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Google Nexus 6

Google Nexus 6 Android Lollipop

Nexus 6 Specs:

Display
5.96” 1440×2560 display (493 ppi)

Battery
3220 mAh

Camera
13MP rear-facing with optical image stabilization
2MP front-facing

Processor
CPU: Qualcomm SnapdragonTM 805 – Quad Core 2.7 GHz
GPU: Adreno 420
Memory: 32 GB, 64 GB

It is freaking huge, and a lot of pixels. Pretty sure it has more molecules too. Obviously, it will shipped with Android 5.0, Lollipop.

From The Verge:

The Motorola-made smartphone will start at $649, available for preorder later this month

Yikes! $649?

I am expecting Nexus phones to undercut the competitors, not this time. I bought a 16GB Nexus 4 for $349 before the price drop.

Nexus 6 will be available Late October in the US from Google Play Store and:

Nexus 6 Availability

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Tips: Sync Your Web Browsers Settings

Just a few years ago, setting up a new computer for either yourself or others was a chore. It is still a chore, but easier. Thanks to sync services provided by Apple, Google and Mozilla; moving browsers’ settings and bookmarks are no longer difficult.

Apple has iCloud, Google has Chrome Sync and Mozilla has Firefox Sync. You get to move your Bookmarks and Passwords with ease.

iCloud System Preference Pane

Firefox Sync

Google Chrome Sync

Chrome Sync

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Google Domains Invitation

I requested an invite to Google Domains back on June 25, 2014. Just earlier today I received the invite code.

The first thing I would do is transferring a domain name that I procured through Google Apps some years ago. It was registered through Godaddy, as it was the only available option.

Google Domains Invitation

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Google Domains

Google is now in the domain registration business. Google Domains is currently an invite only beta.

Google Domains Invite Only Beta

Google Domains Request Invitations

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I have a few domains that were originally registered through Google Apps but not by Google. I will try moving at least one domain registration to Google Domains.

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Hello Google Voice, How Are You?

Google I/O keynote is set to begin at at 9:00 AM PDT on June 25, 2014. Most likely there will be mentions of Google Glass, Android TV and the next Android OS. One thing that I personally am interested in is Google Voice.

Google Voice seems to have become a forgotten product as part of its features were integrated into Hangouts for Android and iOS, separately. Google Hangouts for iOS gained the ability to make phone calls while its Android counterpart gained the SMS and MMS integrations.

Google Voice on iPhone 5s

Google Voice App for iOS was last updated on September 25. 2013.

Google Voice iOS App Update History

There have been speculations on what Google would do with Voice.

Nikhyl Singhal:

  • Finally, we want to make Google Voice as secure as possible. There are a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice. These apps violate our Terms of Service and pose a threat to your security, so we’re notifying these app developers that they must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014.

Many speculates that Google will kill Voice as a product. We all soon find out what Google will do at Google I/O 2014.

I use Google Voice number for work, that means I need to port that number out should Google kill Voice.