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Google’s Loon Project : Balloon Powered Internet Access
So what is Loon Project ? Loon Project is a latest moonshot from Google[x] which aims to provide cheap internet to the two-thirds of the world’s population who do not yet have Internet access. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill…
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Google’s Cube Slam Cheats
Cube Slam is a video game that you can play face-to-face against your friends. It’s a Chrome Experiment built using WebRTC, an open web technology that lets you video chat right in the browser without installing any plug-ins. Cube Slam’s graphics are rendered in WebGL and CSS 3D, and its custom soundtrack is delivered dynamically through Web Audio. Try Cube Slam Now !…
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Android Studio 0.1.3 Released
Google Developers said We’ve just released Android Studio 0.1.3 with a number of fixes around Gradle project support, editor support, and user reported crashes. There is a new toolbar action for syncing Gradle file state with the IDE; source and layout editors now properly handle Gradle flavors and build types, and lint warns and can fix…
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Mapping With Google Gives Instant Access To New Google Maps
Google has announced a new online course called Mapping with Google. Google Users will be able to register for this course and at the end participants will be provided with a certificate of completion. Sounds amazing , right ? Google said “Want to tell a visual story of interesting places—from your favorite restaurants to newly discovered hiking trails?…
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How To Try Google Glass On Android Smartphone
Everyone’s so excited about the Google Glass. Everyone hopes that google ships these devices by the end of 2013. For the unlucky ones who could not get the hands on the Google Glass , this might be your lucky day. Couple of developers have hacked the glass for good and made it to run on…
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Get All Chromium Assets In One Place
If you’re a designer or just an avid fan of assets, you can go right now to (link no longer available) and start to skim more than 1300 assets live. The cool thing is that you can also share some of your favorite assets. (link no longer available) (link no longer available) (link no longer available) (link no…
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Access Chrome Apps From Spotlight
A “Create shortcut” context menu option in chrome://apps has been added in the last chromium build for Mac which allows you to launch your favorite Chrome Apps from Spotlight. If you want to test that, download the last Chromium build at download-chromium.appspot.com (or wait for Canary to auto-update) How To Make the Chrome App Accessible From Spotlight Enable the flag chrome://flags/#enable-app-shims…
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Google Won’t Allow Face Recognition On Google Glass
Lambda Labs recently announced plans to launch their Face Recognition API for the Google Glass platform, but seems like they’re going to be disappointed because Google has announced that they would not allow any face recognition technology on the Google Glass due to privacy concerns. Google Glass Team posted on Google+ When we started the Explorer Program nearly a…
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Google Hangouts Easter Eggs Are Cute
Shortly after Google announced their new unified chat service called Hangouts, users discovered a handful of Easter Eggs.They can be accessed with a simple command in a chat box on either Google+ or through the Chrome app.Thanks to googler +Moritz Tolxdorff. Just use of these codes and see the magic in your chat boxes. /ponies A different pony…
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4 Reasons To Upgrade To Nexus 4
The phone which was released in November last year, was the first Nexus phone created by LG. Like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 was packed with several special features including swift software updates, Vanilla Android and Unlocked Boot loader. Jelly Bean 4.3 coming soon Nexus 4 phone has already been spotted with Android 4.3…
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Google Chrome Voice Search
Google’s Chrome has had the ability to do voice search for about two years now, but the latest version of Chrome is different. Now, when you ask Google certain questions about the weather, sports scores, stock prices, directions and calculations, you get a spoken answer. You can download the latest Google Chrome from here. I did not…
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Chrome Message Center Arrives with Chrome Canary for Mac
Mac users now have access to Chrome’s new ‘Message Center’ in Canary builds. The feature, already available to ChromeOS and Windows Dev Channel users, provides a centralised place for viewing and responding to various alerts from services, apps, and extensions. At present the feature isn’t too fancy; a status bar item has been added to the…
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Google I/O Extended Chennai 2013 : RoundUp
Today was the day, Google I/O Extended 2013 Chennai. Our very own Jash Jacob was chosen to head the event due to the absence of the GDG Chennai Managers : Karthik and Jeyanthan. Not to forget, Jeyanthan took time to be present virtually. Read ahead to know more. The event started off at 6 PM with Jash…
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Racer – A Chrome Experiment
A new experiment through Google Chrome called Racer teams up Android and iOS devices to create a racing game across multiple devices, as demonstrated during the Google I/O keynote speech. Racer – Chrome Experiment → Racer is compatible with any device able to run Chrome, and players can enter current games by entering in individual race codes.…
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The New Google Maps: Hands On
One of the key announcements from Google at the Google I/O this year is the maps. Redesigned from the ground up, it has a lot of features to get excited about. We at Techzei have done a hands on in-depth review of all that has changed and all the new features of the new Google…