Google continues its push to bring its web-centric Chromebooks into schools and it looks as if the fact that Google is in this project for the long haul is starting to pay off. According to Google, 2,000 schools now use Chromebooks for Education. That, by itself, isn’t a massive number, but what’s important to note is that there are now twice as many schools that use Chromebooks compared to just three months ago.
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Google Says 2,000 Schools Now Use Chromebooks, 2x As Many As Just 3 Months Ago
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Google backs French digital publishing innovation initiative with €60 million incentive
Google’s long had a contentious relationship with France. But it seems the Mountain View-based company has come up with a way to squash that problem: by throwing money at it. Taking to the company’s official blog today, Chairman Eric Schmidt announce…
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The Next Frontier For Google Maps Is Personalization
Google Maps just won Best Mobile App at the Crunchies 2012 and Daniel Graff, Google’s director of Google Maps for mobile talked to our own Colleen Taylor after accepting the award. In the interview, Graff noted that it was a unique opportunity for him and his team to start from scratch. Looking ahead, Graff stressed that the next frontier for maps will be about personalization.
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Google Gets Its Act Together: New Nexus 4 Orders Reaching Customers In As Little As 48 Hours
Google is apparently doing a good job of improving its supply stream issues and making good on promised delivery times for customers for new Nexus 4 orders – better than good, in fact. UK customers are reporting this morning that the Nexus 4 devices they ordered when Google released its latest crop of phones this past Wednesday are already arriving at their doorsteps, less than 48 hours later.
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Google Submits Proposals To EU Antitrust Regulator To Allay Biased Search Concerns
A European Union antitrust investigation into Google, launched in November 2010, is still ongoing but Google has now submitted detailed proposals to the EU’s competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, according to Reuters. The EU has the power to levy a fine of up to 10 per cent of a company’s annual turnover if they are found to have breached its rules.
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After A Triumphant App Store Return, Google Maps Wins The Crunchie For “Best Mobile Application”
After getting the boot as the default mapping application on iOS devices with the introduction of iOS 6, Google Maps returned to the App Store in December with a new look, new features, and it quickly won back user mindshare and massive adoption. And today, it won something else, too: the Crunchie for the Best Mobile Application.
The runner-up was Evernote, which also had an amazing year. But don’t feel too bad for them – Evernote won last year.
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Google files patent application for touch-based, full-finger keyboard layout
Tapping on glass… it’s not the future — it’s the present. Except software-based touch typing solutions haven’t really extended beyond the cramped confines of mobile phones and tablets. But what if there were a touch type experience that mapped to …
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Google tweaks Google+ and Play Music apps for Android
Nobody can accuse Google of being lax with its recently-booming social network or Play Music Android player, as updates seem to be arriving at healthy intervals. Another one just dropped for each that fixes a Galaxy SIII freezing issue in Music, whil…
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Good news Gmail users: Google extends Sync support through July
When Google announced it was dropping Sync support last month, it left Gmail users on Windows Phone reeling. An extension give Microsoft time to address the situation.
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Google Glass Explorer Edition arrives at the FCC
Folks, the rather dour line drawing you see before you is the first glimpse of Google’s wearable computing project as it swings past the FCC. The documents reveal that the hardware is carrying 2.4Ghz 802.11 b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 + LE. Developing…
