Earlier today Google announced its Knowledge Graph product, which it says will allow users to get information about things, people or places, instantly. It’s essentially an enhancement for Google Search…
A fascinating report in Fortune today has laid out in simple terms why the timing of Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) is important from a tax perspective. In an IPO, certain shares…
Today, Google released an iOS version of its recommendation service Schemer. We covered the service when it launched in private beta last December. It’s a way to find cool things…
The “socialification” of Google products continues with some very cool tweaks announced by the Gmail team today. The product has improved its contact search and will now surface more information…
The Internet of things is becoming easier to grasp as household appliances, pot plants and other objects are connected to the Internet to let us know more about them or…
We first covered Soluto last year, a startup with $18million in funding behind it and a crack team of PC enthusiasts. The platform allows Windows users to help other PC…
This will be by far the best thing that you have seen today, if you’ve been keeping clear of archived Metallica concerts. Ladies and bruces, we have the Zuckerberg Musical…
Skype is launching its previously announced partnership with Xfinity today in two markets, Boston and Seattle. The video-calling-via-TV service will also be available to Xfinity subscribers in Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami,…
There’s been considerable speculation that social media sensation Pinterest is preparing to raise additional funding as it marches towards dominating a massive new vertical on the web. The pinning site…
Good news, friends, the US patent backlog is down to 640,000, which The Hill reports as the lowest level in years. Bad news, friends, the patent backlog is a comically embarrassing 640,000….
Digital payments startup Jumio has today released its Netswipe Mobile SDK, which allows developers to add credit card scanning capabilities to their iOS apps. With this release, Jumio is giving away…
We’ve seen a surge in taxi apps in recent times, with the likes of Hailo securing $17m in series A funding, and Uber rolling out a new mobile-friendly site aimed…
In the tech space, we have a tendency to explain things by drawing comparisons to other services that you may already be aware of. You might be familiar with headlines…
Facebook amends its S-1. Yes, again. No, this is not a repeat of yesterday. DISH Network could find itself on the wrong side of CBS’s programming decisions. Flipboard now has…
Dish’s bold move to help consumers skip advertisements on the TV screens is rankling the top brass of television. Despite being difficult to track, and not too hard to avoid,…
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