Today at Google io. Clay Bevor, director of product management for Google Apps, announced that Google Docs will now work for offline editing. Brevor proved it by opening Google Doc via Google Drive right on stage.The offline editing…
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BMW and GM part ways on fuel cell research
Heightening speculation that BMW and Toyota are about to announce an expanded partnership involving fuel cell technology, the German automaker confirmed today that it is no longer talking with General Motors about a similar research…
Why Microsoft murdered the Start button in Windows 8
(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)Do you use the Start button in Windows? If not, then you’re supposedly the reason Microsoft got rid of it in Windows 8.Chaitanya Sareen, principal program manager at Microsoft, told U.K. c…
Why Microsoft murdered the Start button in Windows 8
(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)Do you use the Start button in Windows? If not, then you’re supposedly the reason Microsoft got rid of it in Windows 8.Chaitanya Sareen, principal program manager at Microsoft, told U.K. c…
The new console war pits Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony in an Apple arena
Blame Apple. The success of high-quality, economically priced options on their App Store proved gamers might willingly take their gaming to a nontraditional platform…at least temporarily. A tablet and a smart phone suddenly, une…
Hands-On With Google Glass
Outside of approved Googlers, a handful of folks have just been given a canned demo of Google Glass, including myself. I’m living in the future and the future is now!While brief, I demoed Sergey’s own personal set of Glass. They…
Sergey Brin: Google Glasses will free you
Googlers in Glasses, left to right: Steve Lee, Isabelle Olsson, Babak Parviz, Sergey Brin.(Credit: Rafe Needleman/CNET)In a press conference at Google I/O, Google’s Sergey Brin said the idea of Google Glasses was to make users, “l…
iPhone stays No. 1 in Flickr popularity
(Credit: Apple)Apple’s iPhone 4 is still at the top of the list for Flickr users, according to Flickr’s 2012 summer trends. The phone, which was No. 1 last year as well, has beaten out several actual cameras — the Canon EOS 5D Ma…
Edtech startup Rafter acquires HubEdu to lower textbook costs
Education startup Rafter announced today that it has acquired HubEdu in a move that Rafter says will help it further lower the cost of higher education.The Rafter Course Materials Network is a suite of cloud-based software that help…
Sprint’s first 4G LTE markets finally go live July 15
Sprint will launch its first five LTE markets in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, and San Antonio on July 15, an important step for the third-place U.S. wireless carrier.Initially, Sprint was the first true 4G provider in th…
OrangeScape Launches Kissflow, A Workflow-Builder For Google Apps
Businesses using Google Apps should have an easier time managing complex tasks starting today with the launch of Kissflow from startup OrangeScape — it’s supposedly the first workflow-creator that’s “deeply integrated” wit…
Google’s Play Store Now Lets Users Remotely Update And Uninstall Android Apps
All Googled out yet? I can’t blame you if you are, but it seems that the company has been even busier than their two hour press conference let on.In addition to pushing the Android version of their Chrome browser out of beta, Goog…
Google Glass: $1,500 for developers, shipping next year
Google co-founder Sergey Brin touts the Project Glass computerized glasses at the Google I/O show.(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)SAN FRANCISCO — The first Project Glass products — Google’s network-enabled, computerized glasses …
Hands-On With The Google Nexus 7
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.Built specifically for Google Play consumption, the Nexus 7 tablet built by Asus seems to be Google’s answer to both the iPad and Kindle Fire. So how does it stack up and just how bu…
Resistance is futile: Google Glass and the genesis of the hive mind
During today’s stunt-filled Google Glass demo, I found myself inexplicably perturbed — even profoundly depressed.The charismatic Sergey Brin sprinted onstage at Google I/O, wearing the futuristic device; he was joined by extrem…