You’ve read many stories by now about Google TV, but none like this. The internet giant is apparently weighing the idea of offering cable TV services directly to customers in Kansas City as an experiment that could radically change the future of the company.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is considering offering …
Anyone else tired of these “fastest computer in the world” stories? I am. They almost sound like bragging. Look what we did with our computer, but you can’t with yours! I don’t really care whether a Smaug-the-dragon treasure horde’s worth of silicon can do 10 or 100 petaflops. I just want to know how many frames per second it gets in …
How do you say “Double Rainbow” in Afrikaans? Yes, it appears YouTube has truly gone international, with 60% of its users now selecting something other than English while viewing it.
The news comes from a spokesperson from Google (which bought YouTube back in 2006), who dropped the statistic to GigaOm yesterday. Perhaps this shouldn’t …
Following a landmark legal ruling that forces the United Kingdom’s largest ISP to block access to an illegal filesharing site, movie studios, record companies and other media publishers are banding together to push for British ISPs to block access to the Pirate Bay in an attempt to significantly cut down on piracy within the …
Anonymous’ forceful closure of more than 40 child pornography sites was apparently only the beginning of the group’s war against pedophile activity on the internet. The group has continued its action by releasing the internet addresses of 190 alleged pedophiles online, using information collected from the sites it had earlier shut down.
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The world went crazy over Google’s “Do a Barrel Roll” stunt yesterday. Crazy. In case you missed it, go to Google and search for “do a barrel roll” without the quotes. Ta-da. Cool, eh? Maybe you’re even a little nauseous.
But the old barrel roll trick—as it’ll one day be called when it’s actually old—isn’t the only Easter egg Google
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When Amit Gupta, founder of photo community site Photojojo, was diagnosed with acute leukemia, he did what any good tech entrepreneur would do: he turned to social media.
Gupta needs bone marrow, but, unfortunately, South Asians are underrepresented in the bone marrow pool. Most people have an 80% chance of finding a donor; if you’re …
With the holiday smartphone smackdown in full swing, the HTC Rezound is stepping into the ring. At $299 on Verizon Wireless, this Android phone will have some tough competition against Motorola’s Droid RAZR and possibly Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, but HTC’s hoping the addition of Beats Audio will help the Rezound stand out.
The Rezound …
Open mouth, insert foot: Siri apparently did something like that yesterday, responding to iPhone 4S owners’ questions with decidedly un-savvy answers. Answers like: “Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the network” and “Sorry I’m not able to connect right now” and “Sorry, I don’t have a network connection.”
But users actually did …
Everyone loves Siri, the iPhone 4S’ virtual personal assistant with a particularly snappy comeback for certain questions. But what they may not love is the amount of data Siri uses in catering to your every whim.
A report from Ars Technica suggests that overuse of Siri could unknowingly force users over their monthly data limit. Every …
Yesterday Sparrow, makers of the popular mail app for Mac, wasted no time wisecracking about Google’s short-lived and poorly received release of the Gmail app for iOS by tweeting “In a few months, you’ll get the Gmail experience you deserve on your iPhone. Sparrow to the rescue!”
Now, the company has released shots and some key …
Nicholas Negroponte, the MIT professor behind the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, is playing the role of the quirky idealist nicely. His latest plan? To drop the project’s new XO-3 tablets from helicopters to locations outside of remote villages.
He revealed his unorthodox plan Wednesday at the Open Mobile Summit in San …
