Google flips the switch on autocomplete censorship
Weren't sure where to find the best illegal files online and thought you'd turn to Google for help? It just got a wee bit harder. Google is living up to its promise to cut down...
Netflix: More Viewing Hours on Apple TVs Than iPads
In today’s earnings release, movie streaming service Netflix has announced that viewing hours on Apple TV have surpassed those through the iPad. What’s interesting is that the Apple TV was released in September 2010 and has sold less than two million units since then; the iPad, on the other hand, was released in April and...
Ongo: a "curated" online news service for $7 per month
Those who follow news online know that it can be hard to sift through the cruft to get to the good stuff. Not only that, it can be frustrating to read in a million different...
Google submits VP8 bitstream to IETF, but not as a standard
Earlier this month, Google submitted a document describing the bitstream specification for its VP8 video compression algorithm for publication by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). This isn't a step towards standardizati...
The Oatmeal on Verizon iPhone, Ping
So true.
Oh, and don’t miss the Groupon, Google and Tumblr artworks, also available here.
Next up: The Oatmeal on the white iPhone?
Preschoolers better at navigating iPhone than tying their shoes
Hand a two-year-old child a shoe and she will probably end up throwing it. Hand her an iPhone, however, and she'll navigate through it to find her favorite app in no time. Those are two lessons that I (and...
Mozilla, Google take different approaches to ad tracking opt-out
Google announced today the availability of a browser add-on for Chrome that will make it easier for users to opt out of the behavioral tracking that Internet advertising companies use to improve ad targeting. The add-on relies on...
View Instagram’s Most Popular Photos on Instagreat!
Instagram has been a massive success but it is largely an experience that has been exclusive to its iPhone app. Not anymore though, web developers Elliott Kember and Hector Simpson have created Insta-great, a site that showcases all the most popular photo’s from Instagram. The brilliantly designed site allows you to also drill down to...
If you can’t buy it, build it: Google Offers to battle Groupon
Trying to buy Groupon is so passé—why not do what everyone else is doing and launch a deal site of your own? That's apparently what Google has decided to do after its failed bid to...
HTML to lose the version number
In a blog entry Thursday, HTML specification editor Ian Hickson announced that the HTML specification will no longer have a version number attached. The WHATWG version of the specification will be treated as a "living standard" t...
Google cofounder Larry Page moves into CEO role
There's movement at the top of Google, and cofounder Larry Page will be taking over daily operations at the search giant. No longer will Eric Schmidt sit in the CEO position—he has decided to step into the role of...
