TIOLI51 – Googlyo
Posted on Monday July 2nd 2012 at 6:07pm
We take a long hard look at the latest news from Google IO and other things too.
Beginning:
Google I/O:
Google’s I/O 2012 keynote is up in video form, in case you missed the skydivers the first time
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/googles-i-o-2012-keynote-is-up-in-video-form-in-case-you-misse/
Liveblog: New Android OS, Nexus Tablet to Headline Google I/O
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/liveblog-google-android-io/
Google: Project Glass will be sold in limited batches for $1,500
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/google-project.php
More Google Glass details: experimenting with connectivity options, control possible via voice
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-glass-details-voice-command-connectivity-options/
Google unveils $1,500 Project Glass Explorer Edition, takes pre-orders for 2013 only at Google I/O
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-unveils-project-glass-explorer-edition/
Google Glass Explorer Edition Available For Pre-Order At Google I/O, $1,500 And Shipping Next Year
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/google-glass-dev-build-available-for-pre-order-at-google-io-1500-and-shipping-next-year/
Google Wins The Internet With A Live Skydiving Demo Of Google Glass
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/sergey-brin-demos-google-glass-at-io/
Google Nexus Q extends its Hangout philosophy to the living room
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/google-nexus-q.php
Nexus Q Teardown: Dissecting Google’s New Streaming Media Orb
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/nexus-q-teardown/
It’s a Sphere! The Inside Story of Nexus Q, Google’s Music Hardware Gamble
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/google-nexus-q-revealed/
Nexus Q media streaming ball
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/27/nexus-q-media-streaming-ball.html
Nexus Q social streaming device hands-on
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-q-social-streaming-device-hands-on/
See Google’s Nexus Q dissected piece-by-piece courtesy of Wired
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/see-googles-nexus-q-dissected-piece-by-piece-courtesy-of-wired/
Google Nexus Q lets Android owners stream media from the cloud, shipping for $299 in mid-July
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-nexus-q-media-streaming-device/
Google Nexus Q is ‘Designed and Manufactured in the U.S.A.’
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-q-is-designed-and-manufactured-in-the-u-s-a/
Google reveals 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet to push Google Play content
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/google-reveals.php
Asus Nexus 7 tablet
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/27/asus-nexus-7-tablet.html
Nexus 7 tablet hands-on (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-7-tablet-hands-on/
Google makes the Nexus 7 tablet official: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and a $199 price (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-makes-the-nexus-7-tablet-official/
Nexus Q, Nexus 7: Google Puts Personal Cloud in ‘Play’
http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/06/google-personal-cloud/
Hands-On With The Google Nexus 7
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/hands-on-with-google-nexus-7/
Google Introduces The Nexus 7 Tablet
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/27/google-introduces-the-nexus-7-tablet.aspx
Nexus 7 review: the best $200 tablet you can buy
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/
Nexus 7 early benchmarks: full Tegra 3 performance on the cheap
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-early-benchmarks/
Nexus 7 8GB coming to UK mid-July for £159, 16GB version arriving at retailers July 27th for £199
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-uk-availability/
Google’s Andy Rubin: Nexus 7 may head to retail, but we’re not changing tablet app policies
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-andy-rubin-nexus-7-may-head-to-retail/
Google Play starts selling movies, TV shows (single episode or full season) and magazines today
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-play-starts-selling-movies-tv-shows-magazines/
Google brings incremental app updates, added encryption measures to Android
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-brings-incremental-app-updates-to-android-added-encrypti/
Google Chrome for Android comes out of beta, hits Play today
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-chrome-for-android/
Google’s Chrome For Android Comes Out Of Beta
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/googles-chrome-for-android-comes-out-of-beta/
Google Maps offline for Android is available today in version 6.9, also Compass Mode for Street View
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-maps-offline-android/
Google announces offline editing for Docs, available later today
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-announces-offline-editing-for-docs-available-later-today/
Android Jelly Bean input options include updated keyboard, offline voice dictation
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/android-jelly-bean-keyboard-offline-voice-typing/
Google Now revamps search integration in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-revamps-search-integration-in-android-4-1-jellybean/
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean home screen revealed, automatically accomodates your apps and widgets
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/jelly-bean-home-screen-revealed-automatically-accomodates-your/
Google: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean coming to Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Motorola Xoom mid-July
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-android-4-1-jelly-bean-coming-to-samsung-galaxy-nexus-m/
Jelly Bean, Android 4.1 revealed by Google, rolling out in mid July
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/jelly-bean-android-4-1-revealed-by-google/
Project Butter improves Android 4.1′s speed to a silky-smooth 60FPS
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/project-butter-improves-android-4-1s-speed/
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Revealed At Google I/O: Project Butter, Improved Search, And More
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/android-jelly-bean-official/
Google targets Siri with Android 4.1 Jellybean and 6 new features
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/google-targets.php
Google Pumps Up Jelly Bean’s Face Unlock Feature With A New ‘Liveness Check’
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/29/google-pumps-up-jelly-beans-face-unlock-feature-with-a-new-liveness-check/
Google’s Play Store Now Lets Users Remotely Update And Uninstall Android Apps
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/27/googles-play-store-now-lets-users-remotely-update-and-uninstall-android-apps/
Google opens ‘raw’ server service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18643498
Google Compute Engine brings Linux virtual machines ‘at Google scale’
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/google-compute-engine-brings-linux-virtual-machines-at-google-s/
Google TV service launches in UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18555538
Google Maps API Gets Massive Price Cut In The Wake Of Developer Defections
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/22/google-maps-api-gets-massive-price-cut-in-the-wake-of-developer-defections/
Google Drops the Price of Google Maps
http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/06/google-drops-the-price-of-google-maps/
Stupid Thing Nintendo & RIM Have Done This Week:
RIM cuts 5,000 jobs, new launch pushed to 2013 | CP24
http://www.cp24.com/news/rim-cuts-5-000-jobs-new-launch-pushed-to-2013-1.858245
RIM delays Blackberry 10 launch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18631702
RIM announces Q1 earnings: $518 million net loss, 5,000 job cuts, BB10 not due until Q1 2013
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/rim-announces-q1-2013-earnings-5-000-job-cuts-bb10-not-due-unt/
RIM Ships 7.8M Smartphones In Q1 2013, Down 30 Percent From Last Quarter’s 11.1M
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/28/rim-ships-7-8m-smartphones-in-q1-2013-down-30-percent-from-last-quarters-11-1m/
Down Goes RIM: BlackBerry 10 Delayed Until 2013, 5K Jobs Cut
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/down-goes-rim-blackberry-10-delayed-until-2013-5000-job-cuts/
RIM: QWERTY BlackBerry 10 phone launches in ‘close proximity’ to its all-touch cousin
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/rim-qwerty-blackberry-10-phone-launches-in-close-proximity/
Leaked Slide Sheds New Light On RIM’s First BlackBerry 10 Devices
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/25/leaked-slide-sheds-new-light-on-rims-first-blackberry-10-devices/
Leaked RIM Image Points to New BlackBerry 10 Devices
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/leaked-blackberry-10-phones/
Users reporting BBM down, joins Instagram in being less social
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/30/users-reporting-bbm-down/
BlackBerry Messenger for BlackBerry 10 gets a possible first sighting, themes to fit that chatty lifestyle
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/blackberry-messenger-for-blackberry-10-gets-a-possible-first-sighting/
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Nintendo Says More 3DS Models Would “Perplex” Gamers [3Ds Xl]
http://kotaku.com/5921952/nintendo-says-more-3ds-models-would-perplex-gamers
Nintendo Seems Ready To Give Up On 3D. And That’s A Good Thing. [Opinion
http://kotaku.com/5921082/nintendo-seems-ready-to-give-up-on-3d-and-thats-a-good-thing
The 3DS XL Getting Its Own Circle Pad Pro [Nintendo]
http://kotaku.com/5921919/the-3ds-xl-getting-its-own-circle-pad-pro
Nintendo 3DS XL getting supersized with Circle Pad Pro extension
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/28/nintendo-3ds-xl-getting-supersized-with-circle-pad-pro-extension/
3DS XL is getting a Circle Pad Pro XL. Will probably make it the size of a laptop. First unofficial picture
http://www.gamesradar.com/3ds-xl-getting-circle-pad-pro-xl-will-probably-make-it-size-laptop-first-unofficial-picture/
3DS XL to get Circle Pad Pro treatment, become that much larger
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/3ds-xl-circle-pad-pro/
3DS XL and 3DS screen sizes compared
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/27/3ds-xl-and-3ds-screen-sizes-compared/
Phones/ Tablets/ eReaders:
Microsoft Confirms They Won’t Be Making Their Own Windows Phones
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/25/microsoft-confirms-they-wont-be-making-their-own-windows-phones/
Judge ends Apple vs Motorola case
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18579081
Judge dismisses Apple vs. Motorola in its entirety, companies unable to prove damages
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/judge-dismisses-apple-vs-motorola-in-its-entirety-companies-un/
Podcasts for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podcasts/id525463029?mt=8
Apple Quietly Releases Their Standalone Podcasts App Ahead Of iOS 6
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/26/apple-quietly-releases-their-standalone-podcasts-app-ahead-of-ios-6/
Apple’s Podcasts app for iOS hands-on
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/apples-podcasts-app-hands-on/
Apple releases its own Podcasts app for iOS devices
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/apple-releases-its-own-podcasts-app-for-ios/
Adobe confirms it won’t support Flash on Android 4.1, stops new Flash installs from Google Play on August 15th
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/adobe-confirms-it-wont-support-flash-on-android-4-1/
Games:
Sony Boss Steps Down from Sony Computer Entertainment [Blip]
http://kotaku.com/5921640/sony-boss-steps-down-from-sony-computer-entertainment
Zynga bets on Farmville 2 game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18602270
Here Are the New Mass Effect 3 Endings You Requested [Video]
http://kotaku.com/5921361/here-are-the-new-mass-effect-3-endings-you-requested/gallery/1
Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut Adds A New Ending Option. Watch It Now. [Video]
http://kotaku.com/5921341/report-mass-effect-3-extended-cut-adds-a-new-ending-option-watch-it-now
Playing A Vampire In Skyrim: Dawnguard [The Elder Scrolls]
http://kotaku.com/5921294/playing-a-vampire-in-skyrim-dawnguard
Here’s How You Start Skyrim’s Brand New Dawnguard Quest [UPDATE] [Video]
http://kotaku.com/5921331/this-is-how-you-start-skyrims-dawnguard-quest
PSA: Skyrim’s ‘Dawnguard’ DLC arrives tomorrow ‘for English territories,’ mid-July elsewhere
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/25/psa-skyrims-dawnguard-dlc-arrives-tomorrow-for-english-terr/
Dawnguard Has Been Released, And So We Return To Skyrim [Video]
http://kotaku.com/5921575/dawnguard-has-been-released-and-so-we-return-to-skyrim
Assassin’s Creed Utopia coming to mobile from GREE and Ubisoft
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/assassins-creed-utopia-coming-to-mobile-from-gree-and-ubisoft/
Mojang dangles first footage of Scrolls (don’t panic Bethesda – no-one is going to mistake this for Skyrim)
http://www.gamesradar.com/mojang-dangles-first-footage-scrolls-dont-panic-bethesda-no-one-going-mistake-skyrim/
Even Treyarch doesn’t know who’s developing Black Ops on Vita. Apparently.
http://www.videogamer.com/psvita/black_ops_declassified/news/even_treyarch_doesnt_know_whos_developing_black_ops_on_vita_apparently.htm
“Meet the Pyro” TF2 video arrives and it’s amazing, horrifying
http://www.gamesradar.com/meet-pyro-tf2-video-arrives-and-its-amazing-horrifying/
Finally, you can officially meet Team Fortress 2′s Pyro
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/27/finally-you-can-officially-meet-team-fortress-2s-pyro/
F1 Online Open Beta is ready to play now… and it’s a bit like Micro Machines
http://www.gamesradar.com/f1-online-open-beta-ready-to-play-bit-like-micro-machines/
Internet:
Should Google, Amazon Control New Domains?
http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/06/domain-game/
Google and Lego launch ‘Build,’ a browser-based 3D brick builder
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/google-and-lego.php
Build Your Own Super-Ugly LEGO House In Google Chrome [Lego]
http://kotaku.com/5921384/build-your-own-super+ugly-lego-house-in-google-chrome
Computers:
Apple virus immunity claims from its online store now gone
http://www.bgr.com/2012/06/25/apple-virus-immunity-claims-mac-os-x/
Apple Drops ‘We Don’t Get PC Viruses’ Schtick
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/mac_viruses/
Social Media:
Facebook Changed Everyone’s Email to @Facebook.com; Here’s How to Fix Yours
http://lifehacker.com/5921095/facebook-just-changed-your-email-without-permission-heres-how-to-get-it-back
Anger at Facebook’s email switch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18590929
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2bn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18587600
The Day After Its $1.2B Purchase By Microsoft, Yammer Goes Down [Updated]
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/26/the-day-after-its-1-2b-purchase-by-microsoft-yammer-goes-down/
Microsoft buying Yammer to beef up enterprise social networking efforts
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/microsoft-buying-yammer/
Microsoft Pays $1.2B for Corporate Facebook Mimic
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/microsoft-yammer/
Other:
Patent ‘trolls cost $29bn a year’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18598559
Google’s 16,000-brain neural network just wants to watch cat videos
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/06/how-many-digita.php
E-book price fixing trial set for 2013: Apple, Macmillan and Penguin prepare for courtroom brawl
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/e-book-price-fixing-trial-set-for-2013/
Valve Is Releasing Its Own Free Movie-Making Tool [Video]
http://kotaku.com/5921787/valve-is-releasing-its-own-free-movie+making-tool
Questions / Email:
Hello all
I have pre- ordered the new nexus 7 tablet.
What do you think the good things or bad things of this tablet will be and do you think its going to be as good as Google makes out.
Thanks for the show
Iguanaeye’s
To Finish:
The Little Boy with an Apple Haircut [China]
http://kotaku.com/5920997/the-little-boy-with-an-apple-haircut
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