By Ron Duwell |
Here is a very clever little update from Google+. Now while talking with you friends on Hangout, Google+ will automatically mute your keyboard. No longer will your friends have to listen to you type loudly over their speakers. The engineer behind the update, Tim Haloun,…
By Adriana Lee |
Welcome to the brave new world of Twitter advertising, in which companies will be able to target you based on the content of your tweets. Seems that zeroing in on users based on who they follow just isn’t good enough, so the micro-blogging service is…
By Adriana Lee |
A week ago, Redditor “ncav” posted a Google Earth photo that took the Web by storm. The image (above), posted on April 12, depicts what looks like a couple of people dragging a body along a blood-soaked pier. The caption read, “A murder near my…
By Todd Haselton |
Twitter officially revealed its own music service on Thursday, appropriately dubbed Twitter #music. The application is available for iOS and basically scans through Twitter to find new and popular music. “[Twitter #music] uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most…
By Ron Duwell |
Tokyo and a few of its suburbs are about to get an Internet service which doubles the 1Gbps speeds of Google Fiber. Nuro, a fiber service supported by Sony, will be able to reach speeds of 2Gbps down and 1Gbps up, making it the fastest…
By Todd Haselton |
Google Fiber is already available in Kansas City, will be active in Austin during the middle of next year and, now, will also make its way to Provo, Utah. Google announced its intentions to bring its super high-speed 1Gbps Internet and cable services to the…
By Ron Duwell |
Funny or Die’s iSteve is now available on the comedy website after a delay pushed back its release date. You can watch the movie for free here. The film stars Justin Long, the Mac guy, and Lost‘s Jorge Garcia in a very satirical interpretation of…
By Brandon Russell |
After Twitter tackles music the company wants to move over to video, according to Bloomberg. The social network is reportedly in talks with with both Viacom and NBCUniversal to introduce “high quality video content” to its platform. Right now, Twitter is “close” to reaching agreements—the…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook recently introduced “Chat Heads” in its Facebook Home application for Android, and now the feature is about to make its way to iOS devices. Chat Heads work like this: if a friend on Facebook messages you, a small picture of the person will pop…
By Adriana Lee |
Used to be, you could tell someone was over-the-hill if they were hitting you up via email instead of text or Facebook. Now, according to a recent Piper Jaffray survey, the demarcation line has shifted, as Zuck&Co’s popularity seems to be sliding among the teen…
By Adriana Lee |
Not exactly “The Deep Web,” but that didn’t stop CNN Money from calling it “the scariest search engine on the Internet.” I’m talking about Shodan, a sort of anti-Google search tool. When people need to find something online, most fire up their browsers and point…
By Adriana Lee |
Using PowerCloud’s Skydog network router is like having a surveillance tool in the house. Parents now have an easy way to monitor network traffic, to make sure the kiddies aren’t playing Guild Wars 2 when they’re supposed to be studying, or that your good-for-nothing brother-in-law…
By FOX Business |
Here’s another reason to watch what you say online: it may cost you your friends. A new survey finds people are getting ruder on Facebook and user tolerance is wearing thin. VitalSmarts, a corporate training firm, found two in five social media users have ended…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter’s new music app may not be available for us mere mortals, but that’s not stopping folks from snooping into its details. Right now, all that’s available to everyone that’s not Ryan Seacrest is a landing page, but not much else. Thanks to designer Youssef…
By Adriana Lee |
Bad news, folks. The Twitter Music iOS app is not launching today as originally expected, nor is it arriving this weekend — at least, not for the masses. If you’re famous, however, that’s another story entirely. Yesterday AllThingsD pegged a Friday release, to line up…
By Adriana Lee |
Hoping your town or city will join Kansas City and Austin, and become the proud hosts of Google Fiber? Well, I hate being the bearer of bad news, but the chances of that happening are not very good. Not that it doesn’t make sense, at…
By Sean P. Aune |
Can Korean rapper Psy capture lightning in a bottle again? It looks like the world will find out on Saturday. Psy rose to global prominence last year with the release of his quirky music video for the song “Gangnam Style.” Last Nov. it became the…
By Todd Haselton |
The rumors were true — LinkedIn just announced that it acquired the popular news application Pulse. Earlier reports suggested LinkedIn would pay between $50 million and $100 million for Pulse, and LinkedIn said the deal is worth $90 million and includes 10 percent cash and…
By Todd Haselton |
The HTC First is, for all intents and purposes, a Facebook Phone, the best and most thorough admission into Mark Zuckerberg’s fancy new Android playground. It’s not about the hardware, which is great by the way, nor is it about the latest specs. For $99,…
By Adriana Lee |
When actor Kevin Bacon’s wife, Kyra Sedgwick, left television as relentless deputy chief Brenda Lee Johnson on The Closer, I was beside myself. Thankfully, her hubby and his new show, Fox’s The Following, stepped in to help fill the void. Well, Kyra — since you’re well-versed…
By Joey Davidson |
Last week, Microsoft Studios Creative Director Adam Orth took to Twitter to discuss his opinions about always-on gaming consoles. He basically said that he’d like to see all tech go always-on, and he doesn’t understand consumer frustration surrounding the “feature.” Then this stuff came. Multiple…
By Adriana Lee |
Google Street View just can’t stay out of the headlines for very long. The latest has to do with the mapping tool’s launch in Lithuania. Earlier this year when the service rolled out, there was one group of unlikely fans cheering it on — the Baltic…
By Todd Haselton |
Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs just sent out a letter announcing that he will be stepping down as the chief executive of the company later this year. Kovacs joined the company three years ago in 2010 with two overarching goals: to increase the presence of Firefox…
By Todd Haselton |
Boingo announced Tuesday that it is now partnering with AT&T to provide Wi-Fi roaming around the globe. AT&T customers with a 300MB or 800MB AT&T Data Global plan will be able to access Boingo Wireless hotspots in certain international airports, although neither company named which…
