By Sean P. Aune |
Were you aware that YouTube has actually been a contest since its inception to find the best video of all time? Were you aware the winner will be announced in 2023 and will receive not only an MP3 player, but $500? Yep, all true. Google…
By Brandon Russell |
Videos you record with Vine are much, much easier to embed on the Web, the company announced on Friday. As of now, there are two distinct embeddable post styles you can choose from depending on your taste; “Simple” presents Vine clips in a minimal style…
By Adriana Lee |
Last fall, when Gmail put out a new pop-out compose window as a test, users heaped praise on it. Although some shot it down, many people loved the new interface, saying it improved multitasking. Have you taken it for a whirl yet? Well if not,…
By Brandon Russell |
According to a Consumer Reports survey of 84,000 readers, Verizon FiOS is the top dog when it comes to cable bundle providers. The service, first launched in 2005, isn’t the most widely accessible option available, but among the competition, it scored high on reliability, picture…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook just sent out invites for a press event on April 4 where it invites everyone to “Come See Our New Home on Android.” It’s perfectly possible that the company will talk about revamped Android applications for smartphones and tablets, but TechCrunch it learned from sources that…
By Adriana Lee |
If you didn’t know Nick D’Aloisio, he might seem like any other teen — he goes to school, has cool hair and contends with protective, yet proud parents. But he has become something of a legend lately, a bona fide geek idol for every youngster with…
By Adriana Lee |
Facebook is clearly firing on all cylinders to earn more advertising revenue and get you to click on those ads. And it’s willing, even eager, to bust past the limits of its own social network to make that happen. The company followed up last summer’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s currently being sued by a company that believes Apple copied its technology to build Siri. Agence France Presse said Apple met on Wednesday with Zhizhen Network Technology Co., a firm based in Shanghai that has its own voice engine called Xiao i Robot. Apple’s Siri has…
By Adriana Lee |
Vine may be only be two months old, at least as a Twitter offering, but it’s already playing with the big boys. And the boy it’s playing with has adamantium claws. Director James Mangold let loose the first lightning-fast peep at the new Marvel superhero…
By Adriana Lee |
Who doesn’t post pictures of their kids on Facebook? And what you see here is a photo, much like others — the blurry face of a young kid grinning at the camera. And if that’s all there was to this image, maybe it wouldn’t have…
By Adriana Lee |
LinkedIn has always aimed to connect its 200 million users with each other, and now its finetuning that approach with a new unified search tool that makes professional content easier to find. There’s now a single search box at the top of the page that…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook recently released a new version of its Messenger application in the United Kingdom. The update offers voice calls and voice messages, two features that have been available to U.S. users since the middle of January. The application is available for several platforms, including Android…
By Todd Haselton |
Today is Twitter’s 7th birthday and the social network is celebrating by revealing a couple of usage statistics and publishing a highlight reel of several of the social network’s most impressive moments. A roughly two-minute highlight reel starts off with Jack Dorsey’s first Tweet in…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s Fiber network, which has previously only been available to those in Kansas City, is cautiously expanding its service. The search giant announced on its Fiber blog on Wednesday that residents in Olathe, Kansas, a neighbor 25 miles away, can now sign up for Google’s…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook is going to start using one of the Internet’s most iconic symbols: the hashtag. It’s a page right out of Twitter’s 140-character book but, according to sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg’s integration of the hashtag isn’t going to hit anytime soon.…
By Todd Haselton |
Twitter recently launched an official application for Windows 8 devices that takes advantage of some of the new features inside the operating system, such as snap view and live tiles. Snap view allows you to launch another application and run it on the same display…
By Adriana Lee |
The nail in the coffin for Google Reader will come July 1, which means users have a little over three months to find a replacement. While that should be plenty of time, there’s no need to wait until the last minute. In fact, it might…
By Sean P. Aune |
Netflix has announced integration with Facebook that will now make it possible to get social recommendations of what you should watch next. At long last you can see what your Facebook friends are watching on Netflix, and, in turn, you can share with them what…
By Adriana Lee |
Life is hard. There are deadlines. Irritating customers, clients, co-workers. Someone’s always trying to sell you something (or scam you out of something). Your girlfriend or boyfriend just dumped you. And your parent/boss/teacher rides you like you’ve got a target on your back. Oh, what…
By Maximum PC |
Windows 8 may be struggling, but Internet Explorer is thriving. For years Internet Explorer has been easy to pick on, but for once the Redmond based software giant is bucking the trend. Market share for Internet Explorer has reached an 18-month high, and it seems to have…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook’s News Feed has slowly evolved over its short lifetime, eventually transforming into the cluttered information hoard millions of people say everyday. But that’s changing, and Zuck and co. revealed on Thursday what we can expect the new News Feed to look like as it…
By Adriana Lee |
Ever performed an “ego search” or “vanity search”? Of course you have. Who isn’t curious about what happens when you plug your own name into Google? But what if the things that pop up aren’t so favorable, like an unflattering suggested query. Would you get…
By Roy Choi |
Facebook announced new design elements to engage users more effectively on Facebook on Thursday. The new design rolls out today, facebook.com/newsfeed, for some users, but the roll-out will be gradual. The most notable changes include: larger images, videos, more prominent check-ins, more detailed information from publications…
By Roy Choi |
Facebook has invited the press for some big news. In all likelihood, it will focus on News Feed, which sounds like more content feeds on an already busy page. Rumors claim your page will be filled with numerous feeds: music, photos, recent news. The attempt…
