After introducing the idea of creating a satellite-based internet back in November, Elon Musk went into further detail last week on his $10 billion plan to build out a network over the next five years. Now, The Information is reporting that Google might be a main investor. According an unnamed source in the article, Google has...Read More
Is it too late for Google Glass to become the big hit that people are excited to be seen wearing and will use in their everyday lives, taking video of their work projects and vacation adventures? Pulling Glass out of the limelight and rethinking how the wearable computers look and function could make the device...Read More
15 January 2015 Last updated at 13:00 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Rory Cellan-Jones: “There will be a lot of disgruntlement from people who invested in Google Glass smart glasses” Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear. The company insists it is still committed to launching the smart...Read More
Zak Greant / Flickr, CCNot the publisher in question. See Also Google is being sued by a handful of companies who claim that they earned thousands or millions of dollars on their web sites using Google’s AdSense advertising tool, but Google then wrongly confiscated the money from their AdSense accounts and returned it to their...Read More
Mark Cuban says his Dallas Mavericks are still working on “developing our identity.” In the meantime, he has a few interesting things to say about a certain tech giant. “We’ve got to get that p–s and vinegar in us I think a little bit more,” the Internet entrepreneur said on CBNC’s “Fast Money” on Thursday,...Read More
You may recall that Google’s mission is to “organize the world’s informationâ€. So if you’ve been seeing the Birthdays of people you hardly know appearing UFO-like in your Google Calendar lately, never fear — this is just Mountain View doing its thang organizing your stuff. Specifically, this bit of Googly info-admin boils down to its algorithms harvesting the birth...Read More
James Duncan Davidson/Wikimedia CommonsGoogle cofounder Sergey Brin. Google is lobbying the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to open unused sections of the radio spectrum, in a challenge to traditional mobile carriers that could open the door to far cheaper internet for consumers, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. But there’s a catch. Mobile carriers’ networks traditionally...Read More
The newly announced Google Cast for Audio gives Chromecast-like audio powers to Wi-Fi enabled speakers and soundbars. It basically sounds like Google’s version of AirPlay. Does that mean it’s going to suffer from AirPlay’s unfortunate drawbacks? Playing music or other audio content through a “Cast Ready” speaker will work much like video works using Google...Read More
A Google researcher has disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows 8.1 after Microsoft didn’t fix the problem within a 90-day window Google gave its competitor. The disclosure of the bug on Google’s security research website early this week stirred up a debate about whether outing the vulnerability was appropriate. The bug allows low-level Windows users...Read More
We’re not sure why we’ve never heard about this before — but as they say, it’s better late than never. Unless you’re dealing with a late flight, that is. When you’re in a hurry to find your personal flight info, it turns out you can turn to Google. Reddit user jasenlee pointed out the trick:...Read More
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