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If you were impressed with Google’s line up of product launches yesterday – from the Pixel smartphone to the 4K-ready Chromecast to Google Home smart speakers – you haven’t see the best (or worst?) of it yet. The biggest reason for Google making its own smartphones is obviously to leverage the power of the Android…
Well before the official launch of Google Pixel, the new smartphone #madebygoogle, rumors and leaks had pretty much figured out everything that was going on behind the curtains. What was speculation is now fact, and we already know the facts about the Google Pixel and Pixel XL. For the features, you can simply take a look…
A surprisingly large number of people don’t realize how active Google has been in the acquisitions space. Since the beginning, Google has acquired over 190 companies that span speciality areas as diverse as headphones with a “3D audio” experience, solar-powered unmanned drones that can stay in the air for five years, smart home gadgets that…
When Apple first launched Apple Pay in the United States in October 2014, CEO Tim Cook took a swipe at credit card companies for using a five-decades-old technology. But instead of alienating the largest payments processors in the world, Apple integrated support for all three major cards – Visa, MasterCard and American Express. The move…
Cloud computing has been an extremely disruptive industry since its inception. Beginning in the form of shared mainframe resources back in the 1950s, it gradually went through various stages like virtualization and utility computing (computing as a metered service) before eventually becoming the complete IT infrastructure solution that it is today. For businesses, cloud services makes perfect…
Mac OS X is possibly one of the most popular desktop operating systems to come out of Apple’s OS development team, but since Apple moved to the Siri-centric Mac OS Sierra we’ve had a lot of folks ask us whether it’s a good idea to switch to Windows 10 since that seems to have some pretty robust…
Information has just leaked out, according to a Mashable report, that Google will launch its smart speakers – Google Home – at a $129 price point, bringing it in line with the Amazon Echo Tap and $50 cheaper than the $179 flagship model Amazon Echo. The Echo Dot is still cheaper, at $49, and still…
Multimedia mobile social media app company Snapchat announced yesterday that they have launched a product called “Sunglasses”, which is essentially a pair of shades with video recording functionality built into it. The product retails for $130 and can record up to 10 seconds of video at a time. The device can be wirelessly synced to your iPhone, and…
For those who skipped El Capitan in the hope of something better (like I did), your wait is over. Apple has released the brand spanking new Sierra operating system for Mac users all over the world. And I have the screenshot to prove it! This will be the very last article I wrote on Yosemite,…
According to a recent report by Venture Beat, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 could see a re-launch of sorts on October 21. Nearly two months after the original launch and about a month and a half after the launch of its biggest competitors iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the Galaxy Note 7 could once again…
If you have any plans to buy a high-end smartphone, hold that thought until October 4. Google today sent out invites as part of an announcement that it will be unveiling some “made by Google” hardware that we assume are the two much-awaited smartphone variants Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL. Google Pixel Smartphone Launch…
According to a report by Reuters, Jonathan Strobel of Florida sued Samsung Electronics after the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in his front pants pocket exploded and caused “severe burns” on his leg. After 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices were recalled by Samsung in one of the largest smartphone recalls in recent history,…
For smartphone aficionados 2016 is nearly over, with most of the bigger launches already done and dusted. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus from Apple are out, as is the Apple Watch series 2; and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 is out, albeit bitten by a major recall bug because of battery overheating issues; so what’s…
Microsoft made a big splash in 2013 when it acquired Finnish phone maker Nokia for $7.2 billion. Since then, the bar has been coming in lower and lower on the expectation that Microsoft would be a serious competitor to Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhones. Since then, nothing of significance ever came out of that relationship except…
Apple Inc. has never publicly admitted to running Project Titan, it’s smart car initiative to bring fully autonomous driving to the world. In other words, a self-driving car. But haven’t several other companies already launched similar projects, you ask? Yes, they have, but none of them have been as secretive as Apple has. In many…
