Mozilla has just released the latest version of its Firefox browser for Android. Firefox 7 is immediately available in the Android market bringing improved copy and paste functionality along with performance updates.
The changelog also includes built-in language detection on first run and new WebSockets APIs, which should allow web developers to build better web apps and sites.We know its not the huge overhaul that the version number change suggests, but thats usually the case since Mozilla switched to the new rapid release schedule.
Inbox management service Xobni has Released their new App Smartr as a Beta Release.
Much like the existing BlackBerry app, Smartr scans your phone contacts, Gmail and Outlook correspondence through plug-ins, and social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, to gauge your interaction with people, and assign them with rankings, that way you can have easy access to them, and they are highlighted in your incoming e-mails.
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The service also acts as a discovery mechanism by letting you see common contacts with people, as well as kind of warning system by way of seeing recent social network updates at a glance.
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The New Google+ Messenger will allows users to share photos while in a chat session. In additionto to some other Features was included on this Update:
- Ability to +1 on comments
- Map view in profile for places you have lived
- Improved +mention support
- Ability to share a post with individuals
- Improved public search for people
The popular Swype keyboard just got an Update to its Beta version 3.25, and its a doozy. Most of Android users have The Beta Version 3.25, it brings new gestures like go from the Swype button to x to copy text plus shortcuts to Google Maps, Twitter and a personal dictionary.
Got a "Parse" Eror While updateing your Swype? Here is how to Fix it:
Instead of updating from the swype installer, you will need to update manually!
Uninstall your existing swype, then Uninstall the existing swype installer on your phone. Then head over to https://beta.swype.com/android/get (On your Android phone browser) athen download and install the new swype installer again. Then open the new swype installer and use it to update to the latest version.
Google Goggles has always been a great testament to how useful smartphones are. Advertised features include the ability take a photo of a French menu and have it instantly translate to English, or search something simply by taking a photo of it.
Recently, Google pushed out an update to Google Goggles on Android, adding some interesting new features in the process. Should you opt in, Google Goggles can automatically analyse all photos taken in your phone camera app in the background, without you needing to specifically tell the app to do so. It looks very interesting, to say the least.
How Google Goggles Works?
You may be familiar with Android Voice Actions, which allow you to search Google by saying aloud what you would like to find. Google Goggles effectively performs the same service for images; it can find web pages that contain the image, or extract the text from a photograph.
There are a number of scenarios in which this can be useful. Imagine recieving a business card and wanting to send an email to its sender, Google Goggles can read the text and offer up the email address. Likewise, heading to France and recieving a menu thats illegible to you can easily be solved by pulling out you smartphone, photographing it and having Google Translate translate it into your native tongue.
Translating menus is one awesome use for Google Goggles.
Enhancements With v1.6
The 1.6 update brings some nice, convenient and useful updates to the app. The main addition is automatic analysing within the stock camera app. Now, if you opt in to the service, Google Goggles will automatically start analysing your images in the background. If they find a match, you will be notified in your phone notification tray.
"With this new opt-in feature in Goggles, you can simply photograph an image using your phone’s camera, and Goggles will work in the background to analyze your image. If your photo contains items that Goggles can recognize, the app will notify you."
The feature is disabled by default, and must be turned on in the app settings under "Search by Camera". This is likely because Google Goggles uses data on each query, around 100kB per image, potentially meaning capture-happy users will eat up their data fast. You can limit it to just querying whilst on a WiFi network, but I cannot help but think this distracts from the whole point of instaneous searches. The main use of Goggles is when you’re out and about, generally when you’re not on a WiFi network.
A Google Goggles update appearing in the notifications tray.
Scenarios
So when would you use the Search by Camera feature?
Imagine going to a bookstore and wanting to essentially "bookmark" a book to look up prices online. With Goggles, you can just take a photo of the book with the regular old camera and then check the queries out when they are done.
Alternatively, think about going to an art gallery and wanting to research some of the paintings later, when you get home. All you have got to do is pull out your camera and snap some shots and let Goggles work in the background.
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