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Google Drops Google Now For Desktop – Announces Major Shift In How We Search [VIDEO]
16 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 4 Comments
Google Now for desktop, enables you to do things like search the web, set reminders or get directions somewhere – all by talking to your computer.
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Google Maps Set For Overhaul – Will Crowdsource Your Preferences From Social Media [VIDEO]
16 May 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The next version of Google Maps is tailored just for you. Displaying information and recommendations that are specific to your needs. The next verion of Google Maps was previewed on Wednesday in San Fransisco.
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Google Image Search “Atari Breakout”, Then Say Goodbye To Your Work Day
15 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Google has done it again. If you are looking for a little work distraction, then today there is one that you would never have expected.
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Do You Struggle To Remember People’s Names? Don’t Panic – Google Glass Will Have Facial Recognition [VIDEO]
14 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
You know those awkward moments when you introduce yourself to someone you’ve already met? Well, Google Glass might be the eye apparel you need to up your social game.
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Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt Makes 6 Predictions About Our Digital Future
24 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google released a new book on Tuesday, which he co-authored with a former US State Department terrorism adviser. “The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business,” offers compelling arguments for a few interesting predictions.
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The Virtual Jet Pack Is Here – Google Earth’s Forthcoming 3D Motion Technology Is Amazing [VIDEO]
23 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Motion control technology now allows Google Earth users to use their hands to control the imagery software, which sounds superficially boring, until you consider that you now have the option to fly over mountains, seas and cities with the swoosh of a hand.
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Friday Morning Spice
19 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
DA launches new campaign. Gang steals rhino horns from museum. Gwyneth voted most hated celeb. Elvis impersonator charged over poison letter sent to Obama. Guess how much cash Google has on hand? They found 3 new earths. Kind of.
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Google Boss Claims The Entire World Will Be Online By 2020
16 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Google Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt claims that everybody will be online by 2020, which he stated on his Google+ account this Saturday.
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Google Builds Tool To Safeguard Your Data After You’re Dead
12 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
What happens to your data when you die? That question has become increasingly mainstream over the last two years. Thankfully, Google has launched a new tool that will enable users to determine a sending destination for their data in the event that they die.
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Couple Poses For Google Street View Car – Having Sex And Boozing On The Side Of The Road
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This is just hilarious. An Australian couple, who were spotted on Google Street view a few miles before, drove ahead and reappeared on Google street view – simulating ‘bonnet-sex’ as the man swigs on a bottle. You need to see this.
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How Google Glass Really Works [INFOGRAPHIC]
10 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Artist Martin Missfeldt has created an infographic that explains the ins and outs of the processes of Google Glass, and it’s pretty neat.
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They’re Rocking 1 Gigabit Per Second Now In The US
10 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Internet giant, Google has confirmed that it will be extending its super fast fibre broadband services to Austin, Texas, where residents will be enjoying internet speeds of one gigabyte per second by 2014.
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TOP 5 April Fool’s Stories In The Press [VIDEOS]
02 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 2 Comments
Yesterday, we were predictably treated to an array of April Fools Day jokes across the world. Most of them sucked, so we curated five that didn’t, for you. It looks like the tech and media sectors are the front-runners when it comes to humour. Better luck next year, insurance industry. Prank One: First up and [...]
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10 Cape Town Schools To Receive Broadband From Google’s White Spaces Trial
26 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Google announced yesterday that their TV white spaces (unused channels in a TV spectrum) trial will provide broadband connectivity to 10 schools in and around Cape Town. The trial will demonstrate the potential of white spaces as a platform to deliver faster internet connectivity to the developing world, if it comes off. Broadcasters, however are [...]
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Chrome Turns Your Favourite Website Into A 3D Maze Game [VIDEO]
25 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Google Japan have created one of the craziest online Chrome experiences yet. This experiment allows you to turn your favourite websites into 3D mazes that you can play in. The Chrome World Maze is similar to the maze games you used to play and dominate at the arcade as a young whipper-snapper, except now you’re using your iPhone as a [...]
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Google Glass Hype Is Dwindling – Fears Of Big Brother Are Growing
20 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Google Glass is a potentially revolutionary technology that could fundamentally shift the way that humans interact with their environment, and dramatically improve productivity. But the product also requires the user, and anyone who comes into contact with the user, to be prepared to have the boundaries of their privacy stripped away. Google Glass will in [...]
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Google Reader Is Being Shut Down – Here Are The Best Alternatives
14 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Look, it isn’t good news. But you have to make the best of a bad situation. On Wednesday night, Google announced it would be shutting down its Reader product as of 1 July 2013. With the loss of Google Reader, a serious problem emerges. What will users use as an alternative reader? Step 1 – Find a new RSS [...]
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Google Now Could Be Coming To iOS [VIDEO]
13 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Google Now is arguably Android’s greatest weapon in the operating system tug of war between Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. Harnessing the power of Big Data and predictive analytics, Google Now is a PA in your pocket, producing helpful, unprompted alerts and reminders which it creates by analysing the results of your search and browsing [...]
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Google To Pay $7 Million Fine For Collecting Personal Data
13 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Do no evil, right? Internet giant, Google has agreed to pay a $7 million fine for the collection of personal data without authorisation for their Street View service. Google has also agreed to destroy emails, passwords and web histories in a settlement with 38 states in the USA. The data was collected from wireless networks [...]
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Use Google Maps To See Where Rich And Poor People Live In South Africa
11 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We spotted an article on BusinessInsider about a Reddit post which showed a search for high and low end retailers, as a way to define a city’s rich and poor areas. We did the same thing, pitting Woolworths against Shoprite. Here are the results:
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Monday Morning Spice
11 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Pistorius on verge of suicide. Habana out for 10 weeks. Elon Musk wants to die on Mars. Google Glass banned from bar. Fouche wins Argus Cycle Tour. SA Tennis’ Anderson pulls off shock win. Abu Qatada is behind bars. The US gun industry’s most outrageous marketing ploys.
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Keen To Hack An Android Phone? Leave It In The Freezer
08 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
When Ice Cream Sandwich was rolled out by Google for Android smart devices, engineers baked a data scrambling system into the operating system, which made it a nightmare for law enforcement and forensic workers to unscramble the devices, according to the Erlangen’s Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) team. Of course, the data scrambling system makes it significantly harder [...]
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Prepare For Jealousy – Top 10 Google Employee Perks
07 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Unless you’re reading this from Google. In which case, welcome. You lucky SOB. It’s no secret that careers at Google are the most sought after in the tech industry. And that’s not all that surprising, given, “the array of benefits of perks aim to ensure that Googlers remain happy and healthy in all aspects of their lives.” [...]
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Google Honours Miriam Makeba With Birthday Doodle
04 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Google just nailed down the good will of an entire nation. Miriam Makeba, or “Mama Africa” as she was fondly known would be 81 years old today, and Google have honoured her with today’s doodle. An icon of South African musical prowess, and an important pop culture figurehead in the struggle against apartheid, Makeba’s citizenship [...]
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