Is scaling Everest on your bucket list? Click away.
New Google+ for iPhone Is a Slick Wonder (Still Needed: a Decent Google+ for iPad)
Keeping up with Google+ is — for me — a never-ending roller-coaster ride. At first, I loved Google’s social network. Then it slipped out of my list of daily must-visit sites, in part because the quality of the conversation …
With Sony, Chromebooks May Get New Blood
Google’s Chromebooks have fallen off the radar lately, but they may soon get new life with Sony hardware and an updated interface.
As Laptop Reviews reports, photos and specs of a Sony Chromebook have appeared on the Federal
…
DuckDuckGo Founder Gabriel Weinberg Talks About Creating a More Private Search Engine
DuckDuckGo’s commitment to user privacy was more or less an afterthought. If you aren’t familiar with the site, it’s a search engine with a decidedly spare aesthetic that doesn’t log IP addresses or record your search …
Will Google Race to the Bottom with a $150 Nexus Tablet?
With every million iPads that Apple sells, Google’s Android tablet problem becomes more of a crisis. To date, not a single proper Android tablet has seen mainstream success, and even in aggregate they’re not nearly as popular as …
Ridiculous Drama: Microsoft Internet Explorer vs. Google
Microsoft — long relegated to the uncool corner of the tech world by popular kids Google and Facebook — is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. First, it released an ad campaign in the wake of Google’s controversial …
Men Are from Google+, Women Are from Pinterest
Somewhere, Sinbad is cloistered in an isolated room, eagerly awaiting more material about how men and women are different. The latest: Gents love Google+, while women are really into Pinterest.
Over the weekend, an amazing …
Nice to Meet You ‘Chrome for Android’, Our Condolences About Flash
Companies make the silliest product launch videos, supposing the world’s an unhappier place without them: “This is Chrome…it’s the faster, simpler way to use the web on your computer,” declares Google’s latest. “But what if …
Google Unveils New ‘Solve for X’ Project
What is Google’s “Solve for X?” Good question! The search giant defines its new project as “a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork,” which makes it sound a bit like TED (Technology, …
Are Apps More Crash-Prone on iOS than Android?
I can’t say I’ve seen a single app crash on my iPhone 4 since I upgraded to iOS 5 last October, but a new study from app-monitoring outfit Crittercism found that apps running on Apple’s newest mobile platform for iPhones, iPads …
YouTube Says It Now Gets Four Billion Video Views a Day
Today YouTube announced that it gets four billion video views every single day. Think about that for a moment — four billion. The earth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is currently home to 6,989,687,015 people. Imagine …
Want a Google Account? Now You’re Automatically Signed Up for Google+
Google+ is on the rise! Google CEO Larry Page just announced that the company’s social network hit 90 million members. Even the White House is in on the action, setting up its own Google+ page so you can chill with your favorite …