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More Google Glass details: experimenting with connectivity options, control possible via voice
While Vic Gundotra wasn't willing to talk Glass in our run-in here at Google I/O, a few others were. In speaking with folks from Google, we learned a few new details about the project, while confirming some whispers that we'd heard floated in the past. Here's a quick rundown: Engineers are currently 'experimenting' with connectivity options. Existing prototypes — including those worn in the skydiving stunt this morning — do not have any sort of built-in WWAN connectivity. While it's possibl…

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Google Earth 7.0 for Android brings new, super-detailed 3D maps for some cities
Here's a bit of a surprise that slipped under the radar during the Google I/O keynote: Google Earth for Android has been updated to 7.0 to take advantage of the new 3D map technology it unveiled at another special event just a few weeks ago. As a refresher, the visuals are automatically created from 45-degree aerial imagery and can pick up 3D elements as subtle as trees. Before you go racing to your hometown to see how it looks in 3D, be aware that just a handful of cities and regions exploit…

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Chrome for Android now out of beta, available in Google Play for those with OS 4.0 and above
Not that all the previous Google news wasn’t enough – Nexus 7, Nexus Q, Jelly Bean – they’ve gone forth and shed the beta stamp from Chrome for Android. Everyone can officially download it now from Google Play, well only those with OS 4.0 and above. The version number is 18.0.1025123 and brings you similar features you would expect from the desktop browser.
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Google Maps offline for Android is available today in version 6.9
Google showed off offline Google Maps at its event earlier this month, and now during I/O it's ready to turn the feature on. We've got a couple of video trailers for offline Google Maps here (embedded after the break), users with Android 2.2 devices and above should keep an eye on Google Play for the new version of the app. Continue reading Google Maps offline for Android is available today in version 6.9 Google Maps offline for Android is available today in version 6.9 originally appeared on…

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Google's Project Glass gets some more details
Google Glass has been one of the most anticipated and hyped projects to come out of Google in quite some time. After a rather epic demo the company finally gave us a slightly deeper look at the wearable computer of our (supposed) future. Inside is the usual set of components you'd expect inside any mobile phone. There's a "powerful" CPU and "lots" of RAM (though, there was no mention of specifics) alongside an accelerometer, gyroscope and wireless radios for pulling in data. There's a mic for…

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Google+ on Android, iPad goes tablet-sized
Google+ just got a makeover very recently, but it was still very much oriented towards phones — that's been solved as of today. The social networking app is now optimized for Android tablets and the iPad, with a whole new navigation system and Hangout video chats suited to bigger screens. The layout is landscape-friendly and, if you have a new iPad, will take advantage of every pixel on that Retina display. Android users can get the update today; iPad owners will have to wait for a release c…

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Android Jelly Bean input options include updated keyboard, offline voice dictation
On stage at Google I/O, the company is showing off its newest features for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which include a new keyboard with SwiftKey-like word prediction, and voice typing that works even when you're offline. From the demo on stage it worked quickly without the annoying lag of waiting for the server to process your words we've experienced from voice control so far. There's 18 new input languages including Persian and Hindi, although offline voice dictation is US English only for now….

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Project Butter improves Android 4.1's speed to a silky-smooth 60FPS
As part of its unveiling of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google has unveiled Project Butter, a major effort to squash Android's frequent problems with device lag, as well as Systrace to help diagnose performance. Project Butter lets the CPU and graphics run in parallel, rather than crash into each other, and has a big impact on both real and perceived speed: the entire interface runs at 60 frames per second on sufficiently fast hardware. Graphics are now triple-buffered to keep scrolling and trans…

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Jelly Bean, Android 4.1 revealed by Google, rolling out in mid July
It's seems like only yesterday we were all crowded around our laptops, watching a live stream and getting amped for Ice Cream Sandwich. Truth is, that was six months ago now and, while most of the Android running public still hasn't been blessed with 4.0, it's already time to make the leap to 4.1. Today Google officially took the wraps off Jelly Bean, the next evolution of its mobile platform and while its not quite the revolutionary shift that was Gingerbread to ICS, it still marks an import…

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Google: 400 million Android devices, one million activations a day
Google has just kicked off its I/O keynote with some big new numbers to share. It now says there are 400 million activated Android devices out there, and one million activations per day. That's up from the 100 million activated devices it announced at Google I/O last year, and 200 million it announced last fall, while the activations per day are up from the 900k it confirmed just earlier this month. As Google was quick to point out, that translates to about 12 devices activated every second, …

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Google officially announces the Nexus 7 tablet, here are the specs
It was expected to happen. There she is everyone… Hidden within Google Play is an image of the “Nexus 7″ tablet. It’s similar to the leaked image from earlier this week, but since it’s on Google you can be sure that an official announcement is on its way. Taking a look at the back of the tablet reveals that ASUS is indeed the manufacturer, plus that it’ll be a 7-inch tablet with OS 4.1. In addition, it looks like there’s 6 apps on the doc that include access to the Play Store, Chrome, YouTube…

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Samsung Galaxy S III now available in Canada!
Canadians! Today you have several choices of where you can pick up Samsung’s newest flagship device – the Galaxy S III. This comes with the latest version of Android, currently OS 4.0.4, a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 8MP camera with 1080p video capture, and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. Through Bell, TELUS, Rogers and Virgin it’ll be LTE-enabled (as will SaskTel but they’ll fall back to HSPA+ until their LTE network is live). Over at WIND, Mobilicity and Videotron you’ll be graced with…

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A New Record for the Highest Temperature We've Ever Created: A Whopping 4 Trillion Degrees Celsius [Video]
Guinness World Records has recognized Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider as the device which has set a new standard for achieving the "Highest Man-Made Temperature": a mind boggingly extreme 4 trillion degrees Celsius -– which is 250,000 times hotter than the center of the Sun. More »

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