Printed media dead? Well someone forgot to tell Motorola
An interactive advert, nothing new right? But this interactive advert for the Moto X handset from Motorola is in a magazine! How do you stand out from the crowd in printed media? You normally see the highly glossed page with a model fondling the latest gadget. Well how about offering some interaction with the reader … Continue reading
How do I download a copy of my Gmail and / or Calendar?
Many of us take it for granted that Gmail and Google Calendar just work. However, what would happen if you were to lose everything? All of your emails. Everything in your Calendar, take a moment and think. Scary isn’t it? In this day and age where data is king, you would be amazed at the … Continue reading
Just how does Google search work?
With over 60,000,000,000 (that’s trillion!) individual web pages the internet is a constantly growing behemoth. Google has the search market pretty well sown up across the world. Globally Google are responsible for about 70.91% of all searches across the world, with the Chinese web services company Baidu in second place with 16.5%. The chart below gives … Continue reading
What will it be like to use Project Glass from Google?
Project Glass – the more I see of this the more I am impressed and cannot wait for its launch. I have been watching with interest since the project was first rumoured and if it lives up to its hype Google could be onto a winner. However, with what will be a potentially ground breaking piece of technology … Continue reading
How do you install ‘beta’ Apps on your Android device?
Did you know you can easily install ‘beta’ version of apps on any Android device? Surprisingly this is an extremely easy process. All you need to do is visit the Google Play store via a browser (NOT with the app on your device) – from the drop down menu select ‘Shop Android Apps’ then search … Continue reading
Android, Fragmented? Probably not as much as you think
One of Androids biggest criticisms is the fragmentation of the mobile operating system. Cupcake was the very first version released in 2009 and we are now on our seventh iteration of our favourite dessert named mobile operating system – Jelly Bean (released in July 2012). Google have just released some interesting statistics which shows that … Continue reading
Google: What was the world searching for in 2012?
1.2 trillion searches. 146 languages. You can tell a lot about an individual by their search history, whichever way you look at it these results present to us a fascinating insight into the behaviour of internet users across the world. This video from Google gives a snapshot of the most important events and popular individuals … Continue reading
Google I/O 2013 – SAVE THE DATE!
Google have announced the date of their next I/O event in 2013 via Twitter. The short Tweet read ‘Save the date! Google I/O ‘13 will be 5/15-17. Reg info coming in early ‘13. Meanwhile, revisit the magic: http://google.com/io #io13‘. Currently these are the only details available in reference to the next I/O conference with the link taking … Continue reading
The Digital Sock 