Google Cabut Siri di Android Market

Sebuah aplikasi yang menamakan dirinya aplikasi resmi Siri untuk Android, hadir di Android marketplace. Google yang merasa kecolongan segera menarik aplikasi abal-abal tersebut.

Kesuksesan fitur Siri di iPhone agaknya menggoda pembuat software untuk mendompleng ketenarannya. Diketahui semenjak Apple mengenalkan iPhone 4S dan fitur-fitur inovatifnya, 'kembaran' Siri pun ikut membanjiri market Android.

Salah satunya adalah Siri for Android yang dibuat oleh developer yang menamakan dirinya 'Official Software'. Setelah beberapa jam kemunculannya, aplikasi ini segera ditarik Google, demikian dikutip detikINET dariPCWorld, Senin (2/1/2012).

Tak hanya Siri for Android, semua aplikasi yang dibuat oleh Official Software turut menghilang dari market. Google nampaknya telah mencabut akun pembuat software tersebut.

Tindakan tegas yang dilakukan Google pantas dilakukan. Pihak pembuat sofware tersebut telah menyalahgunakan ikon Siri untuk aplikasi yang dibesutnya. Ia juga memakai kata 'official' agar aplikasi tiruannya dipercaya sebagai aplikasi resmi.

Aplikasi Siri sendiri mulanya akan dirilis untuk BlackBerry dan Android. Akan tetapi hal tersebut tidak jadi diwujudkan karena ia sudah dibeli Apple pada April 2010 lalu. Ia kini menjadi fitur eksklusif yang disematkan di iPhone 4S serta menjadi fitur yang sukses menarik konsumen.

Read more »

Google: Galaxy Nexus volume fix to roll out next week

Hey, remember those volume issues that European Galaxy Nexus users were complaining about? While a software fix may have already floated around the internet ether last week, Google has informed us that it'll be officially distributing the retweak very soon. Or, in its words: "We're currently rolling out a fix for the volume issue which will reach everyone in the coming week."

22

Leave A Comment

Read more »

BlackBerry TV Challenges the Apple and Google TV?

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

The power of Research In Motion (RIM) appears to be more complete with the presence of  this one  product. RIM reportedly makes the device called the BlackBerry TV which will also  nliven  the realm of  digital  TV.

RIM wanted to bring more content than through smartphones and internet tablets. Thus, digital TV devices that display the content on a larger screen to answer.

Although RIM has not confirmed its truth by itself, as quoted from Slashgear, Friday (15/07/2011), this device is touted to compete with Apple TV and Google TV.

But unlike Apple TV and Google TV that target domestic consumers, RIM's devices will be aimed at the enterprise. Citing internal sources who declined to be named RIM, BlackBerry TVs will use QNX software.

The features contained on the BlackBerry TV namely BlackBerry Presenter, namely accessory that allows BlackBerry smartphone users send their PowerPoint presentations wirelessly to the TV.

To date, there has been no more information about the detailed specifications BlackBerry TV. To be sure his presence would disturb plans Apple TV and Google TV.

Read more »

Google Launches New Version of Android Market

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

Google has just released the  latest version of Android  Market.  The online store with  more than 100 thousand applications  is now easier for users to find what they want.

"You'll feel good knowing we have revolutionized the Android Market to make it faster, easier, and fun in finding applications, movies and books that are interesting," Google wrote in his blog post.

Quoted from TG Daily, Friday (07/15/2011), the change : Google is creating more space to display some of the most interesting content in a week on the home page.

"We added more items that top the chart with more new and relevant and we make users easier to swipe across this chart while browsing in the store application. Google has also introduced a new collection of compelling content such as staff picks and editors' choice apps," explains Google.

This update does Google after a lot of users who show discontent over the previous Android Market. Although a leader in online search, but Google let third-party applications store takes over and stepped over it.

For example, Amazon has its own application store for Android that is Amazon's AppStore. Giant online retailer Amazon is so aggressively introduce the AppStore and managed to convince a number of publishers releasing their applications mobile content exclusively through the application store.

Read more »

Google Will Rename Picasa and Blogger

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

Two popular service owned by Google, Picasa and Blogger will soon disappear. Not that Google remove them, but because the Internet giant  wants to 'throw' the name of the product to be renamed.

Picasa and Blogger that have been renamed, will remain a key component of Google family of products. Such information is quoted from PC World, on Wednesday (07/06/2011).

Rebranding Picasa and Blogger is reportedly part of Google new strategy in introducing Google +, where several products that do not use Google's name was retired and replaced with names that include Google's behalf.

According to Mashable reports, six weeks away, the image editing service and the popular blogging platform will be renamed Google Photos and Google Blogs. But Google itself would not comment when questioned about this rebranding plan.

Google's decision is quite reasonable, considering the users of both services is generally less ngeh that the services they use are Google products. Well, the integration of Picasa and Blogger to Google + is expected to be the answer.

Read more »

Me On The Web, Google's Newest Applications

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

The new application  called  'Me on the Web' is intended for those interested in finding out the online reference about their names and other personal information that may be  false, inaccurate or  even libelous.

Specifically, Me on the Web simplify the Google Alerts, which features Google provides notification when the Google search engine to find specific terms on the internet via email, Me on the Web too. This application will inform you via email when finding information relating to the name of the user.

"Me on the Web also provides links to sources of information that tells how to control what is posted about your third-party applications on the Internet," wrote Google product manager, Andreas Tuerk on the Google blog.

Quoted from PC World, Thursday (06/16/2011), to use the Me on the Web, users must first have a Google account. This application will appear in the 'Dashboard' in your Google account.

The presence of Me on the Web inspired by the rise of social media mentions someone's name and information in the online realm. This information is often used for certain purposes. For example, it is common a company looking for applicants information that will be recruited over the internet. The information found can be wrong and ultimately detrimental to the applicant. So, with Me on the Web, Google helps protect your reputation.

Read more »

Google Provides Flight Schedule on Search Results

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

The holiday season arriving soon. Google wants to make it easier for travelers to find information on holiday schedules by adding flights on its search results.

This additional information will display the flight schedule between two specific cities, which became the location of the user's vacation destination. The search results will be displayed in the box below Google's paid search results.

"This is just a small step to enrich the travel information to be more easily found," said Google Software Engineer, Petter Wedum, reported by the Wall Street Journal, Sunday (29/05/2011).

Flight information service comes seven weeks after the Internet giant is successful in acquiring ITA Software for USD 700 million. For information, ITA Software has specialized in managing the airline data, including flight schedules, availability and prices.

But in his blog, Google said the display of travel information in the search results are not using ITA Software's search technology.

Previously, Microsoft had already been serving a similar service at the Bing. Microsoft's search engine also provides a search for flight schedules and ticket prices.

Read more »

Google Prepares Offline Access to Google Docs

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

Google Docs users, it's no longer, access files on these services not only be done when it is online only, but you can also access them when you're not connected to the Internet.

Senior Vice President of Google, Pichai Sunday, confirmed that Google will soon allow offline access to Google Docs. But he did not say when the exact time.

"We all wear them on Google has internally. We need to ensure that the service was very good before it is ready to be released," he said as quoted by TG Daily, Friday (05/20/2011).

According to him, offline access will be very useful for the user while in transit on planes or trains without Wi-Fi access. Thus, they can still work on documents or files without an internet connection.

Read more »

Google Launches OS Chrome Laptop

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

Laptop-based operating system Google Chrome officially introduced. At Google's annual developer conference event I / O held in San Francisco, United States, Google reveals Chrome laptops from manufacturers Samsung and Acer.

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook soon be marketed in several countries. They cost around $ 429 for a model Wi-Fi and $ 499 for a 3G model.

While Acer Chromebook Wi Fi model priced $ 349. Chrome Notebook from Samsung and the Acer is available from 15 June in the United States.

"We chose to focus on the notebook because of the use of current web, mostly from this device," said Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management of Google.

Chrome OS is a lightweight operating system with just the boot time in seconds. Chrome devices also only has a small internal storage, because many web applications in it depends on cloud-based data storage.

Google also introduced a system for laptop Chrome subscription services, which are distinguished for business and education segments. Subscription fee ranging from USD 20 to USD 28 per month promised to make the consumer gets full support of Google.

Here are the key features of Chrome notebooks, as reported by Cnet, on Thursday (12/05/2011):

Dual-core processor Atom N570 1.66GHz

16GB solid-state drive (mSATA)

HDMI port

Screen 11-inch and 12-inch

Battery 8 hours

Instant-on

Instant Web connectivity

Konektivitas3G

Cloud-based applications

Read more »

Google Releases Honeycomb 3.1 Update

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

Google's annual developer conference is held again. As usual,  this event  Google  used to introduce  all the newest products, one of which  updates  the operating system (OS) Honeycomb namely Android 3.1.

Reported by eWEEK on Wednesday (05/11/2011), some additional features in Honeycomb 3.1 of which include home screen widgets that can be changed in size, additional support for input devices such as keyboards, mouse, trackpad, and even game controllers.

In addition, there is also support for multitasking to transition a more flexible and reduce the occurrence of crashes. Interestingly, these new Honeycomb will be present on the Google TV via automatic updates (over the air).

In this conference, Google also introduced OS Ice Cream Sandwich, which borrows some features from Honeycomb.

Read more »

Samsung Alex, First Netbook with OS Chrome?

ReviewEverywhere.Blogspot.Com

The first netbook with Google Chrome the operating  system  reportedly  would soon be released by Google.  Working closely with Samsung,  netbook  is code-named Alex.

Netbook Alex is a commercial version of the Cr-48 trial. Given some of the specifications, seem netbook does not disappoint.

As reported by the Pocket Link, Monday (02.05.2011), Alex will be shipped with a dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550. Other specifications like RAM is 2GB, and a screen resolution of 1280x800.

In addition to having Bluetooth and Wi Fi connectivity, Alex also has a feature 3G. It's so special requirements because the device is Chrome the OS will rely heavily on the Internet related to the number of features and online-based data storage cloud.

Samsung Alex is expected to be introduced around June 2011. In addition to Samsung, Google also partnered with various other vendors to produce netbooks Chrome, such as Asus, Lenovo and Hewlett Packard.

Read more »

Google Releases Video Chat for Android

ReviewEverywhere.blogspot.com

Google launched Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android phones. This feature was first be visited Nexus S, a Google phone is made ​​with Samsung.

These features may be part of Android 2.3.4 update will be released some time to come. In addition to the Nexus S, phones that use Android Gingerbread or version 2.3 will get a turn, although not yet known when.

Indeed, as a phone made ​​by Google, Nexus S always get special treatment and get the fastest updates when compared to other Android phones that circulated in the market.

With this new feature, the user can do video chat via a wireless connection, either 3G or Wi Fi. During this time, did a video chat can be done on Android phones, but through third-party applications such as Fring or Skype.

Unfortunately, the Android user version under Gingebread will not get the feature. Similarly, as reported by UnwiredView, Friday (29/04/2011).

Read more »

Apple Preceding Google launches Music Cloud

REVIEWeverywhere.blogspot.com

Apple has completed its work in online music  storage  service. Reportedly, the service is deliberately  launched  ahead of  Google's  hard efforts in providing similar services, it seems still have to wait for time.

Because the character of the cloud, Apple's iTunes allows consumers to store songs on a remote server, and access them from anywhere as long as they are connected to the Internet.

But sources who declined to be named, said Apple is still yet to sign licensing agreements with record companies. Apple also has not told his partner, when the service is introduced.

Amazon.com has it first launched its music service cloud. The new service was launched in early April this soon steal the show, considering that Amazon is actually known as an online retailer fairly brave to enter the realm that has never entered.

Quoted by Reuters on Sunday (24/04/2011), Apple, Google and Amazon seems now competing hard to be able to master this new digital media platforms.

Google itself previously rumored to be launching a special music service as an extra feature on the Android mobile operating system.

Another source said, Google had wanted to launch a music service similar to iTunes with subscription method. Internet giant is reportedly continue discussions with a number of leading record companies like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group.

Read more »

Google News Gadget

Customizable news gadget that shows different news sections in separate tabs.

Add To Website - Add To Google - View XML

Read more »