Following rumors that Yahoo is in talks to buy blogging platform Tumblr for an estimated $1 billion, the company has sent members of the press invitations to a mysterious event it is holding next week. The event, which will be held at 5:00 p.m. ET in New York City on Monday, includes the tagline on [...]

Google’s deal-of-the-day service Google Offers is coming to its social network Google+, so users can see and share limited-time promotions directly with their news stream. Companies participating in the Google Offers program, such as Zagat, Hello Kitty, Nook and Art.com are among the brands who can now share deals with their network on Google+. SEE [...]

Samsung’s programmable TecTile technology is finally coming to the Galaxy S4. TecTiles are Samsung’s near-field communications (NFC) stickers that be placed around the house or car, so you can automate certain tasks Want to dim the lights and not get up from the couch? How about activate a media player from afar? All you’ll need [...]

It may seem like an Android and iOS world, and that’s because it is. The two mobile operating systems made up 92% of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013. New data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) reveals Apple and Google’s mobile platforms far exceed other competitors. Together, they shipped 199.5 million [...]

The bar was set high for the annual Google I/O Developer’s Conference in San Francisco following a whole series of product announcements and surprises in 2012, and although no one jumped out of a plane wearing Google Glass this year, we were treated to some cool new products. The keynote was packed with announcements of [...]

Following weeks of rumors that a new Google Maps design was imminent, the search engine giant announced a new look on Wednesday, and to sum it up: it looks spectacular. Google has rebuilt Google Maps from “the ground up,” with a focus on the design and interactions directly within the map. From seeing clouds hovering [...]

Google announced on Wednesday at its Google I/O conference in San Francisco updates to its Google+ social networking platform, including a new image-focused design that resembles Pinterest and Facebook’s existing layout. The company added 41 new features to Google+ as a part of an effort to make it smarter and more intuitive, with the help [...]

Google announced on Wednesday during its big Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco a new effort called “Google Play for Education,” which is designed for making devices and software affordable for educators. Teachers can now buy apps and push then to a classroom of tablets at once, which then can be charged to a [...]

Google Cloud Messaging just got a big revamp during the big Google I/O conference held in San Francisco on Wednesday, and it’s now a whole lot faster. Last year, it announced Google Cloud Messaging, which lets you push data from servers to apps. Now, about 60% of the top 100 apps in the Google Play [...]