Google Archive
24 Mar 2015
Google+ will split into Photos and Streams products, to be headed by Bradley Horowitz
Google+ will split into Photos and Streams products, to be headed by Bradley Horowitz Google’s Bradley Horowitz will run the company’s Photo and Streams products, in a move that indicates the company may be reorganizing its Google+ social networking site. Horowitz, vice president of product management since 2008, announced the move in a Google+ post.
24 Mar 2015
Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone
Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone With a smartphone that slots together piece by piece like Lego, US Internet giant Google is trying to reinvent the mobile as most phone makers are honing sleeker handsets. The company aims to challenge its rival Apple’s thin iPhones with the Google Ara project, giving smartphone aficionados the option
24 Mar 2015
Ford turns back to Microsoft to build connected car services
Ford turns back to Microsoft to build connected car services Ford is turning to one of its early technology partners, Microsoft Corp, to help expand the automaker’s connected car services. Among the features that Ford plans to offer later this year through its new Service Delivery Network is the ability to automatically update its
23 Mar 2015
Google exec: Here’s where Glass went wrong
Google exec: Here’s where Glass went wrong Google’s Astro Teller was on hand at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas recently to give a talk on the value of failure. It’s something he knows a bit about as the head of Google’s secretive Google X department. Teller, sometimes jokingly called “Captain of Moonshots,”
21 Mar 2015
Amazon is reportedly working on a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service
Amazon is reportedly working on a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service While Amazon has worked hard to promote its Android app store, let’s face it: if you’re not on Fire OS, you’ll use the Google Play Store almost all the time. But it looks like Amazon may have a trick up its sleeve to get
20 Mar 2015
How to Use Social Media Dashboards
How to Use Social Media Dashboards An assortment of useful reports are available through Hootsuite’s free version, including Facebook Insights, which shows Likes by demographic, for example; and Twitter Engagement, which shows Twitter mentions and retweets. Some more elaborate reports require a subscription upgrade to $9.99 per month, while others mean purchasing analytics credits. Social
20 Mar 2015
Apple’s TV Plans Come Into Focus
Apple’s TV Plans Come Into Focus It looks as though Apple is solidifying its plans to deliver a streaming-TV service, which may have cable-TV providers quaking in their boots. Whether Apple has come up with the right formula to attract cord-cutters is a big unknown, however, as is the potential profitability of such a venture.
18 Mar 2015
New build of Windows 10 shows Cortana, unified app store, ability to buy Xbox One games on PC
New build of Windows 10 shows Cortana, unified app store, ability to buy Xbox One games on PC An upcoming version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview has leaked, and it has some really, really big changes. Where the first few builds of Windows 10 have been very teasing, only showing small tweaks and upgrades,
17 Mar 2015
Google launches revised Chromebook Pixel — nicer, still not for mainstream buyers
Google launches revised Chromebook Pixel — nicer, still not for mainstream buyers The rumored, then-Google-confirmed Chromebook Pixel 2 is now finally here — and it’s just called the Pixel, again. Because Google, Apple, and everyone else likes to confuse the living heck out of us. It looks like a beauty, though, and this time around, the
17 Mar 2015
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info A researcher at Cisco’s Talos security group recently discovered a bug that caused some Google Apps customers to have their personal information leaked via WHOIS domain listings for more than a year. Google Apps is a popular service these days, so in this case “some”