Google’s been on a bit of an acquisition spree this year. They purchased AdMeld back in June for $400 million, and more recently, Motorola Mobility for a reported $12.5 billion. Moves like these, of course, point to strategies the search giant is likely to implement in the near future, and perhaps more importantly, what areas of the …
Is Nintendo Going to Reveal a Redesigned 3DS Next Month?
Everyone keeps talking Nintendo. The latest scuttlebutt concerns a Japanese event happening on September 13th, which rumormongers seem to think could mean a redesign for the newly-cheaper Nintendo 3DS portable.
The 3DS-centric happening is only two days before the start of the Tokyo Game Show, the perfect time to announce a new take …
Sprint Damn Well Better Get the iPhone 5—So Should T-Mobile
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that “people familiar with the matter” say that Sprint will be getting the iPhone 5. The article is behind the WSJ’s paywall and without having even seen it, I can assure you there are some analyst quotes in there, some backstory of how the iPhone’s done on Verizon, and how the iPhone is losing market …
Facebook Adds New Google Plus-like Privacy Features
Well, that didn’t take long.
In a blog post that went up earlier today, Facebook announced that they were adding several new privacy features, many of which are eerily reminiscent of Google Plus.
Their goal is to make who you share your content with more straightforward, thus saving you the embarrassment of having to explain why …
Custom ‘Portal 2’ Video Game Level Built for Marriage Proposal
Since Valve introduced co-op play to Portal 2, it’s fair to say that the mind-bending physics puzzler’s brought people together. But Gary Hudston had something even more permanent in mind.
As he tells it on Twitter, Hudston says that his girlfriend Stephanie isn’t a big gamer but really got into Portal 2‘s co-operative …
Miramax Embraces ‘Digital Locker’ Concept with New Miramax App [Updated]
Former Disney studio Miramax is following those two companies onto Facebook with the launch of a Miramax app – the Miramax eXperience – for the social networking giant that will allow Facebook users to rent, and eventually buy, movies through the site.
According to Miramax, there are more than 50 million Facebook users who either …
Techland and Kotaku on the Nintendo Difference: Past, Present and Future
Last week, the fine folks at TechHeads asked yours truly and Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo to talk about the current status of Nintendo and gaming topics. You can see Stephen and me jaw it up below, but there were other points I didn’t have a chance to make that I wanted to add to the discussion:
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New BlackBerry Curves Are Probably Not for You
If you’re the kind of person that trawls tech blogs for the latest gadget news, Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry Curve smartphones probably won’t do anything for you.
The latest BlackBerry Curves—model numbers 9350, 9360 and 9370—look like unremarkable upgrades to the standard BlackBerry formula. They’ve got 2.44-inch screens …
Golf Clap for Cleanliness: Only 35% Use Tablets in the Bathroom
Are you shocked to find a recent Staples survey reporting that 35% of tablet owners admitted to using their slabs in the bathroom? If these respondents were all being honest, that number is refreshingly low, right?
Whenever you use someone else’s tablet to look something up, aren’t you like, “Sweet Baby J, I wonder where this thing’s …
Your Future Truck or SUV May Have a Ford-Toyota Hybrid Drivetrain
What’s your chief gripe about trucks and sport utility vehicles? Okay, after the part where their engines sound like a washing machine played through a distortion pedal. Right: fuel efficiency. The solution? Buy hybrid (if you can swallow the premium price, that is) where you’ll average, if not impressively, somewhere in the low 20s as …
Report: Apple Plans Cheap 8GB iPhone 4 to Be Released with iPhone 5
Apple may be shifting up its strategy, if these newest reports hold true.
If you’ll remember a short month ago Jared wrote a compelling piece arguing for the iPhone 3GS as a cost-effective alternative to the iPhone 4. One of his reasons? AT&T reportedly managed to activate 1.3 million more phones than Verizon (surprising, for a number …
Google+ Posts Creep into Gmail
Slowly, Google+ is working its way into other Google services. Earlier today we reported on the ability to start Google+ hangouts directly from YouTube, and now Gmail is getting the Google+ treatment.
If the sender of an e-mail has shared any Google+ posts with you, a link to the most recent post will appear in Gmail’s “people …