New Google storage plan

Google is now offering its users 15 gigabytes of combined free storage space for emails, pictures and files. Up till now the figure was 10 GB for Gmail and 5 GB for Google Drive and Google+ photos. In future there will be a common quota of 15 GB combining Gmail, Drive and the photos on the company’s social network, Google+. Extra capacity can be purchased. The cost of 100 gigabytes... 

Google Glass triggers gold rush mentality

It’ll be several months before the average gadget-lover will get their hands on Google Glass but among software developers there’s already a gold-rush mood about the potential of the new wearable technology device made by the search giant. So far only a few hundred developers and tech experts have worn the futuristic glasses, but at this month’s Google I/O annual developers’... 

Google introduces cash by email function

Hundreds of millions of Google users already send photos, documents, videos and event invitations via the company’s Gmail service. Now the web search giant is enabling to them to send cash as well. Google announced the new payment feature at its I/O conference in San Francisco this month and said that it would work even with recipients who don’t have a Gmail account.  Read More »

Nvidia project shield set to take Android-Based handheld gaming experience by storm

Nvidia has unveiled its “Project Shield,” a ground breaking gaming and entertainment platform that merges the portability of a hand-held console with the expandability and all around attributes of the Android system. In an event in late April in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, tech journalists and gaming enthusiasts got to experience the handheld Android gaming and entertainment device which... 

ASUS launches the Fonepad in the Philippine market

ASUS Philippines Fonepad, a competitively priced handheld with 3G voice and mobile data for all the features of a smartphone, with the versatility of a 7-inch tablet. The ASUS Fonepad Incoming search terms:asus fonepad (10)asus fonepad philippines (7)fonepad philippines (5)google philippines (2)fonepad (2) Read More »

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...