February 22, 2012
Gadgets & Tech
Online Giant Google is adding Visa, American Express and Discover to its payment system, which aims to make cellphones the credit cards of tomorrow. Google Inc. on Monday said it has licensed the right to add virtual “cards” from the three payment networks to its Wallet application. This is yet another way for Google to make [...]
More and more fallout continues from the once mighty online streaming and DVD rental company. Netflix is still a monster in the world of streaming and DVD rental, however, a few poorly executed missteps have cost the company million of customers, as well as millions more who are thinking about dropping the service altogether. Netflix [...]
Of course, this may not seem new to you at first glance. Everyone knows they can watch streaming television if they have the Netflix or Hulu apps, along with a pretty pricey subscription fee. But what if you could turn your iPad into a television and watch all your favorite television shows for free? Well, [...]
According to the Wall Street Journal, online giant Amazon is in talks with multiple book publishers about launching an online book rental service that would be similar to what Netflix does for movies. Amazon is currently creating a digital library of mainly older works and the proposed online library would offer users access to content [...]
Google continues to tear through the online world because it basically has unlimited resources. Yesterday Google purchased renowned restaurant review website Zagat, in hopes that this will become the cornerstone of Google’s attempt to become a major player in the travel and entertainment world. “Zagat will play a prominent role in Google’s overall plans for [...]
Though the iPhone 5 hasn’t been “officially announced,” the fact of the matter is that more and more leaks are getting out. We know that Apple will roll the new iPhone out in (or right around) October. We also found out that the production numbers for the iPhone 5 are huge, with estimates being around [...]
HTC is suing Apple, Apple is suing HTC, it is a never-ending revolving door. These companies have been at each other for years, and the latest news developing is that HTC is suing Apple over 3 patents and is bringing Apple before the ITC. According to Reuters, The latter alleged infringements of three patents obtained [...]
iPad has been so far and above the competition since its inception that there has really been no tablet competitor that has even remotely threatened it. That may change soon, as the Amazon Tablet has been gaining some nice momentum. Could the Amazon Tablet really compete with the Apple iPad? It all depends on what [...]
There is a new little device floating around out there called Square. Truth be told, it has actually been around for almost 2-years, but only now is it really starting to gain popularity. This is a simple and amazing little tool that can be used to receive payments (personal or business) from anywhere at any [...]
The developing team behind Windows 8 continues to reveal more and more about the new system. This past week they showed changes that are being made to the file management system. It looks like Windows 8 will be much more capable of handling high-volume copy jobs than its predecessor (Windows 7) has been at the [...]