Google just saved you as much as 50 seconds a day. That’s almost six minutes per week. Over five hours every year. Wow. Thanks Google.
How did they do it? Well, yesterday Google engineers announced a change to the code used to display AdSense ads all over the web.
The announcement is aimed at web developers and goes into technical …
James Altucher writes great stories about his background in the world of investment, but his latest, 10 Things I Didn’t Know About Google reads like a secret history of the I’m Feeling Lucky search company.
Read it, and you’ll learn not only how long the guy used to spend playing Defender each day, but also what Google’s first Tweet …
Could it be true that Microsoft plans to launch its next version of Office with Facebook chat? It’s possible. According to a job posting found by ZDNet, Microsoft might have its sights set that way.
The next version of Microsoft’s office suite is Office 15, and no one is quite sure if it’ll find its way bundled with the next …
Did you hear about the news yesterday? Well, it’s a good thing it’s still free because the Gray Lady of news, the New York Times, is going to start charging readers for access later this month.
If you’re a frequent user of the Times website, be prepared for a shock come March 28. Readers will still be able to read 20 articles a …
Angry Angry Birds Players
The plot of Angry Birds has taken a new twist. Those naughty pigs started with simple egg-theft, but now it seems they’re trying to go straight, and enter the world of advertising. But not all Angry Birds HD players are happy about that. Erica Ho has the story.
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Well, it seems that the moment is upon us. That much dreaded or dreamed of day — you choose which, we won’t judge — when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approves the use of dot.XXX as a top-level domain.
ICANN junkies and readers of Techland know that ICANN is a non-profit California corporation that …
Remember Internet Explorer 2? I don’t. But that’s fine, because I can watch this video about every single iteration of Internet Explorer since Bill Gates dropped out of college.
Regardless, if you’re curious about how the browser has developed over time, it might be worth a look to make you appreciate how far web browsing has …
Daily shopping deals website Groupon has been holding pre-IPO talks valuing it at up to $25 billion, according to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg in a lengthy interview with company founder Andrew Mason.
If it did reach that target, it would make Groupon the biggest IPO ever, knocking Google’s 2004 total of $24.6 billion off the
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A little angry when you booted up your Angry Birds? Well, if you have the HD version, you’ll be able to see why if you updated the iPad app last night. In addition to 15 new levels, and a new golden egg, advertisements have snuck their way in. And they’re not the nice kind.
Sometimes its fine if they’re tucked away in a place …
For those of us who’ve had the frustrating experience of trying to use Gmail on iPhone Safari, some small measure of relief is at hand: Google has introduced a connection bar that’ll let you know just how (un)successful your emailing attempts have been.
The connection bar launches when you launch Gmail in Safari, appearing at the …
Doug’s already written about an early rumor that Amazon might be launching its own App Store and tablet device, but now comes signs that the first part of the rumored plan could be true.
Androidnews.de reported that an amazon.com/apps URL was live in the last 24 hours but has since been shut down. Screen caps from the purported …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Evan Narcisse, Graeme McMillan and Douglas Wolk talk about Xombi #1 and the Fear Itself: Book of the Skull one-shot.
DOUGLAS: The first rule of superhero comics is: Everything always comes back. No, seriously, …
