Android app devs have been expecting this announcement from Google for a while now and it looks like the Android Studio development environment is finally coming at them in beta. The release of the beta version of Google’s Android Studio was announced on Thursday, during the proceedings of the Google I/O conference on development. The same event saw the release of a preview version for Android L, … [Read more...]
Google Buys Two Tech Startups in Fresh Deals Surge
After thrusting itself into competition with U.S. cable operators, Google is inching closer to competing with wireless carriers, too. Google Inc. (GOOG) is buying two small companies to boost its advertising and wireless technologies as part of an acquisition binge. The Mountain View, California-based company purchased video-advertising provider MDialog Corp. as well as wireless startup Alpental … [Read more...]
HTC’s 8.9-inch Volantis Might Be The Next Nexus Tablet
Google I/O developer conference, which will kick off on June 25 and end on June 26 in San Francisco is surrounded with rumors from all over. The latest rumor to come forward is the announcement of the new 8.9” Android-powered tablet manufactured by HTC. Several specifications and photos of a HTC-forged Nexus tablet have appeared online courtesy of Android Police. The features leaked are lined … [Read more...]
Samsung Android Wear smartwatch to debut at the Google I/O
The major attraction at the Google I/O developer conference, which will kick off on June 25 and end on June 26 in San Francisco is the Android Wear, Google's upcoming smartwatch platform. Samsung is all set to announce its Android Wear-based watch in the conference. The news spilled from the website CNET's reliable sources says, "Samsung plans to introduce its first Android Wear device at … [Read more...]
Google Nest To Acquire Dropcam In $555 Million
Earlier this year, Google announced that they would be acquiring Nest, the company behind smart home gadgets like the Nest Protect and the smart thermostat. The speculations were that Google has interest in other home related gadgets and a rumor from last month suggested that Google could be looking to acquire Dropcam. Well it turns out that the rumors were right because Nest (which we guess is … [Read more...]
Nike’s Fuel Band Finally Gets An Android Companion App
Ever since Nike launched the original FuelBand fitness tracker in 2012, many health-minded consumers have begged and pleaded for the company to expand beyond iOS and make the move to Android. For more than two years, those calls went unanswered. Almost two years after the launch of the Nike+ FuelBand fitness tracker wristband and its companion iOS app, the Oregon-based sportswear firm has … [Read more...]
Google Fit Healthcare Service Vs Apple HealthKit, Samsung SAMI
Coming to keeping track of health and fitness data, the smartphone users are going to get great choices as after Apple's HealthKit and Samsung's S.A.M.I (an open source data broker that enables wearable devices to upload data to the cloud, and enables users obtain integrated information from the cloud), Google has also planned to launch its own health data collection platform called Google … [Read more...]
Google To Launch Health Service like Samsung, Apple – Google Fit
According to sources a new service called Google Fit is expected to be announced by Google within two weeks’ time. Google Fit will be a service that collects all the data from all of your health-tracking gadgets. It is quite similar to a feature called HealthKit announced by Apple at its developer’s conference, which was supposed to be bundled with Apple's new iOS 8. It was followed by … [Read more...]
Google alarm wakes you up Before Approaching your Transit stop
Just remember, how many times did you miss your transportation stops on Saturdays? We all booze during the Saturday nights. We board the public train or the road transport to go back our homes after boozing and we may miss our stops too. But, from now on we may not miss our stops. A new feature is added on the Google Now Android application which triggers an alarm when you are passing by the … [Read more...]
Google is losing its mobile search dominance to Apps
According to a market researcher firm eMarketer, Google is losing some advertising momentum on the mobile front. According to them, users are becoming more sophisticated as the use of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets rises. Their research also conclude that users are relying more on apps than browsers and mobile search behaviour is becoming less like desktop. This is among the … [Read more...]