Google Glass to allow access to navigation and text messages for iPhone users

Google Glass will soon allow compatibility for iPhone users to navigation and text messaging features

A Google representative has said Google intends to allow Glass to handle these features independent of the device the user has paired it to, TechCrunch reports.

Glass can work with any iPhone over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, but lacks access to features such as map navigation and text messages which would require access to APIs that Apple has restrictions on.

For Google Glass users to operate navigation and text messaging, the device has to paired with an Android phone with the Glass companion app installed. Users of Glass are currently limited to those involved in the Glass Explorers program - around 2,000 developers.

"It's worth nothing that one of the myths surrounding Glass is that it is independently connected to the Internet," TechCrunch reports. Glass needs to be connected to your phone's personal hotspot feature by pairing the two together.

The news shared with TechCrunch means that it can be expected that Glass will become fully functional on whichever device you use to connect it to the internet.

Google Glass tech specs were leaked last month, revealing features such as 16GB of total storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and a 5MP camera shooting in 720p video.

Source: T3.com

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Apple reigns the quarter but Samsung reigns the year

According to the report from the strategy analysis states that the iPhone family overtook Samsung with 24 percent of the market share in the fourth quarter. During this time, Apple's global smartphone shipments grew by 128 percent and it shipped 37. million phones.

Over the year, all global smartphone shipments increased by 54 percent and in the fourth quarter reached a record number of 155 million phones shipped.

"While Apple took the top spot in smartphones on a quarterly basis, Samsung became the market leader in annual terms for the first time with 20 percent global share during 2011," Strategy Analytics Executive Director Neil Mawston said in a statement.

When all numbers were tallied at the end of the year, the two companies were neck and neck. Samsung shipped 97.4 million units with 19.9 percent of the market share, and Apple shipped 93 million units with 19 percent of the market share.

"With global smartphone shipments nearing half a billion units in 2011, Samsung is now well positioned alongside Apple in a two-horse race at the forefront of one of the world's largest and most valuable consumer electronics markets," Mawston said.

The next biggest shipper was Nokia with 77.3 million smartphones shipped and 15.8 percent of the market. However, "Nokia's global smartphone market share halved from 33 percent in 2010 to 16 percent in 2011," Strategy Analytics' Tom Kang said. "A lackluster touch-screen smartphone portfolio and a limited presence in the huge United States market caused Nokia's shrinkage last year."

"Nokia's partnership with Microsoft will be very much in focus during 2012," Kang added. "The industry will be watching closely to see how swiftly the two companies can expand in the high-value 4G LTE market that is rapidly emerging across the United States, Japan and elsewhere."be watching closely to see how swiftly the two companies can expand in the high-value 4G LTE market that is rapidly emerging across the United States, Japan and elsewhere."

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Facebook beats Google in Top 50 Best Places to work in 2012

According to the Glassdoor employees' choice awards released last month, Bain & Company ranks first with 4.7 rating adn the McKinsey & Company ranks second with 4.3 rating and the Facebook also maintains the third with the same rating as 4.3. 

Employee Ratings Scale: 3.51-4.0 = "Satisfied" 4.01-5.0 = "Very Satisfied"

Google ranks 5th with 4.0 where apple moves to 10th position where the Intel ranks 32nd with the 3.6 rating, Accenture with the same rating and ranks 43rd, Johnson and Johnson holds the 28th position.

This ratings are provided based on the employer ratings such as career advancement and compensation and those are approved by their CEO mostly.

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How to enable Emoji for iOS 4 Users ?

Emoji for iOS 5, Now its become very simple to copy paste the awesome icons in the tweets, facebook posts, messages, emails, notes & etc., 

After the release of Emoji 2.5 Apps for the iPhone, its keyboard is being integrated with the iOS 5, so it allows enabling the cool feature on your iPhone and type Emoji icons directly on the keyboard.

Incase of iOS 4 users, they need to flip the switch to enable Emoji. Head to Settings-> General -> Keyboard -> International Keyboards -> Add New Keyboard -> Emoji.

Restart your iPhone or iPod touch after the setting.

Now Emoji is enabled on your keyboard ! 

Go tap the Globe icon on your keyboard to add the icons in your tweets, MMS, Emails and also in Facebook !

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Twitter switched to new look after they switched to new HeadQuarters

Twitter switched to a new look for its website, iOS, Android applications and even for the TweetDeck. In the new headquarters, twitter is going to have four times of the staff than their current number.

Yesterday, 8th December 2011, twitter has started their future vision in the new design, "It will take several weeks - but the early reactions are generally positive ", twitter quoted.

From June new Twitter HQ will become active in San Francisco about 215000 square feet in the historic Art Deco building.

CEO Dick Costolo stated twitter staff will be increasing to 3000 from 700 in the forthcoming year.

To apply the new design, you need to login to twitter using your apple devices(iphone, ipad, iOs) just click on update or install button, then check the twitter website.

Note: According to survey conducted by Mashable, new look is appraised by 41.38%  (562 votes) of people in the last two days.

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