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New Google Glasses Patent Gives a Shout Out to Left Eye(s)

Google has secured a patent for left-handed people that puts the Google Glasses eyepiece on the other side. Someone at Google must be a pretty huge TLC fan (RIP Lisa Left Eye Lopes). As a righty/normal person, it’s pretty easy to make fun of a special patent for southpaws. But it would be a huge…

The New Padfone Lets It All Hang Out

The Asus Padfone took 12 months to arrive on the market after it was first announced. Now, for multi-tasking device lovers everywhere, there’s a new version of the smartphone powered tablet—and it seems to want to show off its insides. https://gizmodo.com/the-asus-padfone-is-as-confused-as-its-name-suggests-5888516 The first iteration of the Padfone had a little door to hide the phone…

Google’s personal search, amped: enter a field trial, and search mail, contacts, calendar and docs from Gmail. [Google]

Is This a New Sony Nexus Phone?

At this point it seems pretty certain that LG is going to be putting out a Nexus phone, but it may not be Google’s only dancing partner. A few pictures that popped up over at the XperiaBlog show what’s purported to be a Sony Nexus phone, the Nexus X. https://gizmodo.com/clear-shots-of-the-lg-nexus-phone-its-still-sparkly-5950837 There have been rumors that…

No Wonder Street View Is So Good When Google Has This Army of Cars

Street View is good and getting better—and that’s thanks to Google’s massive fleet of cars, kitted out to capture the world around us in all its panoramic glory. This is what a parking lot full of them looks like. https://gizmodo.com/googles-biggest-ever-street-view-update-sneak-inside-t-5950829 Google’s own Masrur Odinaev posted this picture of one of the company’s holding pens: the…

Today’s Google Doodle Is a Huge Animated Tribute to Winsor McCay’s Cartoons

Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo was an iconic comic strip first drawn in 1905. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the cartoon in an animated strip which sees Little Nemo embark on an adventure through Google-Land. McCay’s a hugely celebrated cartoonist and arguably inspired much of the work of Walt Disney numerous other animators along the way. The…

Zagat, Beat Bang, and More

We’re got all different kinds of titles for you in this round of the week’s best Android apps. From one that will help you settle on dinner, to another that will tell you when you need your umbrella, you’ll be all ready for the weekend. Beat Bang: Learn a little bit about electronic. Beat Bang…

Report: Google’s One Step Closer to Being Hit with an FTC Anti-Trust Case

According to Reuters, top brass at the FTC is convinced it should bring an antitrust case against Google. The writing’s been on the wall since last year, but it looks like things could finally be coming to a head. The Reuters report says that four out of five FTC commissioners are convinced that Google used…

Zagat Ratings Are Too Confusing for Google Users (Updated)

Google is moving away from the 30-point rating system it inherited from its acquisition Zagat last year because it’s just too complicated. Instead, it will replace the confounding restaurant rating math with something a bit more straightforward. Google says estaurants will be ranked in four levels—poor-fair, good, very good, or excellent. The Zagat system really…

The Galaxy S III Mini Is Official, and Officially Boring

We got really excited yesterday when we heard there would be a miniaturized Galaxy S III coming. Our excitement didn’t last long, because a second rumor hinted that the specs wouldn’t be anywhere close to the original S III. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-launching-new-four-inch-galaxy-s-iii-mini-tomor-5950454 We held out some hope that the second rumor might be wrong. Sadly, it wasn’t.…

Motorola’s Droid RAZR HD and RAZR MAXX HD will be available on Oct. 18th for Verizon for $200 and $300. [Verizon]

Clear Shots of the LG Nexus Phone: It’s Still Sparkly

Earlier this week we saw some blurry photographs of what we think might be LG’s new Nexus phone. Now there are some clearer images… and it looks more sparkly than ever. https://gizmodo.com/why-does-lgs-leaked-nexus-phone-have-a-sparkly-bedazzl-5950255 Russian site Onliner seems to have gotten its hands on a prototype unit. According to the site it’s rocking a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm…

Google’s Biggest Ever Street View Update: Sneak Inside Twice as Many Famous Spots

Street View has been been given its biggest ever refresh, updating 250,000 miles of road and doubling the number of special collections so you can sneak inside famous locations around the world. There’s now wider Street View coverage over the US, Canada and the UK, as well as plenty of other countries. So, if you…

Google’s Mobile Homepage Now Has a Facebook-Style Sidebar

Seriously, these days you just have to have a sidebar: Facebook has one, Spotify has one, hell, even Evernote has one. Now, Google is catching up, to make its mobile web page a little more sleek. Ditching the tab-style menu at the top of page, the new mobile version of Google’s home page looks far…

Eric Schmidt Would Love to Be CEO of Apple, Doesn’t Take Microsoft Seriously and Is Wary of Facebook

In an interview with AllThingsD, Eric Schmidt answered a fun question from the audience: If he had to be CEO again, would he choose Apple, Amazon or Facebook? Schmidt chose Apple. He also dissed Microsoft and keeps mentioning Facebook’s billion users. His first answer to the CEO question was a very smooth political sidestepping of…

The Best Fitness App

Staying fit is important. Even if it seems enjoyable to lie on the couch devouring hours of HBO Go on your iPad, the truth is, when you’re exercising, you’re happier—there are plenty of scientific studies to back it up. The good news: Gadgets can fit in with your gym routine. With the right apps, they…

Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini Might Have Shrunken Specs, Too

When Samsung confirmed that its 4-inch Galaxy S III mini was real, it promised that it wouldn’t just be another horrible tiny budget phone. But if MobileGeeks’ information about the handset is correct, we may be in for a letdown tomorrow. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-launching-new-four-inch-galaxy-s-iii-mini-tomor-5950454 It’s not that the device looks actively bad, like some other 4-inch clunkers…

Google’s Cultural Institute Is Now a Massive Online Museum

Google’s Cultural Institute has had a shot in the arm, and is now host to a massive set of 42 online collections, which cover all manner of 20th and 21st century history. Rich with video, images and text, the collections span everything from Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, through D-Day and Auschwitz, to civil rights’ in…

Samsung Launching New Four-Inch Galaxy S III Mini Tomorrow

Samsung has confirmed that it will unveil a new, smaller Galaxy SIII on October 11th. The new phone won’t be a budget version, but rather a (slightly) scaled-down device, with a four-inch screen for those who prefer a more pocketable handset. JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile Communications, announced that the new device was conceived…

Why Does LG’s Leaked Nexus Phone Have a Sparkly, Bedazzled Back?

These are alleged leaked photos of the new LG Nexus device, which fits snugly alongside rumors that multiple carriers will carry a Nexus phone this go-round, and previous leaked phones from other carriers. It looks about right, but the only question is… why does it have sequins? The backplate seems to be bedazzled with shiny…