Today is the first anniversary of the Scientific American Blog Network!!! Over almost eight years of blogging (after a couple of years commenting on other people’s blogs and campaign forums, I finally started my own blog in August 2004) this blog has changed styles and directions a number of times. I started with straight-out politics, [...] ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device in Silicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting about the bottom line. It was fretting about speed. "We wanted to innovate fast. This is the first end-to-end hardware product that Google has ever put out," said [...] ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device in Silicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting about the bottom line. It was fretting about speed. "We wanted to innovate fast. This is the first end-to-end hardware product that Google has ever put out," said [...] ...
In 2009, revolutionized ecommerce with their mobile credit card reader, and is now processing $6 billion a year in payments from more than two million Square users. But now Square has competition from -- it boasts 110 million users worldwide and more than $118 billion in transactions last year -- which is preparing to introduce [...] ...
Google on Monday urged governments to get better at sharing information to allow citizens and first responders to make better use of the Internet during natural disasters. At a conference in quake-prone Japan, Rachel Whetstone, the firm's senior vice president of public policy and communications, said some countries hesitate over disclosing data. She said this [...] ...
Beautiful to Look At Colorful LED lights separate the base of the device from the movable front. [More from Mashable: ] Google is calling the “world’s first social media streamer.” When connected to your TV, this $299 ball can be used to stream tunes and videos from your favorite (Gingerbread or higher) Android device. [More [...] ...
Google glasses that overlay the Internet on daily lives should hit the market within two years -- technology the tech giant hopes will someday make fumbling with smartphones obsolete. Google co-founder Sergey Brin offered the estimated timeline after a project update that included sky divers dropping in with a new version of "Glass" wearable computers. [...] ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's Chrome browser can now be used to surf the Web on the iPhone and iPad. The Chrome application released Thursday is the latest volley in the escalating rivalry between Google Inc. and Apple Inc., which makes those two popular mobile devices. The announcement highlighted the second day of Google I/O, [...] ...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the company's annual developer conference in San Francisco Wednesday morning with an enthralling demonstration of Google Glass, the company's ultra-intriguing wearable computer project. In case you missed it, here's what happened: a team of skydivers logged into to a Google+ Hangout and jumped from a plane then of the Moscone [...] ...
Wondering who Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney will choose as his running mate sometime in the next few weeks? Google might be able to help you out -- or at least show you which candidates are getting the most search requests and online buzz. Google's " ," embedded below, tracks digital buzz around a handful [...] ...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- In an effort to preserve its traditional way of life, one Amazon tribe has turned to innovative technologies, particularly Google Earth. [More from Mashable: Young Entrepreneur Council Building Network of Youth Startup Founders] The Surui people, native to Brazil's Rondonia state, released a detailed cultural map of their ancestral lands, embedded [...] ...
While cybersecurity legislation languishes in congressional committees, the search king mounts a full-frontal assault on Chinese hackers Earlier this month, many Gmail users received a message from Google warning of "state-sponsored attackers" who "may be attempting to compromise your account or computer." The alleged state sponsor is China, of course, and the unusual message is [...] ...