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Google announces new apps for iOS (UPDATE)

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. Google previewed any number of new iOS applications at its developer's seminar today, referred to as Google IO , that can be coming available on the App Store later today. Google's well-liked earth wide world wide web web browser, Google Opera, possesses lengthy been some sort of computer help iphone app for Windows and also Mac. The idea just lately started to be accessible regarding Android mobile phone units, along with these days to weeks is readily available pertaining to iOS, on each i phone and ipad tablet. Your apple company ipad iphone app seems really familiar for the desktop version, as well as the iPhone version shares the exact same model concepts as well. The app will aid incognito browsing, and well as tab syncing in between devices   (UPDATE: Google Chrome is now available on the Apple App Store here . The second iOS app they showed off is Google Drive. Google Drive is an on the internet file storage procedure that has been obtainable on the interne

Apple launches separate Podcasts app

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That ended up being expected that will Apple mackintosh would likely take podcasts out and about together with the iTunes software around a iPhone in addition to iPad , and discharge a stand alone app for podcasts via the particular newest version of their mobile functioning system, iOS some, which ought to be unveiled this kind of fall. Even though Apple mackintosh hasn't yet gutted podcasts in the iTunes software, they've granted them a separate software, straightforwardly called "Podcasts", just just before the iOS 6 release. The brand-new Podcasts app permits an individual for you to surf by means of their particular podcasts catalog, along with stream as well as download podcast assaults. The particular long-awaited subscribe element is also provided, along with this allows you to acquire just about any fresh episodes of some sort of podcast immediately. You could view podcasts that you get delivered electronically inside of a grid or perhaps record format

Flipboard on android

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  Flipboard offers recently been understand being the very good press intake app about the iPad for your very long time. This enables customers to be able to search through personalized information in a minimalistic magazine-like design. The particular application became in existence on the apple iphone far more recently, and today, is usually out at this time there in Android gadgets by way of the Yahoo Play store. Kindle Flames and also Space Tablet proprietors can furthermore download that by way of their particular private app merchants. Flipboard logoAlong coming from the actual brand-new Google android version from the iphone app, Flipboard for apple company ipad and iPhone furthermore acquired improvements. All designs from the app now support the particular social networking Google+. Inside previous, a user could link Twitter as well as Myspace, and also information via those feeds would seem in Flipboard. With this new update, users can connect their own Google+ account abo

Samsung Galaxy S III

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The latest and greatest Android device has hit the US, a little less than a month after it reached Europe. The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for purchase through T-Mobile . Other carriers will start selling the device within the next few weeks. Samsung Galaxy S III - Marble White The S III is an Android smartpho ne running the latest version of the mobile operating system, Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich. It features a large 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 4G LTE service, and a quad-core CPU. Samsung provides in addition developed in many exciting features, including Smart Continue to be. Smart Stay will not likely let the screen to darker in case you usually are nevertheless browsing at it. Another enjoyable element is known as Direct Call up. Consequently if the individual can be sending a person some sort of text concept and determines to call the perso

Microsoft announces Windows Phone 8

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At its Windows Phone Summit today, Microsoft  gave the press a sneak peek at the future of Windows Phone , their mobile smartphone operating system. The new Windows Phone operating system will be called Windows Phone 8. Although there will be many new end user features in the new version of the operating system, Microsoft is focusing on some of the features that developers would care about in this announcement. A large change in the latest version of Windows Phone is that the new OS will be based on the same core as the desktop version of Windows, so it should be easier for developers to write apps. This will also add some security features. The latest version of Windows Phone will support a new hardware standard. In the past, Windows Phone only supported single-core processors. In this new version of the OS, dual-core devices are now supported. Windows Phone 8 will also support new screen  resolutions, like WVGA (800x480), WXGA (1280x768), and 720p (1280x720). And finally in this cate

Google launches Google Offers iPhone

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Google has been serving up Groupon-style deals via their Google Offers program for on a year. They supply city-specific deals in each area they support, and allow users to purchase these offers, and use them later. For example,a us er would spend $15 in your voucher that can be used to purchase $30 worth of t-shirts. Until today, these offers had been delivered on a Google Offers website, by email to subscribers of the particular city, or through a Google Offers app for Android. Today, Google released a Google Offers iPhone app which will permit users to browse through and pay for offers. App users can see featured offers, browse via offers by category, check out offers in several cities, and view nearby offers on a map. The app makes purchasing an su pply easy, after which lets you see your active offers, when they expire, and how far away they are.Unfortunately, the Google Offers app is only available in the U.S., and Google only supports offers in selected areas. If Go

Spotify launches streaming radio

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Spotify , an online music streaming service that allows users to browse through a large catalog of music, and play any song on-demand, has announced today that it is getting the business of streaming radio. In the new Spotify iOS app, users will be able to choose a song, artist, album, or playlist, and Spotify will create a "radio" station based on that selection. The station will play songs that are similar to the selection made originally, and will alter its selections based on likes and dislikes users give to specific songs. This seems like an open attack at Pandora , which does exactly the same thing, and has been doing so for close to 6 years.  Spotify is free to use in the U.S., with premium subscriptions available, but the iOS app only offers limited features to non-paying customers. The new iOS app, which is out now, offers the new radio feature to all costumers, even non-p aying ones, however, non-premium costumers will occasionally be interrupted by audio ads

Microsoft announces the new Surface tablet

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Microsoft has always been a company devoted to creating great software. They are the makers of the Windows operating system, which runs on many devices, all manufactured by other companies. The company has announced today that it will no longer rely solely on partners to create the devices that run their operating system. Microsoft announced a tablet today, that will run on the latest edition of Windows, Windows 8 . This device will be manufactured directly by Microsoft. Windows 8 is thought to be the first version of the popular operating system that is really fit for tablet devices, and it seems to make sense that Microsoft would create a device that fit well with the new operating system. Microsoft is calling this new tablet device Surface . The Surface tablet sports a 10.6 inch screen with a 16:9 ratio, a slick design and some unique features. The design clicks nicely with the look and feel of the operating system that runs on it. Windows 8 features a design mentality called