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Vic Gundotra posts Nexus 10 photos to Google +

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Vic Gundotra posts Nexus 10 photos to Google

If anyone is going to get their hands on new Nexus hardware first, it's going to be Google top-brass. So when photos from Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vic Gundotra, show up on his Google + with "Nexus 10" in the details, we pay attention. The pictures show some idyllic scenes from the beach, but what we're all interested in is the EXIF data. So, 2,046 by 1,536 you say? That's 3-megapixel by our calculations, which may not be the true original resolution of the image of course. With a big Google event just around the corner, though, we imagine we won't have to wait long to find out more.

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Vic Gundotra posts Nexus 10 photos to Google + originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vic Gundotra post hints Snapseed for Android may be close, bring Google+ integration

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Vic Gundotra post hints Snapseed for Android may be close, bring Google tiein

When Google bought Nik Software, there was some worry that Snapseed would go the proverbial dodo's route and fade into obscurity as part of a larger Google app. We won't see that ignominious end anytime soon if Senior Engineering VP Vic Gundotra's photography is as valid a clue as it looks. On an evening flight to Baltimore, Gundotra posted a view of the setting sun to Google+ using Snapseed -- a rather unique achievement given that the existing, iOS-only app doesn't know the social network exists. Knowing the executive's usual choice of smartphone, the public use could be the hint of the already planned Android port getting close to launch, even if there's no way to know exactly when and how the image editing app could arrive. Let's hope that Gundotra's post is more than just a fleeting glimpse of a product that gets shelved later on.

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Vic Gundotra post hints Snapseed for Android may be close, bring Google+ integration originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google+ has 400 million members, a quarter of whom are active each month

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Google has 400 million members, and a quarter of them actually use itDespite a fashionably late entrance to the social networking party 12 months ago, Google+ is already able to claim 400 million users and 100 million monthly active users across both the website and the mobile apps. That compares to just 250 million total users back in June, suggesting the service is growing faster than ever. Revealing the figures as part of his announcement of Google's latest corporate acquisition, a victorious Vic Gundotra said that his team "couldn't have imagined that so many people would join" within a year of G+ going public.

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Google+ has 400 million members, a quarter of whom are active each month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Photos of Google’s Vic Gundotra wearing the latest, blue-hued Glass prototype

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Photos of Google's Vic Gundotra wearing the latest, bluehued Glass prototype

Sergey Brin briefly pulled out a light blue prototype of Google Glass whilst on stage at Google I/O, and as it turns out, those are evidently the latest and greatest models that the company is willing to wear around. We ran into social exec Vic Gundotra after this morning's keynote, only to find him donning precisely the same set that was teased on stage. We asked if the blue was just part of Google's experimentation with coloring Glass, and he chuckled while confessing that he wasn't authorized to speak further about the project or its ambitions. Still, the man looks good in blue. And something tells us you would, too.

Gallery: Google's Vic Gundotra wearing blue Glass prototype at Google I/O 2012

Photos of Google's Vic Gundotra wearing the latest, blue-hued Glass prototype originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google+ has 250 million users, more mobile than desktop

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Google+ has 250 million users

Google wasn't going to leave its budding social layer (don't call it a network) out of today's IO fun. It gave itself a bit of a pat on the back for (probably) exceeding people's expectations. For all the jokes that have been made (some of them on this very site) at Google+'s expense, it's racked up more than 250 million users. Sure, only 150 million actually active, but simply getting people signed up is a victory in itself. And, hey, about 50 percent of them sign on every day. More interestingly, Vic Gundotra says that more users are signing in with the mobile app than visiting the desktop site. That's great news to go along with the dedicated tablet version that was also announced.

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Google+ has 250 million users, more mobile than desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google’s Project Glass… it’s spreading (sample video)

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Google's Project Glass... it's spreading

Now, we're not saying Google's elite are actually aliens managing human social affairs, but if you were our reader Ben who ran into a crew of Project Glass-equipped Googlers breaking for drinks at a Los Gatos wine bar, it might seem like a possibility. Beyond filing tons of paperwork, the team is clearly expanding quickly and most recently took part in the Google+ photographer's conference to show off what POV pictures and video (even if that's most of the functionality so far) could add to the world of photography. They wouldn't let Ben try on a pair, but Vic Gundotra reiterated that it was positioned as not to interfere with conversations, and make images appear to be floating in front of your eye. There's video of the photography presentation after the break (jump to about 45 minutes for the first person pics and video), as well as a few more pictures on Google+, but we'd keep a pair of special black sunglasses and bubblegum handy just in case.


[Thanks, Ben]

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Google's Project Glass... it's spreading (sample video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 May 2012 05:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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