Timer in Google search

Do you need a timer for something like work, calling, picking up someone. Timer isn't convenient all the time, and all web apps aren't so helpful. Maybe, but it takes a lot of time. 

Ever wished there should be a timer in google search?  This comes true by typing a search query ( timer for <time> ). For example type "timer for 1 hour", you'll see a timer in search results below.When the timer expires browser plays an alarm

Via Lifehacker.com

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Internet in 60 Seconds

A Brief activity on the Internet in Every minute. Amazed? This info graphic shows you the proof. According to Qmee, this is what the internet does. 41000 posts every day, 2 million searches on google, 17000 transactions in Walmart and 83000$ amazon sales. This is just an average exclude of porn activity 

Credit : Qmee

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JoliDrive - One account for all drives

Today many people are bothered about their storage and privacy in online, because there are multiple of services and as well as multiple of conditions also. In the first priority, our concern goes to cloud storage, which made to incline our needs easily. Jolicloud is a family of jolidrive and joliOS are a file organisers of stuff like photos,videos,documents and so on, sits them in the right place automatically.You may view, modify and delete a file or files in one interface. This Jolidrive gives easy access to all the cloud storage files by combining all accounts at one place, accessible from the sidebar.

The files in your cloud accounts like Skydrive, Instagram, Flickr, Google Drive, Dropbox, Soundcloud, all are automatically organised into a category for best User experience. The files are can be viewed and play songs without downloading on the same screen. JoliDrive is free to use, offers a fantastic interface and awesome services that you might not seen up to now.

Waiting still? Move on to Jolicloud now here

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Google plus gets 41 Updates includes Hashtags, New stream, Column view and manymore

In addition to All access music subscription,
Google plus has released a bunch of 41 updates with its power at a time includes a new stream.

   
Google redesigned plus in a part to stay alive in the competition. This new UI gives more space for your photos,videos, and fun, and it also upgraded cloud storage from 10GB to 15GB. After it started in 2011, Google has struggled a lot to enthrall the users. By introducing these new features, most notably are layouts, a new sidebar on hover, the navigation tool, auto enhances, and Hashtags make you glance at it.

                 The internet Giant introduced the auto enhance feature that easily adjusts noise reduction, white-balance, sharpens, red eye removal, skin softening, and many more. As an example, upload a blurred photo that you are worried, select auto enhance and see its magic in one step, the best photos were pulled out automatically disposed as an album cover or we can do a photo sequence with that. IF you checkout Google+,  notice sidebar isn't there, it is replaced with navigation bar on the top, and a g+ button hovers up to see the slide. Pictures now supports big resolution up to a largest size.

With all these, Google has integrated wonderful feature the hangouts let you to do group conversations and video call more easily. Making as a standalone software it is available on Android,Windows, iOS and on Google chrome also, to compete with Apple's Facetime,iMessage and other VOIP services

       

Layouts

 

 In the new Redesigned Stream, introduced the layout feature(single and multi column design) to set out prior to the resolution. The card style view brings up to the desktop gives same user experience in all devices. And it results new flipping card feature reveals the recent activity of a particular post.In addition to this Google plus has the more depth on feed than before helpful to find out any post easy. Hot news on top resembles the feature popular in Facebook keeps on the top feed.

Hash tags

          A part from all of these Google has rolled out #Hashtags designated and named by Google systems automatically and can to by custom settings. These hashtags are detected on knowledge data which was available with Google, most useful in search results and in plus to detect the main topic.

           In each month, Over 190 million people active on Google+, and this change would increase the sign-in's faster than before. And Google has crossed another step in attracting Facebook and twitter users.However, we can notice the less activity when compared to Facebook. And in this Google has not planned any ads to display on it like other social sites.

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Google launches Music Subscription Service All Access

Google has just kicked out services fall.Google launched another new music subscription service called All Access in Google i/o 2013  to compete with Pandora and Spotify. This music service can be accessed in all devices, and this is the radio without any rules.This gives you same user experience in all devices adding an outstanding features in it with all help guide to users in selecting their songs easily with user ratings,comments. This makes you sync easily to android multiple devices allows you to stream over millions of music tracks easily anywhere.

You can also choose songs easily what you want to by searching and selection based on user ratings,recommendations, reviews by your friends etc etc. Though it is tough to find a suitable track on every time looks a bit of chore.For this it has recommendation section it automatically gives you relevant songs.This tools help a lot and we can turn out music player to radio station anytime on selected artist,manage playlists ups and downs or swipe it off to delete.There are 22 Genres,various artists,featured sections picked up by developers shows on Explorer

This subscriptions starts 7.99$/month if you sign up before June 30th and after 9.99$/month. But before that all Access is free for 30 days so that's enough time enjoy music what you want and their services.So this opens up to listen the 20 million songs all the days.
However there is no word along with it may increase at anytime. Google also expanded its could storage to 15GB allows us to upload our favorite songs.No ads are allowed in this service which may mess up like YouTube. This is only available in US and Comes to other countries soon

Some critics say when compared to Spotify, Pandora and iTunes,All access lacks many things like spotify is available in all platforms like Windows, Linux,Blackberry,OSx,iOS and Android too and it has some missed up albums. But Google has beaten Apple when it comes to paid,Subscription service and apple had 10th anniversary in last week yet to start this service.And rumors say Apple plans for iRadio.

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Music Player for Google Drive

Google drive the most populous cloud storage service amid other Cloud storage services
By offering 10GB of free storage and tools keeps them as top most preferable service with integrated office tools and many services. Now music files can be played right in chrome streams from Google drive. It is simple add-on for chrome to play music files like other plugins

This app can play Mp3,Mp4,OGG,WAV,ACC and webm formats.After adding add-on in chrome it prompts you to add the audio files from Google drive and select your favorite music files and press play. With this pretty simple extension No matter how many you add music to your playlist it keeps on playing within chrome.



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YouTube launches 53 paid Channels

The rumor which is spreading from past few days became true now,
On Thursday, YouTube video service was started a pilot program of paid channels with 53 initial partners includes Sports,movies,music,fitness and children programs.This gives an opportunity to earn some money for their creativity.By this move Google puts a great competition with the others like Netflix and Hulu.

From the previous year Google has heavily expanded its business by with books,movies,and by in future stepping in to electronic business  This paid channels is an initial step by Google  started with "Sesame Street" and  UFC, and said once it's started we go on to expand it with other creators. 

These subscription fees starting from $0.99/month to as high as $7.99/month. And it also stated it as just a beginning,in the future it rolls out other few channels more broadly. List of paid channels are here

Creators hold the option to Charge the Subscription and Advertisements. These all channels comes with a 14-day trail period and some may offer yearly discounts and ability to subscribe via Google wallet. This revenue splits 55% goes to creator and 45% to YouTube. And these paid channels can be viewed on any device like tablets,desktops etc 

These YouTube channels only made available in some countries,in India yet to release soon.I have hopes Creators make it available for Global users.

In 2006,Google purchased YouTube for 1.26 billion to generate a some amount through advertisements.After that Google gradually increased its potential content by adding films,series and music albums. Currently there are 1 million channels generating a vast amount on Youtube. It invites the creators all over the world through the Creator hub,is a best option to generate some money on their talent

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Google Glass: How it would be

Recently Google has revealed his upcoming product release Google glass.This product gonna make you believe in Sci-Fic future is in near future,by making an attempt get the virtual world closer to our eyes hoping it could be the next massive shift in technology, though it is not a new technology, but it may have the extra essence to it.Google makes an attempt to bring the computer in our wearable glasses. Ever wondered how it would be? oh! all we are eager to look into it. Here some of the spec revealed by Google. The main feature of the Google glasses is the 'Glass' embedded with a microchip ,camera and GPS. By this, world might change the way they see and other companies been started to use this look.It supposed to have the high resolution with a high quality display viewing as an 8feet away with video camera,including the voice commands like "ok glass blah blah " just like the Siri in iphone.
Apart from the look Glass looks similar to the high budget smart phone with 5MP front camera,while the device may come with an initial memory 16GB usable 12gb for user,and could sync with the cloud computing,so space shouldn't be really be an issue.

Common features the WiFi,GPS,3G,4G and Bluetooth with a short headphones built in it . While the options are regular but it is most useful in the wifi enabled places and sound system an important to react it soon.
It have the voice commands just like SIRI so we can operate through those command's predicate revealing a new language for smartphone user's. Undoubtedly  google devices have their features(google+,maps,gmail,play and Gmail) other than these it includes the third party application like evernote and all.

Google glass supports audio via a bone-induction so we can record and play the music from it. Battery remains stable for a day,have to charge it at the end of the day when you used in continuously, if you are in silent mode battery gives you 2days. Considering about the glass many faces have many styles so Google is considering partnership with the top sunglass companies with a RayBan or WarbyParker and it gonna look unique device for a special persons. According to the NYT it may cost around $750.
We don't have more details about it but expects it to run a modified android
operating system with an advanced interface.

Many critics have told it introduces with the advertisement in it,which was the main source of revenue for their better outcomes.However Google have been told there won't be any advertisements with-in the glass and Google's newly published terms and conditions reveals it also prohibits the companies who charge for the apps. 

Already developers have started using the google glass from today.It's first used by the software developer Brandon Allgood posted a picture of wearing sunglasses in his google+ page.

Google plans to place an official stores in Los Angeles and San francisco,according to the some of the tech sources.

Many concerns have been raised after its initial release like does it effects our retina, it becomes a problematic who would use this a style or while in driving a vechile.

In brief Google glass specifications:

• High Resolution display equivalent to viewing a 25 inch screen from 8feet away
• 5MP Camera 
• 720P video quality
• Audio bone induction transducer
• WiFi and Bluetooth
• Out of 16Gb,12Gb is useful to store and sync with Google cloud storage
• Battery life is one day
• Extra features like hangouts,video recording affect on battery use 
• GPS and SMS messaging

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Pranaykumar

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