Google Update Roundup

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.