Job listing hints Google is eyeing New York City for Fiber expansion
A job opening on Google’s website this week might be the first sign that Google Fiber is finally making its way to New York City. Geek.com came across the listing …
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An inside look at the top-secret lab where Google makes its craziest products
Google Glass. Self-driving cars. Weather balloons that deliver Internet connectivity. These are just some of the wild and crazy projects that have come out of …
Get ready for even more data caps after the Comcast-TWC merger
As if we didn’t already have enough reasons to be wary of the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, GigaOM gives us a new …
It seems that Microsoft’s ‘Scroogled’ campaign has finally died
Scroogled, we hardly knew ye. Or actually, it seems that we knew ye pretty well and just didn’t like ye. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reads …
Would you trust Facebook to be your bank?
It’s been a long time since Facebook was just a social media platform, and now the empire is looking to expand into yet another field. …
Netflix streaming speeds see major boost after Comcast payouts
Surprise! Paying off Comcast does have its benefits. Less than two months after coming to a peering arrangement with Comcast where it agreed to make regular payments …
Maker of Android flashlight app with 50M downloads avoids fine after selling location data
This past December, we reported that a popular Android app called Brightest Flashlight could do more than just shine light. Brightest Flashlight was a simple …
Here’s when to watch tonight’s rare ‘blood moon’ eclipse
We’re just hours away from witnessing the first of a super-rare tetrad of “blood moon” eclipses but it might start a little too late for …
Google acquires drone-making startup Titan Aerospace
Google announced on Monday that it would be acquiring Titan Aerospace, a startup that develops high-altitude, solar-powered drones. Titan Aerospace was previously courted by Facebook …
13 of the most memorable things Steve Jobs said
Apple’s iconic co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was essential to the company’s successes, both in its early days and especially after he was hired back to …
The worst thing about the Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 might be a brand new smartphone, but it’s also quite familiar in a number of ways. The look of the phone is …
The best thing about the Samsung Galaxy S5
It feels like we have been waiting forever for the Galaxy S5 to launch. The release of Samsung’s new flagship smartphone actually comes less than …
The tale of two Androids: Before and after the iPhone
Taking the stand on Friday in the second U.S. Apple vs. Samsung patent lawsuit, Google’s Android engineering vice president Hiroshi Lockheimer said that the company …
Staples is about to bring 3D printing to the masses
We’re about to learn whether 3D printing will ever have mainstream appeal because Staples is now offering both an in-store printing service as well as actual …
A sad reality: Sprint and T-Mobile might be too small to succeed
Sprint and T-Mobile may constantly trade barbs with one another but there is a case to be made that they’d be better off coming together …
Video: No, you can’t save this file, it’ll automatically self-destruct instead
DSTRUX is a brand new service that wants to make files even more secure when you share them on the Internet by offering total control on who …
Here are some of the crazy things people use Amazon’s Mayday for
Amazon’s Mayday customer service feature introduced last year is one of the company’s inventions that was highlighted in Jeff Bezos’ recent letter to investors. The …
5 great tricks every Gmail user needs to know
Google changed the game when it launched Gmail almost exactly 10 years ago. The service offered a terrific minimal interface, plenty of storage and best …
Is Samsung’s Oscars selfie worth $1 billion?
Hollywood Reporter quotes a stunning claim made by the CEO of Publicis, which handles the international marketing for Samsung. According to Maurice Levy, the famous …
2014: The year Samsung copied Apple and Apple copied Samsung
An interesting plot twist is playing out in the smartphone industry this year. In a scramble to identify new catalysts as smartphone sales growth continues to slow, Apple and Samsung …
Top secret document suggests Samsung knowingly lied about tablet sales
New evidence from the second Apple vs Samsung U.S. patent lawsuit reveals that Samsung grossly misrepresented its Galaxy Tab sales when it first started selling Galaxy-branded …
Video: This awesome robot is actually a tiny mobile printer
Israel-based Zuta Labs has been developing a very interesting product meant to fix the one thing users can’t do on the go, despite the plethora …
Amazon acquires Comixology, the world’s most popular digital comics platform
Amazon announced on Thursday that it will acquire Comixology, the most popular digital comic platform on the market. Comixology shot up the download charts when it …
France bars bosses from bugging employees with email after work hours [updated]
While email has made our work easier in many ways, it’s also made it hard for us to really escape the office, particularly now that …
Facebook is rolling out privacy-guarding features for a change
Facebook has long been slammed for breaching the privacy of its customers in the past, but the company seems to be interested in introducing more privacy-guarding …
The three worst phone names the world has ever seen
We live in an age of miracles for true connoisseurs of awful phone names. We have always been able to enjoy spectacularly dumb handset branding, but …
Comcast’s case for merging with TWC is an insult to our intelligence
Comcast thinks very, very poorly of our intelligence. That’s the only conclusion I can come to after reading up on the company’s testimony in the …
How a careless text message cost one man $53,000
One careless text message ended up costing a Buffalo, NY-area man $53,000, Buffalo News reported earlier this week. Louis J. Billittier Jr. dumped his fiancee with a …
AT&T may beat Google Fiber to the punch and bring 1Gbps Internet to North Carolina
Is North Carolina about to become a major battleground in the fight to bring 1Gbps Internet service to fiber-hungry Americans? AT&T on Thursday announced that …
Video: Your unwanted electronics may soon self-destruct
If you are in possession of any old cell phones, you know how difficult it can be to find a proper way to dispose of them. Certain …
