Google Upgrades iPhone Search App

Google has updated the search app that it developed for Apple's iPhone and says that it now offers a way to access all of a users Google apps in one place.

The autocompletion of search suggestions is significantly faster in this latest version of the app, bringing search predictions instantly with each letter typed.

The upgraded app also helps pages load faster, and checking out multiple pages is easier with the slide-in panel. Quickly swipe back and forth between webpages and search results, and swap between search modes like Images and Places with a swipeable menu.

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4 New Patents for Project Glass been Granted by Google

In a world where patent lawsuits and idea-borrowing are a real issue, it appears that Google wants to lock down a few of the inner workings of their upcoming wearable tech, Project Glass. 

According to some new, recently granted patents (four to be exact), Google now owns the rights to the business end of their AR glasses. The folks at Engadget did some digging through the patent paperwork and noticed that pretty much everything that makes Project Glass different from regular eye-wear have been patented. This includes that the part that covers the eye and relays information (including the ability to relay different information over each eye), the pressure sensitive nose-pad that tells the device it is being worn, and the ability visually reproduce ambient sounds by displaying its origin information.

Now that we’ve seen Google execs wearing the device in public and have a few more patentsout of the way, the big question is when will we be able to get our hands on a pair of these specs? think about it! 

Source: talkandroid

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Google going to Launch Nexus Tablet with 7-inch design

Google may enter tablet market with 7-inch design.

Wondering when Google is going to jump into the tablet fray? It may happen later this year, a DisplaySearch analyst told CNET.

The Google-branded tablet will have a 1280x800 resolution 7-inch display, according to Richard Shim, an analyst with DisplaySearch. Production is slated for April. The initial production run is between 1.5 million to 2 million units, according to Shim.

By comparison, the 7-inch Amazon Kindle Fire has a 1024x600 display.

Shim's comments follow a January Asia-based report that said the Google tablet will run Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" and be priced around $199 to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire.

However, Shim said it is not clear how Google will market the device. "I don't know how they plan on marketing it. If it's going to be a premium device, or if it's going to be a Kindle Fire type competitor," he said.

Whatever the case, after Google completes the planned acquisition of Motorola, it will instantly gain ownership of three tablets: the original 10.1-inch Xoom, the 10.1-inch Xyboard (aka Xoom 2), and the 8.2-inch Xyboard. Why Google feels it needs to have a 7-inch device too is not clear.

But the relative success of the 7-inch Kindle Fire could be one reason. Amazon shipped 5.3 million Fires in the fourth quarter, according to DisplaySearch's numbers. Though those numbers are only shipments (not sales), a report from Barclays Capital's Anthony DiClemente estimated Kindle Fire sales at five million units. Only Apple's iPad has exceeded that level of sales and shipments in that short of a time period.

And the small-screen tablet market could get crowded very quickly. A smaller iPad is now in the testing stage, according to a Taipei-based research firm as well as other Asia-based sources.

That Apple tablet, if it becomes a real product, likely won't appear until late this year. Presumably giving Google time to test its design before a smaller Apple tablet hits the market.

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