Imagine turning off your ringer by just setting your phone on the table face down, or automatically texting your spouse when you reach the nearest train station without taking the phone out of your pocket. Tasker can do all this and more.READ»
Penn State University's new project isn't exactly existential, but it does answer some of life's big questions: Where are we? How did we get here? Where are we going? Turns out all those answers can be answered through GPS.READ»
A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ»
How do you get a Facebook fix while driving? GM's OnStar might have a solution--one that could compete with the reigning champ, Ford Sync from Microsoft.READ»
Nike+ was one of the first real mobile fitness systems, but it's fallen behind rivals like Runkeeper in recent years. The new Nike+ is a worthy challenger to those upstarts.READ»
Google seemed to have stolen a march on the smart Net-connected TV market when it revealed is integrated Google TV a few months back. Now we're seeing prototypes at the IFA show ... and suddenly Google's offering is looking lost among the competition.READ»
Microsoft's newly released Bing for Android is essentially an alternative for Google's search suite, including Maps and Places. It also gives us more clues about how Windows Phone 7 might work.READ»
Hot new code, three-way Chrome browser action, and tunes by indie rock darlings--it's everything a geek could want (short of a girlfriend). UPDATE: Arcade fire's feats win the Grand Prix at Cannes Lions!READ»
Google's on the defensive over Facebook's new Places location-based feature, and is preparing the ground for its rumored social network "Me." How will it fare?
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When Nike teamed with Apple several years ago for a fitness device that measures and records your pace and distance while running, it changed the workout world. Called Nike+, the small sensor
could fit in your shoe, and sync ...READ»
It's long been a staple of citizen journalism, but YouTube has signed a deal with a local news station in San Francisco to enable people to submit their own video reports and photos. It's a little bit of crowd-sourcing, a little bit ...READ»
Back when Greg J. Smith and Max Ritts launched their Toronto Sound Ecology project, for which they hiked the city and recorded its sounds for an interactive map, we asked if anyone had heard of any other similar audio tours. Turns ...READ»
On Friday, as Steve Jobs was explaining just why the iPhone 4's antenna woes were not exclusive to his smartphone, Google quietly released a very short item of news on its blog. Two months after shutting up its online shop, its first ...READ»
In competing op-eds published days apart, Google's VP of search product and user experience, Marissa Mayer went head to head with the New York Times editorial board over search neutrality. While it's net neutrality that has ...READ»
Apple quietly acquired Québec-based Poly9, which makes 3D web-based maps similar to those of Google and Bing Maps. Is Apple about to launch its own competitor?READ»
Connecticut's Attorney General led a conference call with more than 30 states to discuss Google's recent Wi-Fi "data grab" blunder. This could get ugly.READ»
The San Francisco designers known for their urban mapping and data visualization projects won the top grant from the Knight Foundation for their new concept CityTracking.READ»
