Posts Tagged ‘Google’

The 4 Biggest Announcements at Google I/O 2013

The 4 Biggest Announcements at Google I/O 2013

Google’s I/O developer conference is an event mostly focused on the latest and greatest tech being worked on by the search giant. Over the past few years, however, the event has become an outlet for Google to announce new hardware and services that appeal to the masses and thus attracting a lot of media attention. ...

Study Break: Play Breakout with Google Images

Study Break: Play Breakout with Google Images

While the 37th anniversary of Atari’s Breakout may not be a big deal to you, Google celebrated the occasion by making the game playable in its image search engine. By typing “Atari Breakout” into Google Image Search, you can play the game right in your browser. But instead of bricks, you’ll be breaking the images ...

Google Now for the iPhone Takes on Siri

Google Now for the iPhone Takes on Siri

Google Now, the search giant’s mobile assistant, has officially made its way to the iPhone in the latest update to the Google Search app for iOS. Up until now, the feature was only available on Android devices running version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or higher. The tool uses information gathered from your location and browsing history ...

A Visual Guide to Google Glass

A Visual Guide to Google Glass

Google has given the world a glimpse into the possible future of communication (and perhaps personal computing) with its “Glass” project. The wearable computer, being developed in the company’s futuristic tech lab, displays information in transparent widgets and takes voice commands much like a smartphone. The display uses a small projector to create a layer ...

Google Takes on the Macbook with Premium Touchscreen Chromebook Pixel

Google Takes on the Macbook with Premium Touchscreen Chromebook Pixel

The Chromebook has been marketed as the device for everyone, with a variety of affordable, lightweight, and fast laptops available, powered by Google’s barebone cloud-centric Chrome OS. Today, however, Google takes its first step into the premium laptop market with its newest Chromebook, the Pixel, featuring a Macbook Pro-esque design and a high-resolution retina-like touchscreen ...

Hike The Grand Canyon With Google Street View

Hike The Grand Canyon With Google Street View

Google Street View has given us plenty of things to laugh, sigh, and awe at as we vicariously explore the world from our computers. We’re happy to report that Google has now gathered images from their treks off-the-beaten-path. To name one, the Grand Canyon. Google Street View is offering up a great deal on discount ...

Google Course Builder Will Allow Anyone to Create an Educational Course

Google Course Builder Will Allow Anyone to Create an Educational Course

Google hopes to empower regular people with the ability to share their expertise with the world. After this week’s announcement of Class2Go, a fully online educational service offered by Stanford University, Google has unveiled their own educational platform: Google Course Builder. Unlike Class2Go or EdX, which is operated by Harvard, MIT, and the University of ...

Nexus 7 Vs. Kindle Fire HD: Which Is Best For Students?

Nexus 7 Vs. Kindle Fire HD: Which Is Best For Students?

Two new tablets, the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7, offer college students new options for both work and relaxation for a low price. So which should you buy? With college textbooks only getting more expensive, renting eBook versions of course materials is becoming an increasingly popular way of saving a lot of money. ...

The Latest & Greatest Resources Online

The Latest & Greatest Resources Online

Bookmarking useful websites in college is on every student’s to do list. Unfortunately, shuffling through your pages and organizing your online tools can be a hassle for everyone. When organizing my own weekly bookmarks this morning, I lost track of time and ended up spending 2+ hours picking the right pages, organizing by categories and, ...

5 Google Calendars That Help Increase Daily Productivity

5 Google Calendars That Help Increase Daily Productivity

College students are busy people, constantly juggling a million different things at once.  Keeping up with that busy schedule can be challenge and therefore, it is important to keep a detailed calendar. My personal calendar philosophy requires the calendar to be easy to update, aesthetically pleasing, and most importantly: mobile.  I need it to be ...

Job & Internship Opportunities

Job & Internship Opportunities

The pressure to find a job or internship in this market is overwhelming students across the nation. How are some of your friends finding such useful websites? Where are they getting the right resume help, and how are they finding these random applications? Some of your friends probably had their jobs handed to them from ...

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