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Suffer from vertigo? You’ll hate Google’s El Capitan Street View

Apple may have laid claim to Yosemite and El Capitan when it came to naming versions of its operating system, but Google may just…

Google introduces News Lab, a project to birth journalists on steroids

Google has announced a new project called News Lab, designed to give journalism more power. The site is a new effort by the company…

Think SharePoint = intranet only? Think again

SharePoint is a bit like tequila, you either love it or hate it. But if you’ve paid for it, you’ll want to get the…

Taylor Swift takes on Apple Music, stays winning against music streaming services

Taylor Swift is on a roll. After winning a victory against Spotify, Swift’s taken on another big music streaming service in the shape of…

What did WWDC tell us about the future of Apple?

The popular Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) began this year on June 8. This annual event enables Apple to inform developers about new products…

Google takes another look at Glass

Starting by connecting scuba goggles to a computer, Google Glass soon become the technological baby of the wearable world. Although the glasses took a…

3 tips for keeping Microsoft SharePoint relevant in the era of the cloud

Clunky spreadsheets. Cluttered network drives. Unmanageable mailboxes. Issues that many businesses have in common. It’s also important to point out that email, once seen…

Google aims for full customisation with Maps revamp

A map is a map is a map, right? Except maps change and evolve, based on our knowledge, all the time and Google is…

Google now lets you send money as an email attachment

Yes, you read that right. You finally have a simple way to receive your inheritance from the long-lost relative who somehow obtained your email…

Microsoft will show ads on YouTube app… if it’s allowed to

Microsoft has responded to a cease and desist letter from Google asking it to remove its recently released YouTube app from its app store….

What’s next for Google? The search giant reveals all at I/O 2013

It’s that time of year again. Google kicked off day one of I/O, its three day developer-oriented product and platform innovations showcase, at San…

Google vs Spotify: the final smackdown

Google reportedly wants to take on Spotify. The news, which was first reported on The Verge, says that the internet giant is planning on…

Play Atari Breakout straight from image search with Google’s hidden game

What would Google be without hidden easter eggs and random doodles commemorating random birthdays of famous people and inventions? Not as awesome, that’s what….

Google’s new Android boss talks OS mergers, Samsung, Facebook Home, I/O

In March this year, Sundar Pichai, took over Andy Rubin’s position as Google’s head of mobile. Since then Pichai has become the driving force…

Bill Gates describes ‘growing up’ with Steve Jobs, emotional last visit

Most would think that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a bitter relationship until the end. But that just isn’t true, as the Microsoft…

Google Knowledge Graph and the future of voice-activated intelligent search

Google’s core business is all about finding you what you need to know. The company has become synonymous with searching the internet, so it…

Windows 8 goes past the 100m mark as SkyDrive hits 250m users

Microsoft has sold more than 100-million installs for Windows 8 since it became generally available and claims to have over 250-million users on its…

Israel claims Google’s recognition of Palestine undermines peace efforts

Israeli authorities have lodged a request urging Google to reconsider its decision to list Palestine among its selection of localised search pages. By listing…

Outlook.com hits 400 million accounts as Microsoft officially kills off Hotmail

Four hundred million. Four. Hundred. Million. That’s how many active email accounts Microsoft has amassed over on Outlook.com. Really. According to Outlook.com’s group program…

Check out the preview for Windows 8 Skype video messages

Microsoft today announced the preview release of Skype video messaging for Windows 8, which means that anyone using the Metro side of the OS…

Google Street View: good for directions, great for catching crooks

Google Maps capture all sorts of things — like people getting on with their daily lives blissfully unaware of the fact that something is…

Google Glass’ real promise is among the elderly

Google Glass has a promising future — although not in the markets that Google thinks it’s targeting: urban early-tech adopters — they are a…

Microsoft meshes Skype into the heart of Outlook.com

Look out Gmail, Outlook.com just got a little more interesting. Microsoft has announced that it’s baking Skype into the email service. The service is…

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