I finally have hope that Motorola might do something cool again.
Category: Google
Samsung announces Galaxy NX⇢
I think I’m hallucinating.
Feedly Looks Forward⇢
With the death of Google Reader just a few weeks away, the people behind Feedly are hard at work.
In addition to updating their web app, they’re working on something that made me smile:
We have been working behind the curtains with the developers of Reeder, Press, Nextgen Reader, Newsify and gReader as design partners for our Normandy project. Today we are excited to announce that you will be able to access your feedly from all these apps before Google Reader retires and that the access to feedly API will be free. More details soon.
How To Setup iOS To Sync With Google Contacts Via CardDAV
Back in December, I outlined how to hook up Google CardDAV to Contacts in Mountain Lion, but neglected to cover how to do so on iOS.
Sorry about that. Here’s how to do it.
In the Settings app, tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap “Add Account…”
In the Accounts Type screen, select “Other” at the bottom of the list, then select “Add CardDAV Account.”
The next screen is where you enter settings for the account:
Larry Page’s Island⇢
Mat Honan:
The soft, froggy voice startled me. I turned around to face an approaching figure. It was Larry Page, naked, save for a pair of eyeglasses.
If you read one thing today, make it this article.
48 Billion and Counting⇢
Matthew Panzarino:
Yesterday, during the Google I/O keynote, Google announced that it had hit 48B downloads of apps on the Google Play Store. During the same keynote, the counter on Apple’s site ticked over to 50B App Store downloads.
But there has been some question about how exactly the two companies tabulate their numbers.
Turns out, that Apple and Google count them in a very similar fashion. Here’s Panzarino again:
On Google, XMPP and Progress
Google’s Larry Page, quoted on The Verge:
I’ve personally been quite sad at the industry’s behavior around all these things. If you take something as simple as IM, we’ve had an open offer to interoperate forever. Just this week Microsoft took advantage of that by interoperating with us. You can’t have people milking off of just one company.
Matt Landis, via @marcoarment:
But just days after Microsoft announces that www.outlook.com will integrate to Google’s IM/P solution via Google talk’s XMPP protocol, Google notes its that its new effort at a unified messaging solution (Hangouts which will replace existing Google Talk) will effectively cut off interoperability via XMPP.
50 Billion iOS Apps Downloaded⇢
Impressive, and quite funny that it landed on the day of Google’s keynote.
What Did Google Announce Today?⇢
The problem with three hour keynotes is that there’s so much news, it’s impossible to tell what the company wants people to focus on.
On the new Google Hangouts
During its 17 three hour keynote today, Google announced a ton of stuff, but the new Hangouts is the most interesting one to me. Since Myke and others have left the Internet, iOS, iMessages hasn’t been as helpful to me as it once was.
The Verge has hailed the new apps as “big fix for Google’s messaging mess”, but here on Day One, that just really isn’t that true.
The iOS app is buggy. URLs aren’t always clickable, and I’ve had it crash a couple of times already. It is, however, much faster than Facebook’s Messenger app.
Inside Google Hangouts⇢
I’m using Facebook Messenger now to keep in touch with people outside the iMessage universe. I think this will be our new solution.
On Android & Carrier Control⇢
Dieter Bohn:
So the current state of openness on Android, at least for the two big-name manufacturers, is a mixed bag. The largest carriers continue to keep their devices locked down as much as possible, while the smaller carriers are slightly more willing to let tinkerers and hackers dig in.
Anyone surprised?
Hello?
Is this thing on?