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Google Gets Social With New “Google Buzz”
Feb 10th
Today, February 9th, 2010, Google has yet another release for us(Android Users) that extends the abilities of your Android Device and Gmail account. This free service is called Google Buzz and is essentially another social networking medium. With Google Wave not making much headway, the introduction of Google Buzz to all Google Accounts combined with the simplicity of the service, Buzz may actually prove to be quite popular. It is accessible through your online Gmail account or from any mobile phone. Buzz specific features include just some of the following:
- Public updates and “buzz’s” that can seen by friends
- Updates can be made public to be seen by anyone
- See nearby buzz updates
- Comment on or Like friend’s updates
- See nearby buzz updates via a new layer in Google Maps for Android, iPhone, Nokia S60, and Windows Mobile
- Read buzz updates about anywhere from the Places Page
- Speak “post buzz” into Android Quick Voice Search on Android and iPhone
- Location added to buzz updates
- Pulls media/photos from links for fast and easy access
Not only will you be able to make status updates but you will also be able to share anything you want with friends such as Twitter, links, videos, pictures, and much more. For a chart of features supported on different mobile phone platforms see below:
| Feature | Android | BlackBerry | iPhone | Nokia S60 | Windows Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buzz.google.com | Yes | Coming soon | Yes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Buzz Layer on Google Maps for mobile | Yes | Coming soon | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buzz on a Place Page | Yes | Yes | |||
| Voice shortcuts | Yes | Yes | |||
| Buzz icon shortcuts | Yes | Yes |
If you have not already set up your Google Profile and combined it with Buzz, try it out now! Watch the following video for a demonstration:
Click here to view the embedded video.
Get on Buzz now! You can even check me out here.
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Nexus One OTA Update Brings Multi-Touch
Feb 6th
A lot of folks went and grabbed the update online and installed manually. I am a patient boy. I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait. And when something does happen, I turn on my camera. So here’s a video of me hitting a button, waiting a long time, and then testing pinch-to-zoom in the stock browser, gallery, and in Google Maps version 3.4. I threw in a little music so the wait wouldn’t be too boring. The update brings a few other changes, like seeing Google Goggles in your All Apps Menu, Goggle night vision features, and favorite places from your desktop use of Maps in the app:
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Multi-Touch Maps for Motorola’s Droid
Feb 6th
I welcomed an update for my Nexus One last night with open arms, as it brought pinch-and-zoom functionality to Maps and the stock browser and gallery apps. I filmed the update for the obsessively curious and will post later today. But if you’re a Droid user, there’s no need to wait for that multi-touch jazz. Go download Google Maps v. 3.4 from the Market right now. Add Multi-Touch Gallery (B&B Gallery), and Dolphin Browser, and you’ve got the same basic features Nexus users do – just not in the native apps.
Via BGR
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Google Makes it onto iPad, Everything “Stable” for iPhone too?
Jan 28th
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, he showed off the Apple designed but Google fed Maps application, and the Google-ownd YouTube app. He even named Google during the Maps demo. Much has been made about a falling out between Google and Apple, how Steve Jobs dislikes Eric Schmidt, and how the iPhone would turn to Microsoft’s Bing for default search and maps going forward.
if the iPad, running iPhone 3.2, is any indication, nothing much has changed yet. Of course, Eric Schmidt said during the Google conference call that their relationship with Apple was “stable“, and Apple COO, Tim Cook said during Apple’s call that while they compete in some areas, they partner in others.
So everything quiet on the Apple/Google front, or just quiet before the storm?
Of course, there was no sign of Google Voice integration, but we’re sure they’ll figure out an up-scaled WebApp in no time…
This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
Google Makes it onto iPad, Everything “Stable” for iPhone too?
Sony Ericsson’s 3D landscaping
Jan 20th
Now available for Android and Java Micro Edition is Sony Ericsson’s new 3D Landscaping SDK which enables rapid rendering of high-quality three-dimensional maps. Stokholm, Sweden is the only map currently available, but I expect adoption will spread rapidly.
Via Android Central
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Survey the Damage in Haiti With Google Earth
Jan 14th
If you switch the layer on and off for some before-and-after perspective, you’ll see just how serious the damage is — as if the
You can help relief workers, orphanages and other critical services in Haiti by donating on the web. We’ve put together
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How To Properly Use Google Maps: A Satirical Narrative
Dec 15th
With all of the new Lab features included in the latest version of Google Maps(3.3.1), it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed. You may ask yourself, “How could the terrain layer possibly assist me in getting me where I’m going?”, “How does knowing what’s nearby help me when I know where I’m going?”, and most importantly, “Is Street View only for my creepy neighbour?”
Firstly, let’s pick a scenario we encounter almost every day, or at least once a week I hope! I’m headed out with friends to the latest club “Tila Tequila.” We all know Jamie’s directions go something along the lines of, “Ya man, my iPhone says it’s like just down the street from Starbucks.” You are a person of great intellect and are instantly insulted, but know Google is your Kirk to his Picard. You launch Google Maps, type in your destination and click go. Done? No, why not go 8 steps further, because in your hands is a device that will make you feel like you’ve been there a dozen times.
Step 1 – Check the traffic. Layers includes an option to let you know what traffic is like on the way to your destination. You now know what time to leave to make yourself as fashionably late as you like.
Step 2 – Check the satellite view. Layers has a satellite view that will show you whether it’s in an upscale part of town or in the straight-up ghetto. You now know how to dress for your night out.
Step 3 – Check transit lines. Layers will show you directly on screen all the transit lines available to get you as close to the club as possible. You now know whether you’re drinking the legal limit, or getting totally trashed.
Step 4 – Check Google Street View. How better to get the good old tingly “deja vu” feeling then to know exactly what the club looks like before you get there.
Step 5 – Check Google Latitude. Another layer feature offered that is just creepy enough to let you know how far your friends are from arriving at the club. Although you can usually know this just by the secret nicknames you’ve given all your friends… Johnny-on-the-spot, Where’s Waldo, etc.
Step 6 – Google Navigation. Hit a home run and never miss your destination with Google Nav mothering you all the way to your destination.
Step 7 – What’s Nearby? By clicking on the address of the club you are instantly shown the closest places of business to you. Maybe it turns out the line’s too long, fake ID doesn’t work, or maybe you just need some greasy hangover food. The night is still young and you have the technology.
Step 8 – Check the terrain. With the terrain layer it is now within your power to know the tallest mountain to throw yourself off of after going crazy with all of Google’s latest options.
If this doesn’t convince you to push Google Maps to it’s limits, then maybe you’re not ready for the Android revolution.
Cheers to Google for overdoing it.
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