Big Tech

Google doles out $3.2bn for smart thermostat maker Nest Labs

Boom… 2014 just got its first really big acquisition. Google has just announced that it has struck a deal to buy Nest Labs, best…

Gmail now lets you email people on Google+

Many of us who network via the web find one another and communicate on a forum or social media platform and create connections but…

It’s time for the Phoenix to rise: Yahoo! in 2014

Fourteen months ago, Yahoo! pulled off one of the best executed coups of in the tech industry. In the midst of great doubt and…

Marissa Mayer unveils revamped Yahoo! Advertising [CES2014]

If Yahoo! really is to rise from the ashes in 2014, advertising is undoubtedly one of the areas it has to get right. And…

Michael Bay freaks out at Samsung’s CES 2014 press conference

Proceedings took a strange turn at Samsung’s press conference today, when director Michael Bay abruptly left the stage after a teleprompter apparently failed during…

The problem with an Intel push for an Android Windows marriage

Android and Windows running in harmony on the same machine isn’t something new. Whether it’s by dual-booting — choosing which OS to boot when…

Microsoft is not in a hurry to announce its new CEO… yet

It seems all those waiting to find out who the lucky champion for Microsoft’s top job will be just have to wait a little…

Google is changing, for better or worse

Google’s large scale actions within the industry might be grabbing all the headlines, but it’s the seemingly small changes that might have an even…

Apple announces $81.1-billion hoard, lobbies for US tax-break

We all know that Apple is immensely successful. After all, it briefly overtook oil-giant Exxon to become the most valuable company on Earth earlier…

How Google Earth is being used to track Typhoid in Nepal

For most of us, going a day without using a Google product is unimaginable. The internet giant serves up our news, email and maps….

Google kills Buzz, hedges bets on Google+

Google has announced that it will kill its social networking tool Buzz as it seeks to put its energy into the young, but fast…

Google just wants to be #3… Here’s why.

My son told me about a breakthrough ad strategy he stumbled upon for his affiliate businesses: Reduce your Google AdWords spend, yes, you drop…

How iOS 5’s iMessenger will kill BBM

The recent three day Blackberry fail adds impetus to the notion that Research in Motion (RIM) is dying. Sales of the BlackBerry are in…

The Mullenweg 6: Predictions for Apple’s future

I have no inside information or insight, but historically Apple’s product improvements have strongly rebroadcast where it’s going in the future. Here are six…