It seems that the next Nexus tablet from Google won’t be made by current partner Asus if a new report out of Asia is accurate. A post on Focus Taiwan cites Chinese newspaper the Commercial Times, which says that HTC has been awarded the contract to…
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We greenies are very careful about making claims about climate change in any particular location. Global warming is global; the rising temperatures referred to in the scientific literature are averaged out worldwide. Additionally, we really don’t…
The newest trend in tech? Cross-licensing patent agreements, it seems, as Google and Cisco have announced such a deal, hot on the heels of last week’s news of similar agreements between Google and Samsung, and Twitter and IBM. Cisco published a press…
Were you out of the loop this past week? Quite a bit happened in the tech space — fortunately, you live in a world where the Weekend Wrap-up exists. Watch the video and read the text. Absorb the past week in tech news. Become one with it. Lenovo Buys…
It seems I wasn’t the only person wondering if today’s news that Lenovo was purchasing Motorola Mobility from Google spelled the end of Project Ara, the company’s ambitious modular smartphone project. A post on the Verge reports that Project Ara…
At the top of the hour, Reuters posted a tweet that brought the internet to a screeching halt: BREAKING NEWS: Lenovo is nearing a deal to buy the Motorola cell phone division from @Google for close to $3 billion, sources tell @Reuters — Ernest Scheyder…
For the past year, we’ve learned a lot about the nature of Google Glass, but Google has been relatively quiet about their expansion plans. More specifically, we knew Google was working on a solution for spectacle-sporting users who want to use Glass…
Fresh off the announcement that Samsung and Google had signed a patent licensing deal—which will enable the two companies more access to each other’s library of tech and innovations without fear of infringement suits—news broke from the Korea…
This morning, Samsung announced a new patent licensing deal with Google. The agreement will last for the next ten years, and will give both companies access to each other’s patent portfolios without risk of litigation. Allen Lo, Google’s deputy…
This week Sky’s Gemma Morris investigates whether technology developers are missing out on an untapped market by neglecting the demands of older people. We also test out the new Apple Mac Pro and take a glimpse at Google’s new smart contact lens. SUBSCRIBE…
For years, browsing the Internet was a restricted, linear experience. You logged on, checked your email, did some research, maybe played a few games, and logged off. Nowadays, in the wild west of the web, browsers are almost entirely open source, meaning…
With rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S5 announcement swirling daily, it looks as if the latest leak regarding the device has surfaced some interesting new user interface elements. Specifically, the new shots appear to showcase an overhauled Google Now…
You know what they say about the best-laid plans. We collected our top stories of the week this past Thursday so that we could complete the companion video by our Sunday deadline (it’ll be up a bit later this afternoon), and Friday wound up giving…
Yesterday, Google announced its latest crazy project that could change our world for the better: smart contact lenses. According to a post on the company’s official blog, Google is hard at work on a set of contact lenses built specifically to help…
If you’re okay with living on the bleeding edge of software, Google has a surprise for you – starting today, you can download a new alpha build of Chrome – dubbed Google Chrome Canary – that comes complete with Google Now, the company’s intelligent…
In its continuing effort to be the best option for web browsing on any device, Google’s Chrome browser has a new feature for the mobile app to help users keep from eating up too much bandwidth. New versions of Chrome for Android and iOS will offer…
Google recently unveiled a feature that consolidates their products even further. Now you will receive an email in your Gmail inbox if someone sends a message to your Google Plus account, even if they don’t know your email address. Some people—perhaps…
Google made big news earlier this week, announcing that they would be acquiring Nest Labs, the maker of the Nest Learning Thermostat. Google have a long history of investing in clean energy and clean technologies like Nest, and they have continued that…
Dear Google, You have this great navigation box that you have pre-filled with Google products you want us to use (see below). I have a feature suggestion for you though: let us (your users) customize the navigation box with Google products we want to…
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA–(Marketwired – Jan. 6, 2014) – Editors Note: There is an image associated with this press release. Kooboodle,…