Facebook home is certainly the talk of the town right now, both thanks to the recently released HTC First handset and the equally new Facebook Home software release for Android. As is always the case with such highly interesting and well reported technology news, a comic strip has cropped up based on it.
These Specs Offer Google Glass-Like Point Of View Video Recording For A Fraction Of The Cost [VIDEO]
It's hard not to get just a little bit excited about the prospect of Google Glass hitting the market later this year, but considering the cost of Explorer version, which currently costs $1,500, it's going to be a product many consumers will have to admire from afar. If you would like some techie spectacles but don't want to pay large sums of money, you may be interested in the Mitamanma Megane from Japanese company Thanko. Although not in the Google league in terms of overall features, it does come complete with its own hidden camera, allowing you to shoot POV video with ease, and at a cost of just $91, is certainly a lot more affordable to the general consumer.
Back when Google released the Nexus 4 in November of 2012, many lamented its lack of LTE. That wasn't enough to stop it from becoming something of a cult hit though. Thanks to an amazingly low price and the fact that it was one of the few Android phones to feature a stock Android experience, the device has gone on to prove hugely popular, despite its lack of 4G technology.
An incremental point update has been made to the official Google Play Store app, bringing us up to version 4.0.26. It follows on from last week's altogether more significant release of Google Play Store 4.0.25 APK, which brought a bunch of new features including a Card UI. According to some users, there were bugs with that new interface as well as a couple of other niggling issues with the release, and thus here we are no less than a week later with this housekeeping update.
Having been around for a relatively short amount of time against the rivaling App Store, Google Play has done a remarkable job in offering users a very comparable experience for the most part. As well as now boasting much of the content also available to those on iOS, Android Police's teardown of the new MyGlass companion app for Android suggests a supplementary Game Center-like hub for gamers could well be forthcoming. With such a vast number of gaming fans now enjoying some of the biggest titles around on Android, it was perhaps only a matter of time before we saw this kind of feature added to the repertoire, and thanks to the tenacity of the Android Police, we may just have our first clues.
It's arguably the most highly anticipated technological release of the year, and Google's Glass is already causing great waves long before it is available for just anyone to buy. In fact, the only way to get one currently is to be chosen by Google and then handing over a cool $1500 bucks.
Google has finally published the full technical specifications of Glass, alongside Mirror API for apps, and MyGlass companion app for Android on the Google Play Store.
YouTube's never shy about changing its products in order to celebrate an anniversary of something it deems important, and today is no different.
Google has taken the opportunity to bring in a little goodness into the lives of Nexus 10 owners by introducing the first official accessory for the 10-inch tablet. To compliment the sleek design of the Nexus 10 the company has seen fit to hit the ground running with a dark grey book type cover that is now available for purchase through the Google Play Store. More details and the purchase link coming up right after the break.
Prepare to let me make you feel old: Gmail, Google's much-celebrated email service, is already in its tenth year, and although we did get ourselves in a bit of a tizzy when the Big G first launched Gmail on April 1st, 2004 as a beta-only service, it has continued to go from strength to strength ever since. Google has, quite naturally, done a little reflecting of its own as the 9-year mark passes, and couldn't resist a little self-congratulation to boot. Below, Gmail's biggest achievements and landmark occasions since April Fool's in 2004 are illustrated in a rather pretty infographic, but if you thought the search giant was about to rest on its laurels, you've another thing coming!
