By Jacob Kleinman |
With less than two weeks to go before the great Google Reader shutdown, competing RSS feed services are gearing up to take over the throne. The clear frontrunner right now may be Feedly, which today announced the launch of Feedly Cloud, transforming itself from a Google-supported…
By Sean P. Aune |
Do you have a hankering to own an 32GB Nexus 7? Then step right up as TechnoBuffalo is giving one away! TechnoBuffalo has teamed up with the fine folks at NVIDIA for a series of giveaways called Tegra Tuesday. Every Tuesday we’ll be starting a…
By Adriana Lee |
If Jimmy Fallon’s the boyhood chum who loves to show you his kit, then Conan O’Brien’s the wise-cracking cousin who won’t stop licking your gear. Yup, you read that right. Can’t imagine what Jeremy Hofferman was thinking when Conan, backstage at E3, stops for some…
By Jacob Kleinman |
In a continued effort to expand Chromebook availability, Google announced new deals with Walmart and Staples today. Both retail chains will sell Google’s Chrome OS-powered laptops at stores across the country, director of Chromebook marketing David Shapiro announced today in a blog post. Until now,…
By Brandon Russell |
At a Yankees-Athletics game earlier this week, 13-year-old Nick LeGrande threw out the ceremonial first pitch as the sun quickly faded behind Oakland Coliseum. It’s been done a thousand times—a staple of the game’s history—but not like this. LeGrande wasn’t even inside the stadium, nor…
By Brandon Russell |
Life without the Internet is an unfathomable thought; by now it’s become a part of our everyday existence, almost a necessity. But many people across the globe—two out of three, according to Google—aren’t fortunate enough to have such unfettered access. The search giant wants to…
By Brandon Russell |
Following a quick pit stop at the FCC this week, the supposed Nexus 7 successor has made an appearance at the Bluetooth SIG. And, in addition to a thumbnail-sized picture, there is an informative little paragraph that reveals all kinds of details, including processor, camera…
By Jacob Kleinman |
The clock is ticking for Google Reader, which is scheduled shut down on July 1, and although there are already a number of solid RSS feed replacements available, with another from Digg incoming, it looks like Facebook may be throwing its hat in the ring…
By Jacob Kleinman |
The likely Nexus 7 successor from Asus was spotted in an FCC document today. The device is referred to as model number K009 and has Google’s Nexus branding listed, which is a dead giveaway that this is probably the real deal. The document reveals that it…
By Jacob Kleinman |
It’s the $1,500 teardown we’ve all been waiting for. Catwig has taken apart a Google Glass Explorer Edition piece by piece to reveal everything from the controversial (but tiny) camera to to the battery and microphone inside the earpiece. Their takeaway? The Google Glass design is “surprisingly simple.” Catwig picked…
By Todd Haselton |
Google Play Music is awesome, and we especially love the new All Access feature that allows us to search for and play songs from artists around the globe. The only problem? Apparently there was an issue in the first version of the software that was…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Google’s Senior VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra announced an update to Google+ today that will sync notifications across mobile devices and desktop computers. The company also released an update for its social network‘s mobile app to introduce syncing, sharing stats and allowing users to delete…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Best Buy has inked a deal with Microsoft, allowing the tech company to set up mini-stores to sell Windows tablets, phones, PCs and software as well as Xbox consoles inside the retail chain’s outlets, Tami Reller, Microsoft’s CFO and head of Windows business told Deadline. Between now and…
By Jacob Kleinman |
The second generation Nexus 7 tablet from Google will launch next month at a $229 price point for the 16GB model, according to DigiTimes. The news site’s supply chain sources claim that Google intends to avoid the cheaper tablet market and compete with Apple’s iPad Mini.…
By Jacob Kleinman |
The Consumer Watchdog group is pressuring U.S antitrust agencies to block Google’s buyout of Waze, a crowd-sourced mapping startup, arguing that the deal will remove Google’s biggest competitor in mobile mapping. Is it really possible that a small Israeli company is Google’s biggest mapping competition?…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie release date rumors were put on hold when reports surfaced that Google had switched gears to focus on an Android 4.3 update, but according to VR-Zone, a source at Google has revealed that Android 5.0 should launch in late October. The…
By Adriana Lee |
I had a conversation recently with someone who told me that people don’t really care about privacy anymore. Consumers willingly trade details like locations, activities and contacts for the benefit of ease. It’s the price to pay for finer-tuned functionality, he said, and anyone familiar…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Google has officially purchased social-mapping data company Waze in order to improve its Maps service with crowd-sourced real-time traffic updates. After months of speculation, Google finally acquired the Israeli startup, which it hopes will help drivers use its services to outsmart gridlock. There’s no official word…
By Adriana Lee |
How can you tell if a movie will be a hit? Well, you can sit and wait for ticket sales data, but there’s an easier way, says Google. Just check out its YouTube searches. According to the company’s new white paper, blockbusters that are killing…
By Brandon Russell |
YouTube turned eight years-old as of May of this year, and during its short life the platform has grown enormously—it’s currently the number three most visited site in the world, according to Alexa.com. More incredibly, over 100 hours of video are uploaded to the site…
By Brandon Russell |
The U.S. today is in chaos as more details emerge over the scandalous PRISM surveillance program. In short, anything you say or do is being monitored by the government unless you’re off the grid in the Alaskan Wilderness (in which case how are you reading…
By Jacob Kleinman |
When Google announced back in March that its popular RSS feed Google Reader would shut down on July 1, the company offered no reason for the decision beyond noting that, while a niche audience still used the service regularly, the numbers just weren’t strong enough.…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Yesterday, Google officially announced YouTube’s new One Channel redesign, which lets users customize their own channels with cover photos, trailers and more. The new YouTube design is scaled across desktop browsers, mobile and TV for a unified look and feel. YouTube first offered One Channel…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Foursquare released an update for its Android app recently, and the company promises a better mapping and search experience. The upgrades to the popular social media app seem tailored to a new generation of bigger smartphones, making better use of additional screen real estate. For mapping, Foursquare improves…
