| Google's 'continuous gesture' patent application runs circles around copy and paste Feb 24th 2012, 17:39  You know the drill, you're browsing an article about volcanos on your phone and want to know more about Eyjafjallajokull. You've got two options, commit that bad-boy to memory, or fiddle with copy and paste. Well, Google not only feels your pain, but has some medicine for it too -- if a patent filing is anything to go by. The application describes a two-part continuous gesture for easier searching on touchscreens. Imagine drawing a "g" with your finger, then circling the text or image you want to search in one motion, and you'll get the basic drift. It's also indicated that different letters could be drawn to search different sites, "w" for Wikipedia, "y" for Yahoo and so on. The patent also includes methods to search for multiple words from the same text, or even words and images. Certainly it's not too much of a stretch to imagine this becoming a standard part of Android, but, as always, we don't know for sure. That said, chances are we'll still be typing out our Icelandic friend's name by the time we do find out. Google's 'continuous gesture' patent application runs circles around copy and paste originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Patently Apple | Email this | Comments | | The Engadget Show 30: DJ Spooky, Google, Toy Fair and a pinball museum Feb 24th 2012, 17:00  The Engadget Show has just hit the big 3-0, and to celebrate, we're stretching out our legs in a more spacious locale. Yep, we're hitting the Times Center this month, but don't worry, we've got plenty of show to fill up the space. We'll be kicking things off by checking out February's hottest gadgets, including the Droid 4, AT&T's Galaxy Note, the PlayStation Vita and Apple's newly announced OS X Mountain Lion. Next up, Brian takes a trip to Toy Fair in NYC and comes back with a table full of some of the coolest products of the show -- helicopter flying and water pellet gunfire ensue. Then we head to Asbury Park, NJ to check out the Silverball Museum, for some Springsteen-worshiping pinball action, and Michael Gorman visits the Googleplex in Mountain View, to get to the bottom of Google Translate. We cap the show off with a performance and conversation with DJ Spooky, who tells us all about his iPad app and his latest project, The Book of Ice. Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater Special guests: DJ Spooky, Josh Estelle Producer: Guy Streit Director: Michelle Stahl Executive Producers: Joshua Fruhlinger, Brian Heater and Michael Rubens Download the Show: The Engadget Show - 030 (HD) / The Engadget Show - 030 (iPod / iPhone / Zune formatted) / The Engadget Show - 030 (Small) Subscribe to the Show: [ iTunes] Subscribe to the Show directly in iTunes (MP4). [ Zune] Subscribe to the Show directly in the Zune Marketplace (MP4). [ RSS MP4] Add the Engadget Show feed (MP4) to your RSS aggregator and have it delivered automatically. [ HD RSS] Get the Engadget Show delivered automatically in HD. [ iPad RSS] Get the Engadget Show in iPad-friendly adaptive format. The Engadget Show 30: DJ Spooky, Google, Toy Fair and a pinball museum originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Acer's CloudMobile gets manhandled, sexy shell may hide Android secrets (video) Feb 24th 2012, 16:28 Acer's CloudMobile has already broken cover once. Now it's been manhandled in the flesh by members of the media. Sadly, we weren't on hand at Fashion Week in Milan to give it the once over ourselves (we'll have to wait for MWC for that), but the folks at Notebook Italia were. It looks like the 4.3-inch display is, in fact, of the 1280 x 720 variety, and the processor tasked with pushing all those pixels is a dual-core 1.5GHz part. Underneath that award-winning shell is also Dolby Mobile sound, NFC and Ice Cream Sandwich. Interestingly, reports are that the handset is running the unannounced Android 4.1, but we haven't been able to confirm that just yet. Also not quite ready for prime time? It's namesake AcerCloud platform, but the company still has a few more months to work that one out before the anticipated Q3 release. Check out the video after the break and hit up the source link for a few more photos. Continue reading Acer's CloudMobile gets manhandled, sexy shell may hide Android secrets (video) Acer's CloudMobile gets manhandled, sexy shell may hide Android secrets (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Notebook Italia (translated) | Email this | Comments | |
