Google Celebrates Atari Breakout With Easter Egg Image Search
Type in Atari Breakout into Google Image search and you will see the results show up with a game similar to Breakout, which requires the player to demolish brick walls with a ball. Google is commemorating the 37th birthday of classic Atari game Breakout with this easter egg.
Google Adds Push Notification To Chrome
Google adds its Cloud Messaging push notification to Chrome and Chrome OS which allows Chrome apps and extension developers to wake up their apps remotely and/or send alerts to users. Developers will have to build the feature into their apps before anyone sees the benefits.
GMail App Bypasses Apple iOS Linkages
Google update GMail app on the iOS devices to link from third party app to Chrome and back again with a simple tap. Google uses a new OpenInChromeController module which bypasses Apple’s restrictions. Once developers incorporate the new module, it will open links from the app in Google Chrome, provided that the user has Chrome for iOS installed.
YouTube Revealing Paid Subscriptions
Google is going to reveal a new paid subscriptions for YouTube. Google is seen to move beyond its main advertising revenue stream. Google could launch the new service next week, with up to 50 YouTube channels offering subscriptions to video content from $1.99 a month.
Google Glass Banned From Lending And Selling
Google has banned any selling or lending of Google Glass. Here is the T’s and C’s from Google.
Google Glass terms state that: “…you may not resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person. If you resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person without Google’s authorization, Google reserves the right to deactivate the device, and neither you nor the unauthorized person using the device will be entitled to any refund, product support, or product warranty.”
Google Glass Unboxing And Tech Specs Released
Check out the unboxing of Google Glass video. Google has finally released technical specifications for its wearable Glass device. Glass will feature 1 day of battery life, a high-resolution display and a five megapixel camera, voice-recognition technology, and more.
Previous news regarding Google Glass being banned:
Google plans to make the digital eyeglasses in the US with Foxconn Technology Group. The digital glass will be designed by Google and featuring software and cameras, will be made by the Taiwanese company at its Foxconn factory in California.
Gary G. Howell, a republican in the West Virginia Legislature, is seeking to ban the use of Google Glass, and other Google Glass-esque products, while driving. He believes that Google Glass poses the same dangers, if not worse, as texting and driving.
We also have reported that a Seattle The Five Point Café bar has already put a ban on people wearing such devices. The owner of the bar says it’s for privacy, because people in bars usually don’t want to be taped without their knowledge. The message of the ban was posted on the Five Point Cafe Facebook page.
Google Let You Plan Your Death
Thinking of dying soon and wondering what you would do to all your digital accounts at Facebook, Google+, Twitter, YouTube and many more? Well Google has created the Inactive Account Manager will allow you to deal with data from several other Google services if your account becomes inactive when you feel like dying.
From Google Blog:
….you can choose to have your data deleted — after three, six, nine or 12 months of inactivity. Or you can select trusted contacts to receive data from some or all of the following services: +1s; Blogger; Contacts and Circles; Drive; Gmail; Google+ Profiles, Pages and Streams; Picasa Web Albums; Google Voice and YouTube. Before our systems take any action, we’ll first warn you by sending a text message to your cellphone and email to the secondary address you’ve provided.
Google Rolls Out Play Store 4.0
Google has revamped the Play Store to version 4.0. The Store now features a cleaner user interface, all the categories are now neatly grouped together, bigger images and the payment process has undergone some improvements.
From Google blog:
Similarly themed content is grouped together so you can hone in on a magazine to read or an app to try. As you move down the page, new recommendations continue to appear so there is always more to see and explore. We’ve also simplified purchasing so you can breeze through checkout and get to enjoying your movie rental or other content. The redesigned Google Play store app starts rolling out today for Android phones and tablets running Android 2.2 (Froyo) and above. People around the world should see it over the next few weeks. Get ready for a simpler Google Play.
Google Chrome Ditches WebKit For Blink
Google has decided kick out WebKit rendering engine, and go for new open source rendering engine called Blink.
From Google Blog:
Chromium uses a different multi-process architecture than other WebKit-based browsers, and supporting multiple architectures over the years has led to increasing complexity for both the WebKit and Chromium projects. This has slowed down the collective pace of innovation – so today, we are introducing Blink, a new open source rendering engine based on WebKit.
Google Glass Made In USA With Foxconn
Google plans to make the digital eyeglasses in the US with Foxconn Technology Group. The digital glass will be designed by Google and featuring software and cameras, will be made by the Taiwanese company at its Foxconn factory in California.
Previous news regarding Google Glass being banned:
Gary G. Howell, a republican in the West Virginia Legislature, is seeking to ban the use of Google Glass, and other Google Glass-esque products, while driving. He believes that Google Glass poses the same dangers, if not worse, as texting and driving.
We also have reported that a Seattle The Five Point Café bar has already put a ban on people wearing such devices. The owner of the bar says it’s for privacy, because people in bars usually don’t want to be taped without their knowledge. The message of the ban was posted on the Five Point Cafe Facebook page.
