Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
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Thursday, 7 November 2013

Google Nexus 5 vs. Nexus 4

Display
Google and LG have decided offer a bigger display with the Nexus 5. It features a 4.95-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) IPS+ LCD display which boasts a pixel density of 445ppi, and comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. On the other hand, the Nexus 4 sports a 4.7-inch HD (768x1280 pixels) IPS+ LCD display with a pixel density of 320ppi, and Corning Gorilla Glass 2. We've yet to get our hands on the Nexus 5, and for now, can't take a call on which display is better for now (in terms of viewing angles, colour accuracry, brightness and contrast), with both featuring the same display technology.
Camera
The Nexus 5 sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with OIS, a new addition to Nexus smartphone line-up. It also houses a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. On the camera front, the Nexus 4 was criticised for its relative average camera performance. However, Google has now acknowledged the issue and has introduced the optical image stabilisation (OIS) feature in the Nexus 5's camera, which should ensure sharper images and video. The rest of the imaging optics appears to be the same as the Nexus 4, with the same 8-megapixel sized rear camera, and 1.3-megapixel front camera. In addition, the camera app was also updated with Android 4.4 KitKat (which will make its way to the Nexus 4), with Photo Sphere for Panorama 360 degree shots; HDR+ mode for burst shots which automatically chooses the best shot.
Hardware
The Nexus 5 is powered by top-of-the-line 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, which is coupled with the Adreno 330 GPU. Its predecessor, the Nexus 4, is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core Krait Snapdragon processor with Adreno 320 GPU.
It seems for the Nexus 5, Google and LG decided to stick with the flagship tradition and chose the Qualcomm's latest processor.
There is an upgrade in the battery department as well; the Nexus 5 comes with 2300mAh battery which the manufacturer claims can deliver up to 17 hours of talktime (3G) and a standby time of up to 300 hours (3G). Nexus 4 came with a 2100mAh battery, which was rated to deliver up to 15 hours of talktime (3G), and 390 hours of standby time (3G).
Notably, the Nexus 5 does not feature expandable storage with a microSD card slot, once again knocking the smartphone off a potential purchase list for some users - the lack of microSD card support was perhaps the biggest omission the Nexus 4 was criticized for.

Google Nexus 10 tablet listed on India Play Store at Rs. 29,999

After listing the newly launched Nexus 5 smartphone and the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet on the Indian Play Store, Google is now gearing up to introduce the Nexus 10 tablet.
The search engine giant has listed the year old, Nexus 10 tablet at Rs. 29,999 for the 16GB model on its official store. The Nexus 10 tablet's 32GB model still sports the US pricing of $499 (Rs. 30,750 approximately).

Google has not revealed its plans for the release of three Nexus devices, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013) and Nexus 10, yet. However, considering that within few days, all the three Nexus devices have popped on Play Store India with pricing, it can be safely speculated that the search engine giant may unveil the three devices soon.


Saturday, 21 September 2013

5 Best Weather Apps for Google Chrome

1: Full Screen Weather

Full Screen Weather has 4 stars out of a possible 5 from 2,533 reviewers in the Chrome Web Store. The app has 952,524 users.

Without a doubt, this app offers the best-looking weather maps out there for desktop, even if it is a little peculiar to navigate.
Full Screen Weather
This Wunderground crowdsourced app is simply a straight mash-up of Google Maps along with satellite or terrain detail -- and superimposed radar, satellite weather or reporting weather station data. Thousands of data sources are included, such as hobbyist stations and remote automated stations perched on mountaintops. Drill-down for super-local observations.

 2: Rain Alarm

Rain Alarm has 4 stars out of a possible 5 from 304 reviewers in the Chrome Web Store. The app has 81,331 users.

This app warns you of precipitation headed your way. Set your location and some parameters, like a search radius, and the app will alert you. You may have to adjust sensitivity and search interval, but it does usually work.
Alternatives include looking out of the window.
 3: WeatherBug

WeatherBug has 4 stars out of a possible 5 from 3,016 reviewers in the Chrome Web Store. The app has 608,449 users.

A good, solid, all-round weather extension with animated graphics. A close-by weather cam will display in the animated window if available. An additional add-on for Windows gives you severe weather alerts in your taskbar.
Detailed observations include must-haves like humidity, monthly rain and an interesting rain rate for the day. All useful stuff.
 4: Uber Weather
Uber Weather has 4 stars out of a possible 5 from six reviewers in the Chrome Web Store. The app has 3,490 users.

Here's a Google-driven weather map that includes layers like ski resorts, driving directions and traffic. It's not quite as elegant as the other apps we've included, hence its runner's-up position. Still, it is remarkably interesting to see traffic snarl-ups created by weather, and it's a tool you can use to pick alternate freeway commute routes based on rain-dumping weather cells.
 5: YoWindow Weather
YoWindow Weather has 5 stars out of a possible 5 from 4,467 reviewers in the Chrome Web Store. The app has 190,747 users.

"Quirky" would be a good one-word description for this very popular extension. Clicking on a button adjacent to the address bar creates an animated "living landscape" that reflects the weather.
Choose from weather layer-superimposed pastoral scenes, cityscapes and other scenes -- or make your own with any photo -- and the weather animates in real-time, a bit like looking out of a virtual window. A time scroll lets you project a forecast graphically. Fun, if you've got time on your hands.

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Google improved chrome for ios with Improved voice searxh ans gcoogle apps integration

Yes ..Google has updated a new layer of intelligence in chrome for ios which lets you to use pronouns . This capability has benn already introduced for desktop and android .


But more cool feature is that users can easily log into the Google apps with just a click and so many apps like youtube, Google maps , gmail, Google drive also take directly to the native apps  from browse's settings menu.

It has also redesigned chrome to match apple' s ios 7 design.

App for free calls over 2G network

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Google acquired bump

Google has officially acquired bump , which is an app that allow to tranfer information to other user by just bumping phones together.  This technology is not used by NFC . instead it just uses sensors to detect the bump , which send info to the cloud snd then to user .



with more than 60 million downloads in 2011.

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Google Maps for Android update brings faster navigation and more

Google has released a new application update for its Maps on Android. The update, which is a staged roll-out, improves the navigation experience and brings better hotel search results.


  • Faster access to navigation, complete with route and traffic overview
  • Improved hotel search results with sponsored rates and booking links
  • Tips and Tricks available in the side menu
  • Bug fixes


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