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Home > Episodes > Google Update Roundup
Cali Lewis on GeekBeat Episode 647

Google Update Roundup

May 16, 2013 by giovanni

Square Stand for Small Businesses

Square is expanding beyond small portable phone devices with their Square Stand, which businesses can use to turn an iPad into a full-on register! It’s $299 and available for pre-order.

Explore the World for Fun with GeoGuessr

GeoGuessr will drop you into a random Google Map location where you can look around, click your way to a clue, and the whole goal is to guess where you’ve “landed”.

Roku’s New Look

Have you tried the new Roku interface? They did a big redesign and update. Let me know what you think of it – better or not? Leave a comment!

Google+ Shakes Things Up

Google+ rolled out a major redesign yesterday and we have a guide to all the changes. It seems to be a “love it” or “hate it” thing. How is it striking you?

Google Messaging Venues Get Pulled Together

Hangouts also got a refresh, as Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, AND the hangouts all got rolled into one!

Google Music Goes All Access

Google is joining the growing subscription music market with All Access, a new service that will run you $9.99 per month.

Google Play Games Gets Unified Info Saving

Google Play Games will now let you login using your Google+ username and password, and it’ll track you, your scores, your saves and achievements across games and platforms.

Start Saying “Okay, Google”

Google Search is also going through a revamp, with the addition of voice activation. Just say “Okay, Google” and tell it what you want to find.

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: games, gaming, Google, Music, roku, search, social media, Square

About giovanni

giovanni is an ad age, emmy, telly, & webby award-winning search engine optimization and social media strategist from texas who works with brands in entertainment, fashion, food & beverage, sports, and technology.

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Comments

  1. Patrick Dickey says

    May 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    The link to the Okay Google page is dead.

    Have a great day.:)
    Patrick.

    • Dave Peterson says

      May 16, 2013 at 6:05 pm

      Fixed now – thanks, Patrick!

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