Google takes you to the ‘Endgame’ of its augmented reality world
Back in January, Google teamed up with author James Frey to create a project which would combine interactive novels with augmented reality games. That effort was part of Google’s interest in expanding the Ingress AR platform beyond its Niantic Labs, as it looked to share those tools with with third-party developers who could create titles of their own. Today, as part of the launch of Endgame: The Calling, the first from a series of three novels, the partnership between Frey and Google has officially kicked off this type of augmented reality/interactive game.
The idea is to build a whole world around these novels, so Niantic Labs is working on designing real-life puzzles, clues and treasure hunts, as well as web videos and other stuff that can complement each piece of writing. With Endgame, for instance, there’s a website called Ancient Societies, which ties into the story by giving you more info from the lead characters in the story you’re about to read. There’s no doubt it’s a refreshing take on interactive storytelling, so we’ll see if more authors, publishers and developers decide to come up with something similar in the future.
Filed under: Misc, Internet, Software, Google
Via: The Verge
Source: Ancient Societies
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Google promises a fix to the Nexus 5 ‘mm-qcamera-daemon’ CPU bug
If you own a Nexus 5 then you may have run into a very strange bug that involves the ‘mm-qcamera-daemon’ bug which takes up CPU and consequently drains the battery.
According to the Google issue tracker, the particular bug that tracks this issue as just been marked as resolved in a future release, indicating it should be fixed when Android L comes out.
This only affects the Nexus 5 AOSP so if you’re seeing this issue on other devices then it won’t be fixed by this particular bug and needs raising with the developer in question.
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Google Voice Gets MMS Support from nearly 100 Carriers
Now I don’t know about all of you, but I’m not a huge user of Google Voice. I used it before a while ago for a short time. After that it pretty much died for me. That is until they finally integrated it with Hangouts a few weeks ago. But, that’s just me. I know there are a lot of people out there that love Google Voice. And the one thing that most everyone was complaining about was that it didn’t have MMS support. Well, that’s not an issue anymore, at least for some of you.
Google has been working hard to get MMS support from carriers for a while now and it looks like they finally did it. This news comes from Alex Weisen From Google+. He announced on his profile page that MMS is now being supported by more than 100 carriers in North America.
Some of those carriers include 3 of the big 4 here in the US. T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint along with Bell Canada, Telus and Rogers in Canada. Those on Verizon seem to be getting the cold shoulder, as there is no word about big red being compatible.
Up until today you could somewhat receive MMS, but they would just arrive to your gmail and that’s no fun. I mean who wants to check their email every time you want to receive a picture message? Certainly not me. Now you don’t have to. After today those of you who are on a carrier that supports it can send picture not just one-on-one, but to a group of people as well.
So if you use Google Voice and this is something you’ve been waiting for, then go ahead and give it a shot and let us know how it works for you. If you don’t have Google Voice installed but you wanna tried it out then go ahead and install it or the more recent Google Hangouts and Hangouts Dialer combo if you’ve integrated it with Hangouts.
As a heads up, there is no app update for this update. All you have to do is sign in and start sending. I have been able to confirm that it does work.
Source: Alex Weisen From Google+
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Six-inch Motorola phone hits the FCC looking like the new Nexus
If you believe all the rumors that’ve been floating around, Motorola’s hard at work on a new Nexus smartphone (codenamed “Shamu”) with a 6-inch screen. Well, guess what just popped in to make an appearance at the FCC? You nailed it: a Motorola smartphone with a 6-inch screen, and with support for AT&T and T-Mobile’s frequency bands to boot. As always, Motorola representatives have petitioned the FCC to keep all the really juicy bits confidential, so it’s far from a definitive nail in the Nexus rumor coffin. Still, it’s yet another piece of evidence that points to Motorola’s role in crafting Google’s latest Nexus smartphone. Why, just the other day it was spotted in Geekbench’s test database putting up some particularly strong numbers. The specifics of the radio should mean the GSM model comes first (which is really nothing new), but Verizon Wireless may be getting in on the fun come launch time, too. Bear in mind, those reports and appearance came to light within the past week — pretty soon (and if we’re lucky) there won’t be anything left to leak.
Source: FCC
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Google’s expanding its definition of ‘news’ by adding Reddit to search results
Seen a few new sources showing up in the “news” section of a Google search lately? It isn’t just you. Mountain View is pulling more websites into its news listings now including the likes of Reddit, as spotted by Search Engine Land. Google says that regardless of where it comes from, any content could show up under the “In the news” portion of a search — even videos, press releases and social media posts. Brin and Co. note that this is an effort to expand the voices possible to give users the answer they’re looking for online. Some examples Search Engine Land notes are the Yoast website-optimization blog popping up for “website maintenance” and the internet’s front page appearing in searches for “TSA” and “Dunkin’ Donuts.” From what we can tell, however, that stops once you do an actual search under the Google News tab — perfect if your definition of news is a bit stricter than Mountain View’s.
[Image credit: Shutterstock]
Source: Search Engine Land
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Google Voice can now receive MMS from almost 100 North American carriers
If you use Google Voice for your text messages, you’re well adjusted to its biggest flaw: the service just doesn’t play nice with most carriers’ MMS settings. Today, that’s changing — Google says that the service now supports MMS from nearly 100 carriers in North America, including AT&T, Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus and more. Unfortunately, Mountain View wasn’t able to provide us with a full list of supported providers, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction. Now if only we could get the ability to send MMS messages, too.
Filed under: Cellphones, Google
Source: Google
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Gmail for iOS now takes full advantage of your iPhone 6
You haven’t had many options for checking Gmail on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus so far. Unless you’re happy with Apple’s stock email client, you’ve typically had to use blown-up versions of earlier apps. You won’t have to face that dilemma any more, though; Google has released an update to its Gmail app for iOS that does justice to the higher display resolutions on new iPhones. It’s a simple change, but it means that you can see more messages at once (and more of those messages) without sacrificing native Gmail features like labels and stars. Swing by the App Store if you’ve been jonesing for this upgrade over the past few weeks.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
Source: App Store
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New web privacy system prevents your data from leaking to other sites
One of the biggest threats to your online privacy is the mixture of code that you’ll find on some websites. It’s all too easy for a legit-looking page to hide data-stealing code, or for innocent sites to accidentally expose your info. If Google, Mozilla and researchers have their way, though, you won’t have to worry quite so much about where that info is going. Their new COWL (Confinement with Origin Web Labels) system prevents JavaScript from sharing data with outside websites that aren’t explicitly approved; even when the data gets the all-clear, it won’t necessarily spread anywhere else. In theory, it should be harder for ne’er-do-wells to hijack a page and grab sensitive content without your knowledge, or simply for you to lose control of where that content goes.
You won’t have to wait long if you want to try this security measure for yourself, since COWL will be available to use with both Chromium and Firefox browsers on October 15th. Don’t expect it to help out much at first — web developers will still have to implement the labeling system for it to be useful. If it takes off, however, you won’t (usually) have to fret that seemingly trustworthy online services are really swiping your account details behind the scenes.
[Image credit: Getty Images]
Filed under: Internet, Software, Google
Source: COWL, University College London
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Leaked image purportedly shows HTC’s Nexus 9 tablet
A new image from @upleaks, along with an apparent trip through the FCC has provided solid evidence that Google is set to release the Nexus 9 tablet built by HTC. The pic clearly shows Nexus and HTC branding on the back, which appears to be made of some kind of grippy, Nexus 5-like plastic material. In addition, an HTC tablet matching recent Nexus 9 rumors just passed through the FCC in a WiFi-only variant, though a 4G model is also a given. To top it off, an NVIDIA lawsuit last month revealed that HTC would build a Nexus tablet that will have a Tegra chip, likely a 64-bit K1. Google may be prepping the Nexus 9 (and possibly a rumored Nexus 6 handset) to be the first devices to get Android L, which supports 64-bit CPUs via the ART runtime. It should be unveiled soon, and given Google’s Nexus history, expect nothing less than a cutting edge tablet on the cheap.
Filed under: Tablets, HTC, Google
Via: Android Central
Source: @upleaks
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Nexus 9 shows up in the flesh bearing HTC logo and matte finish
October is going to be an exciting month, if the rumours turn out to be true. Those rumours allege that two Nexus devices will be announced sometime this month, one a smartphone and the other a tablet device. That tablet is rumoured to be called the Nexus 9, named predictably thanks to its 8.9-inch display, and today it appears we have our first glimpse of the device in the flesh. Obviously we won’t know if this is the real deal until Google officially announces the device, but we do see the tiny HTC logo at the base of the device with a Nexus logo adorning the middle of it. A matte black finish rounds out basically the only other thing we can determine from this picture of the device.
If anything, the device doesn’t appear like a HTC device at all, taking more cues, perhaps, from the Nexus 5’s matte finish. On the inside, the Nexus 9 is expected to house a NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor powering a Quad HD display with 2560×1600 resolution. Wi-Fi and LTE models are rumoured in 16GB and 32GB variants, but hopefully we’ll be hearing more about this from Google officially in the not too distant future.
What do you think about this leaked Nexus 9 image: real or fake? Let us know your opinion in the comments below.
Source: @upleaks via Phone Arena
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