If, for some reason, you still use Google Latitude, you’ll find you can now gain points for your check-ins, meaning you can be ranked on a global leaderboard. Yes, Latitude Leaderboards rips off another idea from Foursquare. The question is, though: who’ll bother to use it? More » Gizmodo
This Valentine’s Day, the gang over at Google showed iOS users some social-networking love by releasing an update to its Google+ application. Aside from providing “various bug fixes and performance improvements,” G+ gave iOS Nation access to a feature that Android users have enjoyed for quite some time: instant photo upload. When configured, the app [...]
As far as the Department of Justice is concerned, Google’s swallowing of Motorola Mobility isn’t going to violate any antitrust laws, so they gave it the OK. Long story short, we won’t be seeing a repeat of the whole AT&T-Mobile ordeal. [Reuters] More » Gizmodo
We first heard about Google’s foray into home-based hardware late last week, when it asked the FCC for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to have employees test an “entertainment device” in their homes (as opposed to a lab). According to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, it’s rumored to be a Sonos-like device related [...]
It’s finally clear: Google is getting into the hardware business. More » Gizmodo
That’s twice. In two days. Yesterday, security firm Zvelo discovered a potential exploit against rooted phones. Today, tech blog TheSmartphoneChamp discovered how to accomplish the same feat on non-rooted phones. This is not good. More » Gizmodo
Google has made the newest version of its popular browser available, offering more secure downloads and faster-loading web pages. Here’s what’s new. More » Gizmodo
A new version of Google Voice has just crawled out of the woodwork, and while the changes are minor, we think most users will like what’s in store. First and foremost, we were greeted with a new, darker interface that better matches Honeycomb’s design philosophy, along with a refreshed icon that more closely resembles the [...]
The Google TV update that rolled out to Sony units earlier this week (no word on the Revue, yet) brought tweaks to Chrome and support for Blu-ray 3D playback on the player, but that’s not all. The bump to Android 3.2 also improved hooks for developers to access channel listings in their apps, enabled hardware [...]
Google’s decision to consolidate all of the data it collects from all of us has the internet spooked. After Congress decided to knit a brow in the debate, Google wrote up this official response. Read its self-defense case here. More » Gizmodo