Google was previously rumored to be readying an audio streaming service to compete with Spotify and Pandora. A new report from Fortune claims that Google’s upcoming online radio will be YouTube-based. While the service itself will be available for free, paid subscription will give access to extra features like ad blocking. The YouTube service will also allegedly overlap with Google Music. The company is already said to have negotiating teams and operating units in place for both platform.
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Google to Lauch YouTube Audio Service
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Native YouTube App Now Available on iPhone
September 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
Not so long ago, Apple revealed that iOS 6 will arrive without the dedicated YouTube app that has been an integral part of the system for years since the original iPhone debut. However, Google assured users that a native iOS application was already underway, and now the promised software is available in the App Store free of charge.
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Google shows off new 3D maps, promises Android and iOS versions
June 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
At a special event on Wednesday, Google announced new 3D maps, which has been hyped as the “next dimension” of the Google Maps service. To demonstrate its new capabilities, the company showed off 3D models of both entire cities and individual buildings.
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Google wins regulatory approval to acquire Motorola
June 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
On Saturday, both Google and Motorola announced their proposed merger has been approved by China. Back in February, the two companies received permission from the U.S. justice department and European Commission and had been waiting for China to speak its final word.
The country’s law requires that deals between firms pricier than $63 million in China or $1.5 billon globally must be OKed by the Ministry of Commerce. The parties will expectedly close in the nearest future. However, as an approval condition, Google must keep its Android mobile OS open and free for the next five years.
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The app dubbed iKamasutra is doomed to disallowance
April 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
A good deal of apps got yanked from Apple Store by now, it’s a common practice. The news about the application named iKamasutra quite confusing. The app had had a long story of being rejected as pornographic material and because of Google’s age restrictions… twice, before finally getting to its destination in the store in 2009. Lastly, it was moved away from the App Store few months ago, but creator Naim Cesur managed to contact Apple’s verification department. Apple employee explained the reasons of the removal: an overly suggestive app icon, an excessive detail, like gray lines of faces and silhouettes and the use of brown hair on the images. The app was dutifully updated according to the requirements, and then resubmitted to the store. The hair was fixed, as well as the grey outline.
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The Privacy and Security Issues of Mobile Software Tend to Be under A Huge Doubt Nowadays
March 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
Nowadays the technological world is much more worried about the privacy and security issues than the advent of new devices and applications. The thing is that two of the largest operating systems were found to have serious flaws and disadvantages that can lead to serious problems and undesired losses for many individuals. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android reportedly have significant loopholes as some of its applications have a larger access to the personal data of every user than it was expected. This announcement has been recently made by the New York Times and since the security of smartphone content is under a large doubt.
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