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Google Launches Streaming Music Subscription Service: Google All Access

In Gear, Technology / 15 May 2013 / 0 comments

Google made a game-changing announcment today at Google I/O, revealing the launch of a music service, Google Play Music All Access. Set for a Wednesday launch date in the United States for $9.99 per month. People who sign up by June 30 will pay $7.99. The news is a big deal to all users who frequent Spotify, Pandora, Slacker and iHeartRadio, claiming that the platform will be “a uniquely Google approach to a subcribtion music service.” Google is no stranger to music, already having services that allow users to upload 20,000 songs to any android device in Google Locker, and Google Music, a service that allows users to purchase music. Claiming All Access to be the ultimate explorers experience, making the search for any music genre easier than the available networks out there. All Access, creates suggested music for you based on your listening preferences, as well as featured suggestions from the “music experts” at Google. When you drill into the genre section you’ll be able to browse for featured albums, top albums and (what I personally thought was the coolest arm) Key Albums that define a specific genre. Here’s where it gets “Google”. Every Song you play has the more »
Inside Google’s Eccentric Zurich Offices

In Technology / 19 February 2013 / 0 comments
How Google And Facebook Ads Hack Your Brain

In Lifestyle / 15 February 2013 / 0 comments

Why you can’t ignore them, no matter how hard you try. This is the reality of advertising in 2013.
A Look Inside Google’s New Tel Aviv Office

In Real Estate / 8 February 2013 / 0 comments

Google has recently opened up new offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. The seven-floor space, located in Electra Tower, is filled with different themes within the common areas on each level. From the large windows allowing employees to look over the urban landscape of the city to the trees and picnic tables giving the impression that one is walking through an orange grove, the office presents a uniquely inviting environment to expand one’s mind. It is also through this separation of desks and cubicles from the vineyard-like communication areas that the office seeks to provide different settings for varying innovative work processes—whether than be collaboratively or in isolation. Source: mymodernmet.com and officesnapshots.com
Google Street View Coming To The Grand Canyon

In Travel / 24 October 2012 / 0 comments

Google just announced that it is taking the Trekker, its backpack-sized Street View camera system into the Grand Canyon to map the National Park’s hiking trails. Instead of having to huff and puff your way up Bright Angel Trail in person, you will soon be able take a virtual stroll down to the Colorado River. According to Google, this is the Trekker’s first “official outing.” Google didn’t announce when these new images from the Grand Canyon will appear on Google Maps. The Grand Canyon, however, is the perfect place to take the Trekker on its first official imagery collection. “The canyon landscape is one of the most breathtaking places in the world, is only accessible on foot, and perfectly demonstrates why the Street View Trekker backpack was developed to maneuver narrow trails and rocky terrain,” a Google spokesperson told Techcrunch.
Inside Google’s Top-Secret Data Center [37 Photos]

In Technology / 18 October 2012 / 0 comments

Tip: navigate using the ← left and right → arrow keys The Great Barrier Reef isn’t the only thing getting Google’s “Street View” treatment. Now we can cruise around their formally super secret data center. This could very well be considered the hub of the entire internet so it’s important for us all to take a peek.
Apple, Google & Amazon: The Masters of Tax Evasion

In infographic, Technology / 9 October 2012 / 0 comments