In a blog post, Google Fellow and Vice President of Engineering Ben Smith announced the "sunsetting" (termination) of the Google+ networking service, citing "significant challenges" meeting consumer expectations. This announcement comes alongside Project Strobe, which addresses security improvements over the range of G Suite services. As part of the Project
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Just earlier, it was revealed that Google's upcoming Android update will be named Android Pie. It has, until now, been referred to as Android P due to the company's policy of using alphabetically sequential product name initials. [caption id="attachment_133492" align="alignleft" width="1371"] The Android Pie statue, unveiled at the Google Campus.
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After a decisive showing from Google's current smartphone lineup, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, the tech giant is expected to be preparing to release a new generation of mobile devices. Expected to be known as the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the latest in Google's lineup of
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Just yesterday, Google made a series of announcements about a series of updates to its plethora of services. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4630&v=ogfYd705cRs Hardware Gets Beefed Google AI gets beefed with new hardware. New 3rd Generation TPUs are 8x more powerful than the previous generation, potentially enhancing Google’s native products, and increasing the potential
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The Google Home and Home Mini were launched in Singapore just about a week ago, after having the Home Mini in my bedroom for the past 2 weeks, here's what I have to say about the small, smart, and rather cute device. Design, Hardware & Performance The Home Mini retails
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It's been 16 months since the Google Home was first released in the United States and after a long anticipated wait, it's here in Singapore. You might ask why this took so long, I mean it's just a change of plugs right? Wrong. Google emphasises that the sets of the
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Google’s Home Max is the latest addition to their line of smart speakers. This new smart speaker system comes with a steep price tag of about SGD525. This puts it in direct competition up against Apple’s recently released HomePod. The Home Max has been positioned as a premium smart speaker
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Android-powered tablets are about to get a lot more competitive with Google's updates to ChromeOS. In its latest iteration, Version 64, Chromebooks are now equipped with essential tablet-oriented features. These include multi-tasking through split-screen capabilities. [caption id="attachment_131948" align="alignnone" width="640"] The Google Pixelbook exemplifies a budget computing option popular amongst students. Image:
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The smartphone business is ending 2017 in fine style, with four top new devices made available on the market in September and October (at the time of this article the Apple iPhone X has yet to be released). We were recently invited to attend the Huawei Mate 10 launch event
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Welcome to the world of Google Wifi, which is now available in Singapore in exclusive partnership with telco StarHub. Google's first foray into home wireless routers backs up the IT giant's push for the Internet of Things (IoT) with a mesh networking system to ensure users enjoy complete home coverage
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26 July, Singapore - Asus has announced that the new Zenphone AR will be available in Singapore from the 5th of August. Powered by Google's Tango smartphone augmented reality technology and a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor customised for running Tango, the Zenphone AR is equipped with a number of sensors
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Google's robust application, Google Photos is about to get some new sharing features its way, namely, Suggested Sharing, Shared Libraries, and Photo Books. Suggested Sharing Suggested Sharing will use artificial intelligence, more specifically, machine learning to give you suggestions as to who you might want to share your photos with
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You can now do a lot more than look at the streets with Google’s new Special Collections for Street View in Singapore, which will enable you to experience 360 degree panoramic views of 30 newly mapped locations in Singapore including national parks like the new Punggol Waterway Park; offshore islands
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Chinese smartphone manufacturers have been turning up their game when it comes to producing affordable, yet well-equipped smartphones. Elefone, is one of them, and its P8000 is a great example of an all-rounded budgeteer. With a 4,200mAh high capacity battery and 3GB worth of RAM, the P8000 is a jack
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The Sony Xperia XA1 was launched together with its more powerful brethren, the Xperia XZs. The dialled-down midrange smartphone cuts away the fluff and focuses on bringing to you a an incredible camera for photography enthusiasts whilst at the same time, packing a decent amount of power to run your
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Oukitel has developed a line of budget smartphones but out of all of them, the K6000 Plus probably stands out the most thanks to its ultra-huge 6080mAh battery, which is twice of that of the standard Android smartphone. For US$179.99, the Oukitel K6000 Plus that packs on a decent amount of
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Consumers who had successfully pre-ordered the Galaxy S8 or S8+ can now rejoice and start collecting their much-anticipated Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices. These devices can be collected from M1, Singtel, StarHub, Samsung Experience Stores and Galaxy Studio. For those who havey pre-ordered the Galaxy S8 and S8+ online from
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The ever popular Mi Mix’s, the Mi Mix 2 just had its list of specifications released on Chinese online e-retailer, GearBest’s website. Assuming that this complete listing is accurate (yet to be verified by Xiaomi), here's what your Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 will come with. Processor-wise, your Mi Mix 2
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In its biggest update yet, Google Earth adds new features and overhauls its interface. (more…)
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The National Museum of Singapore is worth the visit no matter what time of year. However, now is as good a time as any with their latest endeavour. Teaming up with Google and app creator GuidiGo, you can explore the museum with AR. Not all of it mind, this is
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