An unlocked "Google edition" of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone will be available on AT&T and T-Mobile and will have LTE support, 16GB of RAM and is expandable via an SD card and its bootloader is unlocked allowing it to receive system updates "promptly with every Android platform update". The device will be available starting June 26 on Google Play for $649.
Google has announced a spectacular new look for Google Maps. The company said it rebuilt Maps from "the ground up". Google Maps has now Google Earth and Street View baked into it and user generated photos can be uploaded and submitted to Google Maps.
Google+ added 41 new features to its social network making it smarter and more intuitive. There are bigger pictures and related hashtags. It also looks a lot like Pinterest and Facebook.
The updates include a multi column layout for pictures and hashtags. Google+ will tag stuff for you by adding related hashtags. It's also rolled out a new way to improve photos and it's called Auto Awesome. It uses a set of pictures in your library to create an animated GIF.
Another round of legal battling is about to begin in the ongoing Apple-Samsung war. In a US District of California filing yesterday, Apple added the new Galaxy S4 smartphone to a list of 22 Samsung products the company claims infringe on its iOS patents.
This is not your average treadmill. Called The Voyager, it is a concept designed by Il-Seop Yoon, and it plans to integrate treadmills with massive screens and some cool social applications. It will promise a highly immersive running experience.
Nokia has unveiled its latest flagship Windows Phone. It is an updated, metal clad version of the Lumia 920. And it's more stunning too.
It moves away from the polycarbonate past into a metal rim which acts as the antenna too, like the iPhone. One notable update is the new Nokia Smart Camera mode will be in it.
New Nokia Lumia owners are going to be getting the fancy new camera tech thanks to an "amber" software update that will be hitting phones soon.
The Nokia Smart Camera mode will allow the camera to capture ten images at once and offer the post processing features you can find in a bunch of phones. Each sequential shot will be shot at 5MP. Apparently, no one else does this yet.
In theory, a string of numerical characters can be illegal, simply because the underpinnings of software and images are based on them.
The folks over at Numberphile took a look at how and why numbers can contravene the law.Very interesting concept to look at. Check it out in the video after the jump. [Numperphile]
Computing power roughly doubles every 18 months. But just when will a computer be as powerful as a human brain?
Mother Jones tackles this question in this cute animation and if their calculations are correct, it could be as powerful as a human brain sometime in 2026. At which robopocalypse would probably happen? Check it out after the jump. [Mother Jones]