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Square expands their services for small businesses, GeoGuessr gamifies Google Maps, Roku gets a new interface, Google+ gets a major redesign, Google Hangouts and Messaging get rolled together, Google All-Access is the company’s new subscription music service, use one login across all Google Games platforms, and the phrase “Okay, Google” will let you search by voice!
Google+ rolled out a number of changes that have proven divisive among users.
Are you ready to speak your searches to any microphone-equipped device? That’s Google’s plan, starting this week.
Meet us at VloggerFair in Seattle and a meetup in Chicago, a better way to fire up your grill, save paper coupons to your phone, rewinding Google+ Hangouts On Air, and Caesars Palace bans Google Glass on the casino floor.
Google Now for iOS Google Now provides important and convenient information on your iPad or iPhone when you need it, instead of when you ask for it. Romibo Romibo is a cute, expressive robot with non-creepy eyes. Smart PJs Interactive Pyjamas Interactive PJs use QR codes to tell audible bedtime stories to children. Solidoodle Hand-Held [...]
Google Now is available for iPad and iPhone, well, now. You won’t find it as a separate app though; it is an update to the existing Google Search app for iOS. Now users will find much of the same valuable information that Android users enjoy, though of course the Android experience is still a bit [...]
A lot of us were thrown into a panic with the news that Google Reader was going away. If you still haven’t found a good replacement, don’t worry, we’re showing you our top picks!
Need to set up less-technical family members for video calling from their phones? We show you how.
Google Fiber is coming to Austin in the the middle of 2014. Packages will be very similar to what’s available in the Kansas City market.
Google unleashed a pretty substantial update to its Google+ mobile apps today. The update, called version 3.6 on Android and 4.3 on iOS, leverages Snapseed technology for photos while also improving the user interface and adding options to Google+ Communities. Today’s update was a vehicle to launch Snapseed functionality into Google+ and counter moves rival [...]
The old saying, “They giveth and they taketh away,” Google has decided to do in reverse order. A few days ago, they abandoned the RSS market by canning Google Reader. Today they’re entering the notetaking arena with Keep. That being said, I wouldn’t be counting on Evernote’s demise just yet. Keep is available now as [...]
It is a sad, sad day for many of us at Geek Beat as Google has announced a second spring of cleaning. This time Google Reader has made the list. It is due to be retired on July 1st, 2013. From the Google Official Blog: We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to [...]
