By Todd Haselton |
Google Now appears to be sleeping in this morning. After reports from AndroidCentral seemed to suggest the service was offline, we tested it ourselves and found that it’s not working as usual. I usually test the service by asking the Jets score — you know, to…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Wednesday that it has updated the cards that are available in Google Now – the smart software engine that can alert you of sport’s scores, the status of a shipped package and much more. The software, available as part of Android 4.1…
By Killian Bell |
Samsung has begun rolling out its Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean upgrade to the Galaxy Note 10.1 in Germany. The 300MB download comes over-the-air, and brings with it Project Butter, one of Jelly Bean’s biggest improvements, which should provide Samsung’s new tablet with a big performance…
By Brandon Russell |
Using voice recognition in Google Search for iOS is pretty great, and really fast; it’s so elegant, human-like and accurate. It’s a shame the technology isn’t integrated into iOS the way Siri is. With a new Jailbreak tweak called NowNow, though, Apple’s enemy can be…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s advanced voice search has made its way to iOS turf, and it demonstrates just how inadequate Siri can be. Apple’s voice assistant was given new life when the company rolled out an update earlier this year, but the additional features — finding movie times,…
By Roy Choi |
Just in time for those of you that have updated your Windows PCs to Windows 8 or picked up a brand new Surface, Google’s made a little video to help Google-fy your Windows machine. Since the default browser and search engine in Win 8 are…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has poached yet another prominent talent from the competition, and has reportedly hired former Amazon search technologist William Stasior. According to sources speaking with AllThingsD, Stasior is being tasked with heading up Apple’s Siri unit to presumably help improve the voice assistant’s search prowess.…
By Brandon Russell |
If you haven’t acquainted yourself with Google Now, it’s basically an oracle-like system that keeps users constantly up-to-date with important information. How long is your commute home? Google Now knows. What cool bars are in your area? Google Now will tell you, according to your…
By Mark Hearn |
Google will soon release an update to its iOS search application. Akin to the search features recently introduced in Android 4.1, the new search app offers vocalized responses and understands natural speech patterns, such as “what’s the weather like today?” The application’s user interface will…
By Mark Hearn |
Google is going back to its roots of making searching the web easy. Taking to its official blog on Thursday, the Internet search guru announced the availability of Handwrite. Targeting mobile device users, this web-based feature allows users to perform Internet searches by writing words…
By Jon Rettinger |
Everybody wants in on voice technology. In another six months, the feature will likely become standard fare on flagship devices. Siri has been a mainstay for the past several months, and she promises to get better come this fall. S Voice was the next big…
By Brandon Russell |
In addition to video chat coming to BlackBerry 10 when it’s released early next year, the OS will supposedly come with voice command support. Thanks to a recent software update, those lucky few with a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device found the new voice feature…
By Jon Rettinger |
Fingers are huge and awkward and clumsy. So companies are implementing tech that allows users to write using only their voice. That means stuff like emails, text messages and notes can be spoken, rather than typed. Not everyone uses the option, however, or cares. But…
By Brandon Russell |
Siri is much improved in iOS 6, that we know. But now? In iOS 5? The voice assistant leaves a lot to be desired, especially compared to a good old fashioned Google search. In fact, if Apple’s voice technology was to be graded on her…
By Jon Rettinger |
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is the next big update in Google’s growing army. Designed to be faster, smoother and cleaner, the next iteration comes with a number of pretty substantial improvements, including new notifications, a better camera application, Google Search and Google Now, among other…
By Jon Rettinger |
Siri is how Apple persuades consumers to buy the iPhone 4S, and in iOS 6, the voice assistant promises to get a whole lot better. But before the new and improved Siri arrives, Google is unleashing an upgrade to its search that, well, blows Apple’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Well that’s it folks, Google has officially unveiled its latest Android operating system, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. There are a ton of new features in it, some are targeted at developers and others will be immediately noticeable to consumers. Let’s go over the top five…
By Mark Hearn |
Google is focusing on retooling its iPhone app suite; the search giant recently unveiled a new version of Google+ and has now released an update to Google Search. Version 2.0.0 focuses on speed and accessibility by introducing a fresh full-screen view and fast access to…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple isn’t the only company running into legal issues with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). According to Reuters, Google was found guilty by an Australian court on Tuesday for displaying “misleading and deceptive” ads in its search results. Between March 2006 and July…
By Brandon Russell |
In 2011, Google CEO Larry Page boastfully revealed that his company’s mobile products generated over $2.5 billion in revenue for the year. But it may have been iOS, not Android, that contributed most of the dough to Google’s enormous sum. According to The Guadrian, Android…
By Killian Bell |
Google has released an update for its Google Search application for Windows Phone devices that introduces a number of handy new features promising to provide you with faster searches and better results. But is it any good? Like Google’s Search apps for Android and iOS,…
By Noah Kravitz |
Google held a press event Tuesday morning at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center, during which they rolled out several new search products and enhancements and after which they rolled out some seriously awesome cupcakes. Seriously, I don’t know what they put in that vanilla icing…
By Emily Price |
As many of you know-I’m a long-time iOS user. I’ve been using the Motorola Atrix for a little over a month now. The phone is my first Android device, and I was charged with the task of writing the official TechnoBuffalo review of the handset-…
By Sean P. Aune |
Google has announced that it’s getting into the social sharing button game with a new service called “+1″. The new button is currently only available as a “Google Experiment“, meaning you have to opt-in to using it, but it’s sure to roll out to all…
