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Google is looking into browser texting options

02/13/201802/09/2018 L. Green

A new APK teardown also reveals features for “smart reply” as well as mobile payments options. Google could soon be adding a new browser texting feature in an upcoming potential overhaul of its Android Messages app. This would be one of several large new possible features when based on an APK teardown done by Android Police as well as XDA Developers. The texting feature would make it possible for a phone and computer to be paired to send texts from either. The browser texting wouldn’t just be possible from a…

Google’s museum app update lets users find their match in portraits and sculpture

01/17/201801/15/2018 Jorge Gonzalez

google museum app artwork painting portrait

The new feature went nearly instantly viral as celebrities and everyday users find their fine art twin. Google released a new update for its museum app which took off right away and has social media on fire. The internet has been humming about the way the app lets a user find a match for their face among museum portraits, statues and busts. The application compares a user’s selfie with image recognition that allows them to find themselves in art. The Google Arts & Culture’s museum app update sometimes matches people…

European refugee crisis mobile app launched by Google

10/28/201510/26/2015 Julie Campbell

The application is meant to assist the migrants and refugees leaving war-torn countries. As the refugee crisis continues with migrants making their way into Europe from northern Africa and the Middle East, Google is hoping that a mobile app will help to ease the situation for those refugees. The crisis is greater than it has been in 60 years, as 11 million migrants and refugees try to find safe new lives. The mobile app has been created for migrants, a large majority of whom have smartphones so that they will…

Upcoming Google mobile marketing trends

10/24/201110/23/2011 Julie Campbell

Google has announced three new important upgrades to its mobile marketing offerings, reflecting the direction of current and future mobile trends toward being shopper- and local-friendly. Among these new adjustments is a feature that will help mobile device users to access landing pages for businesses much more quickly. The new mobile app extensions service is currently still in their beta form, but it permits companies to continue to use Google search ads to build their branded app download numbers, or to send a user directly to their company landing page…

New iPhone and Android app lets you travel back in time

08/30/201108/30/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

A new app compatible with both iPhone and Android smartphones, called Historypin, allows users to view historical images of various locations on Google Maps. With this app, users can view a location they’re seeing in real life, and gain access to a historical image from a few decades ago to almost a full century old, so that users can see how the area has changed using augmented reality technology. Moreover, captions are frequently supplied which explain the changes that the location has undergone between that time and now. The app…