Google is all psyched up about Android 5.0-Lollipop and they are already preparing all the apps to take the leap. Their latest change includes an updated Gmail app for android, which can handle both Yahoo and Outlook within itself.
Internet speed is a great factor for loading videos online. Search giant Google has made a new image file format called WebP and it has increased YouTube’s page loading speed by 10%.
Google already offers one of the best repository of Earth’s images online. However, it is always trying to expand this repository. Now, Google has devised a rather unique way to do so. It has taken images from kites and balloons and has now added these images to the online repository of Google Earth.
HTC has been on a downward spiral in terms of sales and profits. But the company now plans to stop this decline by offering a range of wearable devices. Among these, sources claim, is a Google Now smartwatch.
After bringing the peaks of Mount Everest to armchair travelers via Google Street View, Google has brought the no-entry nuclear zone of Fukushima for the world. The web giant has brought a ghost town inside Fukushima nuclear zone, named Namie-machi, to Google Maps.
Last year, we have seen Google shutting down five redundant services as a part of its ‘Spring Cleaning’ ritual. This year is no different. Yesterday on March 13, Google announced that it is going to shut down its popular RSS readers, Google Reader and seven other services as a part of ‘Spring Cleaning’ ritual.
Google is really starting to set the wheels in motion for its upcoming Google Glass offering. The company has been ramping up the hype surrounding the product and during the SXSW event, the company went forth to show off a number of apps that can run on Google Glass. These include Gmail as well as other third-party apps.
A huge number of iOS users had apparently refused to update to iOS 6 because of a lack of Google Maps. And now that a Google Maps app for iOS is here, these users seem to be making the switch rather rapidly. Ever since the app was released, there has been a 30% increase in unique iOS 6 users.