Turkish government bans YouTube following attempt to remove corruption videos
If you’re currently in Turkey, get ready to fire up that VPN. The Turkish government has just added YouTube to its list of banned websites, which as of last week also included Twitter (that site is reportedly back online). According to Webrazzi, the ban is already active with some ISPs, while other networks are in the process of blocking access as well. A Wall Street Journal report last week stated that Google declined a government request to remove YouTube videos that allegedly feature an audio recording of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan telling his son to hide money from investigators. It’s easy to speculate that today’s ban is a final attempt to curb the spread of the aforementioned corruption videos, but given that millions of viewers have already tuned in, this latest effort likely won’t be effective. We can only hope Turkey lifts the ban soon.
Source: Webrazzi, WSJ (Twitter), Mike Giglio (Twitter)
Google launches I/O 2014 website with registration opening on April 8
Google developers conference I/O is due to be held in San Francisco, California, for June 25-26th and today the company launched their website for the event.
Registration for Google I/O 2014 will oepn between April 8th at 5:00am PDT until April 10th at 5:00pm PDT. During that time you can register your interest in the event and after the registration has closed, Google will pick random participants from that list to attend the event.
Tickets cost $900 for general admission and $300 for an academic ticket if you are a full-time student, faculty, or staff member at a high school or higher education institution.
If you can’t make it to San Francisco, or would just rather experience I/O on your own schedule, we’ll be bringing I/O to you in two ways. Watch the livestream of the keynote and sessions from the comfort of your home or office. Or, attend an I/O Extended event in your area. More details on these programs will be available soon.
To be eligible to register for Google I/O, you’ll need a Google+ account and be able to pay for the tickets if selected using Google Wallet.
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Classic 80′s game ‘Asteroids’ [App of the Day]
We are always big fans of classic games and Asteroids is a version of the game from the 80′s you remember from your childhood. Destroy the Asteroids using your spaceship by shooting them out of the sky and eliminating the fragments that try and crash your ship.
A great Android game formed from a great 80′s classic.
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Google’s two-day I/O ticket lottery starts on April 8th
In 2012, all of the tickets for Google’s I/O developer conference sold out in under 30 minutes. Last year? It took about 49 minutes. Don’t worry about waking up early to register this year, though: the folks in Mountain View are running a lottery instead. Google will take applications for I/O tickets from April 8 to 10, and will randomly reach out to lucky applicants not long after that. Honestly though, your odds of nabbing a ticket are still dicey – the event usually plays host to about 5,500 developers, and demand for admission is through the roof… thanks in part to all the hardware swag Google gives out. If you have neither the time nor the spare dough to schlep out to San Francisco this summer, expect Google to stream its announcements and developer sessions on YouTube too.
Source: Google Developer Blog
HTC One 2013 Google Play Edition Discounted by $100
Following the launch of the new HTC One M8 Google Play Edition, Google have decided to discount the 2013 HTC One Google Play Edition device by $100, bringing the price down to $499.
The 2013 HTC One has a 4.7-inch display, 1080p display, a Quad-Core 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 600 chipset, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of Internal Storage.
Google is showing a shipping time for the original HTC One Google Play Edition device as 1-2 days, so if you have your heart set on the earlier generation device then head on over to the Google Play Store now to make it yours.
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Google Play Music for Chrome delivers browser uploads, finally
Google has finally enabled uploading tracks to its Play Music service through a browser, but for now, you’ll need to flip the switch yourself. In the Labs section of the menu, there’s an option for Google Play Music for Chrome. Ticking the appropriate box will allow for both drag-and-drop and manual song additions without the need to use that less than stellar Music Manger. Clicking the “Add Music” button at the top of the UI will also give you the option to choose folders that you’d like synced automatically. There’s also a mini player that can be accessed by clicking the arrow at the bottom right of the web app and the ability to download songs, albums and playlists directly from the web has been tacked on, too. All of the new features are powered by Google’s Chrome Apps and Native Client tech. What’s more, the folks in Mountain View have also added Info Cards to Movies and TV shows for added details on the actors in a particular scene. Of course, the selection you’re watching has to enable the feature for it to be available when you press pause on a mobile device. We’ve included a handy GIF after the break for a quick look at how it works.
Source: Google Play (Google+) (1), (2)
The next version of Android could be truly business-friendly
Android has a lot of market share, but it doesn’t have a big footprint in the corporate world; outside of special efforts like Samsung’s Knox, the OS isn’t well-suited to business demands. All that may change in the near future, though, as The Information‘s sources claim that the next major Android release will place a much stronger emphasis on office-grade security. The new OS will reportedly allow apps that require their own authentication (including biometrics), as well as data storage on secure chips. It should also offer better remote management controls. If the rumor is accurate, we may not have long to wait to see these suit-and-tie features — Google could unveil them at its I/O conference in late June.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
Via: The Next Web
Gmail experiment shows promotional messages as image-heavy cards
The promotions tab in Gmail is basically a glorified spam filter. Sure, it’s not really spam, but you probably don’t bother to read many emails in there. At best you give it a cursory glance to make sure Caskers wasn’t offering “the bourbon that beat Pappy” again. But, more often than not, you probably just select all and delete without a second thought. Well, Google thinks that it might have a better chance at enticing you to click through on those deals if they were more visually appealing. Mountain View is trialing a feature that shows you promotional emails as cards with large images at the top and details of the deal on offer below. It’s not unlike Pinterest (it even introduces infinite scrolling to your inbox), except when you click through on these boxes you’ll be offered $10 off on a pair of Top-Siders. If you’d like to partake in Google’s little experiment you can click on this link. Yes, this one right here.
Source: Gmail (Google+), Official Google Blog
Nike celebrates ‘Air Max Day’ with the first shoppable Google Hangout
Would you buy a pair of kicks from a Google Hangout? Nike certainly hopes so. The company has teamed up with Asos to host the first shoppable Google Hangout tomorrow at 9am ET. The video celebrates 27 years of Nike’s Air Max trainer, and will appear on both brand’s Google+ news feeds as well as over 2 million other sites as an expandable ad (something brands have been able to do since December). Sneakerheads can shop while they watch, and make purchases directly from the promotion. We’re just hoping that one of the things up for sale is a pair of Nike’s limited-edition Air Max 1s.
Via: MarketingWeek
Source: Google+
HTC One M8 Google Play Edition “Coming Soon” for $699
Just like last year, HTC will be making the stripped down stock Android version of the recently announced HTC One M8 available through the Google Play Store. The GPE One M8 is listed as “Coming Soon” and is carrying a hefty price tag of $699.99. That would be $50 more than a developer edition of the device. Oddly enough, the Dev edition has since been pulled off the HTC order page too.
We know the previous GPE HTC One ended up being a little bit of a problematic device for some. HTC has put a lot of work into the additional hardware and functions again this year in the BoomSound and Duo Camera, all of which are pretty heavily reliant on HTC’s software to work properly. We can only hope that they have things sorted well enough to make the GPE One M8 be everything it is, but just with stock Android.
There aren’t any noticeable spec changes from the official specs that were just announced. It will be unlocked and be supported on T-Mobile and AT&T networks.
Source: Google Play Store
Via AndroidandMe
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