Tag: Google

  • Galaxy Nexus: How to prevent newly-installed apps from creating shortcuts on your home screen

    If you’re like me and have recently switched from an Android phone running Froyo (Android 2.2) or Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to the brand-new Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, you may have been surprised to find that apps installed from the Android Market automatically have shortcuts placed on the home screen. […]

  • What’s coming in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

    Now that the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 have had their chance to bathe in the limelight, the focus can turn to Google’s latest Android release: Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). A quick assessment would hail ICS as the answer to Android’s nagging issue of fragmentation. With different versions of the OS scattered all over their […]

  • Google+ Pages for Businesses — the Good and Bad

    Google just announced that Google+ Pages for Businesses are here, finally allowing a flood of brands and celebrities to create yet another social network outlet for interacting with customers and fans. At a glance, Google+Pages is shockingly simple and seems to offer almost no difference from the standard profile all users get upon joining, but […]

  • Google Music Beta Soon To Meet Google Music Store

    Google Music Beta Soon To Meet Google Music Store

    I’ve been using Google Music (beta) for several months now, and if you haven’t already, request an invitation for yourself. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the simple interface, the surprisingly full set of features, and the nearly unlimited cloud space…but reports of the upcoming Google Music Store make this […]

  • How To Fix the Google Nexus S ‘Search Button Auto-Fire’ Bug

    How To Fix the Google Nexus S ‘Search Button Auto-Fire’ Bug

    I’ve had my Nexus S for a little over two months now, and my general opinion is that while it is very pretty, some of the software issues (Android 2.3.4) make it almost impossible to use without some considerable donations to the swear jar. Perhaps the most gut-wrenchingly annoying problem is the well-documented ‘Search Button […]

  • Google Looking to Finance Yahoo! Acquisition — Yahoogle on the Way?

    Google Looking to Finance Yahoo! Acquisition — Yahoogle on the Way?

    Yahoogle? Well, not exactly. The years haven’t been kind to the once mighty Yahoo! but after the ungracious firing of ex-CEO Carol Bartz, the fourth most visited website in the U.S. is getting downright desperate. Unable to keep pace with Google in search and advertising, Yahoo! has been looking for help from investors to inject some […]

  • Real-Time Search and Improved Hashtags Now Supported in Google+

    Vic Gundotra, the mind behind much of Google+, made a rare video appearance recently to show off two new features that will keep Facebook on its toes and probably elicit a disgusted groan from Twitter. Real-time search and improved support for hashtags will help Google+ contend with the established utility of Twitter by allowing users […]

  • Google to kill off Google Buzz, Labs goes the way of the dodo

    Remember when Google launched a Twitter-esque social network of sorts and they called it Buzz? Neither do we. Of course, we kid, but Google Buzz really was a pretty pathetic attempt at social networking, especially for a company like Google. People picked it up and started playing with it to see what it was like, […]

  • Is This Ice Cream Sandwich on the New Nexus?

    With the mystery of the iPhone 5 solved, the attention of the internet geekdom has turned to the next, newest thing: Android. Specifically its newest operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), and Google’s next flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (also known as Nexus Prime, or whatever). And we’ve uncovered the motherload. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py9TfZGie48 A […]

  • Five Free Android Apps to Improve Your Health & Fitness

    Five Free Android Apps to Improve Your Health & Fitness

    Most of us could stand to lose a few pounds, but a sustainable lifestyle change isn’t always easy. A missed day at the gym can give way to a cheeseburger, and before you know it you’re back on the couch two weeks deep into a black hole of inactivity and junk food. These things happen, […]