According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo's board of directors has met today and officially approved a $1.1 billion (in cash) acquisition of popular microblogging service Tumblr. Rumors began circulating this past Friday that Yahoo was very interested and...
A leaked internal video obtained by iCosmoGeek, apparently created by Microsoft, parodies one of Google's new TV advertisements for its Chrome web browser. Google's ad focuses on how Chrome remembers information across both mobile and desktop computers, while Microsoft's parodies follows a similar...
According to a report from AllThingsD, Internet giant Yahoo is reportedly in talks with popular blogging service Tumblr about a possible acquisition for $1.1 billion in cash. The report continues by mentioning that Yahoo's board of directions apparently has a meeting...
Apple this week updated iTunes to version 11.0.3, adding in new features such as a slightly refreshed MiniPlayer, as well as improved views for songs and multi-disc albums. The update is available via the Mac App Store on OS X,...
According to a report from The Verge, Google has issued a cease and desist letter over Microsoft's recent update to the Windows Phone YouTube app. The Internet giant is demanding that Microsoft remove the app from the Windows Phone Store by...
Following the announcement yesterday that Apple surpassed 50 billion iOS App Store downloads, the company today revealed in a press release that Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio downloaded the milestone app. The 50 billionth app downloaded was Say the Same Thing. Ashmore will receive...
About two weeks after Apple began counting down to the 50 billionth app download from the iOS App Store, the company surpassed the milestone this evening. The person who downloaded the app will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, while the...
At its I/O conference today, Google revealed that it has activated 900 million Android OS devices since the platform launched back in 2008. In addition to that number, the Internet giant says that users have downloaded over 48 billion apps...
At its I/O conference today, Google announced a complete rebrand of its "Hangouts" feature that has been pretty popular on Google+. The service will now consist of multiple parts, including: Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and Google+ Hangouts. The now standalone app...
At its I/O conference today, Google unveiled a complete redesign of its Google+ social network. As well as the new design, Google also added new features such as photo-editing tools and increased storage capacities. The new Google+ design has obvious...
At its I/O conference today, Google made a number of announcements regarding both its Search and Chrome web browser products. On the search side of things, Google improved its "Knowledge Graph" feature to display more relevant information to users. For...
At its I/O conference today, Google officially unveiled a complete redesign of its Maps service, including the desktop and mobile versions. The new Maps is immersive in the sense that it takes up the full screen, and features improved zooming...
At its I/O conference today, Google announced "Google Play Music All Access," a new service that will allow users to pay a monthly subscription fee and receive unlimited music streaming to their devices. The service, which will be a direct...
Google is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the release of Atari's "Breakout" game with an easter egg that allows users to play the game itself on the search engine. Simply conduct a Google image search for "Atari Breakout," and the...
According to a report from FOSS Patents, Apple plans to add the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S4 to its United States patent lawsuit with Samsung. The judge presiding over the case, Lucy Koh, has already informed both companies that they must narrow...
Mozilla has released Firefox 21 to the public today, one day ahead of the scheduled release as the company usually does. The updated version of the popular web browser features improvements to the "Do Not Track" system, improvements to app...
According to a report from The Verge, Google plans to introduce its own music streaming service as a direct competitor to Spotify during its Google I/O conference tomorrow. The Internet giant has reportedly finalized deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment,...
BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion) today announced that it will be bringing its popular BlackBerry Messenger service to the iOS and Android platforms sometime this summer. The service currently allows BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication through the use of a device-specific "PIN number."...
Today, Google announced that it is combining the storage limits for all of its services under one plan with a maximum storage capacity of 15 GB per account. Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+ will now all draw from the same...
When T-Mobile launched the iPhone last month, it offered customers the ability to purchase Apple's smartphone for $100 down and an additional $20/month to cover the remaining cost of the device. That "deal," however, appears to have ended now as...
