One of the best things about the annual Google I/O conference is that many of the biggest and most active development houses save their coolest updates to share with that group. To that end, Hotel Tonight announced yesterday that they feel they are the first online travel agency to offer mobile check-in as well as keyless entry to guests of hotels using their service. The … [Read more...] about Hotel Tonight App Adds Mobile Check-In and Keyless Entry
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PayPal App Released For Android Wear
Wearables are among the hottest topics at this year's Google I/O conference, with apps designed to work with them being some of the most exciting developments. One of the first to emerge is the availability of PayPal on your wrist, letting us check in to pay at participating stores, redeem offers, and receive payment notifications. PayPal has long been a friend to Android … [Read more...] about PayPal App Released For Android Wear
Android “L” Promises to Increase Your Battery Life
Any smartphone or tablet user knows that few things are as terrifying as a low-battery indicator; something many of us see entirely too often. During the keynote at the annual Google I/O conference, we learned that the upcoming Android "L" release will have a Battery Saver (under the codename "Project Volta") --but how exactly will it do that? Google claims to have a few … [Read more...] about Android “L” Promises to Increase Your Battery Life
New Google Fit Platform Announced
Care and concern for our health is one of the few things that we all share with each other --everybody has fitness goals of one sort of another and we all want to be the healthiest version of ourselves that we can (at least in theory if not in practice). Google announced their effort to help us achieve these goals in the form of Google Fit: an open platform that includes a … [Read more...] about New Google Fit Platform Announced
Android Auto Brings Google Now Functionality To Your Vehicle
We pretty much knew it had to be coming, but now it's okay to be excited: Google has officially launched their rival to Apple's CarPlay with their own Android Auto! Serving as a redesigned car-specific interface for Android, the software is contextually aware so it knows the moment you enter your car and then presents you with a simplified (read: less distractions) version of … [Read more...] about Android Auto Brings Google Now Functionality To Your Vehicle
Android One Aims to Put a Smartphone in Every Hand
Smartphones have always faced two primary complaints: they are expensive and (at least when it comes to the hardware diversity Android enjoys) there are no standards to adhere to --meaning no two phones are necessarily created equal. With the announcement today that Google has created Android One, neither is a problem any longer. Created to be a reference platform, OEMs can now … [Read more...] about Android One Aims to Put a Smartphone in Every Hand
Google Launches Android TV Rival
Anybody who is surprised that Google launched Android TV, raise your hands... even considering the fact that I can't see any of you, I feel safe in assuming that no hands were just raised. In the least surprising (but exciting all the same) news coming out of Google I/O this morning, Android TV is a really real reality. Google has been in this place before with a flopped … [Read more...] about Google Launches Android TV Rival
Android Boasts 1B Active Users in the Past 30 Days
We have come to expect a certain amount of boasting at these keynote addresses (and I am including Apple in that comment), and so not to be outdone, we heard from Sundar Pichai that over a 30-day period, 1 billion people actively use Android devices (which is up from 900 million reported at last year's I/O conference). Pichai also revealed that according to their latest … [Read more...] about Android Boasts 1B Active Users in the Past 30 Days
Android Lollipop Release to Bring Performance and Interface Changes
It is hard to resist making statements that compare my excitement over Google I/O 2014 to feeling like a kid in a candy shop, when you learn that the next version of Android will be called 'Lollipop' (and if you notice, I just did it anyway). Just as we expected, Google took the opportunity to introduce their next generation operating system at their annual conference... and it … [Read more...] about Android Lollipop Release to Bring Performance and Interface Changes
New Android Feature “Nearby” Expected at Google I/O 2014
With all of the hype and excitement surrounding Apple's WWDC 2014 conference, it may have been easy to forget that Google's I/O 2014 conference is right around the corner and happening later this month. One of the features expected to be announced is an extension to Location Services called Nearby, which would make it easier for Android devices to interact with others in close … [Read more...] about New Android Feature “Nearby” Expected at Google I/O 2014