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 |
Amazon is the latest company rumored to be prepping a streaming music service. According to The Verge, the online retailer has held informal inquires with record labels about a subscription-based service similar to Spotify. With Google and Apple allegedly working on their own services, it…
By Brandon Russell |
Pictures are great—they capture priceless moments and invoke our deepest human emotions—but GIFs are the pinnacle of today’s Internet culture. And Google Images has added a new filter that makes finding the perfect GIF simpler than it’s ever been. Through a number of new filters,…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has reportedly added Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch to its fabled roster. Reports are still unconfirmed, but sources tell CNBC that Lynch, who led technology engineering at Adobe, is all but an Apple employee. Right now it’s unclear how his experience will fit under the…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft is reportedly being investigated over bribery claims overseas, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report claims lawyers from both the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into leads suggested an anonymous tipster, who said the Redmond company bribed resellers…
By Brandon Russell |
NVIDIA on Tuesday unveiled its Tegra roadmap all the way through 2015, with the next two after Tegra 4 codenamed Logan and Parker. For now, it seems the company’s reference to Stark, which we saw all the way back in 2011, is nowhere to be…
By Brandon Russell |
Not everyone has the resources or stamina to hike any of our planet’s Seven Summits—the highest mountains on each of Earth’s seven continents—so Google is bringing that experience to the Internet. When famous landmarks and beautiful national parks aren’t enough, the search giant’s Street View…
By Brandon Russell |
The overall consensus is that Samsung’s Galaxy S4 event was not great. The broadway spectacle was meant to demonstrate easy, everyday ways to use the S4’s features, and it did that. But in the process it wound up stereotyping women in the worst possible way—a…
By Brandon Russell |
Google will reportedly release a messaging client named Babble that will consolidate each service—Talk, Hangout, Voice, Chat, etc.—into one harmonious platform. The goal is, according to Geek.com, to unify its communication problem into one elegant solution, that way Googlers can converse with each other no…
By Brandon Russell |
According to a few different reports, Dropbox threw down $100 million for the hyped iOS email app Mailbox. That’s a pretty impressive figure for an app so young and not yet in its prime. But it just goes to show that good ideas aren’t cheap.…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple is having trouble obtaining the iPhone trademark in Mexico, bearing a striking resemblance to a very similar situation in Brazil. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Cupertino company has been denied a request for a Mexican technology services company to hand over its…
By Brandon Russell |
Mailbox, the iOS mail app that strived to help folks achieve Inbox Zero, has been acquired by Dropbox, the popular cloud service announced on Friday. When Mailbox burst onto the scene, users flocked to the app for its simplicity and unique take on email. And…
By Brandon Russell |
Digg, the user-submitted social website that was relaunched last year, wants to create a Google Reader replacement with a full on API. The company announced on Thursday its intention to develop and release a replacement during the second half of 2013. Not exactly in time…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s Astro Teller, or “Captain of Moonshots,” revealed to a SXSW crowd that the company’s secretive Google X lab is ready to announce a discovery in the coming month. This is the same lab that turned driverless cars and Glass concepts into reality. While most…
By Brandon Russell |
In an encore interview, Apple’s Phil Schiller spoke with Reuters about Samsung’s impending Galaxy S IV release. While Schiller does’t speak on the rumored eye-tracking or floating tech features, he does lambast the Korean company for possibly releasing its next big flagship with an OS…
By Brandon Russell |
As part of its spring cleaning, a way for Google to better “focus” on what’s important, the company on Wednesday said it’s shutting down Google Reader on July 1—retire, is the word the company used. Launched in 2005, the RSS aggregator has been an easy…
By Brandon Russell |
Phil Schiller, Apple ‘s senior vice president of marketing, brandished Android as a fragmented mess on Wednesday. His comments come a day ahead of Samsung’s big Galaxy S IV announcement. Schiller further elaborated by saying most competing Android handsets are nothing more than free feature…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s supposed Amazon Prime competitor is taking shape thanks to a leaked email acquired by TechCrunch, though it might not be what we were expecting—at least initially. It sounds like Google Shopping Express is currently confined to San Francisco’s Bay Area, and exclusive to retail…
By Brandon Russell |
Vimeo Pro users can now sell their content, the service announced on Tuesday. For all you aspiring film markers out there, this will be a wonderful way to get a return on all your hard work. I’ve seen a number of great videos on Vimeo…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft’s Skype service is being investigated by French regulator Arcep on the grounds of failing to register as a wireless carrier. According to the New York Times, Arcep has repeatedly requested Skype declare itself a communications operator, but the company has thus far failed to…
By Brandon Russell |
You can get a $100 instant discount on Xi3’s Piston Steam Box if you pre-order, the company said. The mini-PC, which will help usher in the Steam Box revolution, retails for $999.99—we previously got a quick look at the device at CES in January. Xi3’s…
By Brandon Russell |
In a new report from the Korea Times, Samsung’s Jun Dong-soo, a senior executive, said Windows 8 is “no better” than Microsoft’s Vista platform. Soo explained that Microsoft’s latest OS has failed to boost PC demand and, indeed, he does not see the declining market…
By Brandon Russell |
You’ve all seen their work without knowing it, sometimes multiple times a day. In fact, millions have worldwide, right there on Google.com; charming little doodles that reflect a holiday, season or person. They are known as Google Doodlers, a mix of mostly twenty-something artists and…
By Brandon Russell |
In light of the Library of Congress’s official stance on phone unlocking, AT&T has released a statement clarifying its own position. In short, the carrier will still unlock phones for customers after their contracts are fulfilled using a code. After that, customers with unshackled handsets…
