The world got a peek at Android’s new operating system late Tuesday night in Hong Kong, when Google and Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Nexus in all its gooey, Ice Cream Sandwhich glory. The phone, which will launch sometime in November, will be the first to sport the deliciously-named Android 4.0 software.
The Galaxy Nexus will feature …
You read that right. While big corporations like Microsoft and Google shell out around 15% of their revenue to internal research and development labs, Apple spends only 2.2% to creating new and innovative concepts.
Strangely enough, not only does Apple spend just a small percentage of its revenue to devoting itself to innovate and …
I don’t think the P in PBS stands for “porn,” but for a brief time on Sunday, it did. PBS’ YouTube account got hacked yesterday afternoon, and for a full 20 minutes, naïve youngsters were exposed to the birds and the bees as unsuspecting parents dropped their kids off in front of the computer.
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Add this one to the battle of the wills: In addition to Johnny and Susie squabbling over their mother’s assets and who gets the antique rug, they may also have to decide what who gets her Facebook password.
According to survey conducted by Goldsmiths at the University of London, one in 10 people in the U.K. are now leaving their …
Oh, the iPhone 4 fiasco. Who could forget when gadget blog Gizmodo managed to get their hands on Apple’s iPhone 4 prototype when an unsuspecting engineer lost it at a German beer garden?
The two men, Brian Hogan and Sage Wallower, pleaded no contest to “theft of lost property” after shopping the phone around to media outlets. As a …
He was famous for it, and sales soared in the days following his death. Jobs’ signature look was unmistakable: a black mock turtleneck, paired with some Levi 501 jeans.
Though St. Croix, who makes the famous turtlenecks, is reaping the profits, Jobs’ rationale behind his simple and effortless attire can be attributed to a …
These days, social media is circumventing politicians and bureaucracies in ways they could have never have imagined. Thanks to the Internet, the Dalai Lama joined Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu for the Archbishop’s 80th birthday – via Google+. No visa, plane tickets or government intervention required.
The …
Apple is poised to introduce iMessage – essentially “free text messaging” – in iOS 5. Is it the end of the text message as we know it? Perhaps, but not quite yet.
The thought of an app on your phone that lets you communicate with others for free, sans antiquated text message, is thrilling. While it may not be time to ditch your …
Before Steve Jobs passed away, he lived to see the fifth incarnation of the iPhone unveiled. While Jobs may never see the legacy of the iPhone 4S and future versions play out, the iPhone 4S is now available for pre-order.
The device won’t actually ship out or go on sale in retail stores until a week from now on October 14. As we’ve
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Piracy gets the brunt of the blame for media companies’ dwindling profits, but Miramax CEO Mike Lang says that’s not necessarily the problem with media companies these days; monopolies are.
Lang joined Netflix chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, at the MIPCOM conference, an entertainment conference frequently held in Cannes, where …
According to Android Police, some HTC Android phones may contain massive security flaws – and one is so bad that it left some researchers “speechless.” That’s no bueno, HTC.
The security holes leave quite a bit at stake. The report states that any app connecting to the internet can gain access to email addresses, system logs …
If you ever wondered what computer problems would look like if they were actually real, you’ve got your answer. Literally can’t open folders? God forbid if your firewall isn’t working, and all your windows are crashing.
Good thing we don’t take our computer problems too literally.
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