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…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just announced that it’s going to activate its 1Gbps Google Fiber network services in Austin sometime in the middle of next year. Literally moments later AT&T announced its own intentions for a 1Gbps network in the same city. “Most encouraging is the recognition by…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just confirmed that it will launch its Google Fiber service in Austin, Texas by mid-2014. The company will offer residents “Gigabit Internet or Gigabit Internet plus [its] Google Fiber TV service with nearly 200 HD TV channels.” Google has not yet finalized pricing for…
By Todd Haselton |
Want a taste of Fafcebook’s new Facebook Home Android skin before it launches officially on April 12? You’re in luck, because a beta build of the software recently leked thanks to MoDaCo. We use the word taste of course because it’s not completely functional just yet.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Facebook has posted the advertisement for Home that it played during the announcement event, and it’s still just as weird as it was then. During the introduction of the Facebook Home app for Android phones last week, the social network ran what appeared to be…
By Sean P. Aune |
While Facebook Home didn’t turn out to be a Facebook phone exactly, it sure came pretty close. Todd Haselton went on CNN International on Thursday to discuss the latest announcement from the top social network and what these moves could mean for it.…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook unveiled its “Facebook Home” Android skin yesterday, alongside the HTC First which will launch with it pre-installed, but one question was left unanswered: how will ads play into the whole experience? We don’t yet know that, but Facebook is expected to make a pretty…
By Brandon Russell |
Google has been actively expanding the reach of its Fiber network, and accessibility will get even wider as early as next week. According to VentureBeat, the search giant has sent out invites for April 9 hinting at expansion into Austin, Texas, a new frontier for…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook announced its Facebook Home product on Thursday in conjunction with a new smartphone, the HTC First which will launch on AT&T on April 12 for $99.99. Facebook Home literally takes over your entire homescreen and lockscreen to create an all-encompassing Facebook experience. One analyst…
By Adriana Lee |
After initial success and growth, Zynga wound up having a rough ride on Gaming Boulevard. So it did what anyone would do: It turned onto a new road — Gambler’s Alley. After launching online poker and casino games in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, it already…
By Jon Rettinger |
Thanks to countless rumors and timely leaks, we already knew Facebook Home was coming. Still, we’re a bit shell shocked to see an actual existing product, and a phone no less, that completely re-imagines the big blue social networking experience. On Android at least. Say…
By Brandon Russell |
In front of a crowded room of computers and media, Facebook finally showed off its new home on Android, simply dubbed Home. The experience, CEO Mark Zuckerberg persisted, is about putting people first, not apps. As a way to make staying connected feel more immediate…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T just announced that it will offer the “first and only phone” that was built from the ground-up to feature Facebook Home, the social network’s new experience on Android. The device, aptly named the HTC First, will be available on April 12 for $99.99 with…
By Roy Choi |
Facebook Home, announced Thursday, can be downloaded from the Google Play starting April 12 on the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy Note II, Samsung Galaxy S III and S 4. The HTC First will be released on April 12 as well through AT&T. Facebook Home will…
By Brandon Russell |
As part of today’s Facebook Home announcement, Mark Zuckerberg talked about how messaging would work within the app itself, including SMS. Instead of jumping out of the new Facebook experience, Zuckerberg has designed something it calls “Chat Heads,” which essentially pops a picture up of…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage in San Francisco today and said Facebook is going to focus on Android moving forward. “The great thing about Android is its so open,” Zuckerberg said. “You can have apps that can be your keyboard, can be your…
