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Google and Arcade Fire Team Up For The Ultimate HTML5 Experience

by Robert August 30, 2010
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I’m not sure what gave Google the urge to suddenly make this special HTML5 interactive music video, but I’m glad they did it. Google love to use HTML5 so the Google Chrome team went and teamed up with Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk to create a custom interactive music video for their song “We Used To Wait”. Now this is by no means your standard music video, yes it’s [...]

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Can You Fool Google Adsense?

by Robert August 6, 2010
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Firstly what do I mean by “Can You Fool Google Adsense?” Basically can you click on your own ads on your blog/site and get paid for them? The quick and easy answer – No. Think about it, first off it’s Google, you can’t fool Google, they just know absolutely everything about you and everyone in the world. Somehow Google are watching all of us and know every single little thing [...]

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5 Ways Android Kicks The iPhone And Its OS

by Robert July 26, 2010
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Android first appeared in 2008, but only really started to make an impact on the smartphone market in the last year or so. Not only does it match pretty much match everything the iPhone OS can do, but in most areas it beats it as well. Here’s a list of 5 ways that Android kicks the iPhone and its OS. 1. Proper Multitasking Now before you all jump at me [...]

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Get Awarded Up To $3113.7 For Finding Bugs In Chrome

by Robert July 21, 2010

How often have you been annoyed at your browser crashing or coming across flaws and bugs and thinking, if only I could get paid for this. Well recently Firefox announced that they were rewarding up to $3000 for any serious bugs found in its browser. Now hot on their heals, Google has announced that they are rewarding up to $3113.7 for major bugs found in its chromium browser. Why $3113.7? [...]

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Why So Many Android Operating Systems?

by Robert June 29, 2010

The rapid pace at which Andriod OS’s have been developed of late has left many feeling dizzy. Starting with the unnamed 1.1 version in early February 2009, Google then rapidly moved to version 1.5, or Cupcake as it is called, in late April 2009. But Cupcake only lasted 4 and a half months before it was replaced in mid-September with Donut, version 1.6. And that one really didn’t last long [...]

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Get Android 2.2 Froyo For Your Nexus One Now

by Robert May 22, 2010

Ok so I’m sure you’ve read our post about Google’s latest edition of Froyo, if you haven’t read it now! Google never told us exactly when it would be available, but since this morning certain users of Google Nexus One’s have been reporting that their devices had been pushed the update. It seems this is a gradual roll out for the Nexus One as not everyone seems to be getting [...]

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So What’s New In Froyo – Android 2.2

by Robert May 20, 2010

Today Google announced Froyo, Android 2.2 the latest update to their smartphone operating system. We knew it was coming, and we knew flash was coming but that was it. So let’s have a look at what we got. Well to look at it’s not a whole lot different, you get a new boot logo, slightly different widget and the transitions and animations seem to be smoother. WiFi Hotspot Yes, you [...]

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What We Know About Android 2.2 “Froyo”

by Robert May 13, 2010

As I’m sure most of you know, Google’s next mobile phone operating system update is known as “Froyo” named after Frozen Yogurt, something which Google has a habit of doing ( We’ve already had Eclair (2.0/2.1),Donut (1.6), and Cupcake (1.5) ) Android 2.2 is set to bring some nice updates to the table. We’re hearing bits and bobs about it but nothing much up to date, which is unusual so [...]

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Google Launching Its Own E-Book Store

by Robert May 4, 2010

E-books have become fairly popular recently thanks to the Amazon Kindle, iPad and various other E-readers. As a result we’ve also had a whole load of E-book stores popping up. The likes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple’s iBooks are the main stores……..for now at least. Google have now announced their entry into the E-Book market. Set to launch in June or July, Google editions is poised to take [...]

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Make Your Own 3D Glasses for Google Maps in Just 3 Minutes

by Robert April 30, 2010

This is a guest post by Alex who loves Google products and his ray ban sunglasses. If you want to write a guest post please see here Now that Google maps have gone 3D you obviously want to cruise down your street (on Google maps) and see everything in wonderful 3D vision. I know that’s what I wanted to do when I found out about this feature but I didn’t [...]

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Free Google Sat Nav Now In UK & Ireland

by Robert April 21, 2010

Users running smartphones with Google Android 1.6 or higher got a welcome surprise this morning. Google added turn-by-turn voice guided navigation to Android devices for UK and Ireland. Up to now this feature has only been available in the US. As mentioned earlier, all Android devices running version 1.6 or higher will be able to download Google Maps Navigation Beta from the Android Market which will enable the new navigation [...]

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