Google

An In-Depth Video Tour of Android 0.9, an (Almost) Great (Almost) OS

Earlier today Google released the Android 0.9 SDK r1 Beta, boasting of a pile of API updates and a visual refresh that moves it one solid step closer to actually, you know, showing up on a phone. A long changelog and a few screenshots are great, but we’ve fired up the SDK’s emulator for a…

Tech News John Herrman

Android 0.9 SDK Beta Now Available: Includes Major UI Update

The Android 0.9 SDK r1 Beta represents the first formal release on the path to Android 1.0 and it is available now for download. Outside of the normal bug fixes, users will notice some major UI updates-including a new widget-enhanced home screen, a tab to pull up apps, a camera and a media player. There…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Official: T-Mobile Confirms First Android Phone

T-Mobile has confirmed that the first Android phone (dubbed HTC Dream) would be released before Christmas. While they did not give an exact date, all signs are pointing to October as the most likely month for a rollout to begin. [Yahoo] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-htc-dream-spotted-in-real-life-leaked-video-5035388

Tech News Sean Fallon

HTC Dream Gets the FCC Stamp of Approval

For those of you keeping score at home, HTC’s Dream, due to hit T-Mobile in October as the first Android phone, just got tapped by the FCC’s rubber stamp. Unfortunately there aren’t any of those h-o-t product shots that the FCC is usually known for to give us a better look at the device, just…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Tour Infinite Loop With Google Street View

If you’ve ever wanted to take a street tour of the center of the Apple universe, now’s your chance. The Google Street View car has finished making its rounds at Infinite Loop, so you can zoom around like you belong there from your computer chair. There aren’t any pictures of Steve Jobs passed out drunk…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

First Android Phone Coming “As Early as October”, Says NYT

While a T-Mobile news blog reported the HTC G1 would debut on September 17, the NYT begs to differ: Their sources point to an “as early as October” release timeframe for this potential bringer of the iPhonecalypse. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/htc-dream-presales-beginning-september-17th-on-t-mobile-5035952

Tech News Jesus Diaz

TuneWiki Audio For Google Android Looks Very Impressive

This is TuneWiki, the music playback app that shows Karaoke-like lyrics and album art on almost all the music on your phone. It’s been officially ported to Android and looks very, very impressive. They’ve added features like searching YouTube for videos of your tracks, plus searching their database for certain song lyrics if you only…

Tech News Jason Chen

Google Maps Captures Natural Wonders by Photoshop

Geologists and people wasting time on the internet alike have failed to explain this particularly repetitious forest in Holland. A pretty clear result of a lazy/botched clone stamping in Photoshop, we can’t help but wonder what Google covered up here. Government secrets? Cloud interference? A leprechaun lair? No one knows, but stay tuned as we…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google StreetView Sees Man Passed Out Drunk On Mother’s Lawn

Not content to just capture houses burning and other embarrassing shenanigans in the US, Google StreetView has gone overseas and done the same to a drunk Australian man passed out in his own lawn. Now that man is pissed-not in his pants, but at Google-for the invasion of privacy. https://gizmodo.com/google-streetview-spies-burning-home-probably-microsof-5035201 The story goes that “Bill”…

Tech News Jason Chen

HTC Dream Presales Beginning September 17th on T-Mobile?

TmoNews claims to have scooped some succulent intel on the HTC Dream launch. While former hearsay had the Android-based smartphone delayed until 2009, current rumor has it that T-Mobile customers will be able to pre-order the phone on September 17th for a lot less than its (also rumored) $400 price.These customers will score the phone…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google Translate Now Delivers Nonsensical Translations to Your iPhone

Handy if you want to hit on a cute waitress at a decent sushi bar or the French exchange student pulling shots at your usual coffee place with horrible abortions of their native tongue, Google Translate is now optimized for the iPhone. It stores your most recent translations on the phone so you don’t need…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

HTC Says Android Phone Not Delayed, Really, They Swear

Yesterday, an analyst said that according to his sources, HTC is not having a jolly good time developing their Android headset, and it’s probably going to be delayed ’til 2009. “Not so!” says HTC. They say that his facts do “not match the facts” and you will damn well see their Android phone by the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

HTC’s Android Phone Might Be Delayed ‘Til Next Year, and Other Signs Android Is Screwed

Contradicting HTC’s assurances a couple days ago that its Android phones are on track for later this year, an analyst at Global Equities research says that, according to his sources, HTC is “having structural problems to incorporate Google’s demanded feature set” and “demanding a guaranteed minimum revenue surety from Google,” indicating they don’t have a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Downside of Relying on Google for Everything

Oh, Google is just so great! They have the best free email, calendar, chat, photo and document sharing services, so why not use them all? Well, here’s why: they can lock you out of your entire account without any explanation or any way to get it back, pretty much erasing your online existence. It happened…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Tour Tokyo’s Tech Paradise, Now On Google Street View

Google’s dutiful camera vans have finished canvassing Tokyo, which means today you can now tour some of the world’s most geek-friendly real estate in “electric town” Akihabara without the 14 hour plane flight. The folks at Mars Mag have put together a tour of some of their favorite Linux Maid Cafes, Dream PC builders, arcade…

Tech News John Mahoney

HTC’s Android Phones Still On Track For Q4 2008

HTC’s CFO reiterated that their Android phones—previously slated to be released Q4 of this year—will be released Q4 of this year. Android handsets are still planning to be shipped to “ODM clients” in the fourth quarter, meaning that you might not actually see them until late, late 2008 or early 2009. Why? Because those ODM…

Tech News Jason Chen

Mac Funamizu’s Gadget Designs of the Future

Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Mac Funamizu is a tech geek, designer, and futurist who has created quite a lot of buzz among design circles for his innovative gadgets from the future. The 38-year old Tokyo native has always loved Apple, Google, and Starbucks, but…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA

Google: ‘Complete Privacy Does Not Exist’

If you’re looking for one statement to neatly sum up the world we live in right now, allow me to present to you this one, made by Google lawyers in their defense during a Google Street View lawsuit: “Today’s satellite-image technology means that even in today’s desert, complete privacy does not exist.” I mean, I…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Google Calendar Now Supports CalDAV, Syncs Natively With iCal (But Not iPhone)

One of my personal sticking points for keeping my online life totally synced is now one step closer to being easier-Google Calendar now supports CalDAV and can sync natively with OS X’s iCal without a third-party add-on. But there’s a huge hitch-as of now, I see no way to sync events created on my iPhone…

Tech News John Mahoney

Ex-Googlers Build Cuil Search Engine, Say it’s Bigger Than Google

“Search 121,617,892,992 web pages” claims the front page of the new search engine Cuil (pronounced “cool” apparently). Those 120 billion pages are about three times as many as Google actually indexes, according to developer Anna Patterson… and she should know as until 2006 she worked there. Presented in a kind of “magazine style,” Cuil will…

Tech News Kit Eaton

An In-Depth Video Tour of Android 0.9, an (Almost) Great (Almost) OS

Android 0.9 SDK Beta Now Available: Includes Major UI Update

Official: T-Mobile Confirms First Android Phone

HTC Dream Gets the FCC Stamp of Approval

Tour Infinite Loop With Google Street View

First Android Phone Coming “As Early as October”, Says NYT

TuneWiki Audio For Google Android Looks Very Impressive

Google Maps Captures Natural Wonders by Photoshop

Google StreetView Sees Man Passed Out Drunk On Mother’s Lawn

HTC Dream Presales Beginning September 17th on T-Mobile?

Google Translate Now Delivers Nonsensical Translations to Your iPhone

HTC Says Android Phone Not Delayed, Really, They Swear

HTC’s Android Phone Might Be Delayed ‘Til Next Year, and Other Signs Android Is Screwed

The Downside of Relying on Google for Everything

Tour Tokyo’s Tech Paradise, Now On Google Street View

HTC’s Android Phones Still On Track For Q4 2008

Mac Funamizu’s Gadget Designs of the Future

Google: ‘Complete Privacy Does Not Exist’

Google Calendar Now Supports CalDAV, Syncs Natively With iCal (But Not iPhone)

Ex-Googlers Build Cuil Search Engine, Say it’s Bigger Than Google

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Let us help find what you are looking for...