Google TV
Google has plans to introduce an Android-based television software for developers that will help more content from the Internet to be made available on TVs and other devices. The technology is designed to open set-top boxes, TVs and other devices to fetch more useful content for the users from the Internet.
Companies like Sony Corp, Intel Corp and Logitech are already very interested in this new Google technology which is planned to be revealed at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco on 19 and 20 May. Google is currently running very limited tests with a television search service that uses a new Google technology to allow users to access and search channels from the Internet as well as Dish’s conventional programming.
Maps Plus Orkut
No doubt, Google is still trying hard to give Facebook a stiff competition by adding new features from day to day to their social network Orkut. The latest addition is the integration of Google Maps to Orkut scraps. For eg. You want to meet-up with and old pal who is new in your city – you can simply post a scrap on his profile, along with a Google Map landmark.
Here is how you do it: Click the red placemark icon from the customization menu in your scraps to add a map to your message:
You can either search for a place or drop a placemark onto the map and post it. Your friend will see the map you added.
Transliteration – 5 New Languages
Remember, we had once told you about the Google Transliteration tool using which you can type into various areas of the installed OS in your regional language? Google has now added 5 new languages to the tool in addition to the existing 14 languages. These are Amharic , Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian and Tigrinya. Google has also added 64 bit support to the Transliteration tool.
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I’m hopeful but skeptical about this project. Didn’t Apple try something similar to this with their AppleTV box? I know that was to get content from the computer to the TV and not the other way around, but it was still a spectacular failure. Something tells me most people still prefer to keep their television and computer experiences somewhat segregated