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Everything Google announced at I/O 2015
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 21:53
Today was a pretty big day for Google. At its annual I/O developer conference, the company unveiled Android M, Android Pay, Brillo, Google Photos, and more. For your convenience, here’s a list of everything Google anno...
Getting our hands dirty with the Nvidia Shield Android TV set-top box
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 21:00
This box shows promise in making TV experiences more social and fun.
Google Photos goes live on the Web -- this is how it looks
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 23:41
Google has started rolling out Google Photos on the web, a few hours after the company announced the new service, with free and unlimited storage, during the I/O conference keynote. You can access at the conveniently loc...
Pillars of Eternity returns to Kickstarter to fund a card game
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 23:00
Loved Pillars of Eternity? Then maybe you'd enjoy a card game based on the RPG.
Google expands Material design guidelines for Android TV, Auto, and Cardboard
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 22:43
The update was released in tandem with a new Google Design site.
Samsung patents a fingerprint reader that you don't have to touch
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 22:11
Logging on to your phone or authorizing a mobile payment might go much faster with contactless fingerprint recognition.
Apple has acquired augmented reality company Metaio
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 21:49
Apple has acquired Metaio, a company that built tools for building augmented reality applications. As VentureBeat reported last night, Metaio earlier this week announced on its website that its services were no longer av...
Justice Scalia Is Right About Wynne
Forbes - 28 May 2015 21:17
Justice Antonin Scalia issued a scathing dissent in the Wynne case last week; he was right.
Nvidia launches its Shield set-top box for Android TV -- with optional 500GB hard drive
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 21:00
While others are making "pucks," Nvidia is now selling a beefy set-top box.
Google partners with GoPro to launch Jump, a virtual reality filming kit
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 20:44
Today at its annual I/O developer conference in San Francisco, Google announced Jump, a new project for people to create and share virtual-reality experiences, following on Google’s progress with its expanding Cardboar...
Google announces Cardboard Expeditions to let teachers take classes on field trips
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 20:35
A new implementation of Google Cardboard, called Expeditions, is bringing the virtual reality platform to education.
When Tortoises Try To Fly
Forbes - 28 May 2015 20:35
We've all heard some version of the hare and the tortoise fable that passes on this simple message: Pragmatic plodding wins the race. Unfortunately, this lesson seems to be lost in companies trying to innovate today. The...
Google launches the Family Store, a Play Store section for kids and parents
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 20:28
Google today announced at its I/O developer conference a special place for children and parents in the Google Play Store. It’s called the Family Store. You can drill down to apps by age — like apps for kids aged 9-12...
Google introduces Cloud Test Labs to test mobile apps, iOS notifications for Cloud Messaging
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 20:23
Today's incremental updates could make Google Cloud Platform a more comfortable place for apps of different types.
Twitter's Crashlytics now supports Android apps written in C/C++
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 20:00
Developers already using Crashlytics for Java apps won't have to download new plugins or build tools for C/C++ -- just add a few lines of code.
Google Photos launches with unlimited storage, completely separate from Google+
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 19:47
At its I/O 2015 developer conference today, Google launched Google Photos for Android, iOS, and the Web. The new service is completely separate from Google+, something Google users have been requesting for eons. Google i...
AppLift acquires demand-side mobile ad buying platform Bidstalk
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 19:45
The combined company will have more than 200 employees in Berlin and Singapore.
Google says its speech recognition technology now has only an 8% word error rate
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 19:40
Google today announced its advancements in deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence, for key processes like image recognition and speech recognition. When it comes to accurately recognizing words in speech, Googl...
EA exec Peter Moore blasts fans who spread hate on women soccer players in FIFA 16
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 19:36
Moore says, "We are better than this."
Google announces Now on Tap: a Google Now feature that answers your questions anywhere in Android M
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 19:34
Now on Tap lets you get information on context, answers, and actions wherever you are in Google's Android M mobile operating system.
Would You Pay $899,000 To Buy This Business?
Forbes - 28 May 2015 19:29
I often have conversations with business intermediaries who's main function is to help private business owners sell their businesses. I recently got an email and had a few follow up emails about a business I found especi...
Google announces Brillo OS for the Internet of Things
Venture Beat - 28 May 2015 19:28
Device makers will be able to bake the OS software onto the chips used in their devices, so that the devices can immediately connect with Android platforms.