Gadgetell | Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things

This holiday season, Google is stepping up and covering the WiFi fees in airports across the country as part of a marketing push.  Users will be greeted by Google offering classic marketing techniques such as an offer to change your homepage to Google, download Chrome browser or an offer to… Continue Reading »

Mobile search isn’t anything new, Google’s had m.google.com for years now and it works well on mobile devices that need info fast without all the glamor of the standard Google site (sarcasm).  Bing has been rising in the charts but needs to find a way to continue to grow; its… Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s Who’s on Crack where we delve into what appears to be narcotic-induced moves in the tech world.  This week, we’ll get as far as looking up info on a facility upstate for Microsoft for leaving out an app store for the Zune HD, Bing’s visual search,… Continue Reading »

Microsoft looks to be attacking Google with just about everything it can think of.  It’s pushing Bing to be the chief competitor to Google, trying to get past its current 3.5% market share.  Bing’s newest attack looks to be with its new visual search feature. The idea of visual search… Continue Reading »

The U.S. Department of Justice is deepening their investigation into the Yahoo!-Bing deal.  They’ve asked both Microsoft and Yahoo! for more information about their search engine deal.  In July, the two companies announced a deal that would have Microsoft’s Bing power Yahoo’s search with a split of the ad revenue. … Continue Reading »

Microsoft is trying to get an edge over Google and one of the ways that they plan to do this is through Bing Cashback.  This program allows you to earn cash on select purchases made using the Bing search engine.  The items eligible for the cashback program will appear within… Continue Reading »

Yahoo has been accused of accepting ads for use on their various websites from online pharmacies that are suppliers of illegal prescription drugs.  These companies allow customers to order prescription without requiring a valid prescription.  Two reporting firms, Legitscript.com and KnujOn.com monitored Yahoo for a three month period and found… Continue Reading »

Download: iPod/iPhone version (mp4) | Audio version (mp3) Get caught up in a hurry with InterrupTech.  You won’t find endless chatter here.  We’ve got a timer to move things along.   This Week: Paypal charges new fees, forgets to tell anyone Facebook Lite leaked Microsoft’s Zune HD gets official Microsoft… Continue Reading »

Recently, the Zune HD has appeared on many tech blogs and websites in terms of pricing and some initial impressions.  Let’s see what we know so far about the device touted to save Microsoft’s MP3 player ambitions.  Best Buy shows off Zune HD prices? This morning, I wrote an article… Continue Reading »

In what some could construe as a response to Bing, Google for the past few months has been quietly improving its search engine.  There’s nothing you’ll see on the standard Google page, because the updates haven’t been pushed there yet.  Even visiting the site that includes the upgrades you’re not… Continue Reading »