The Internet has been for the most part an anonymous place, where users can go about their business without fear of repercussion. Arguments often take place with the participants physically unscathed. It seems that those days are falling by the wayside, for favor of a responsible Internet, …
Recently the ESRB has announced that it will start doing mobile ratings, starting in 2012, but it may be for nothing as Apple and Google will have no part of it. The ESRB has been keeping game ratings private and providing parents with adequate information on …
There have been several rumors floating around about the alleged design, specifications and more importantly, the release of the next Google phone in partnership with Samsung, which is to be called the Nexus Prime or Galaxy Nexus. This phone is going to be the first to …
The announcement of the iPhone 4S received some mixed reviews from around the world, but while everyone waits for it to hit the market, there is another Google flagship coming out called the Nexus Prime. This information comes straight from an inside source at Google, happened …
Google has quietly rolled out a new site called wdyl.com, which stands for What Do You Love?, complete with a little heart as a search button. The service is supposed to be an aggregator site which displays search results from multiple channels, which is a different …
Google is going to launch a start-up incubator called Umbono in Cape Town in South Africa, the company has announced. The aim of the incubator is to provide support for the local ecosystem of technology in the country through offering Google mentorship, access to seed capital …
Google’s purchase of ITA was finally approved by the Department of Justice with certain conditions. The conditions need Google to develop and licence travel software, continue research and development of software and establish firewall procedures internally. The company will also have to, under specific conditions, provide …
An answer to the growing social networking phenomenon has been launched by Google, the +1 button, which is being seen by many as an answer to the Like button of Facebook. The concept applied here is similar, although Google will eventually also include this in their …
Microsoft announced recently, in a fairly ironic turn of events, that it will file a complaint against Google with the European Commission, the antitrust regulators of Europe. Brad Smith, Microsoft general counsel, wrote in a blog about this action explaining that Microsoft, who themselves have been …
According to news emerging from Google, the web search giant is planning to team up with Citigroup Inc. and MasterCard Inc. to enable NFC payment technology in upcoming Android mobile devices which allows the users to make payments at checkouts in stores by just waving their …
Google has recently entered the group messaging space with Disco which is a new website and an iPhone app. The messaging service from Google makes use of the Disco.com domain that they bought last year for $225,000 at Domainfest. The Disco website and app, which are …