Firefox drops Google and goes with Yahoo.
Firefox 34 has been released and it’s Googleless. That’s right — with the new upgrade, Mozilla has decided to make Yahoo its default search engine. But as any tweaker will tell you, it takes about 30 seconds to switch back to the Oh-So-Comfortable Google search engine. Don’t get me…
The search game is changing as Google makes a concentrated effort to cut down on music piracy while simultaneously helping to promote legitimate download sites like Netflix and Google Play. In keeping with its transparent theme, Google spelled out some specific changes it's making (and has already made) to Search in an updated How Google Fights…
Get ready to see more self driving cars on California roadways
The California state Department of Motor Vehicles said this week that it’s issued autonomous-vehicle testing permits to three companies.
The permits went to Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen’s Audi division, which have two each, and of course too Google, which obtained permits for 25 of its retrofitted…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella releases disappointing memo
In a 3,200 word memo released to everyone who works inside Microsoft and even published on the company’s website July 11, 2014, Satya Nadella, Microsoft's latest CEO, expressed that change is coming to the software giant and gave a few new perspective points to the new wave to…
Stand back; Verizon has the masses in an uproar over yanking free data plan from Google Chromebook Pixel owners.
When the Pixel was originally announced, buyers were promised 100MB of Verizon data free each month for 2 years. However, some Pixel owners recently noticed that they were losing their free data before the 2 years were…
If you’re in a coffee shop and you notice a few tables away a man is enjoying his beverage and logging into his iPad, can you steal his PIN? The answer to that question would depend on whether or not you could see his screen; thanks to new gadgets like Google Glass or smart watches…
After weeks, or maybe months, of nonstop talk and expectations regarding Android 4.4.3 KitKat, it would appear that the software is finally ready for a release date.
It’s arguable that Android 4.4.3 KitKat is probably the most highly-anticipated software update ever among those that aren’t upgrades from one Android iteration to another, like Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich…
To keep up with the ever-changing definition of a "mobile" platform, Google wants to spread ads across devices.
Love the way your Nest Learning Thermostat just hangs on the wall like a piece of art? Or how your Samsung Gear smartwatch makes it easier to communicate? Well, they might soon be used to serve up ads,…
Baidu has scored a win over Google by hiring Andrew Ng, founder of the “Google Brain,” to run the Chinese Internet giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) labs.
The Google Brain is the nickname for a project at the company to replicate aspects of how the human brain works in computers, which could lead to big advances…
Google’s Project Loon, the effort to bring Internet connectivity to more remote areas using a network of hot air balloons, has racked up an impressive achievement – going around the world in just 22 days. One of the project’s test balloons just managed this, despite estimates from the team that it would take around 33…
Google has recently announced that they will be working on a new gadget that they call project Ara. Project Ara is a new customizable phone that implements plate replacement. The new phone can be completely reinvented at your own whim. The device starts as a frame and from there will be given lego-like parts to…
Google cut prices on some Internet-based services for businesses by 30 percent or more, stepping up a challenge to Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. in cloud computing.
Google Cloud to cut its cloud computing service prices. Cloud wars have begun.
The services let customers use computer power or storage space on machines in Google’s own data centers. The…