Steve Kovach/Business Insider Google‘s new Chromebook is an awesome looking laptop. I’ve been using it for the past few days and I’m really enjoying the experience. The Pixel is a great device to have while you’re watching TV sitting on the couch, or whenever you need to casually browse the internet. I’ve played around...
Adobe Kevin Lynch. Kevin Lynch, Adobe‘s CTO, has left the company for a job at Apple. An Apple spokesperson confirmed the hire to AllThingsD. Lynch will be Apple’s vice president of technology and report to Bob Mansfield. Mansfield is Apple’s hardware boss, so it’s interesting that a software guy like Lynch will be reporting to him....
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New York mayor Bloomberg has announced the city’s fourth annual BigApps 2013, a contest which calls upon developers to build Web and mobile apps using open city data. The competition will launch tonight at the massive 31,164-member New York Tech Meetup. The city has shared that the competition will feature $150,000 in prizes, up from $50,000...
Evernote has published version 2.0 of Skitch for Windows Desktop adding easier sharing features, a reworked user interface and improved speed and stability. The new software is available now from Evernote’s website, and the Windows Store version is scheduled to arrive “in the next few days.” Visual changes to the app include newly-placed undo...
The US Patent Office has granted a patent to Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone for a service that they created called Twitter. It lists two of the three co-founders as inventors of the “device independent message distribution platform.” The request was filed with the governmental agency back in 2007 and now gives the company...
Feminist media critic and video blogger Anita Sarkeesian raised $160,000 in Kickstarter funds last summer after she publicized the online bullying she endured upon announcing the project. Earlier this month, to much fanfare, Sarkeesian finally delivered the first installment of her controversial Tropes Vs Women in Video Games video series. But Sarkeesian hasn’t yet explained...
U.S. regulators are investigating software giant Microsoft and its partners over alleged bribery schemes in China, Italy and Romania, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are reportedly both investigating allegations that Microsoft received kickbacks in these three nations. No formal charges have been filed....
Google reportedly plans to roll up all of its texting/calling/video services — that would include Talk, Chat, Voice, and Hangout — into one platform called Babble, multiple unnamed sources are telling Geek.com. The same sources also claim Google will unveil the service at Google I/O this May, but didn’t provide a concrete launch date. When...
Xbox users can now access the new subscription video service from Redbox Instant by Verizon, thanks to a new app that launched on Xbox Live Tuesday. This is the first time the service has been available on a game console, and it also marks the beginning of a marketing campaign for Redbox Instant, which...