Facebook, Twitter apps for Google Glass

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Social networking services Facebook Inc and Twitter are coming to Google Glass, the wearable computer made by the Internet search company. Google Inc announced on Thursday a half-dozen apps specially designed to work on its Glass devices. News network CNN, fashion magazine Elle, as well as online apps Tumblr and Evernote were among the half-dozen new apps... 

Apple Milestone

Fifty billion. That’s how many apps have been downloaded from Apple’s App stores, according to the iconic technology company. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, announced the milestone in a press release Thursday in which he said that an Ohio man who downloaded the 50 billionth app had won a 10,000-dollar gift card for the App... 

Google sunglasses

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google Glass was a common sight Wednesday as software savants shared visions of games, weather reports, news and more delivered to the Internet-linked eyewear. Some 6,000 developers attending an annual Google event in San Francisco sported Glass as part of an “explorer“ program to tinker with creative applications for the eyewear, which costs $1,500/unit.... 

Google poised to show off latest devices, services

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google is expected to use its annual software developers’ conference to showcase the latest mobile devices running on its Android software, while also unveiling other features in its evolving product line-up. The gathering is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in San Francisco. It provides Google Inc. with an opportunity to flex its technological muscle... 

Microsoft Fails With Windows 8?

By ALLAN D. FRANCISCO  Boy, aren’t we glad that it was finally over. Now, perhaps we can settle back to doing whatever it was we were doing before these candidates had the temerity to ask us for our endorsement. The gall these gents and ladies had, thinking we would be stupid enough to send them to Congress, provincial capitals, and city halls and be among our new set of masters. Incoming... 

Box acquires Crocodoc

Box Inc, a cloud-storage company, said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire Crocodoc, a small start-up that provides the technology behind document viewers found on some of the world’s most popular websites, including Facebook and Dropbox. The acquisition would provide Box’s users with more interactive features such as the ability to annotate documents or create slide shows,... 

YouTube launches paid channel

YouTube, the world’s biggest online video site, launched a paid subscription service Thursday in a move that could mark the start of a major shake-up of web and television viewing. Until now, the Google-owned site has relied solely on advertising to generate revenues from the more than 1 billion viewers who watch its 1 million-plus channels every month. Under the new scheme, 30... 

Spam in Q1 2013: History repeats itself

According to the latest spam report of Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, the amount of unsolicited correspondence in email traffic grew slightly (+0.53 percentage points) and averaged 66.55% in the first quarter of 2013.  Read More »

Multi-Chat with Google hangout

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) recently received a solution how to connect with their loved ones through Google’s multiple video chat service, Google Hangout. Incoming search terms:google chat (5)hangout chat (1)multi chat (1)multichat (1)to get OEC in Philippines (1) Read More »

Samsung, BlackBerry devices cleared for use on US defense networks

The Pentagon on Thursday cleared BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on Defense Department networks, a step toward opening up the military to a wide variety of technology equipment makers while still ensuring communications security. Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart, a Pentagon spokesman, said the department cleared the use of BlackBerry 10 smart phones and BlackBerry PlayBook...