ismavis | 10 years ago | on: Big RAM laptops are abundant as Lenovo does its Skylake refresh
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ismavis | 10 years ago | on: Android Wear now works with iPhones
Yup, Huawei Watch..not released yet. Dates will probably be announced at IFA this week.
ismavis | 10 years ago | on: Google loses data as lightning strikes
You find more details in the Google incident report: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/15056#57195...
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Introducing Google Cast for audio
There are lots of apps that cast your local content, AllCast for one.
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Google boils down the CAPTCHA to a simple checkbox to prove you’re not a bot
Original Source: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/12/are-you-rob...
Cool that it now takes into account who a "normal" user might be for a particular site before challenging. More Humble Bundle traffic is let through without CAPTCHA, than Wordpress traffic.
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers
Yes, only for music videos though. Youtube Music Key.
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Android 5.0 Lollipop
Nexus 6 is $650 for 32GB.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/10/nexus-6-from-googl...
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations
Also wrong about being useless outside of phone range: offline music playback (for bluetooth music playback) and GPS Support.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/android-wear-moving-f...
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Moto 360 circular smartwatch released by Motorola
The ambient light sensor is in that black bar, probably the only smartwatch with auto brightness control.
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: What I use instead of Google services
>Yes. Google+, by default, likes to grab all pictures taken with the device camera
Google+ photos auto-upload is opt-in.
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Yelp Says Search Results Favor Google+ Local Listings
Yelp counts visiting the restaurant's home page as a "Google+ local page".
ismavis | 11 years ago | on: Google Shames Slow U.S. ISPs With Its New YouTube Video Quality Report
Google Fiber deployment in Austin hasn't started.
ismavis | 12 years ago | on: Google said to be working on a tablet with Project Tango 3D vision
Another application of Project Tango, Quadcopter + Project Tango phone for autonomous flight accurate to 1cm
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/au...
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