It sounds like the beginning of a joke: What do a locksmith and the U.S. Secret Service have in common? The punch line, in this case, is “a Google Maps problem.†Last month a Seattle techie named Bryan Seely—who is also, as it happens, into stand-up comedy—pulled off a gag to demonstrate the unintended consequences...Read More
Android Wear is Google’s vision for smartwatches. Photos by Google It aims to provide context-specific notifications, a la Google Now. Photos by Google Hardware will reportedly come from a variety of partners later this summer, including LG, Motorola and watchmakers like Fossil. Photos by Google The UI is based on swipeable cards and simple voice...Read More
Screenshot from Google AGNES MARTIN is associated with minimalist art, but she saw herself as an abstract expressionist. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Columbia University, yet touted anti-intellectualism and rejected much scientific theory. She lived in warm neighborhood communion with other celebrated painters in midcentury New York, yet spoke of enjoying the...Read More
Google successfully beat back an attempt to unify hundreds of millions of Internet users in joining a lawsuit claiming it illegally scanned private e-mail messages to create targeted advertising and build user profiles. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif., ruled on Tuesday that letting the case proceed as a class action—which would have allowed plaintiffs...Read More
Update – Google spokesperson Liz Markman contacted me about the issue. She clarified by saying that: The other day, we found a bug in our command line tool and worked quickly to resolve the issue. Although we have not received any reports of this issue affecting users, we sent a proactive message immediately to alert...Read More
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. –  Google has taken its all-seeing eyes on a trip that few experience: the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The search giant partnered with the advocacy group American Rivers to showcase views of nearly 300 miles of whitewater rapids, towering red canyon walls, and rich geologic history. The 360-degree views that went...Read More
Speaking today at the SXSW conference, Google’s SVP of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai, said that in two weeks, Google will be releasing a developer SDK that will make it easier for companies to create wearable devices that run on Android. Pichai didn’t drop any hints as to whether or not Google itself was working on...Read More
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, left and Google Ideas Director Jared Cohen, who were interviewed at South by Southwest Interactive on Friday. (Credit: The New Digital Age) Although he didn’t get into specifics, Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt told a packed house in Austin on Friday that the company has completed its efforts to secure...Read More
There’s a nasty little bug some users have been experiencing since updating their Nexus 5′s (and other devices) to Android 4.4.2. The big involves the camera application in Android 4.4.2 that when either opened by the user or triggered in the background from another app (Skype for instance), causes the device’s CPU to max out,...Read More
Google has slowly but very deliberately encroached on territory previously claimed by Windows PCs: low-cost notebooks. Now its latest Chromebook may pose a threat to Apple’s dominance of the higher-end market. Previously, Google’s Chrome operating system has mostly been confined to sub-$300, bare-bones notebooks, aimed at schools, students, or people looking for a simple laptop for...Read More
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