When just about every site is blocked at work and/or school, except for Google, there’s always the option of randomly typing in phrases to find funny suggestions. That’s right, we’ve got another batch of funny Google search suggestions for your viewing pleasure. Click here for the first picture in the gallery.
In addition to being powered by Android 2.3, Google’s Nexus Two features a 4-inch AMOLED display, secondary front-facing camera, and a form factor that’s very similar to the Galaxy S. We’ll keep you posted as more technical specifications are released.
Google’s supposedly trying to build video chat into Gingerbread, using the same protocol as Google Talk.
[via Gizmodo]
According to inside sources, the Nexus Two might be announced at Samsung’s November 8th press event. It’s speculated “that the new it would be one of the first Android 2.3 powered smartphones, a new revision of the mobile operating system that would bring with it new features and possibly tablet support.”
An official Google phone would mean no Samsung branding within the OS but it would ensure customers receive firmware upgrades promptly from Google, without having to wait for Samsung to release the update, a problem that Galaxy S users are currently experiencing.
[via TNW]
Amazon has the Logitech Revue Companion Box with Google TV for just $299.99 shipped. This device “brings together TV, the full web, apps, movies and more and puts control of it all at your fingertips.” Product page. Video preview after the jump.
Logitech Revue with Google TV brings together all of your entertainment in one place…your HDTV. Now you can enjoy: your cable or satellite programming, the full web, apps designed especially for your TV, compatible DVR recordings, your photos, music and videos.
[via Amazon]
It’s that time again, time for more hilarious Google search suggestions. First up, we have an inquiring mind wondering why there are 360-degrees in a circle. According to Answers.com, it’s because “there are 360 different sunset points of entry on the horizon during a calendar year i.e. 90 points / days between Winter Solstice to Equinox, Equinox to Summer Solstice, Summer Solstice to Equinox and then Equinox to Winter Solstice.” Click here to see them all.
Now that you’ve seen the Google Car, but you probably didn’t know that it has “already traveled 140,000 miles, depending on cameras and a scanning laser to do the driving so you don’t have to.” Video after the break.
You just tell it your destination and it plots a route for you, taking into consideration speed limits and traffic patterns.
[via Gizmodo]
What sets Google apart from Yahoo and Bing is that the company has designers specifically to draw up doodles for special occasions, like the playable Pac-Man logo above, which is still live here. Click here to see twelve memorable Google logos and doodles.
[via Oddee]
Google Translate is a very hand tool for rough translations, but when it comes to signs and shirts, we highly do not recommend using the service, unless your goal is to get a few laughs. Click here to see forty-two funny examples of Google Translate gone wrong.
At first glance, this may look like a standard Street View car, but it’s actually a self-driving, computer-driven vehicle that “is a combination of different technologies developed by Google that will allow a car to drive itself – yes, even on the highway.” Video after the break.
The fact that these specially-equipped Priuses (and one Audi TT) have racked up over 140,000 miles (1,000 of while have been completely human-free) on the road, suggests a longer cycle of testing as well.
[via TechCrunch]
Announced today at the Google press conference, the $299 Logitech Revue with Google TV system features a “keyboard with integrated touch and directional pad, an HDMI cable, one IR blaster and a couple of AA batteries just for good measure.” Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.
The Logitech TV Cam, with Carl Zeiss autofocus lens and dual microphones, ties into a Logitech Vid HD app that communicates with other similarly equipped units plus PCs or Macs running the desktop version of the software.
[via Engadget]