Hotmail's War on Spam Sees Results
I’ve been critical of Hotmail in the past, given that I find Gmail to be consistently superior from both a product and usability standpoint. However, I now have to admit that Hotmail…
Latest Google+ TV Ad is a True Personal Story
If you watched The Grammys last night, you might have seen a new commercial for Google+ called “New Dad”. I was doing dishes at the time and wasn’t watching the…
Apple Giving ¥10,000 Gift Cards With Mac Purchases
Apple’s gearing up for back to school in Japan once again, this time offering ¥10,000 (~$129 USD) gift cards with the purchase of any new Mac. So once you get…
Nokia's Valentine for AT&T
This post is just for fun. If you have your serious hat on, you have come to the wrong place. The ever connected Paul Thurrott has posted two images to…
Google Updates Search to Help Your Health
If you’ve ever had a really bad headache or back problem, you might have surfed over to WebMD to see if you can find possible medical issues related to your…
Google Says European Commission Approved Motorola Acquisition
Search giant Google has today announced that its planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility has been approved by the European Commission. The approval has been posted to the Commission’s site here and…
1B Mobile Users by 2016, Apple, Google and Microsoft with 90% share
You would have to be blind not to see at this point that the future of our computing lives will be mobile. Recent statistics gathered by research group Forrester only…
Amazon is reportedly planning to launch its Kindle e-readers in Brazil and Japan
Separate reports indicate that Amazon may soon launch its Kindle e-readers in Brazil and in Japan, PaidContent notes. This would be one more step in the Kindle’s global rollout, following…
Nokia Primes 6 Phones for MWC
If this rumor bears out, it will underscore how aggressively Nokia is working to reclaim its past glory and profits. Here’s the skinny: six new phones. Yes, six. Of course, they are…
MIT Wants to Solve Weak Wireless Signals
No matter how far we come with technology, it seems that the pain of intermittent connectivity will always plague us. Even in major cities like New York, you’d be hard…
Musaic Takes Album Discovery to a New Level
This past weekend was Music Hack Day San Francisco, which was the third in the city and the twentieth overall globally since 2009. There were over 200 developers in attendance…
The 8-Bitty is an NES Controller for iPhone and iPad
If you read our review of the sweet iCade cabinet for iPad, you’ll know that I think this ‘analog controls for iDevices’ trend is a cool one. I really liked…
Firefox Going Metro for Windows 8
This post should not be a surprise, but it is certainly something nice. Firefox will not only come to Windows 8, it will do so in style. News broke today…
Tech News in 5 Minutes - The Daily Dose
Anonymous pokes its head in to Greece, rips down a few posters from the Internet in the process. MySpace nabbed 1 million new users recently. Reddit takes a stand against…
Valentine's Day Inspiration, Gift Ideas and More
Love it or hate it, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Or “Saint Valentine’s Day” as was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD to honor Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine….
