Google's Destinations makes trip planning more efficient for Canadians

Google' recently launched Destinations which makes planning for a vacation more efficient with Destinations on Google, which helps you discover and plan your next vacation, right from Google Search on your phone.

With more than half of Canadians saying they intend to vacation in 2016, we see many Canadians turning to mobile phones to sneak in vacation dreaming and planning here and there—in line at the coffee shop, or on your way to a friend. In fact, Canadians spend an average of 30 days planning their trips, which last 8.6 days on average.

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Facebook buys face-swapping app Masquerade

Snapchat isn't the only one with face-swapping capabilities. Facebook wants to offer the experience to its users so they've bought face-swapping and live filter app Masquerade. You probably know them more as MSQRD on both Android and iOS worlds. The standalone apps won't go away but what Facebook is looking to do is bring the feature into its app (we're guessing to Messenger).

According to Masquerade CEO Eugene Nevgen, the purchase will help them reach a wider audience. "Within Facebook, we're going to be able to reach people at a scale like never before." As of December 2015, there are over a billion daily active users on Facebook, so they do have the potential to reach a much larger audience.

Source: SlashGear

Android Beta Program is now live

With the Android N developer preview out, Google has also launched a new Android Beta page for developers or even curious users to try out Android Beta Program and get OTA updates for Android N. Currently, the beta is open to users with a Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, and Pixel C. It's being reported that even Android One phones might be added into the mix in the future.

If you sign up for the program, it's said you'll get the update up to 24 hours after they're released. Of course, we have to warn you that these are unstable Android builds being installed into your device so might want to hold off using your main phone for this one.

Source: Android Beta Program | Via: Android Police

Google outs developer preview of Android N earlier than usual

Google usually outs the developer preview of its new Android operating system after the announcement at Google I/O has been made. They are changing things up though with Android N. They've just released the developer preview for Android N and it's so early PCWorld is joking that it's practically alpha. Even David Burke, vice president of Android Engineering at Google said, "Parts of the engine are still on the floor." So, you have to remember to proceed with caution. They released it early this time because they want two things to happen: get feedback earlier from developers and for device makers to help get new devices with the new OS out earlier than usual.

What are some of the new features you can look forward to with Android N? Multi-window support is now available for Android N. There also should be better notification support with notices from the same app grouped in one notification and the addtion of the direct reply functionality right from the Notfication shade to avoid having to switch between apps. Doze might also be making its way to your pocket. Instead of the feature just kicking in when you leave your phone on your desk for an extended amount of time. We should be learning more in the coming months what new features to expect from Android N.

Source: Greenbot