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Editorial: Windows 8 and how it stacks up to Apple and Google’s offerings
Before yesterday, Microsoft had essentially let Windows rot into a steaming pile of garbage that most of us (Mac people anyway) wouldn’t want to touch...
Google iOS mobile search page about to get a revamp?
If you go to google.com using Safari on your iPhone, chances are you’ll see what you’ve always seen. A replica of the classic Google search...
Square creeping up on $1 billion processed payments since launch
Yesterday, in TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City, Keith Rabois, the COO of Square, and TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington had a lot to say about future...
Apple to Senate: We do not, have not and will not track users’ locations
Thursday, before the Senate Consumer Protection, Safety and Insurance Subcommittee, Apple Vice President of Global Affairs Catherine Novelli testified that Apple is not changing its...
99% of Android handsets have critical account credential security bug
A new report says that 99% of Android handsets have a security issue that leaves users’ account and password information accessible as cleartext, according to...
Music labels are looking to Apple to solve their cloud problems
Irony aside, the music labels are apparently pretty pissed with Amazon and Google for offering up cloud-based music hosting services without their blessing, and more...
Yikes, 400 percent increase in Android malware being reported
Today is the perfect day for contrasting Apple and Google. Given the news coming out of the Google conference, as well as the news coming...
Old iOS products outsell new Android products
Apple’s biggest competitor in the mobile market surely is Google with its Android OS available on many devices in many different price classes. But a...
Apple is now the world’s most valuable brand
After a four year long lead by Google, Apple now claims first place in the BrandZ list of the world’s 100 most valuable brands. The...
Google releases Google Chrome Canary for Mac
Google has released a version of Google Chrome Canary for Mac. Meant to run alongside your stable Google Chrome version, Canary is a pre-Dev build...
Free tethering on Android banned by carriers and Google. Yay openness.
I don’t like closed, they say. I prefer a garden without a wall, they say. Apple’s evil, they say. Google’s the last bastion of openness,...
Apple to beat Google in cloud music service race?
According to Reuters, Apple “has completed work” on its cloud-based music service. According to Reuters’ sources, the company has built a system that will allow...
YouTube enables WebM videos
Google has announced that YouTube users can now stream videos of cats, dudes getting hit in the nether-regions with footballs thrown by their kids, and...
Motorola Xoom will require 6 days to get LTE upgrade
The Motorola Xoom, which is set to be released today, February 24th, 2011, has a slight issue. In order to upgrade the Motorola Xoom’s 3G...
Google Docs adds preview for Apple’s Pages
Google has added the ability to preview additional files within Google Docs. Among the list of new file types is Apple Pages. What does this mean?...
Sprint making nice with Apple
It’s commonplace to see commercials where one company will tout that their product is better than a competing product. Verizon had done this for quite...
Google’s Chrome Web Store flopping
The Chrome Web Store has very little in common with Apple’s iTunes stores, with the exception of the obvious ripoff of UI. According to TechCrunch’s...
Google TV not ready for CES 2011
According to a report in The New York Times, Google TV’s expected big splash at CES after the New Year might be less of a...