Pairing Cortana with a Harman/Kardon speaker, the personal digital assistant is coming to a standalone device in 2017. This would put Microsoft in competition with Google Home and the Amazon Echo. To succeed in this space, Microsoft will need greater abilities than a voice-based Bing search such as integrations with other smart home gadgets and streaming … [Read more...]
Google commercial during Monday Night Football teases October 4th event and next phone
A minimalist commercial just aired on Monday Night Football and it did not tell a whole lot of information. Most of the time is spent as a rectangle text input (reminiscent of a Google search) changes shape until it reaches the dimensions of a smartphone. It then adds Oct. 4 and the Google logo next to the shape. The YouTube version of the posting adds a little more … [Read more...]
Google Chrome goes back and forth on Backspace as back button
Almost universally through all of the different web browsers, the backspace key on your keyboard can serve as the Back button to navigate to the previous page. It has been this way for a long time and perhaps it made more sense in the prior days with less content creation in the browser. Now, I am sure almost every person has experienced it at least once, the painful moment … [Read more...]
Open Google Now cards in full browser
Like many articles, this one stems from something that annoyed me. Android, at some point, changed how their Google Now cards in a light version of Chrome. They claim it is faster but I would gladly trade the speed for the familiar, full-featured Chrome browser. Fortunately, there is a setting to disable this light "Powered by Chrome" browser and use your full, preferred … [Read more...]
Videos demo Google’s Tango-enabled phones
Google made a post to the Official Google Blog in order to announce that their Project Tango augmented reality phone feature has matured to just 'Tango' and is available in the first Tango-enabled phone, the Lenovo PHAB2 Pro. The Tango features allow you to use your phone to create digital objects that interact with the real world. This could be as simple as a digital Slinky … [Read more...]