Posted February 14, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Software
Former Google engineer and web-based OS pioneer Jeff Nelson recently blogged about the possible origins of Chrome OS and recounts a number of fascinating historical anecdotes. Perhaps his most surprising detail though, is before there was Chrome OS -- or even Chrome,…
Google has yet to officially announce the arrival of Android 4.2.2 but that doesn’t mean it isn’t already being made available. Reports are coming in that the revised version of Android is now available as an over-the-air update for Nexus…
Google’s first primetime commercial for the Nexus 4 was largely overshadowed by another key service from the search giant. The spot aired during the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening and had a clear emphasis on Google Now, the company’s real-time…
Posted February 11, 2013, 8:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is planning to sell nearly half of his shares in the company he helped turn into a household name according to documents recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Confirming December's rumors of a Facebook-Microsoft advertising deal, a report by Ad Age indicates Facebook may buy Microsoft's Atlas ad network as soon as next week. An impending deal would not be surprising; after all, Facebook and Microsoft have been cozy…
Posted February 7, 2013, 10:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Yahoo has announced that it will start serving advertising from Google’s AdSense and AdMob services on various of its own web properties and certain co-branded sites. In a blog post announcing the deal, Yahoo said, “By adding Google to our…
There’s no shortage of Google Chromebooks in the wild at this point as big names like Acer, HP, Lenovo and Samsung all offer a slightly different take on the platform. That base platform, however, may soon be getting some beefy…
Two newly-discovered Android apps found on Google Play were designed to spy on their users, claim security experts at Kaspersky. The apps, SuperClean and DroidCleaner, posed as innocuous Android clean-up utilities; however, each app could quietly copy photos, contacts and…
We’ve already seen applications that let you run Android apps on Windows. But now it looks like the opposite is possible too thanks to an ARM-friendly version of Wine, the popular 'compatibility layer' used to run Windows software on Unix-like…
HP’s Chromebook plans were first revealed last week through a product sheet on its website, but now the company has made it official. Joining the likes of Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo, HP is embracing Google’s browser-based operating system with its…
Posted February 1, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
Despite the fact that Google recently held a hackaton for Project Glass developers a few days ago in San Francisco and is hosting another event starting today in New York, we still don’t know an awful lot about the search…
Posted January 31, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Software
An interesting find made by astute French developer François Beaufort indicates Google Chrome will be getting a notification center soon. Beaufort discovered the addition while mulling over the source code for the latest build of Chromium -- the open-source project on…
In December, Google announced it would be abandoning Exchange ActiveSync support for non-business accounts, ending support for Google Sync and Google Calendar Sync. It appears the search giant's once-unrelenting stance has softened though, giving Microsoft until July 31 to get…
Posted January 30, 2013, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Google is helping to find the next generation of computer scientists by helping to donate 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to various school-aged children across the U.K. Google’s Eric Schmidt and Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton visited a school in Cambridge…
Posted January 29, 2013, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in IT Security
Google is hosting its third Pwnium hacking competition in March and has announced that a total of $3.14159 million in rewards will be up for grabs -- in allusion to the mathematical constant Pi. Instead of its Chrome browser, however,…
Posted January 29, 2013, 11:17 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
A handful of popular content producers on YouTube could start charging for channel subscriptions this spring, according to a report on AdAge. The move is intended to lure eyeballs and advertiser dollars away from traditional TV and would kick off…
Posted January 28, 2013, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
Results from Trendstream’s Q4 2012 Global Web Index indicate that Google+ is now the second most popular social platform on the Internet. Facebook continues to hold on to the top spot by a large margin, but it’s the shakeup from…
Posted January 24, 2013, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
During a recent earnings call, Google GEO Larry Page hinted at the possibility that the next phone from the search giant might be unbreakable. He also pointed out that battery life is a huge issue and that there is real…
In response to Google's desertion of Exchange ActiveSync, rumors indicate Microsoft is working on support for CardDAV and CalDAV protocols for WP8. Such a move should retain WP8's seamless support for Google's contact and calendar services, but do so through open standards…
Google made a bold move late last year by announcing its flagship Nexus smartphone for an unsubsidized price starting at $300. That's a big deal when comparable devices are selling for twice as much and the upfront cost for most…
Posted January 18, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Google has applied for a patent to use a tiny laser that would project a virtual keyboard onto a surface or even a user’s hand. It may not sound newsworthy as the concept of a laser system that projects a…
Google unveiled their augmented reality visor known as Project Glass last spring. A few months later during Google’s developer conference, attendees were given the option to purchase a pre-production model of the headset for a staggering $1,500 which the search…
Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt completed his controversial but brief sojourn to North Korea, describing it as a private visit "to talk about the free and open Internet" and as a "private humanitarian mission." North Korea is an…
Posted January 9, 2013, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Audi demonstrated a self-driving car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that is capable of driving itself to and from a parking space all by pressing a button in a smartphone app. The car looks like any other…
Posted January 8, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Media consumption has been a big trend heading into the 2013 CES. Asus appears to be the next in line as they have unveiled a new streaming Internet box known as the Qube, powered by Google TV software. The question…
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