The television was supposed to kill radio. The internet is supposed to stab television in the back. Email is supposedly going to be dead in a few years due to social media. I wonde...
Dr. J. Craig Venter talked about the creation of synthetic life and its potential to solve world problems at SXSW Interactive today. Venter is credited as one of the first biologis...
YouTube said today it is launching the YouTube Creator Institute, a new initiative aimed at helping content creators improve their skills.
YouTube has partnered with the Univer...
Google has introduced a new feature in Gmail Labs called Smart Labels, which are aimed at helping users classify and organize email.
Users can turn on the new feature on the...
Google said today its apps marketplace has turned one and during that time it has grown from 50 to over 300 apps.
Over the last year Google said its has learned the following:...
At retail stores, unusual payments often bring things to a halt. Food stamps, tax exemptions, and even things like two-dollar bills can baffle cashiers (and computers) who aren't...
Google has released updates to its Chrome browser it says will make complex web apps run more quickly and be more responsive.
Chrome has a new settings interface aimed at helpi...
Google has purchased UK price comparison site for financial products BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7 million ($61.3 million).
News of the deal was confirmed by BeatThat.Quote.com m...
Skype said today that for the first time advertising will appear in the “Home” tab of Skype for Windows starting this week.
The first advertisers on Skype include Groupon, Nokia...
Verizon said today it is partnering with the nonprofit organization StopBadWare to help protect Internet users from security threats like spyware, viruses and other malware.
Du...
CBS said today it has acquired online television guide Clicker.com and named co-founder and CEO Jim Lanzone President of CBS Interactive. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Community-driven search engine Blekko has introduced new publisher tools focused on link transparency and customized search via Blekkogear.
One of the new tools is called Blekk...