Tag: Public
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Microsoft Office Sway Released To All
Microsoft’s new office app Sway is now live, where once before the tool was only available to users on a waiting list, now anyone can get their hands on it. The online tool lets users put together their own presentation documents in a fully integrated browser setting. Sway lets users create embeddable in browser presentations,…
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Google Glass Goes Public
Google glass has finally become available to the general public, and, while still expensive, the device is coming along nicely from what we’ve see. A new redesign is in the works which looks a lot like a normal pair of glasses, so before long the accessory could finally break out into the mainstream. Previously the…
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Google’s Self Driving Car – What You Need to Know
Alright, this one’s kind of a biggie. Google has created a self driving car, much to the chagrin of the motor vehicle establishment, safety regulators, Jeremy Clarkson (maybe) and frankly anyone else who enjoys driving. Not to say that the undertaking isn’t huge and marvellously bold for a company that once built a search engine,…
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Facebook’s Default Post Privacy Settings Change to Friends Only
Although it seems not many people care about the privacy settings on their social networking accounts, it’s nice to have the option of who you share your innermost thoughts with, or just what you had for breakfast. Facebook has recognised this and changed its default privacy settings for statuses to “Friends Only” rather than the…
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Google Maps App Gets UK Public Transport Integration
If you’re always stuck on frustrating websites such as firstgroup.com or thetrainline.com looking to organise your next journey, fear no more, as Google’s next Maps App update brings the combined data from most decent public transport services and integrates them into the interactive maps experience. Google Maps can now access the time and route of all public…
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Eric Schmidt: Google Glass won’t be publicly available until 2014
Even longer to wait for joe public, whilst developers test Glass now
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Facebook Goes Public with Shares Priced at $38, is Now Worth $104 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg and co. go public, offering you a slice of Facebook’s success
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Channel Tunnel to Get 3G Ahead of 2012 Olympic Games in London
High-brow news rag, The Guardian has reported that the complete 23.5-mile length of the Channel Tunnel will be equipped with telephone communications and internet ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games which begin in June. The Euro Tunnel, which was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen in May of 1994, links Folkstone, Kent to…
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Google+ Social Network goes live to the Public
Well the time is finally here, popping on over to Google.co.uk or Google.com at the moment will bring you to a slightly questionable Google Doodle today involving a mighty blue arrow pointing towards the top left of your screen…But what does it mean? Well Ladies and Gents, Google’s previously closed Beta testing of its Google+…
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Google Maps 5.7 for Android now features public transport navigation
Arguably one of the best free apps available for Android (well that’s certainly my opinion anyway), is getting yet another very useful feature and a whole bunch of other improvements. The big new feature of this latest version of Google Maps is something Google are calling Transit Navigation, which pretty much does what it says…
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Apple and Google stand firm before US Senate over “Location Tracking” claims
Apple approached US senate for the second time this week to testify on the “location tracking” row which has erupted over recent months. It was discovered that Apple iOS on iPhone and iPad (3G models) was recording information regarding owner’s location and storing the information in a database file for regular reports back to Apple…