The slide-making masses have spoken and Google’s dutifully listened. After launching presentations for Docs as a preview last October, the search giant’s making that editor ready for prime time with a few user-suggested tweaks in tow. In addition to t…
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Google Docs presentations slides out of preview, adds import and comment options (video)
February 22nd, 2012
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Google Fiber just got better? Big G asks for permission to provide video service to Kansas City
February 22nd, 2012
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Here we thought the citizens of Kansas City couldn’t get any more fortunate after being chosen by Google to get a fiber optic gigabit network. Turns out, Google Fiber may be bringing more than just web access, as the company has asked the state of Mis…
Google and Adobe team up to make Flash Player for Linux
February 22nd, 2012
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Linux may no longer be getting any more fresh Air, but it’s going to get a heaping helping of Flash thanks to a partnership between Adobe and Google. You see, Adobe’s been developing a new browser API for Flash, code-named “Pepper,” which can provide F…
Microsoft files EU antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility, claims unfair licensing practices
February 22nd, 2012
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Early last week, the European Commission gave Google its blessing regarding the purchase of Motorola Mobility. But the honeymoon has been anything but relaxing for the search giant and its latest power-play acquisition, after Apple filed an antitrust c…
Google updates Flight Search for Android, iOS
February 22nd, 2012
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Remember when Google launched its desktop-only Flight Search service back in the fall? Well, now it’s made the travel checking tool both Android and iOS friendly. All the key flight-finding features of the desktop version are present: search, discover…
Google’s Mystery HUD Glasses Could Be on Sale By the Holidays
February 22nd, 2012
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Google Goggles could soon become a set of physical goggles if murmurings from within the company are true. Could this be the death knell for smart phones? More »
NYT: Google to sell Android-based heads-up display glasses this year
February 22nd, 2012
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It’s not the first time that rumors have surfaced of Google working on some heads-up display glasses (9 to 5 Google first raised the possibility late last year), but The New York Times is now reporting that the company is not only working on them, but…
Twitter’s Android and iOS app get updates; out on Kindle Fire now, Nook soon
February 21st, 2012
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The official Twitter app has just received an update on iOS and Android, bringing new features to both platforms, plus an “optimized” Ice Cream Sandwich experience as seen above. The app is also currently available on Amazon’s Appstore for the Kindle …
Nokia’s social apps coming to Android and iOS: lions expected to lie down with lambs shortly
February 21st, 2012
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Nokia’s Pulse app looks and smells familiar to anyone who’s ever used Google Latitude. The difference being that the Finnish handset maker has the benefit of Navteq’s $8 billion geolocation technology that it picked up back in 2008. Now the Haus of El…
Patent application hints at Voice Actions for Google TV
February 21st, 2012
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Android on your phone can send texts, perform searches, set alarms and execute plenty of other tasks with little more than a simple voice command. Google TV is, for all intents and purposes, just Android blown up to fill your 42-inch TV — so it would…
Samsung Galaxy S II announced for US Cellular: ‘coming soon’ for $230
February 21st, 2012
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We already had a strong hunch that it was coming to US Cellular, thanks to the FCC, but now it’s official: Samsung’s iconic Galaxy S II is finally making its way to the regional carrier in the coming weeks for $230 on a two-year contract and after a …
LG busts out a trio of L-series phones in the run up to MWC
February 21st, 2012
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LG’s gotten all excited and spilled even more beans ahead of MWC as to what offerings we’ll see at the big Iberian shindig. The L-Series is a trio of phones we’re already part-way familiar with, given that the budget L3 was leaked back in January. The…
Google looks to plant a field of satellite dishes in Iowa
February 21st, 2012
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Iowa. Fertile home to 14 million acres of corn, nine million acres of soybeans, and — if the FCC looks favorably on a recent application from Farmer Google — a blooming array of 15-foot satellite dishes too. The request for a “receive only earth stat…
Google pads IP portfolio, purchases Cuil’s pending search-related patent applications
February 21st, 2012
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Google’s been buying a fair amount of IP over the past several months from IBM, and now the Big G has acquired seven new patent applications from the now-defunct search engine, Cuil. Back in 2008, Cuil aimed to take Google’s crown as the king of searc…
Samsung’s GT-i9300 is probably not the Galaxy S III, as revealed by its low-res screen
February 21st, 2012
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Straight from the Dana Scully school of debunking, Android Community has poured cold water on the notion that the GT-i9300 is the quasi-mythical Galaxy S III. Having happened upon the user agent profile of the device bearing that codename, the stats …
Oracle drops patent from Google lawsuit, Google moves to strike Oracle’s third damages report
February 21st, 2012
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After much sound and fury in its legal proceedings for IP infringement against Google, Oracle’s claims continue to be whittled away. Judge Alsup has been on Oracle’s case to downgrade its damages claims for months now, and on Friday, he got yet anothe…
ZTE Mimosa X official: ICS, Tegra 2, HSPA+ and 4.3-inch qHD display, arriving in Q2
February 21st, 2012
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And then there were three. Not 24 hours after announcing a pair of Android 4.0 handsets, ZTE is back with the Mimosa X, a 4.3-inch, HSPA+ device running Ice Cream Sandwich. Interestingly, this is the first time since NVIDIA acquired wireless chip mak…
ICS update for Eee Pad Transformer delayed (again) until March
February 20th, 2012
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Promises, promises. That’s what ASUS has been feeding those of you who choose to brazenly call the OG Transformer your slate of preference. In the past couple of months we were told to expect the ICS refresh in “early February,” before quickly slippi…
Sony Xperia U ‘Kumquat’ pics leak, gets sized up ahead of MWC
February 20th, 2012
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It looks like one of Sony’s latest creations, the Xperia S, could be getting a little brother at next week’s Mobile World Congress, according to a series of leaked pics. Sixteen crystal-clear images show the new sibling — none other than the previou…
