Software : Google puts kibosh on allegations iOS Search app impacts battery life |
- Google puts kibosh on allegations iOS Search app impacts battery life
- Blip: Google Keep now a stand-alone Chrome app
- Adobe shows off iOS Lightroom prototype in RAW form
| Google puts kibosh on allegations iOS Search app impacts battery life Posted:  Despite widespread reports that its latest Google Search update for iOS is causing the device's battery to drain faster, Google claims that's simply not the case. CNET reported this week that Google is going on the offensive to squash rumors surrounding an update released last week for those using its Google Search for iOS app. Almost as soon as the search giant ported its formerly Android-only Google Now feature over to iOS with the update, users began complaining their iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices were draining battery faster than normal. A number of temporary solutions appeared on blogs such as Lifehacker which suggested disabling the Location Reporting feature built into iOS to minimize Google Now's reported impact on battery life. Nothing to see hereGoogle said there's no such problem to remedy, explaining in a statement to CNET that the confusion actually stems from how Google Now causes the Location Services icon to remain on at all times. "Many apps that keep the icon on actually do drain the phone's battery because they require very accurate location," Google wrote. "This update to the Google Search app is built very differently: It uses cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots for much lower battery impact." Google claimed to have "extensively tested" Now on iOS for several months with no "significant" impact on the battery, and encourages users who might be experiencing a problem to submit feedback through the Google Search app. |
| Blip: Google Keep now a stand-alone Chrome app Posted:  Google's note-taking app Keep has reached its next logical milestone, expanding its reach from Android to the Chrome web store. While most people who makes use of this will see it as an extension of the Chrome browser, owners of the Chromebook will be able to use it as a stand-alone app on their super-cheap computers. This move to Chrome hasn't brought any new features to Keep though, keeping it a basic note-taking tool several steps short of the likes of Evernote. The Chrome version has fewer features than the Android app even, lacking the ability to take audio and photo notes. There is also no way to share or collaborate on notes, despite Google's pedigree in both areas. More blips!Need more news nuggets in your life? Get your five-a-day here. |
| Adobe shows off iOS Lightroom prototype in RAW form Posted:  Adobe today showed off a version of Lightroom, one of the Photoshop maker's signature photo editing apps, running on an Apple iPad. Adobe Group Product Manager Tom Hogarty appeared on the photography web show The Grid to give a demonstration of the mobile Lightroom app. Lightroom on iOS appeared in an early, rough state, yet it possessed all the functionality that Lightroom users would expect. That said, Hogarty admitted that attempting some of the functions that were not optimized for the mobile version would likely "make the iPad explode." The Lightroom app is a photo management and editing suite that photographers use to make non-destructive changes (meaning the original file is not altered) to large RAW format photographs. Lightroom on a light deviceIt's clear that Lightroom for iOS is still early on in development, and Adobe hasn't yet decided how it might release a finished version of the app - whether as a standalone purchase or as part of Adobe's $49.99 (UK£46.88, AU$49.99) per month Creative Cloud subscription suite. Hogarty showed it off on a second-generation iPad, and despite the app's slightly half-baked appearance it was still capable of manipulating a large 5D Mark III RAW image's shadows, highlights and color temperature. RAW images, which are often enormous, aren't stored on the tablet itself, but rather on a computer that the tablet would access through the app. The changes to RAW photos are saved as smaller, separate files that could then be synced through the cloud to other devices. The mobile Lightroom app could make it easy for photographers to manipulate professional-grade files on the go without having to drag a laptop around - if it ever gets beyond a prototype stage, of course. We asked Adobe to clarify whether it plans to release Lightroom on iOS or any other mobile platforms at any point, and a company spokesperson responded that today's demonstration was merely "a sneak peek look at future technologies and not specific product plans or news." |
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