Google+ for Android app fast look

Given the number of apps Google's made available for smartphones, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that it's taken its suite of social networking services direct to the mobile world as well. As soon as Google+ was officially announced, an app was ready for download in the Android Market and a web app became available for Safari for iOS (with its full offering to the App Store coming soon). As usual, we couldn't resist the urge to play around with it, but how does the mobile iteration fare against the competition? Continue past the break to get a peek of the larger-than-life service squeezed into a 4.3-inch (or smaller) display.

Google announces Search by Image and Voice Search for desktop, revamped mobile search

Google's done a ton of talking about search at its Inside Search event today, and two of the biggest new developments are on the desktop. It's just announced that Android-style Voice Search is headed to Chrome (with support for English only, initially), and that it will be joined by a new Search by Image feature (also available in Chrome, or Firefox with an extension). To use that latter feature, you simply drag and drop an image or cut and paste an image URL in the search box, and then Google tries its best to recognize it and deliver relevant results -- including identifying the location in an old vacation photo, for instance (though Google notes it isn't doing face recognition). Both features will be rolling out over the next few days, but you can get a glimpse of them now in the demo videos after the break.

In other news, Google's announced Instant Pages (also demoed after the break), which promises to speed up browsing by prerendering results when its "confident you're going to click them." It's available in the latest developer version of Chrome today, and will also be included in the next public beta. Lastly, Google took the wraps off a number of revisions to its mobile search offerings, including a new set of shortcut icons, enhanced search options, and faster local results when browsing on a phone, as well as some revamped search and image results that have been specifically tailored to tablets -- all of which are also rolling out today.

Google Updates Its Mobile Search Interface for iOS

Google updated the interface of its mobile search page for iOS today.

The redesigned page brings a new top bar with large icons over each tab. Presumably this will make it easier for people to switch bars and find additional Google services.
You can see the before and after shots below...

HTC Sensation Review

Leaving you with some info. from GSMArena.................

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2011, April
	Status	Available. Released 2011, May

SIZE	Dimensions	126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
	Weight	148 g

DISPLAY	Type	S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches
		- Gorilla glass display - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Gyro sensor - HTC Sense v3.0 UI

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included, buy memory

DATA	GPRS	Up to 114 kbps
	EDGE	Up to 560 kbps
	3G	HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection, instant capture
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording
	Secondary	Yes, VGA

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
	CPU	1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1520 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 350 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 8 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)