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A new handset, the Kogan Agora, is set to be the second smartphone running Google’s open source Android OS. The Agora, manufactured by Australian company Kogan, was designed based on consumer feedback about what individuals are looking for in a phone. The result is a handset with no carrier obligation or contract, that will work around the world and start at just AU$299 (US$200 | £135) or AU$399 (US$267 | £180) for the Agora Pro plus delivery. Thursday, 27 November 2008
Google have put together a demonstrative video of their iPhone Mobile Voice Search app which was temporarily removed from Apple’s App Store recently, upon the discovery that Google had intentionally broken the API. Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Geez, these advertising companies just can’t seem to get it right these days, can they? The new Google G1 phone went official today with a T-Mobile launch in New York and we have the first commercial for it below. The video seems to be (poorly) targeting the hip kids out there when we all know this phone’s one for the geeks…Android OS and all. Get with it T-Mo. Thursday, 11 September 2008
Google has announced a new mammoth undertaking that will bring the past 30 years of print journalism online, through a partnership with around 100 newspaper publishers. The new feature which ties in with the company’s book-scanning operation will make fully searchable newspaper pages available to the public that will appear just as they did when they were originally printed. The new feature was announced at the TechCrunch50 Conference (Sept 8-10) where a demonstration showed how the project put the scanned documents into context with related articles from other papers displayed on the right hand side of the page. Google plans to run its Adsense advertising next to the documents using a revenue share model, so that all parties benefit from the endeavor. This seems a wise move and has likely contributed to the search giant’s success in garnering support from so many publishers. The newspaper scans will be zoomable, much like Google Maps and will display all the original content including headlines and advertisements, giving you a feel for the times. Google created a new algorithm for the project that works in conjunction with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to enable the billions of pages of newsprint to be searchable.
Sources: Wednesday, 3 September 2008
If yesterday’s comic strip explanation of Google’s Chrome browser wasn’t enough for you, here is a video (below) of the official press presentation (52 mins) from their headquarters in Mountain View, California. Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Google will today be launching its own open source web browser called “Chrome” after an accidental leak yesterday. A Windows version of the browser will be available in 100 countries at some point today from this site, with a version for Mac and Linux on the way. Google have created a very informative 38-page comic strip that explains, in detail, the ins and outs of the browser and its innovations. Friday, 15 August 2008
London’s Metropolitan Police have launched a trial website service, thanks to Boris Johnson, that aims to highlight the city’s trouble areas. You can search by postcode to narrow down an area or view the map in its entirety to see how the different boroughs compare on crime. Tuesday, 12 August 2008
There have been quite a few interesting Google Street View shots around the interwebs lately. Lets take a look at what that sneaky little vehicle-mounted eye has been capturing recently in a piece we’ll call ‘Top Five Recent Google Street View Moments’. Number 1: (above) Number 2:
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
The world’s first flight to the moon by a privately funded team has been announced as the Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association submits a due date for their launch in the hope of grabbing $30 million in prize money. Google put up the money just under a year ago and within three months from now we will see the first attempt. In order to qualify for the prize money the team must be privately funded, land a robot on the moon which must travel 500 meters and transmit 1GB of images and video back to Earth. The deadline is 31st December 2012 for the full prize and the same date in 2014 will fetch half that at $15 million. ARCA (should really be ACRA) will make their launch from sea using a balloon to lift their European Lunar Lander (ELL) to an altitude of 18km. Its Stabilo booster rocket will then propel the lander into space and to the moon. The spent rocket will detach and land in the ocean. If ARCA’s mission succeeds, there are still plenty of prizes for other competitors such as $5 million for second place. $5 million will also go to the team whose lander is operational on the moon the longest and another $5 million will be awarded to the team who discovers traces of earlier USSR or Apollo missions or finds signs of frozen water on the moon. Source: Thursday, 12 June 2008
Hyundai Japan has announced its W220S 22-inch TriDef 3D LCD monitor which comes bundled with 3D applications such as TriDef media player, two 3D games plus Google Earth 3D. Unfortunately the display requires special glasses (see below) to be worn to see the three-dimentional effect, but admittedly, they could pass for a regular pair of shades and are by far the most stylish 3D glasses I’ve come across. The display has a 1,680 x 1,050 WSXGA+ resolution with 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 16.7 million colours, a 5-millisecond response time and 300cd/m2 brightness. The viewing angle is limited with only 150-degrees on the vertical and 160-degrees on the horizontal. It comes with 2 x 3W stereo speakers built-in, measures 522 × 195 × 416mm (w, d, h) and weighs 7.3kg. The W220S will be released in Japan tomorrow at a price of ¥98,000 (about $913).
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