The Wall Street Journal reports more shuffling is coming at the executive level at Google. Yesterday the company's CEO explained Android head Andy Rubin was stepping down. Now, the executive in charge of Google Maps and the commerce division, Jeff Huber, is going to also step down: Google Inc. executive Jeff Huber stepped aside as head...
Google Now is the virtual assistant that's long been accessible for Android users, but according to Engadget, the following alleged leaked promo video for the iOS version was uploaded to YouTube then subsequently pulled. How the iOS version of Google Now would work is to just simply swipe up from the main screen within the...
Google today announced their new Chromebook Pixel, their latest notebook offering: Today we’re excited to announce our newest laptop—the Chromebook Pixel—which brings together the best in hardware, software and design to inspire the next generation of Chromebooks. With the Pixel, we set out to rethink all elements of a computer in order to design the...
The 14th Annual Harris Poll Reputation Quotient Study, which measures various dimensions that comprise reputation and influence consumer behaviour, has revealed that technology is the most reputable industry in corporate America. According to the 2013 poll, Amazon, Apple, The Walt Disney Company, Google and Johnson & Johnson are the top 5 companies with the best...
Analyst Scott Devitt at Morgan Stanley has reported that Apple is charging almost $1 billion each year from Google for making it the default search engine on iOS devices (via Business Insider). While some analysts have previously estimated that Apple has a revenue sharing deal with Google on iOS search, Devitt believes Apple would rather has a fee...
If we take the numbers as granted, Apple is clearly losing ground and indeed needs to introduce a cheaper iPhone to attract more buyers and increase market share. That's right: Apple currently stands at 15% market share on a global scale while Android owns 75%, according to IDC's recent data. (more…)
Bloomberg reports U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper in Manhattan approved the $527 million deal Apple, Google and other tech companies bid to purchase patents from Kodak. The latter was "disappointed" with the final price, as a previous advisory firm estimated the company could get $2 billion out of the patents: Michael Torkin, an attorney for Kodak,...
Christmas Eve is upon us and that means it's time to track Santa Claus. If you're looking to track Santa you can do so from your iPhone or iPad with Google's Santa Tracker. It shows detailed information about where Santa has been, where he's going next and also how many presents he has delivered. For...
Bloomberg reports the bankrupt Kodak finally agreed to secure its route out of bankruptcy by selling some of its digital-imaging patents for $525 million to a group led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp. (more…)
Google+ for iOS has received an update to introduce Google+ Communities, more notification options when it comes to circles, a new visual stream design plus more. Full change log below: What's New in Version 4.1 - New feature: Google+ Communities - Ability to subscribe to any circle for notifications - Ability to indicate how many...
Google has released a new app called YouTube Capture to allow users to quickly record videos, edit them and upload to YouTube. Videos can be quickly shared to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or Google+. I can see YouTube celebrities taking full advantage of this app for their vlogs: Film and share videos with YouTube Capture: Easy,...
Google has announced its recently released Google Maps for iOS has been downloaded over 10 million times in less than two days, as noted by Google's Senior VP of Geo and Commerce, Jeff Huber on his Google+ account: More than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours after release! We're excited for the positive reception...
