This morning the internet was beside itself; as part of Google’s ongoing paring down of their “side” projects, Google announced that they will be pulling the plug on Google Reader effective July 1st. The announcement was immediately met with the ire and scorn of nerds everywhere. For the uninitiated, RSS readers are an aggregate of [...]
Big news coming out of Mountain View today; Google has officially announced that long-time head of Android was stepping down. To mark the occasion, Google took a brief stroll down memory lane citing some of Rubin’s accomplishments since becoming a Googler. Probably most notable was Rubin’s reining in the various flavors of Android by implementing [...]
You may have heard something about an announcement last night involving Sony, a new Playstation; our very own Kevin Jones has the details here. You may have also heard about the Playstation 4′s physical absence on stage. We got to see some launch titles, their new social-centric PSN replacement (evolution), and the controller that will [...]
If you’re one of the folks that supported Pebble’s Kickstarter campaign, you’ve been waiting for this bit of news for some time now. Today, Pebble has announced that the first run of Smartwatches are on their way to some customers. The compatible Android app is also going live in the Google Play Store by tomorrow [...]
New York City is my home and I wouldn’t live anywhere else in the world. As a city, New York is making big strides in being home to hundreds of new web-based startups, but at the same time we’re not really a “wired” city. Many private businesses offer free WiFi for their patrons, local cable [...]
First things first, unboxing and initial impressions. Packaging was very straightforward, giving you everything you’d expect; the Chromebook, a charging cable, and paperwork along with a Chrome logo sticker. Upon first startup we were asked to first choose a wifi network, and then login to a Gmail account. After logging in a new tab page [...]
Earlier this month the Google Nexus 4 went up for sale and was almost immediately out of stock. News that I’m sure both LG and Google were equally pleased to hear/announce. If you missed your first chance at getting the Nexus 4, The Verge is reporting that you’ll have a second shot ordering the latest [...]
After months of almost no challengers Apple’s AirPlay may soon have some competition from Google. Google recently rolled out an update that allowed users to send Youtube videos from phones or tablets running android to Google TV, while this is similar to AirPlay, it still has a long way to go. This could also mean [...]
Have you been waiting to buy a Google Nexus 4? How about a sweet looking Nexus 10 tablet? According to a report from Engadget the long awaited follow up to the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 went on sale earlier today and almost immediately reported being sold out. Great news for Google (assuming that these moved [...]
The image above made it’s rounds around the internet this past week, originally picked up by the Xperia Blog and ultimately being picked up (and reported on with a healthy sized grain of salt) by larger outlets like The Verge, Engadget, and Gizmodo; many Android fans were hoping that there would finally be a Sony [...]