As we cruise the Web everyday, most of us encounter a reCaptcha — those distorted letters and numbers designed to check that a human is behind an online activity like logging into an account or comment system. Lately, users have been seeing a change in the fuzzy text and have seen seeing what looks like real pictures.
In a bid to increase transparency and regain trust from Google users, Google introduced today “Account Activity.” Account Activity is a monthly report that’ll let users see useful statistics on how they spend their time on Google’s services — all neatly complied in an easy to digest form.
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New Google Account Activity shows detailed stats on your Web use
In a bid to make people more aware of the available digital content that Google has to offer, the Internet giant is rebadging Android Market and its apps under the “Google Play” brand. Hopefully, with it, Google can start selling more e-books, movies, and music.
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Alert: Google rebrands its Android Market ‘Google Play Store’
Touchscreens are a step up from keyboards for interfacing with mobile devices, but they’re still not as easy to use as they could be. Voice recognition technology is one way to go, but for many tasks, a direct approach is more efficient, and Google has patented a new gesture that’ll make searching nearly effortless.
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Google patents new ‘continuous’ touchscreen gesture technique
In the race to beat Apple to the punch on a voice-controlled TV , Google’s preparing for the worst. Or at least, that’s the thinking behind the company’s latest patent that calls for Siri-like commands to operate a Google TV unit.
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Google patent shows its working on voice control for Google TV
Come March 1, Google will be joining all of the search data it has on you — yes, you! — into one tidy place. That means the things you Google, the stuff you share on Plus and the robot toy videos you watch on YouTube will all inform who the search/advertising giant thinks you are on the Web.
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How to delete your private Google info before The Big Change
Things are getting crazy on that rumor about Google building augmented reality glasses . The New York Times is reporting that Google will bring glasses that “stream [smartphone] information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time” by the end of the year. The future is almost here, I can feel it!
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Google might sell HUD-enabled glasses by the end of the year
It’s no secret that Android 4.0 ICS has been majorly disappointing. With hardly any hardware that supports it and less than one percent of the Android smartphone and tablet population running ICS, it’s practically doomed. A report claims Google might just leapfrog ICS with Android 5.0 Jellybean later this year.
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Android 5.0 Jelly Bean might come before Ice Cream Sandwich peaks
It’s no secret that Android 4.0 ICS has been majorly disappointing. With hardly any hardware that supports it and less than one percent of the Android smartphone and tablet population running ICS, it’s practically doomed. A report claims Google might just leapfrog ICS with Android 5.0 Jellybean later this year.
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Android 5.0 Jelly Bean might come before Ice Cream Sandwich peaks
The world’s most popular search engine is all grown up. With its Motorola Mobility acquisition set to be approved any day now, it’s finally ready to “be evil.” Sources indicate the company is finally ready to build its own hardware, as opposed to having OEMs build Google-approved mobile devices.
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Google ready to build hardware, preps wireless music system
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