Google Now voice search heads to iPhone

Google Now voice search heads to iPhone

Google’s extremely impressive voice search feature, Google Now, that was revamped and released with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is headed to iOS – wait what? Yup, you read that title right. Obviously the entire amazing feature set and “cards” of Google Now won’t be hitting the iPhone, but it comes close and is set to rival Siri on her own playing field. Today over on the Google Blog they’ve announced that their … [Read more...]

Motorola backtracks, no new phone coming Friday

Motorola backtracks, no new phone coming Friday

The little game Motorola started yesterday appears to be going south already. After announcing a mystery 4G LTE smartphone would be unveiled on Friday, they’ve now backtracked on that to clarify that it won’t be a “new” phone, but they will unveil something after all the clues are figured out. So those expecting to see a new device, sorry for the bad news. Basically this isn’t about a new phone, instead it is … [Read more...]

Nikon Coolpix S800 set to be first Android smart camera

Nikon Coolpix S800 set to be first Android smart camera

Nikon is prepared to launch their first Android-powered smart camera according to recent leaks and rumors from Nikonrumors. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumors or ideas regarding an Android camera, but this could be the real deal. Reports are suggesting this will be the first of possibly many from Nikon. Smartphones have pretty impressive cameras, so why do we need a smart camera? The first Android-powered camera from Nikon … [Read more...]

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note and myTouch phones available today

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note and myTouch phones available today

Today is a big day for the folks over at T-Mobile, as they’ve just launched a few brand new smartphones for the end of the summer. In case you haven’t been following along their version of the 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note is available starting today — although it isn’t cheap. They also have a pair of rather decent mid-range budget friendly phones too. We are expecting Samsung to announce the new Galaxy Note 2 later this … [Read more...]

Google Maps live traffic alerts now support 130 new cities

Google Maps live traffic alerts now support 130 new cities

Today Google has unleashed another huge update for Google Maps. While this update isn’t on the app side that will need downloading, instead it is backend features that will enable their real-time live traffic status alerts and details to an additional 130 cities across the US. That is a huge update if you ask us, and they’ve even included Costa Rica, and Panama City too. Today on the official Google LatLong Blog they’ve … [Read more...]

Nexus 7 8GB “sold out” on the Google Play Store [Update: Back]

Nexus 7 8GB “sold out” on the Google Play Store

While we don’t know exactly what type of sales numbers Google and ASUS have seen with their new Nexus 7 tablet, we expect them to be great. With such an amazing device all for the low price of $199 how can it not sell? After it sold out just about everywhere initially back in July, we are now seeing it sell out on the Google Play Store too. As of this afternoon Google has changed the status of their 8GB Nexus 7, and now it’s listed … [Read more...]