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Plus Codes Are An Easier And More Accurate Way Of Locating People And Businesses In Places With No Specific Street Address

Rita El Khoury Rita El Khoury
Plus Codes Are An Easier And More Accurate Way Of Locating People And Businesses In Places With No Specific Street Address

Growing up in Lebanon, I got used to giving and receiving directions to my home as, "take the second right turn after the chicken restaurant, continue straight past the two gas stations, it's the first building on the left after the falafel stand, with a flower shop below it and facing a pharmacy." I even remember how long I had to stay on hold on the phone with some government dude just to get the ZIP code for my area. Then I opened my own pharmacy in a different area of Lebanon, where the streets were divided by colored sectors and the buildings were numbered, but still, no one used the provided addresses because they were accustomed to the old way of doing things.

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[APK Teardown] Google Play Services v7.8 Makes Significant Progress On New Location Sharing Feature, Improves Smart Lock Features, And More

[APK Teardown] Google Play Services v7.8 Makes Significant Progress On New Location Sharing Feature, Improves Smart Lock Features, And More

Cody Toombs Cody Toombs

The long-awaited Nearby is on the horizon, and it will be launching with Play Services 7.8. The APK is in the midst of its rollout right now. It contains a few elements of Nearby, and surely plenty of bug fixes and tweaks, but there are also plenty of interesting pieces hidden inside, as well. After a quick long examination, we've got the interesting bits and pieces ready for viewing, along with some theories about what it all means. It's time for a teardown!

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Disclaimer: Teardowns are necessarily speculative and usually based on incomplete evidence. It's possible that the guesses made here are totally and completely wrong.
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Facebook Messenger Now Lets You Send Locations As Messages

Facebook Messenger Now Lets You Send Locations As Messages

Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam

The Facebook app takes a lot of heat (and with good reason), but the Facebook Messenger app is actually pretty alright at what it does. There's a new feature rolling out to this app today that lets you send a location to your friends as a message. It doesn't even have to be your location, just a location.

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Google Keep Version 3.1.204 Adds A Map View To The Location Reminder Interface

Google Keep Version 3.1.204 Adds A Map View To The Location Reminder Interface

Michael Crider

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Google Play Services 7.3 Finishes Rollout, SDK Updated With Additional Features For Android Wear, Google Fit, And Location Services

Google Play Services 7.3 Finishes Rollout, SDK Updated With Additional Features For Android Wear, Google Fit, And Location Services

Cody Toombs Cody Toombs

Google Play services 7.3 started rolling out to Android devices a little less than 2 weeks ago, making some small, but much needed changes in the process. It turns out that wasn't the only purpose for that release, as it also brings some cool new capabilities developers can use in their apps. Now that the rollout is finished, Google has released an updated Play Services SDK with new capabilities for Android Wear, Google Fit, and Location Services. There's also an improvement to the GoogleApiClient class to handle situations when APIs aren't available on a given device.

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We learned last week from an update to the Android Wear app that support for connecting multiple watches – and possibly other devices – had become reality.

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You Can Now Send Directions To Your Phone From Desktop Google Search

You Can Now Send Directions To Your Phone From Desktop Google Search

Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam

There are a few ways to get directions from your computer to a phone, but Google just added this handy functionality to Google search. Simply search for "send directions," and Google will let you pick a location and device, then you're good to go.

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Google Play Services 7.0 SDK Is Now Available With New Places API, Nearby Connections API, and More

Google Play Services 7.0 SDK Is Now Available With New Places API, Nearby Connections API, and More

Cody Toombs Cody Toombs

Early this month, Google announced a major update to its Play services framework, which brings the version number up to 7.0 and adds several great new APIs. The SDK for this update was held back until the corresponding apk had time to make its way out to Android devices everywhere. The wait is now over, and the SDK is live. Developers are now free to incorporate all of the new APIs into their apps. For a quick summary of the new features in Play services 7.0, check out the DevBytes video below. Fair warning, the video is hosted by Magnus Hyttsen, so make sure you've had your morning coffee.

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Google Play Services 7.0 Adds APIs For Detecting Places And Connecting To Nearby Devices, Improves On Mobile Ads, Fitness Data, Location Settings, And More

Google Play Services 7.0 Adds APIs For Detecting Places And Connecting To Nearby Devices, Improves On Mobile Ads, Fitness Data, Location Settings, And More

Cody Toombs Cody Toombs

The Android ecosystem –as most of us think of it– is built on more than just an operating system and a marketplace for independent apps. It's largely shaped by dozens of services that have been built by Google, allowing developers to add rich features to their apps without building out expensive infrastructures. The Google Play services package is the core element in this equation, and it's getting a pretty major update to version 7.0 over the next couple of weeks. Google just announced that it's about to give developers access to important new features including a Places API to get surrounding businesses and landmarks, and a new Nearby Connections API to make it easier for phones and tablets to act as a second screen to your Android TV.

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[APK Download] Google Wallet 8.0 Rolls Out With Visual Improvements And Optimized List For Gift Cards And Loyalty Programs

[APK Download] Google Wallet 8.0 Rolls Out With Visual Improvements And Optimized List For Gift Cards And Loyalty Programs

Cody Toombs Cody Toombs

It's Update Wednesday again, and Google is firing on all cylinders. We've seen updates for both Android Wear and the companion app, Chromecast, Cardboard (who saw that coming?), and many more. Google Wallet also found its way onto the list with a few changes to its organization and styling. It started rolling out today, but we've got the latest version ready to download right now.

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A post on Google+ earlier today calls out the most significant change for this version, which brings together gift cards, loyalty programs, and offers into a single link on the navigation drawer.

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[Update: APK Download] Google Hangouts Update Adds Confirmed Numbers, Video Filters, Contextual Tools, And Stickers

[Update: APK Download] Google Hangouts Update Adds Confirmed Numbers, Video Filters, Contextual Tools, And Stickers

Michael Crider Michael Crider

Google just announced its biggest update to the Hangouts Android app in some time, introducing a bevvy of features not seen before on the platform. In terms of utility, the biggest addition is probably confirmed phone numbers: like competing SMS-style message services, this will allow people who know you to search for your Google+/Hangouts profile with your cell phone number. It's an addition to the app that will be particularly useful to international users, who are used to this kind of contact lookup.

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Other functional upgrades include a contextual tool system. This is sort of like Google Now for conversations: if the person you're chatting with should ask "where are you," you'll be given a temporary link to share your location with him or her.

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