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Google Goggles Now Works Automagically On Your Android Phone

The latest version of Google Goggles will kick into action without your lazy arse doing a thing. All you have to do is enable a setting that allows Goggles to work in the background each time you take a photo.

June 28, 2011
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Google’s Goggles App Brings The Getty Museum To Life

Google Goggles is getting all museum-y on us. Google has partnered with the Getty Museum to let visitors photograph artwork with Goggles and receive a guided virtual tour in exchange.

May 10, 2011
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Google Goggles Is Good At Turning Business Cards Into Contacts

Android: Today’s update to Google Goggles brings improved business card recognition to the search-by-photo app, streamlining the process of converting a colleague’s business card into a digital contact. Goggles had biz card recognition previously, but it has gotten much better at turning cards to contacts since we first mentioned the feature.

April 10, 2011
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Aurasma Makes Everyday Augmented Reality Seem More Likely, Ad-Friendlier

Augmented Reality is done so much these days that it’s not even terribly cool anymore. However, Aurasma, a new iPhone app due out next month, is promising to add a new layer of video and interactivity onto everyday print.

January 11, 2011
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Google Goggles Now Solves Sudoku For You

The newest version of Google Goggles has some nice upgrades – barcode scanning is faster, and it’ll recognise and search print ads for you. But really, the hands-down coolest feature is automatic Sudoku solving. No need to use your brain!

October 6, 2010
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Google Goggles Lands On The iPhone Today

The wait for Google Goggles – the crazy good visual search app – to hit the iPhone was shorter than we thought. Today, it’s finally been added as part of the iPhone’s Google Mobile App.

May 7, 2010
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Google Goggles Gets Text Translation: See C’est Bon!

Google Goggles – the fun-to-say visual search app – now includes a point-and-click translation tool that’ll take a lot of the guesswork out of your next overseas holiday. It’s like having a little multilinguist living in your phone.

December 8, 2009
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Google Goggles: Scary Good Visual Search For Android

I’m surprised this hasn’t come out sooner: Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones that scans products, books, movies, business cards, bar codes, artworks—a ton of stuff. It’s like Google robot eyes in your phone.

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