Google Glass has been under the scrutiny of the U.S. Congress over allegations that the gadget violated privacy rights of common citizens. A Congressional bipartisan caucus recently sent Google a letter, asking it to furnish an explanation. The response from Google, Congressman Joe Barton says, has been disappointing.
Google Maps is currently the undisputed champion in the arena of online mapping solutions. The company has been ramping up its Maps by integrating it with Street View. To further speed up the process, Google is now calling volunteers to apply for its Trekker backpack cam and contribute to Street View.
Google has secured an approval from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate a TV white space database. This would allow the tech giant to use unlicensed TV broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband.
Google has quietly rolled out a significant feature in its latest build of Chrome OS. The new feature essentially allows users to edit Microsoft Word and Excel files without any hassles. Interestingly, Google didn’t highlight or announce the new feature when releasing the new build.
According to reports, Google is currently working on an Android game console of its own. At the same time, the inside sources reveal, the search giant is also working on an Android smart watch, which essentially hints that Google is ready to take Android beyond smartphones and tablets.
Owners of a rooted GSM HTC One who have been dying to get a complete taste of vanilla Android are in luck, as custom ROMs built off of the Google Play Edition HTC One are now popping up on the web. In short, this is a rooted and deodexed version of exactly what comes on the GPE HTC One devices found on Google Play.
Search engines conventionally display such results towards the top which are most relevant to the user’s query. Same is usually true for the ads that are displayed alongside this content. However, search engines increasingly display paid ads without explicitly stating so. FTC has now sent warning letters to a number of companies over such practices.
Google recently made a number of significant changes to its social network, Google Plus. The key changes focused on enhancing the visual appeal of the platform by making it look more image-centric. Now, complementing those changes, Google has offered a Google+ Photos app for Chromebook Pixel users.