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Google Play Books now available in the Philippines

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If you’re an Android user, you might have noticed something new on the Play Store today as Google has just brought Play Books to more countries around the world including the Philippines.

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Google Play Books is an e-Book reader and Google’s one stop shop for Android users who crave digital books. Play Books includes new releases, New York Times best sellers, up-and-coming authors, and free books.

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Currently Google has five more content services that are not available in the country: Movies, TV shows, Magazines, Music, and Music All Access.

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Online tool ‘Constitute’ can help in reforming PH system

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Crimes, disasters, sub-par services, civil wars & corruption scandals; these are the big problems faced by the Philippines right now which could have been caused by poor management and a lack of legal backbone. Other countries are also fighting to fix and establish systems that would work for the people and usually it starts with the constitution.

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Google Ideas has brought upon a new web tool called Constitute which allows everyone to have access to constitutions around the world and have them see what a certain nation has to say about a certain topic such as “Women’s Rights” or “Technology” for example.

You can also filter your searches with dates, and once you’ve pinned an article, you may compare them with other countries. In addition, you are also able to download PDF versions of the available constitutions; it might come in handy for some lawyers & students out there.

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For a fun fact, Google stated in their blog that approximately five new constitutions are written every year, and 20-30 are amended or revised. If you look at our constitution, you’ll see that it has never been amended – not even once since 1987.

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QuickOffice for Android and iOS goes free

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Google-owned mobile productivity tool Quickoffice for Android and iOS is now available for free download and comes with free Google Drive storage.

This app is a great addition to your productivity arsenal as it lets you create and edit Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your smartphone or tablet.

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Quickoffice features:
* Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
* Access files in Google Drive and on your device
* Open and view PDF files
* Share files through previously shared Google Drive folders
* Attach files to emails

As an added bonus, if you sign in to your Google Account from the new Quickoffice app for Android or iOS by September 26, 2013, you’ll get an extra 10GB of Google Drive storage for two years, which will be added to your account in the next few weeks.

You can download Quickoffice for Android and iOS via the links provided.

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Google acquires wireless sharing app Bump

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Bump Technologies, Inc, the company behind the popular wireless sharing app Bump, has already been acquired by Google for an undisclosed amount.

For the unacquainted, Bump is a very popular app, especially for the iPhone, that lets users easily transfer files to each other by physically bumping phones together.

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In a company blog post, Bump CEO and cofounder David Lieb wrote that the Bump team is joining Google. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to join Google, a company that shares our belief that the application of computing to difficult problems can fundamentally change the way that we interact with one another and the world.” said Lieb.

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Google’s acquisition of the company will put not one but two services in its arsenal, namely Bump and photo and album-sharing app Flock. For now, these two apps will continue to work as they always have.

As for the amount that elgoog coughed up for Bump, sources say that it is close to $35 million.

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Google turns to SEA for new Software Engineers

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Google Inc. has recently posted a job opening for a Software Engineer role and as part of the applicant should be enrolled or has graduated from any University within the South East Asia region.

Apart from having kick-ass coding skills (in C, C++, Java and Python), some of the basic qualifications that a candidate should possess includes degree in Computer Science and a year’s worth of relevant work experience.

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However, candidates with an MS or PhD degree in CompSci and are adept in “network programming and/or developing or designing large software systems” will be in a better position to vie for the Software Engineer post.

If chosen, the applicant will become a part of the search giant’s team of Software Engineers and will be based on Mountain View, California. If you want to learn more about the this job posting and/or apply, just head on over to the source link below.

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