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Google buys music recommendation service Songza
Amid reports that Google would soon buy up music streaming/recommendation service Songza (and the World Cup), Google is finally making everything official. Taking to their Google Play Google+ page, Google is welcoming Songza to the family, mentioning that the service would soon be infused into Google Play Music, with them exploring ways to bring Songza’s curation to YouTube and other Google products.
Google didn’t attach a dollar amount to the deal, but it’s the latest in a stream of acquisitions the search giant has been engaged in as of late. Some are likening this deal to the recent acquisition of Beats by Apple. Google recommends users try out Songza for themselves, where the app can lives on (at least for the time being) in the Play Store here.
Google shuts down QuickOffice, updates Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides with Material-ish design and new features
Earlier today, Google announced that they’d officially be closing the door on QuickOffice and in a round of updates that began last night, the entire Google Drive suite of apps is seeing an update on the Google Play Store to version 1.3.251.9 (yes, all of them). The update introduces new features to help fill the void left by QuickOffice’s soon departure, as well as compatibility with Android L and Google’s all new Material design interface.
The apps now have a floating “create” circle button not unlike the one found on the Google+ app, color coded to fit the specific color theme of the app. Following closure of QuickOffice, the there’s new compatibility with files from Microsoft’s Office suite as well. Docs can now create and edit Word docs, Sheets can create and edit Excel — you get the picture. There’s also an in-app Help menu which should make things speedier when looking for, well, help.
The updates are rolling out right now on Google Play with download links for easy updating provided below.
Download/update on Google Play: Google Drive | Google Docs | Google Sheets | Google Slides
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