Google has given Chrome 17 beta browser yet another upgrade, but this proves to be more than just an upgrade. The tweaked addition would help, as the browser would have improve speed and security. Talking about the speed, Google has tweaked the browser in a way, which will help it start to load some web […]

Mountain View, California — The (CES) season which is scheduled to begin next week, but on Thursday, LG Electronics Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and MediaTek Inc. said that they are joining Google Inc.’s Internet-TV coalition and plan to begin unveiling new products at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and promising more products […]

Redmond, Washington — Accidentally straying into unsafe areas of town could become a thing of the past, because software monopolists Microsoft has just been awarded a patent for a new way to give you walking directions that take into account the many hardships you encounter while using your feet to get from place to place, […]

New York — In a novel type of collaboration with a publisher, on Thursday, the Internet company AOL Inc. has inked an ‘ad-sales alliance’ with Bonnier’s Parenting Group to help sell reserved ad inventory on Parenting.com, the digital home of Parenting magazine. As for AOL, the partnership means Bonnier’s family-centric editorial content from Parenting.com will […]

Google is finally standardizing its Android platform to some extent. The search engine giant noted that it would make the Holo theme as default for the Android device. The same was to be noted by the developers and manufacturers, as they can now customize with less risk of future compatibility issues. But it would be […]

Sunnyvale, California — Long struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday finally appointed top PayPal’s executive Scott Thompson as its new chief executive in an effort to continue as an independent entity, hoping the well-regarded Internet technology and e-commerce expert would rejuvenate growth at the Internet giant that has been losing the battle over online […]

London — Software monopolist Microsoft on Wednesday flexes their legal muscles by announcing that it has initiated legal proceedings against U.K.-based electronics retailer giant Comet for allegedly selling more than 94,000 sets of counterfeit Windows Vista and XP recovery CDs.

Cupertino, California — In an attempt to revitalize its struggling mobile-advertising unit, The Cupertino-based Apple Inc. hired ex-Adobe Systems Inc. executive Todd Teresi to manage its iAd mobile-advertising network, following last year’s departure of Andy Miller, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

Google has yet another Android reason to smile. According to Distimo, Google’s Android Market hit the 400,000 application title plateau. The count again is for the active applications worldwide. Agreed, Apple is still a leader, and is growing at a faster rate, but Android apps are flourishing too. Google on the other end, even pulls […]

Facebook seems to be interested in the ‘hacker’ term and is trying to involve them in a number of contests and events, by giving them rewards for what they deserve. Today’s announcement from the social networking giant, is about the ‘2012 Hacker Cup’. Registrations for the same are open now, as the contest begins this […]