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15 GB for everything: New Google storage plan

Posted by :admin On : May 22, 2013

Tags:free storage space, gigabytes, gmail, google, photos, quota, storage plan

Google is now offering its users 15 gigabytes of combined free storage space for emails, pictures and files. Up till now the figure was 10 GB for Gmail and 5 GB for Google Drive and Google+ photos.

In future there will be a common quota of 15 GB combining Gmail, Drive and the photos on the company’s social network, Google+. Extra capacity can be purchased. The cost of 100 gigabytes is 4.99 dollars a month while 200 GB can be bought for 9.99 dollars per month.

Google Glass triggers gold rush mentality among developers

Posted by :admin On : May 22, 2013

It’ll be several months before the average gadget-lover will get their hands on Google Glass but among software developers there’s already a gold-rush mood about the potential of the new wearable technology device made by the search giant.

So far only a few hundred developers and tech experts have worn the futuristic glasses, but at this month’s Google I/O annual developers’ conference in San Francisco, everyone wearing the 1,500-dollar prototype had a permanent smile on their face.

A short time wearing the glasses explains the fascination: the wearer has access to all the information available on the internet without having to use a smartphone or computer to get it.

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Google introduces cash by email function

Posted by :admin On : May 22, 2013

Category: Tech News

Tags:amount of money, conjunction, credit card, dollar sign, email, giant, gmail account, google, google users, international versions, invitations, payment feature, photos, recipient, san francisco, united states, wallet, web search

Hundreds of millions of Google users already send photos, documents, videos and event invitations via the company’s Gmail service. Now the web search giant is enabling to them to send cash as well.

Google announced the new payment feature at its I/O conference in San Francisco this month and said that it would work even with recipients who don’t have a Gmail account.

Facebook, Twitter apps come to Google Glass

Posted by :admin On : May 17, 2013

Category: mobile phones

Tags:developer conference, electronic screen, evernote, eyeglass frames, facebook, fashion magazine, google, google inc, internet search company, litany, network cnn, networking services, short shrift, social networking, staffers, tumblr, twitter, wearable computer

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Social networking services Facebook Inc and Twitter are coming to Google Glass, the wearable computer made by the Internet search company.

Google Inc announced on Thursday a half-dozen apps specially designed to work on its Glass devices. News network CNN, fashion magazine Elle, as well as online apps Tumblr and Evernote were among the half-dozen new apps for Glass unveiled during Google’s annual developer conference in San Francisco.

Google Glass is a stamp-sized electronic screen mounted on the left side of a pair of eyeglass frames which can record video, access email and messages and retrieve information from the Web.

EBay developers working on possible apps for Google Glass

Posted by :admin On : May 17, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Developers at eBay Inc are working on potential applications for Google Inc’s Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology.

”EBay Inc is participating in the beta of Google Glass and we are exploring the various use-case scenarios,” said eBay spokeswoman Amanda Miller.

EBay’s Innovation and New Ventures group, run by former eBay mobile executive Steve Yankovich, is taking part in the Google Glass trial program, she added.

15 GB for everything: New Google storage plan

Google introduces cash by email function

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