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Is Google about to launch a cloud storage service to rival Dropbox?
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If you are an iPhone or an iPad user, iCloud is what caters to your cloud storage needs. If you are a fan of Windows Phone, then chances are that you use SkyDrive on a regular basis. Android users, however, still need to rely on a third-party solution, such as the widely popular Dropbox cloud storage service.
However, rumor has it that Google is almost ready to launch a cloud storage service of its own. And judging by the recent changes that the company did to its terms of service and privacy policy, we are guessing that your files will not only be accessible from any computer, tablet, or smartphone connected to the internet, but also through multiple Google services.
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Google Now Laying Fiber for Super-Fast Internet
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Monday in a blog, Google said that it is finally installing "thousands of miles of" fiber optic cable for its super-fast "Google Fiber" network. The lines will be installed between Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri, creating a solid backbone which later will branch out to all Kansas City consumers on both sides of the state line, providing download speeds more than 100 times faster than current broadband solutions.
"Each cable contains many thin glass fibers, each about the width of a human hair," Kevin Lo, the Google executive heading up the project. "We’ll be taking these cables and weaving them into a fiber backbone -- a completely new high speed infrastructure."
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Chrome for Android won’t ever get Flash
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Chrome for Android may have set its sights on being the default browser on your Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, but you’ll have to make do with no Flash Player support if you give in to the new beta’s allure. Having announced that its Flash Player mobile plans were over back in November, Adobe has confirmed that Chrome for Android does indeed arrive too late for a plugin of its own. That’s despite Android 4.0 already having Flash Player support in the native browser.
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Google begins building out 1Gbps Internet to two U.S. cities
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As promised, Google is beginning to build out Google Fiber in two cities: Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. When completed, the new city-wide networks will tether citizens to a fiber-optic backbone capable of delivering 1Gbps Internet to tens of thousands -- if not hundreds of thousands -- of people.
Google says it has measured utility poles, studied maps, surveyed neighborhoods and eaten way too much barbecue -- but the company has since completed its planning phase and is now stringing thousands of miles of fiber-optic cabling along telephone poles.
There is no word how much a Google Fiber subscription will run, but the company claims it will be offered at a "competitive price...
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Siri now serves 25% of Wolfram Alpha's traffic, could it threaten Google?
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The Apple effect is well known in Asian countries where massive amounts of workers and factories could get hired virtually overnight to fulfil an order, but now almost the same effect has hit Wolfram Alpha. The knowledge engine that offers not simply search results, but aims to put them into context, now has 25% of its traffic coming from Siri queries.
Apple’s humble intelligent voice assistants is smart partly exactly because of Wolfram Alpha that will do funky things like calculate the distance to the moon as well as solve and graph mathematical problems.
“Siri accounts for about a quarter of the queries fielded by Wolfram Alpha, whose staff has grown to 200,” a New York Times report said.
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First impressions of Chrome Beta for Android - Looks to be worth the wait
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We’ve been tinkering around with the new Chrome Beta for a couple of hours now and we’re definitely impressed to see that Google has provided a slick browser that’s also easy on the eyes. Even in beta form, we can imagine that most people who try Chrome for Android will probably stick with it. We’re glad that Google realized that functionality can look good.
The introduction of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was the first time we saw Google really hone in on the user experience for its mobile operating system and it’s taken that focus to Chrome. The browser is snappy, simple, and rather beautiful, given that it’s just a portal for viewing web content. If you use Chrome on your desktop, the b...
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CyanogenMod team releases another CM9 progress report
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Long-time users of CyanogenMod are used to seeing a new version released shortly after the code is deposited to AOSP. That usually places CM users on the latest version of Android weeks, if not months, ahead of all non-Nexus Android phones. This time has turned out to be a bit different, and the CM team posted an explanation on their website today.
The biggest factor seems to be the huge jump in the code base between Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). The CM team indicates that they more or less started from scratch with the ICS build of CyanogenMod (CM9), and have been porting their CM7 customized tools to the ICS code.
While this process takes longer, it’s also...
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Android 4.0.4 ROM leaks for Verizon's Galaxy Nexus
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A little gem known as Android 4.0.4 wriggled its way onto the interweb last week, and while it was geared specifically for Sprint's Nexus S 4G, a similar version has just cropped up for the CDMA / LTE Galaxy Nexus from Verizon. While it's only available for tenacious users who've unlocked their bootloader, it seems that a host of improvements are on deck for the official release. First and foremost, the ROM is said to be noticeably faster, with the speed gains also extending to the web browser and the device's boot time. The release also packs a new radio file that (at least from user impressions) offers more seamless transitions between the CDMA and LTE networks. All in all, the rest of the...
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Facebook and Google agree to Indian censorship demands
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“Like China, we too can block such websites” Kait told lawyers from Facebook and Google, going on to refer to laws passed in India last year that mandates a 36-hour take-down from the point of complaint. Both Google and Facebook have already complied with such requests, the two companies confirmed.
Now, the high court has demanded the two firms – along with 19 others – present their plans for a blocking system that will prevent “objectionable material” from being accessed by users in India. A fifteen day deadline has been imposed, though Facebook, Yahoo! and Microsoft have all protested that they are yet to be targeted with specific complaints.
The argument that users are responsible for the...
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Lenovo ThinkPad Android 4.0 ICS upgrade timeline released
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The tablet known as Lenovo ThinkPad has been officially tipped by its manufacturer to be getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich inside Spring 2012. This The tablet known as Lenovo ThinkPad has been officially tipped by its manufacturer to be getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich inside Spring 2012. This means there could be a few more weeks in your path – or four weeks if you’re listening to the groundhog. When the update does come down, you’re in for a few awesome treats, including the Face Unlock feature that we did not see some through with the ICS upgrade for the almighty Transformer Prime, believe it or not.
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Google launches Solve for X think-tank site | Electronista
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Google has just launched a new website dubbed 'We Solve for X' that aims to encourage visitors to read about and discuss 'radical' technology for solving global problems. The problems and their likely solutions would affect billions of people. Radical, Google wrote, would refer to the proposed solutions that resemble science fiction.
The forum will thus focus on technology-based thinking and teamwork. Richard DeVaul, a head scientist for Google X, said the site would tackle transforming education, improving agriculture five-fold by making better decisions, creating carbon-negative bio-fuels, and working on synthetic biology, among others.
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Google Fiber breaks ground in Kansas City
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Google announced that it will begin laying fiber today in Kansas City as part of its plans to build out a new high-speed broadband network that aims to bring speeds 100 times faster than what Americans have today. Kansas City was picked out of more than 1,100 companies bidding to receive Google’s fiber network.
The project will initially involve building a solid fiber backbone. Once this infrastructure is completed, then Google Fiber can connect into homes across Kansas City. It will involve laying down thousands of miles of cables across Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.
The cables contain many glass fibers about the width of a human hair and can deliver data at 1Gbps speeds. T...
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Microsoft on social search: Google did what we didn't want to do
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Microsoft's been on the offensive regarding Google's recent policy changes, with the search giant's controversial decision to prioritize Google+ in its results a particular target of ire. However, you might not be aware that Microsoft actually has deals in place for displaying results from Facebook and Twitter in its own search engine, Bing, which allow it access to the social networks' feeds. The implementation has been subtle so far, but director of Bing search Stefan Weitz explains why in an interview with All Things D. While Weitz acknowledges that the company has been slow to make use of its hook-ups, he stresses the difficulty of making accurate recommendations, or even understanding w...
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EU regulator asks Google to hang fire on privacy changes
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Google's new one-stop-shop privacy policy continues to cause trouble for the search engine, as one EU regulatory body asks it to 'pause' the plans.
The EU's Data Protection Working Party is investigating the changes and has written to Google's CEO Larry Page asking for more time to examine the new policy before it comes into effect.
Google is set to combine its privacy guidelines for most of its various products into one over-arching privacy policy, but it has come under fire for giving itself the ability to track users' data across different products.
Pause for thought
The Data Protection Working Party's letter explains, "We call for a pause in the interests of ensuring that there can be no...
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Android 4.0.4 leaks for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, runs noticeably faster
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners, here is a bit of news that might be of interest to you. An early Android 4.0.4 ROM has showed up on the XDA Developers forum, and those of you who are a bit more tech inclined are free to give it a shot.
According to the guys who have already tried it out, the leaked update brings a bunch of improvements, among which a shorter boot time, increased in-call volume, and a boost in signal strength. Besides, the new radios that come along make switching between 3G and 4G much more seamless. Overall, everything seems noticeably faster, and a number of bugs have been squashed.
Now for the tricky part, this Android 4.0.4 update will work only on the stock Verizon version...
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