Following Google’s decision to release the Glass system image and rooted bootloader for hackers, new labs features have surfaced, including an “Ok Glass Anywhere” feature, which lets users give voice commands from anywhere in the UI. According to Android Police, this new feature initiates an “always listen mode.” Glass still has to be on, but now…
At the time of writing, Daft Punk’s mega-hit Get Lucky has been streamed on Spotify more than 28 million times around the world, a figure we know because the music-streaming service recently started displaying song play counts. Indeed, Get Lucky was breaking streaming records from its very first day of launch back in April. The…
British national daily newspaper The Guardian has unveiled plans to create a new global online identity, one that will serve as a home for its various digital properties around the world. The Guardian’s publisher, Guardian News & Media, announced it is to introduce a single portal on TheGuardian.com, which will host Guardian.co.uk, GuardianNews.com – which…
Shazam, the music discovery and tagging service, has rolled out a major new update to its iOS app, introducing a single universal app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as a slew of other new features specifically for the tablet version. Shazam has become one of the most well-known music-tagging apps, letting users…
Google on Tuesday announced a redesign of its Google+ social network for the mobile Web. The revamp is meant to bring the mobile version of Google+ in line with the last redesign of the service. Here’s what’s new: Posts now appear as “cards” in the stream, making it easier to read, +1 and re-share them.…
More than three months after About.me ‘bought itself back’ from AOL, spinning itself out as an independent company once again, the San Francisco-based startup is now ramping things up a notch by introducing personalized domain names for its online identity platform. The service constitutes part of its new freemium business model, which sees About.me move…
Twitter launched the first version of its Innovator’s Patent Agreement (IPA) today and applied it to a patent invented by Loren Brichter in the United States for ‘user interface mechanics.’ The terms of the IPA means that Twitter can only use the patent, filed as U.S. Patent No. 8,448,084, for defensive purposes — all other…
Twitter launched the first version of its Innovator’s Patent Agreement (IPA) today and applied it to a patent invented by Loren Brichter in the United States for ‘user interface mechanics.’ The terms of the IPA means that Twitter can only use the patent, filed as U.S. Patent No. 8,448,084, for defensive purposes — all other…
Microsoft’s efforts to create in-house content for its Xbox ecosystem appears to be ticking right along. News recently broke that Microsoft intends to release a two-part show for Xbox Live subscribers that will see them having a hand in its ending. The musically-focused The Music Room will allow for user feedback. Or, as Edge reports, polling…
Over the last few months, Google has been working on porting its Chrome OS app launcher to Chrome for the desktop. The majority of the progress has been on Windows, but now it looks like Google is readying the OS X version, at least in Chromium, meaning Apple’s platform will likely get it next, followed…
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