Food for thought: Will Android L be called Android Licorice?
Android L is so close that many of us can smell the new Android operating system already – hell, we’ve already got the Material Design Google Play Store. While many believe that Google is doing away with numbers and letters in their Android nomenclature, there are still the faithful few who believe Google will stick with their candy and dessert naming ways and release Android L with a sweet new name (pun intended). We’ve heard Lollipop, Lemon Meringue Pie and even [Nestle] Lion, but today we have an interesting lead on a new name for Android L: Android Licorice.
This latest revelation comes after Giovanni Calabrese posted the above on Google+, saying “I never had a great liking for Licorice, but damn! there are some great flavors out there !!!” And who exactly is Mr. Calabrese that has got us so excited by his comments? Calabrese is actually one of the designers behind Google’s Android statues that stand on the Google HQ lawn, so perhaps he has some inside knowledge about what’s coming in the future of Android L. Maybe it’s a red herring, but I doubt this will be the last Android name rumour we hear before the official announcement of Android L.
What do you think about the name Android Licorice? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Google+ via Phone Arena
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Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms
Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous — you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution that puts your mind at ease, though. The company has confirmed to Engadget that it’s testing a Helpouts-style feature which offers video chats with doctors when you search for symptoms. While there aren’t many details of how this works in practice, the search card mentions that Google is covering the costs of any chats during the trial phase. You’ll likely have to pay for virtual appointments if and when the service is ever ready for prime time, then. That’s not ideal, but it could be much cheaper than seeing a physician in person.
[Image credit: AP Photo/Craig Moore]
Source: jasonahoule (Reddit)
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Japanese court tells Google to delete search results linking a man to crime
Not all online search removal requests come from Europe these days. A Tokyo court has ordered Google to delete 122 search results that linked an innocent man’s name to crime, reportedly violating his rights and tarnishing his reputation. The judge in the case, Nobuyuki Seki, rejected Google’s arguments that search engines are merely providers and aren’t obliged to delete offending results; there was “tangible damage” here, he said. Google is waiting on confirmation of the verdict before it considers an appeal, but it won’t be surprising if the company fights back. The internet firm has a long history of resisting censorship, no matter how well-intentioned it may be.
Regardless of who wins, this isn’t likely to be the first step on a path to Europe-like “right to be forgotten” laws. The Japanese ruling doesn’t set a legal precedent entitling people to remove themselves from the web, and it doesn’t affect anything more than those 122 forbidden listings. However, it won’t be surprising if similar removal requests pop up now that at least one complaint has passed muster.
[Image credit: Laurent Neyssensas, Flickr]
Via: AFP (Yahoo)
Source: Asahi Shimbun
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Netflix support comes to Ubuntu through Chrome
We told you it was coming, and now it’s here! Canonical announced today that its popular Linux distro Ubuntu now supports Netflix playback through Chrome. If you’re running a fully updated install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS or later you can simply go install Chrome 37 right now and immediately start enjoying Netflix. (Provided you’re a paying subscriber, of course.) There’s no word on if or when support might be coming to other browsers, so sorry Firefox fans. That being said, Mozilla is one of the main contributors to Network Security Services, which is key to Netflix support on Linux, so it probably won’t be too far behind.
Filed under: Internet, Software, HD, Google
Source: Ubuntu Insights
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Google details how Europeans are wielding their ‘right to be forgotten’
It’s no secret that plenty of people are using (and abusing) the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” online, but have you wondered just how these requests tend to break down? You won’t have to wonder for much longer. Google has updated its Transparency Report with a new section for European search removal requests, letting you see how many requests it gets in a given EU country, how often it honors them and which websites are typically affected.
The stats vary sharply across the continent. Google has accepted 53 percent of takedown requests from Germans, but only 26 percent from Croatians. Not surprisingly, many of the withdrawn results (144,954 as of October 10th) involve Facebook, YouTube and other sites where profiles, social updates and videos might prove embarrassing. The internet giant is quick to give examples of rejections, though, including residents who were trying to hide criminal pasts or stifle criticism. The upgraded Transparency Report is no doubt convenient for Google, which previously griped about the sheer volume of requests it has to handle, but it’s hard to object to a clearer view of a typically obscure process.
[Image credit: Adam Berry/Getty Images]
Source: Google Transparency Report
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Nexus 9 due October 15, report says
As we get closer to the time Google announces Android L, more and more rumors and reports come out about the upcoming Nexus devices, or the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Earlier this morning we reported about an article from WSJ confirming rumors of the Nexus 6. A couple of days ago, an HTC rep confirmed that the Nexus 9 exists and is coming. Now, we seem to have some details about a possible announcement and launch date for the Nexus 9 (and presumably the Nexus 6 and Android L as well).
Bright side of news on Thursday reported that their sources confirm that the Nexus 9 will be announced this month, available for pre-order on October 15th, and then available (and most likely shipped) on November 3. They also confirm (as previously thought) that it will be using a NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC. However, it isn’t clear if they will use the regular chip seen in other devices, or if it will be a new 64-bit version.
They also confirm that it will cost $399, which they say makes it a more premium device since the Nexus 7 is cheaper at $229. However, if you recall the Nexus 10 released starting at $399, and was considered cheap for its size and features. Considering a Nexus 9 would be closer to that, it makes sense to me. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.
The other interesting part of the report is it claims that the Nexus 9 will not be exclusive to the Play Store, but will be sold to many other retailers. This indeed would be an interesting move on Google’s part, and would mean they are more serious about selling devices this time around.
Stay tuned for more updates about the Nexus devices.
What do you think about a $399 price tag on a 9″ tablet? Too much for a Nexus device, or just about right?
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WSJ: 5.9-inch Nexus 6 to launch this month
Last week we reported on a leak of Nexus 6 details, which said it would have a 5.9″ QHD screen, a 3,200 mAh battery, a 13 MP camera with OIS, a 2 MP shooter on the front, fast-charging capabilities, and essentially be a stretched out Moto X (2014). We also reported on some alleged photos of the device spotted in the wild. Good news Googlers: the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has pretty much confirmed these rumors.
The WSJ says that “three people familiar with the situation” that Google expects to release the Nexus 6 this month. They also go on to talk about its screen, maker, and that the next version of Android will be released with it. Things we pretty much know at this point, but just confirming these things more than anything.
I’m still interested to see how people will accept such a massive phone. The phablet market has definitely grown, which WSJ talks about in their article, and was proven by Apple finally making the switch to a bigger screen. Nevertheless, even Samsung’s newest Note is 5.7″, but has software and a stylus to make it easier to use. It will be interesting to see what happens with the release of this device, because while Google has never had huge numbers in its Nexus sales (certainly not compared to Apple or Samsung), but they have sold out several times on their last couple of phones, and manufacturers have taken cues from Google on how to build their flagships based on Nexus phones. If nothings else, we can be excited for the release of the beautiful looking Android L.
What do you think of all this? Will the Nexus 6 sell well, or will its size just be overkill?
To check out all the photos (rendered and real) that we currently have of the Nexus 6, check out this post.
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Snapchat servers ‘were never breached,’ but your snaps may still be compromised (update)
Snapchat is a photo sharing service known for its temporary nature: you send a photo to a friend, a few seconds later the photo disappears and is erased. If you snap a screen of the image, Snapchat tells the other person. That’s the elevator pitch, anyway. A variety of third-party apps skirt around that temporality, enabling users to secretly save the images they’re sent — occasionally of the nude variety — and anonymous internet forum 4chan is claiming it hacked one of those apps to access hundreds of thousands of images. Worse, those images are allegedly tied to usernames. Yes, that means your images may be at risk of exposure. Snapchat can’t confirm the alleged leak because it didn’t involve the company’s servers if it did happen, but the company says its data centers are secure. Here’s what Snapchat told us:
“We can confirm that Snapchat’s servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks. Snapchatters were victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our Terms of Use precisely because they compromise our users’ security. We vigilantly monitor the App Store and Google Play for illegal third-party apps and have succeeded in getting many of these removed.”
First things first: don’t panic. The images from the leak aren’t actually online just yet, making the hack a claim at most right now. So, what allegedly went down?
4chan users, posting anonymously, say that the third-party service Snapsave was hacked. Snapsave is a third-party app for both iOS and Android that enables users to save snaps without the other person knowing. The posts allege that Snapsave uses cloud saving, and when it was breached, the cloud database was downloaded with approximately 200,000 images. Snapsave has yet to return our requests for comment, and 4chan says to expect the image database online by October 12th (this Sunday).
Due to the recent hacking of various celebrities and the subsequent leaking of images depicting said celebrities in the nude — which was dubbed “The Fappening,” a reference to an internet term for masturbation — some media outlets are calling this alleged breach, “The Snappening.”
Update: Snapsave rep Georgie Casey says, “Our app had nothing to do with it and we’ve never logged username/passwords.” Moreover, he says that Snapsave doesn’t run on a cloud setup.
A report on Business Insider states the service in question is known as “SnapSaved” (the same name, but in the past tense), a website that enabled Snapchat users to log in and save their images. “The service acted as a web client for the Snapchat app that allowed users to receive photos and videos, and save them online,” BI writes. “What its users didn’t realize was that the site was quietly collecting everything that passed through it, storing incriminating Snapchats on a web server, with the usernames of senders attached.”
The website “www.snapsaved.com” no longer resolves — as of this writing, it’s just a blank white page.
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Internet, Software, Mobile, Apple, Google
Source: 4chan, Business Insider
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London Zoo’s otters now livestreaming to YouTube using leftover TV signals
Like most residents of The Smoke, you probably don’t visit tourist attractions like London Zoo unless out-of-towners (or your sprogs) require entertaining. Now, though, you don’t even need make the trip to Regent’s Park to gawk at some of the zoo’s cutest critters, with new livestreams that send footage from several enclosures straight to the screen in your bleak office cubicle. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has teamed up with Google to make this so, in a two-month trial that’s testing video broadcasting over TV white spaces (vacant frequencies in the TV spectrum). Live footage from the meerkat, otter and Galapagos tortoise enclosures is being sent over these idle frequencies to a central location, which forwards them on to YouTube (streams embedded after the break). This isn’t just so you’ve got something to stare at during your 15-minute sandwich break, though, as the main aim of the trial is to figure out how white space transmissions could be used by conservationists out in the field.
ZSL hope that within the next couple of years, small cameras that send imagery over white space frequencies can be used to assist conservation efforts in remote locations — think endangered species monitoring, and poacher thwarting. It’s one of many white space trials being conducted in collaboration with Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. Ofcom expects that off the back what’s learnt from these trials, dormant spectrum will begin being used for reals next year, for applications such as providing internet connectivity in hard-to-serve locations.
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[Poll] Yes or No?: Will you get the Motorola Nexus 6
It seems like an inevitability that the Motorola Nexus 6 is going to be announced, possibly as early as this month, however it seems like the arguments for and against the device are still raging. Phablets have polarized the tech community like few other devices have in recent times with people either hating the idea of them or the converted (and growing) masses who will never go back to a ‘small’ screened device, and the 5.9-inch Nexus 6 appears no different, perhaps even more so since it is part of Google‘s vigorously worshipped Nexus line. The device definitely isn’t going to be a slouch given it’s rumoured to be powered by a Snapdragon 805 and 3GB RAM, all behind a glorious Quad HD display. Of course, this will all be secondary to the release of Android L, Google’s biggest makeover of the operating system’s user interface in a long time. The size, though, is apparently overshadowing all of this for quite a few people.
Arguments aside, what we really want to know is how many of you are actually going to get a Motorola Nexus 6 whenever it is announced in the next month or so, so leave an answer in the poll below, of if so inclined, leave a comment down below.
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Whichever side of the fence you sit on, we’d love to hear from you as we think it is a truly curious strategy from Google to release such a large device even by phablet’s standards.
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