every fabric of your daily life. The company announced the new product today onstage at its I/O developers conferen … | Continue reading
Google unveiled a brand new messaging service called Allo. The company says that it “brings the richness of Google right in the chat” while also helping you get in touch with anyone in your phone’s contact list. The goal is to make your communications more expressive based on you … | Continue reading
At I/O 2016 Google has officially announced Google Home, the company's answer to products like the Amazon Echo. | Continue reading
Google’s photo app appears to be a hit: CEO Sundar Pichai said today that the Photos service now has 200 million active users every month. The company announced the news during its annual I/O developer conference. The service was announced at the same event last year, with goal o … | Continue reading
Today at Google I/O, CEO Sundar Pichai announced some new tweaks for Google Photos, which he says now has over 200 million users. You’ll now be able to communicate via Photos with two new apps — yes, really. A new messaging app named Allo is a “smart messaging app” that learns ov … | Continue reading
T-Mobile has revealed that they are now making the HTC 10, the Samsung Galaxy J7, and the LG K10 available for purchase from both their online store and brick-and-mortar locations in the US. | Continue reading
At its annual I/O developer conference today, Google announced Google Assistant, a beefed-up voice assistant that can talk to you. | Continue reading