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Google Acquires Songza On Tuesday, Google announced that it had acquired Songza. Songza, if you haven't heard of them, offer a unique take on music streaming. Rather than using algorithms and similar artist mash-ups, Songza offers human curated playlists, based on various factors like time of the day, or mood, or location. It is a [...]
According to Sky News Google is exploring the option of buying into Virgin Galactic. According to the report: "Google is in talks with Virgin Galactic about a deal that will hand it crucial access to satellite-launch technology and an equity stake in Sir Richard Branson’s $2bn (£1.2bn) space tourism venture."Mark Kleinman, Sky News, "Google In [...]
VaryCode is an all-in-one programming code converter. VaryCode's Makerting Manager told us that the application is "a kind of Google Translate between seven major programming languages: C#, Visual Basic .Net, Java, C++, Ruby, Python and Boo."
Google has done an amazing job of hyping up Google Glass and they should, they've had plenty of time to do it. Google unveiled their wearable glass product at their Google I/O developer conference in May of 2012 (yes a year and a half ago), then at this past years Google I/O conference Google's earliest [...]
Square reached a milestone back in November with it's billionth payment. That means that regardless of what people are saying, Square is getting quite popular. The technology, that allows just about anyone to take a credit card payment via a swiping device that plugs into their smart phone, has turned street vendors, performers and even [...]
According to a Reuters report filed on Monday, Google could be facing an $18 million fine. According to the report, Google "could be fined up 15 million euros ($18.6 million) if it does not stop violating the privacy of Internet users in the Netherlands, the Dutch data protection agency said on Monday."Anthony Deutsch, ed. Pravin [...]
If you have somehow managed to avoid buying a Chromecast, now may just be the time to do so. Or, if someone on you holiday shopping list wants a Chromecast, Google has what is easily the best promotion for the product to date. From now to December 21, if you order a Chromecast - or [...]
On Wednesday, Google announced a brand new email app. It is a departure from Gmail - don't worry though, Gmail will remain - to a more task-based inbox. Fittingly, the new app is called just that, Inbox: Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called Inbox. Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who [...]
Back in April we reported that Nest, the now Google owned company that makes the Nest thermostat, pulled it's smoke/carbon monoxide detector, Nest Protect, off the market. They made this decision after they internally uncovered a flaw that could have been dangerous with the product. Although no accidents were reported, engineers at Nest discovered that [...]
Marissa Mayer is an absolute rock star. Going from one of Google's earliest employees, rising through the ranks and ultimately leaving to be the CEO of another internet giant of time's past, Yahoo. Oh and did we mention she took the position when she was pregnant. There's no doubt that the female power executive that [...]
According to several reports, Google may be pulling the plug on the Nexus line of phones. The Nexus phones, currently, come with a pure Android build. That is to say that there is no manufacturer or carrier pre-loaded software, or any additions to the Android OS. Google's new mobile strategy represents a major shift away [...]
You may remember the trouble Apple had gotten into for in-app purchases made by kids who weren't "authorized" to access the iTunes App Store. The trouble began a few years back for Apple. The company started getting refund requests and complaints from parents, some who's kids had racked up thousands of dollars in charges playing [...]
Google has made another high dollar acquisition. Recode.net reported this weekend that Google has purchased a secretive artificial intelligence company called DeepMind. According to Recode's Liz Gannes, Google paid $400 million dollars for the company. While Google has now confirmed the acquisition mums the word on the dollar amount. DeepMind was founded in London by [...]
Google is notorious for their acquisitions. They've had some mega huge hits like Youtube and then some misses like Orkut. But where does't Google's latest $3.2 billion dollar acquisition of Nest fit in with the grand scheme of Google Acquisitions? Our good friend John Cook at Geekwire took a look at Nest's place in the [...]
(image: LeWeb) Do you remember the Apple Newton, well we do, but only mildly. The Apple Newton was a PDA device that will forever live on in history as one of Apple's biggest failures, and yes it's possible for Apple to have failures. The Apple Newton ranks up there with the Lisa, the [...]
As more and more people become familiar with the forthcoming Google Glass, the wearable, Android powered smart glasses are drawing attention from state and local governments. Google Glass has been in a large scale beta with a group of early adopters and Google developers. This group was able to purchase the "explorer edition" of Google [...]
If you think you've heard the name Andy Rubin before, you probably have. He's the engineer that created the HipTop for his company Danger. The HipTop was Rubin's earliest version of how he saw a smartphone. It did quite well for T-mobile and was eventually acquired by Microsoft. Rubin's career path led him to Google [...]
Coin, a new tech company that is allowing users to sync all of their credit, debit and reward cards to one physical card with a magnetic stripe, is the talk of the town. They've done a successful crowdfunding campaign, they've been all over Facebook and even Google has launched a product to compete. Early backers [...]
Got Your 6, an organization that unites the entertainment industry with top veteran-focused nonprofit organizations held an event at Google's New York Headquarters on Friday. At that event, several technology leaders, including Google, made the case for hiring vets in the tech sector. "130,000 soldiers will leave the army every year," said Brig. Gen. David [...]
A Google Glass app that serves up a database of who's who in technology so the users can quickly learn more about people they meet at a conference or in a meeting sounds like a wonderful idea right? Pro Populi the people behind Google Glass app People+ thought that as well. Internet giant AOL [...]
