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  • Google to introduce potential Twitter/Facebook competition

    Google’s Gmail has been the king of e-mail for several years now. But new means of communication through social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have eliminated a lot of the social communication that e-mail once had. Let’s all be honest it’s 10x easier to DM your friend on Facebook and Twitter because you are already on them and it doesn’t require you to look at all of the work in your inbox. However, it…

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  • Motorola Droid to receive Android 2.1 upgrade this week

    Motorola chose to announce some pretty exciting information via Facebook earlier today.  Rather than issuing a formal press release, Motorola has stated the Motorola Droid…

  • Google lowers ETF on Nexus One

    The Nexus One is a strange device.  It is the only cellphone of any kind that has two Early Termination Fees, one from the carrier…

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Google Contacts, otherwise known as my first big issue with the Palm Pre Plus, and a simple fix

by Robert Nelson on Feb 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM

The folks at Verizon Wireless were kind enough to send me a Palm Pre Plus and a Palm Pixi Plus to play with for a little while. And because of them sending out a few review units, I will in-turn be able to offer some hands-on posts about my use… Continue Reading »

Google Maps gets multitouch support on the Motorola Droid

by Natesh Sood on Feb 5, 2010 at 08:41 PM

It seems Google has finally updated Google Maps to feature multitouch support.  Since the Droid runs on Android 2.0, the capability for multitouch was always there, but the program was never written to encompass multitouch.  If you own the Motorola Droid, go to the Android Market app and find the… Continue Reading »

What could be a first look at a Google tablet

by Robert Nelson on Feb 2, 2010 at 09:18 AM

The iPad may be the hot topic at the moment, but I am sure that the iPad is far from the last tablet that we are going to be seeing this year. We already know that Google is planning to do something with Chrome OS and now we are being… Continue Reading »

Google Chrome steadily becoming more popular; Windows 7 as well

by Natesh Sood on Feb 1, 2010 at 07:31 PM

Good marketing campaigns can do wonders for the product.  Case in point with Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows 7, as they both became more popular in the month of January.  According to Net Applications, Chrome managed to gain popularity in terms of web browsing by stealing popularity from Internet Explorer… Continue Reading »

YouTube experimenting with HTML5-based video player

by Cheng Hung on Feb 1, 2010 at 04:34 PM

In an attempt to move away from flash-based video players, YouTube is currently having an opt-in beta for the upcoming HTML5-based video player. You can join the beta by clicking here. Only Google Chrome, Apple Safari (version 4+) and Microsoft Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame installed (Get Chrome Frame) are… Continue Reading »

Google Street View lawsuit allowed to continue but Google shouldn’t be worried

by Sue Walsh on Jan 31, 2010 at 11:52 AM

The lawsuit filed against Google by a Pennsylvania couple was reinstated by an appeals court, but their demands for $25,000 in damages plus punitive damages are unlikely to be heard and their claims of mental anguish and invasion of privacy were thrown out. Aaron and Christine Boring sued Google after… Continue Reading »

Google opts out of Google Docs and Sites support in IE6

by Natesh Sood on Jan 31, 2010 at 09:33 AM

Recently, Google has decided to stop offering key functions of their Google Docs and Sites services for Internet Explorer 6 browsers.  The only browsers that can work with Google Docs and Sites include Mozilla Firefox 3.0+, Internet Explorer 7.0+, Google Chrome 4.0+, and Safari 3.0+.  The changes will begin March… Continue Reading »

You can now send multi-recipient SMS with Google Voice

by Robert Nelson on Jan 30, 2010 at 07:01 AM

  Despite using Google Voice on a daily basis I totally missed the addition of this little SMS perk—you can now send an SMS messages to multiple recipients. I guess I must have gotten so used to not being able to, that I just never think to do it anymore.… Continue Reading »

Long Island paper proves pay walls for local papers don’t work

by Shawn Ingram on Jan 27, 2010 at 08:31 AM

Newspapers aren’t faring too well.  We all know that.  The options lately seem to be close the paper, hope ebook readers and/or the Apple Tablet can save the industry, or establish a pay wall.  There are problems with all three, though now we have proof that pay walls don’t always… Continue Reading »

FCC probing the four major cell carriers and Google on ETFs

by Shawn Ingram on Jan 26, 2010 at 09:30 PM

The FCC is really interested in why cellphone networks operate in the way they do.  There was the probe into AT&T, Apple and Google for the Google Voice iPhone fiasco, and the recent probe into Verizon for doubling the Early Termination Fees on smartphones.  The committee’s attention is still on… Continue Reading »

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