Nintendo’s latest video state-of-the-union is another relatively sedate update, and that’s a good thing.
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Google Opens Up About Glass Privacy, Zombification
During a “fireside chat” about Glass at Google’s I/O conference, Google employees opened up.
EA Isn’t Making Wii U Games: Do You Care?
Electronic Arts just confirmed that it’s not designing games for Nintendo’s Wii U.
Twitter Data Maps Show How Interconnected Our World Really Is
To create the maps, researchers analyzed the 46.7 million tweets posted between October 23 and November 30, 2012, looking specifically at those with a tagged geographic location.
Apple Says App Store Hit 50 Billion Downloads
Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.
How to Unfriend on Facebook Without Offending
Take heart: There are ways to rid your Facebook News Feed of annoying posts.
Google’s New Hangouts App Has an AT&T Caveat
When Google announced its new Hangouts app on Wednesday, it didn’t mention an exception for AT&T customers: the app’s free video calling won’t work on AT&T’s network.
Maybe the Point of Chromebooks Isn’t Chromebooks
Even if the Chromebook never steals much market share from conventional PCs, it could accomplish important goals for Google.
Google Play Music All Access Review: It’s Not a Spotify Competitor After All
Google Play Music All Access finally brings streaming music to Google’s stable, but it’s not really competing with Spotify at this point.
HP SlateBook x2: What the Netbook Should Have Been
Hewlett Packard is taking one more stab at the netbook market with the HP SlateBook x2, a tablet hybrid that doubles as a basic laptop computer.
The Tragic Beauty of Google+
Google’s social-network upgrade is gorgeous and imaginative. But when you’re competing with Facebook, that might not be enough.
Google I/O 2013 Is All About Cleaning Up the Mess and Filling In the Gaps
Google’s I/O conference keynote was, in many ways, the opposite of what we expected.
