Google to retire Checkout service in six months

21 May, 2013, 7:28 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

Add Google Checkout to the list of Google services that are nearing the end of their terms. Google informed web merchants today that in six months, ... More

Don't mess up Tumblr: Ex-YouTuber advises Yahoo!

21 May, 2013, 4:53 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

So the inevitable has happened and Yahoo! has acquired Tumblr for a sum of $1.1 billion. The biggest worry for all parties now involved is to ensure a smooth More

Jolla out to prove a point with first Sailfish smartphone

21 May, 2013, 1:58 pm IST Smartphones

Ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone maker... More

Google will bring back calling functionality to Hangouts

21 May, 2013, 12:53 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps

Google is not planning to kill off Voice integration with Hangouts after all. It has emerged that the company plans to reintroduce support for making calls using More

Yahoo's rise in Asia could offset risk from Tumblr bet

21 May, 2013, 11:11 am IST Web apps

With sources saying that Wall Street is focusing on the rising value of Yahoo's Asian assets, Yahoo CEO Marrissa Mayer might face less immediate pressure to prove that Yahoo's biggest acquisition in years is a profitable one... More

Indian girl invents device that can charge phone in 20 seconds

21 May, 2013, 10:33 am IST Web apps 3 Comments

An 18-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has developed a potentially revolutionary device that can charge a mobile phone in just 20 seconds... More

How To: Root the Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500

20 May, 2013, 2:25 pm IST Francis D'sa Web apps 7 Comments

Searching for the easiest and safest method to root your new investment? Here you go. More

No voice calls with Google Hangouts upgrade

20 May, 2013, 1:50 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps

Google’s newly unveiled Hangouts service is all kinds of awesome. The much anticipated app combines typed conversations, images and video into a single More

92 percent of Google Translate users are from outside US

20 May, 2013, 1:04 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web apps

At the Google I/O show for developers, leader for Google Translate's front-end and mobile engineering Josh Estelle let out some interesting stats More

Is Google's Glass gadget cool or creepy?

20 May, 2013, 11:58 am IST Web apps 1 Comments

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget... More

YouTube turns eight, has more than 100 hours of video uploaded every minute

20 May, 2013, 8:50 am IST Shunal Doke Web services

Video-sharing service YouTube has now turned 8, and according to the official YouTube blog, more than 100 hours of videos are uploaded... More

Silicon Valley hub Fremont banks on tech manufacturing to regain prominence

19 May, 2013, 11:16 am IST Web services

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each... More

Google shows developers how to hack Glass and run Ubuntu

18 May, 2013, 10:02 am IST Shunal Doke Linux 2 Comments

Google has shown attendees of its Google I/O event how one can go about running another operating system – namely Ubuntu – on their Google Glass. More

Google calls for fast adoption of VP9 video compression

17 May, 2013, 5:23 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Services

Google has nearly completed its work on its VP9 video technology and is keen on seeing its application being picked up quickly... More

Microsoft takes a dig at Chrome in 'leaked' Scroogled ad

17 May, 2013, 5:14 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Services

The video, supposed to be a Micrsoft-only internal one, takes a dig at Chrome, implying that the browser tracks you across multiple devices. More

Microsoft working touchscreen feature into Chrome

17 May, 2013, 3:11 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Software

In order to expand its flexible Pointer Events interface beyond Windows 8 and Internet Explorer, Microsoft programmers are now trying.... More

iPad and Android tablets not part of BBM expansion

17 May, 2013, 1:54 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar BlackBerry

Leaving iPad and iPad users in the lurch, the BBM iOS has been launched for smartphones only... More

Hangouts may see SMS integration in the future

17 May, 2013, 12:05 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar BlackBerry

Many Google Hangouts subscribers were left feeling disappointed by the lack of an integrated SMS feature in its new line up. This might not be the case in the future... More

Google Glass to get monthly software updates

17 May, 2013, 8:58 am IST tech2 News Staff BlackBerry

During a chat with developers and press at the conference, Steve Lee, Product Director for Google Glass, said that Google would be shipping one software each month... More

EBay developers working on possible apps for Google Glass

17 May, 2013, 8:17 am IST Apps

Developers at eBay are working on potential applications for Google's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology... More