A new design of Google News based on the aesthetic conventions introduced by Google+ last month has begun rolling out, according to Google Operating System. But while it uses the same conventions as Google+, it misses the mark — the layout doesn’t work, there are careless padding issues and it is in general a...
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post that sparked a pretty overwhelming response. The gist of the post, derived from an interview with database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, was that legacy SQL databases, including MySQL, are relics and no longer relevant with regard to today’s web applications. Stonebraker cited Facebook’s renowned MySQL-plus-memcached architecture as an...
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Despite their commercial appeal, gaming consoles have not historically been big moneymakers for the tech industry’s biggest firms. Sony’s PlayStation business was famously unprofitable for years, as was Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division anchored by the Xbox. But if the past several months is any lasting indication, the gaming market’s tide may finally have...
Google is bringing the Samsung Nexus S smartphone to ATT’s network on July 24, for $99 with a two-year contract. Until now, the Google-designed handset was only available in the U.S. for T-Mobile and Sprint. Google says that Best Buy will sell the phone this Sunday, but it can be preordered today at Best...
Are you subscribed to enough people on Twitter, Facebook, feeds and other inbound information that you’re pretty sure you miss a lot of good things? New York startup KnowAbout.It launches out of private beta today and is now freely available to anyone who would like to tackle that problem. The service brings in all...
The traditional “splaying of the device” has been performed successfully on the new MacBook Air by the teardown experts and hand models at iFixit. The most user-relevant finding appears to be that the SSD module is user-replaceable — i.e. Apple hasn’t seen fit to physically bond it to the motherboard. Yet. Apart from that...
We live in a busy world. Whether you’re looking around online or off, there’s “stuff” going on all around us. Some of us are trying to keep up and some of us aren’t. Either way, both parties are inevitably going to miss out on some of this “stuff” I’m alluding to. And that’s because...
When most people think about Google and Facebook, they think about California’s Silicon Valley. But according to newly filed disclosure documents, the tech industry’s titans are spending more and more time — and money — making their voices heard in Washington, D.C. Google spent a whopping $2.06 million on lobbying efforts in the second...