Project Fi, n; Google’s newest code-named venture, a wireless phone network. Like many other secret Google ventures (Project Loon, Project Ara), Project Fi seems to be aimed at developing smartphone markets; the service is rumored to offer pay-per-gigabite plans and refunds…
Project Loon, n; An endeavor from Google to deliver Internet for the world through connected balloons. Project Loon, which began about four years ago and has been tested over New Zealand and California among other spots, wants to place “floating cell…
Google Inbox, n; A new email app from Google that integrates reminders, alerts, reservations, and other Google-based web functions into your inbox. Inbox is built off of Gmail, the widely-used free web email service from Google.
Android L, n; Google’s forthcoming update to the Android operating system, which includes a new design that will run universally on all Android devices. Google introduced Android L — still code-named pending it’s dessert-themed name — at last week’s I/O developer…
Today, June 25, was the kickoff of Google’s annual developer conference, I The nearly three-hour keynote featured a ton of updates on Google, Android and Chrome. We rounded up the top 10 below. Read about all of the updates over at…
Google I/O, n; Google’s annual developer conference focusing on the advances in the company’s softwares and devices. The “I” stands for input and the “O” stands for output. It is a conference similar in spirit to Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, both…
Project Ara, n; A Google initiative to introduce affordable, build-your-own smartphones. The phones are built by the owner from a selection of modules that click together and allow each handset a unique identity. The project — which hopes to bring…
Google’s Project Tango experiment made a surprise appearance at the Mobile World Congress this week. It is not a tango-ing robot (but they should make that, just for kicks). Project Tango, noun; An experimental Google smartphone with a number of cameras and…
There are a ton of great blogs to follow for all things mobile. We spend a ton of time reading a ton of different blogs to keep up on the trends and movements in the mobile world. Some, you get…
These wearable gadgets have been around for a while now, but the hype hasn’t died down. What are they all about? Google Glass, n; A wearable computer system that adds a display to your daily vision. With it, you can…
Since we launched, our users have been requesting that their Yapps fully support Android devices. We are excited to announce that Yapp has gone native on Android! YappBox is now available in the Google Play store. Now, on Android, your…
