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Google updated its Search app for iOS on Tuesday, adding a slew of new features for both the core search experience as well as Google Now. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. The update largely focuses on Google Now. Here’s what’s new: Notifications – Get notified when it’s time Continue Reading →

Netflix is quickly following through on its promise to expand into original documentaries, announcing on Tuesday that its very first one will premiere online just over a month from now on Thursday, December 12th. The documentary is called The Short Game and follows a number of seven-year-old golfers as they compete in the World Championships Continue Reading →

Samsung has never subscribed to a “one size fits all” strategy, and this may become even more apparent in 2014. Recent reports suggested that the South Korea-based consumer tech giant is developing a 12.2-inch tablet that could debut as soon as this coming January. Now, Korean trade publication ETNews is reporting that Samsung has another Continue Reading →

While efficient hardware and software can help preserve energy, the greatest drain on your laptop’s battery will largely be the programs that you use. For instance, if you decide to encode a lengthy high-quality movie file, then you will ramp up all cores of your processor to their maximum, and even on a full charge Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Juliet Huddy and Ben Simmoneau on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up about (and shows off) Google Glass. Continue Reading →

Netflix has acquired the first-run rights to a documentary on the Egyptian protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, signaling a new push by the subscription company to program movie premieres. “The Square” will debut exclusively on Netflix early next year, Netflix announced Monday. Jehane Noujaim’s documentary depicts the tumult of the Egyptian Revolution beginning in 2011. Continue Reading →

In the middle of the 19th century, the telegraph was the first technology in history to speed up communications between two people or two locations. Prior to the telegraph, the speed of human communications was measured in horse days: how far a horse could travel in a day. It always amazes me to think that Continue Reading →

Netflix quietly added a handful of 4K HD videos to its catalog this week to prepare itself for a wider launch of ultra high-definition video content in the coming months. So far, the titles added to the catalog only consist of footage that Netflix regularly uses for internal tests — but a spokesperson confirmed that Continue Reading →

Apple launched Mavericks and a slew of new computers at its Fall event in September, but now it appears that owners of 2013 MacBooks may be affected by a bug in the new OS that mutes all system sounds after they resume from sleep. Threads are cropping up around the Internet with users complaining that Continue Reading →

Those of you new to T-Mobile will be out of luck if you’re hoping to walk into a T-Mobile store and walk out with a tablet and 200 megabytes of free data without putting any money down. After promising to fix an “executional mistake” that forced new customers to sign up for a $10 On Continue Reading →