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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…

One Wallet to rule them all, but will it be Google’s?

Google launched its smartphone Wallet service this week, adding long overdue impetus to the mobile payments movement. Teaser videos of George Costanza carrying an…

Google aggressively pushing revenues amid Senate scrutiny

Google has adopted an aggressive program of stuffing its search pages with paid listings as the financial quarter draws to a close — a…

Google facing antitrust war of attrition as US Senate hearing looms

Adding further credence to notions that Google is the new Microsoft, Google CEO Eric Schmidt will face a US Senate hearing which looks to…

Google pays tribute to Freddie Mercury with animated doodle

Google’s latest doodle pays tribute to legendary Queen front man Freddie Mercury. The animated and playful doodle merges technology and art in celebration of…

Is ‘quality content’ a Google red herring? [Analysis]

I’ve been writing about Google’s Panda algorithm change and the huge amount of pain that it’s caused for content websites since it was introduced…

‘One more thing’: A look at Jobs’ time at Apple [Videos]

Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple’s CEO has set the tech world ablaze. Consumers have already begun speculating about Apple’s future without its fearless leader….

Steve Jobs’ resignation a boost for competitors

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has resigned his position as the company’s CEO. The man, widely credited with taking Apple from a laggard in the…

What Google’s Motorola Mobility deal means for its patent war

Google has tipped over the patent-war applecart by acquiring Motorola Mobility for US$12.5-billion. This move by Google will hopefully put the current Nortel patent…

The ‘Age of Apple’ will end

First, a little disclosure. I never really wanted to like Apple, or use any of its products. Sure, the allure was there, all the…

The Google graveyard: 20 products that failed

In the web world, failure is as much a feature of innovation as success. You have to fail to succeed. When you’re a company…

Google’s Larry Page wants to change the world

Steven Levy, a senior editor at Wired, spent a lot of time at Google researching his new book, “In the Plex”. He also spent…

Google Engage SA: An attendee’s perspective

Leave it Google to begin a product launch with “speed dating”. Ten minutes with someone from Google South Africa. Agencies and individuals had the…

What’s not working (yet) with Google+

Despite shattering all records by gaining 10 million users in two weeks, and another 8 million the following week, Google+ is hardly the polished…

Google acquires social network, The Fridge

The social network Fridge announced that it has been bought by Google and would become part of the internet giant’s fresh new social network…

Tips to protect your profile as Google+ malware increases

Only launched at the end of June, Google+’s growth — having already reached more than 10 million users in its first weeks — has…

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