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Why Google+ Will Never Beat Facebook

Google+’s traffic is taking a long slide down the shitter, having lost last month’s entire 1269% traffic spike. Reading this forced me to remember it exists. Google+ is simply worse than Facebook. And you know what? It’ll never catch up. https://gizmodo.com/does-50-million-users-and-a-1269-traffic-increase-mean-5844135 There’s nothing complicated about Plus’ meteoric hype party and subsequent thud. It goes like…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 11

The U.S. Government Demands that Google Hand Over Email Data from a Wikileaks Volunteer

According to NBC Bay Area, the Federal Government issued a secret court order to Google and ISP provider Sonic.net to handover account data from Jacob Applebaum, a Wikileaks volunteer who they believe was involved in the leaking of classified docs. No party involved with the matter is saying much, but it brings back an issue…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 11

New TeleNav For Android Will Help You Get To Work On Time

TeleNav GPS Navigator has been overhauled to include new personalized, navigation features that’ll help you get to work on time and may even make the drive fun. TeleNav GPS Navigator has a new personalized My Dashboard view that’ll pinpoint your location and let you see your drive times to home and work. These details include…

Tech News Kelly Oct 11

Who Doesn’t Want to Play With Android Apps on Windows? Anyone?

Bluestacks has launched an alpha test version of its App Player software, which integrates Android support right into Windows. You can have Android apps on your desktop right now, for free. Any takers? Anyone at all? We are currently playing Bebbled at 1680×1050 resolution, which is easily one of the more pointless activities we’ve indulged…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 11

AT&T’s New Android Phones: From Awesome (Motorola Atrix 2) to Weird (Samsung DoubleTime)

Sweet Jesus. AT&T is adding five new Android phones to their portfolio this week. That will bring them up to 19 Android devices in for 2011. The ‘droid is strong with this one. Here they are in order that you probably care about them: The Motorola Atrix 2 When the original Morola Atrix was announced…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 11

Hanging with Tutu, Science in Space, and Other Stories We Didn’t post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Lenovo Sends High School Science Projects Into Orbit Lenovo accepting submissions from high schoolers for its Space…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 10

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Review: The New Best Android Tablet, Again

I had major deja vu writing this. That’s because as cool as the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is, it’s basically just the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but slightly smaller. Which actually makes it noticeably better. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-human-outside-android-inside-5806426 Why It Matters Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the best Android tablet I’ve used. It’s light, slim, quick. The Galaxy 8.9…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 10

Is a Samsung Galaxy S III Already on the Way?

The Galaxy S II came out pretty recently, but Samsung no care—at least if this blurry, “leaked” slide’s correct. Phandroid says what we’ve got here is a bona fide internal image of the next best Android for 2012. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-a-first-draft-of-your-next-android-5818202 Is it true? Maybe. Is it fake? Maybe. But the rumorific image claims a swell 2…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 10

The Samsung Stratosphere: You Can Finally Mash QWERTY Buttons on a 4G LTE Phone

The Samsung Stratosphere doesn’t seem that special on first glance—Android 2.3, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 5 megapixel camera, 4-inch Super AMOLED screen—but it’s the first 4G LTE phone with a slide-out QWERTY, that’s got to count for something right? $150 with two year contract on October 13th. [Verizon]

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 10

Google Is Working on a New Programming Language Called Dart, but Will It Be a Javascript Killer?

Google apparently thinks parts of Javascript kinda suck because they’re now working on a new web programming language called Dart that’s meant to remedy and simplify the more problematic aspects of the coding process. Dart is being designed as a programming language that’s easy enough for any programmer to pick up and run with, but…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 10

Microsoft’s Servers Are Faster than Amazon and Google’s Servers

Amazon and Google generally get all the attention for their data centers and cloud services. But you know who has the fastest servers around? Microsoft. Yep. According to Ars Technica, the tech monolith’s Azure cloud consistently provided quicker load times than Amazon’s EC2 or Google’s App Engine in a year-long test conducted by Compuware, who…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 7

Galaxy Nexus (and Android Ice Cream Sandwich) Are Gonna Be a Little Late (Update: It’s Out of Respect for Steve)

Looks like we won’t be seeing the Galaxy Nexus (formerly/maybe-still the Nexus Prime) as soon as we’d hoped. Samsung had been expected to launch its new Google phone at CTIA next Tuesday, but they’ve sent out a semi-last-minute notice that that’ll have to wait. Update: Samsung USA confirms. “Samsung and Google have decided to postpone…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Oct 7

Is This the First Video of the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich?

Once the leaks start they just keep on coming. A Romanian site has scooped up some video of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and more than anything it gives us our first real look at Ice Cream Sandwich. If this is real what the hell is it doing in Romania, you ask? Good question, but…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 7

Nuance May Be Scooping Up Swype For $100 Million

Nuance is reportedly acquiring Swype, the company behind the popular keyboard alternative for Android. The purchase price is estimated to be a cool $100 million. It’s an interesting purchase for Nuance which is regarded as one of the top voice recognition companies. Swype is not involved in voice, but is a popular keyboard that lets…

Tech News Kelly Oct 6

October 11th May Be The Day Google Gives Us Some Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung is holding an event next week in San Diego and the star of the show is rumored to be the Nexus Prime. Coming along for the ride may be Google which could use this event to launch Android 4.0. The Android Developer’s YouTube Channel posted and then pulled down an “Android ICS launch” event…

Tech News Kelly Oct 6

These Google Designed Nikes Are Proof That Google Has No Taste

The Nike Air Mags, though not the prettiest shoe, represent a sort of nostalgic geek beauty. These Google designed Nike Dunks though? Just plain fugly. Even the geekiest, worst-dressed Googler would never be caught dead in these. Sure, I get that it’s a complete gag gift of a shoe but still! Larry freaking Page’s mug…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 6

Galaxy Nexus: The First Ice Cream Sandwich Android Phone Has a Killer 720p Screen (Updated)

It’s been a hell of a day for the soon-to-be announced (Galaxy) Nexus (Prime). The thing we’re most excited about? The 720p curved screen. But it sounds amazing, all in all. Starting with the most recent, and best-sounding stuff first. GSM Arena says they have a reliable source inside Google who contacted them and gave…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 6

HTC Sensation XL Is About to Go King Kong on Europe and Asia

The HTC Sensation is packing a 4.7-inch screen, Beats by Dre audio, and a camera that doesn’t mess around. This big boy is ready to do some stomping. Our Kat Hannaford at Gizmodo UK has given it 4 Stars. Click on over to Gizmodo UK for the hands-on, review, and video of the HTC Sensation…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 6

Leaked Roadmap Flaunts T-Mobile’s Upcoming Goodies

Well, looky here. TmoNews has got their hands on what seems to be T-Mobile product launch roadmap for October and November. Take it with a grain of salt, but if half of this is right, there’s cool stuff a-plenty coming. The roadmap shows 12 upcoming devices, all under their code-names. Let’s get this out of…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 5

Hulu Has Joined the Bidding War for the New Arrested Development

A new challenger arrives, and it’s completely expected. So soon after Netflix reportedly sought an exclusive deal for the soon-to-be renewed series, the Vulture blog alleges that Hulu wants the same. “Marry me!” the producers then said. Everyone was confused. It’s interesting because both parties have their own struggles right now, and the playing field…

Tech News Kwame Opam Oct 5

Why Google+ Will Never Beat Facebook

The U.S. Government Demands that Google Hand Over Email Data from a Wikileaks Volunteer

New TeleNav For Android Will Help You Get To Work On Time

Who Doesn’t Want to Play With Android Apps on Windows? Anyone?

AT&T’s New Android Phones: From Awesome (Motorola Atrix 2) to Weird (Samsung DoubleTime)

Hanging with Tutu, Science in Space, and Other Stories We Didn’t post

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Review: The New Best Android Tablet, Again

Is a Samsung Galaxy S III Already on the Way?

The Samsung Stratosphere: You Can Finally Mash QWERTY Buttons on a 4G LTE Phone

Google Is Working on a New Programming Language Called Dart, but Will It Be a Javascript Killer?

Microsoft’s Servers Are Faster than Amazon and Google’s Servers

Galaxy Nexus (and Android Ice Cream Sandwich) Are Gonna Be a Little Late (Update: It’s Out of Respect for Steve)

Is This the First Video of the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich?

Nuance May Be Scooping Up Swype For $100 Million

October 11th May Be The Day Google Gives Us Some Ice Cream Sandwich

These Google Designed Nikes Are Proof That Google Has No Taste

Galaxy Nexus: The First Ice Cream Sandwich Android Phone Has a Killer 720p Screen (Updated)

HTC Sensation XL Is About to Go King Kong on Europe and Asia

Leaked Roadmap Flaunts T-Mobile’s Upcoming Goodies

Hulu Has Joined the Bidding War for the New Arrested Development

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