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Google+ Photo abilities enhanced starting with 15GB storage boost

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google unleashed a slew of new features and updates to Google+ today during the company's Google I/O opening keynote, and some of the new features included Google+ Photos. Google's aim for photos is to take the time out of editing, organizing, and sharing all of them. It can be a pretty laborious task, but Google wants to make it easier on its users. Read The Full Story

Google Play for Education brings Android to the classroom

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

It wouldn't be Google I/O if the company didn't talk about all the fun stuff that they're doing for education. Luckily, they announced Google Play for Education, which is a new section in Google Play that includes apps and games that are meant specifically for the classroom in order to help students learn in a more interactive way. Read The Full Story

Chrome OS experience comes to Android mobile browser

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Here at Google I/O, the company is discussing their Chrome web browser, and they've announced that the browser has reached 750 million active users, which is up from 450 million users last year, which is quite the increase. However, the company showed off how they're working to evolve the Chrome browser in order to enjoy desktop experiences on mobile devices. Read The Full Story

Google Play Music All Access takes on Spotify with music streaming

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

We heard rumors during the calm of the storm last night before Google I/O, and now it’s official. Google today announced what they’re calling Google Play Music All Access, which is the company’s own take on music streaming, and they look to take on Spotify and Rdio, which are the two main heavyweights in this category.

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Android Studio makes development fragmentation history

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today at Google I/O, the company just announced what they're calling Android Studio, an updated developer tool that offers a new environment for devs when coding their apps. Google says that the IDE (integrated developer environment) is created to make developers faster and more productive when coding their apps. Read The Full Story

Google Play Services expand with Maps leading the pack

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google's Hugo Barra is on stage right now at Google I/0 2013, and he's talking about Google Play Services, with the Google Maps API being one of the first to come into fruition. The company just launched even more location APIs for Google Maps that come with faster and more precise location awareness and geofencing capabilities. Read The Full Story

BMW and Adaia team up for rugged, satellite-connected Android phone

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

After being fed up with constantly breaking their smartphones due to a lack of ruggedness, a small group of people, including a couple folks from Nokia, started up Adaia to develop a rugged smartphone with satellite capabilities called the Blackcomb. It's a collaboration between Adaia and BMW, where the German auto company is handling the design of the phone. Read The Full Story

Microsoft tipped to ditch Xbox Points for gift card system

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been rumored multiple times that Microsoft would be ditching its Points system for something a bit more real, and as we get closer to the company revealing its next-generation Xbox console, rumors have started to pick back up again. Now it's reported that Microsoft will ditch its Points system for all of its services in favor of real currency and a gift card system. Read The Full Story

US Navy makes history with first drone takeoff from aircraft carrier

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

As drones become more controversial, the government is digging deeper into the technology to make it more useful. Case in point: the US Navy make history by developing a specialized drone that can takeoff and land from and aircraft carrier. The X-47B, as it's called, is in its prototype stages, and it marked the first time that an unmanned aerial vehicle has taken off from an aircraft carrier. Read The Full Story

AMD Radeon HD 8970M claims world’s fastest laptop graphics crown

Craig Lloyd, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

AMD might have already unveiled their HD 8000M series graphics back in December and at CES 2013, but they left out a certain chip in particular and saved it for today. The company unveiled the Radeon HD 8970M, which they claim is the world's fastest laptop graphics chip, saying that it outpaces NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680M graphics. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook coffee date auction ends at over half a million

Craig Lloyd, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

The CharityBuzz auction that would see a lucky bidder win a coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook has now ended, and after 86 bids were placed, the winning bid came in at a whopping $610,000, which was placed within the last half hour of the auction, after the price remained steady at $605,000 for quite some time. Read The Full Story

Chris Hadfield holding first public talk on Thursday after returning from ISS

Craig Lloyd, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Astronaut Chris Hadfield, as well as the rest of the Expedition 35 team, returned safely to Earth last night after spending 5 months on the International Space Station. While aboard the ISS, Hadfield tweeted many photos of Earth from his perspective and even uploaded many YouTube videos that described life on the ISS. He'll be giving his first public talk since returning to Earth on Thursday, May 16 at 10 am ET. Read The Full Story