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Sharing files between devices using the cloud is fine, but California firm Leef Technology believes it has a more direct approach: a USB key. Aptly named Bridge, the flash drive lets you copy files from any Android 4.0 or higher device with a micro-USB connector, then transfer them to your Mac or PC by popping Continue Reading →

Exactly one week before Google Reader shuts down entirely, Digg has opened up access to the Digg Reader beta. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we sat down with General Manager Jake Levine and President Andrew McLaughlin to discuss the details of the product, as well as the long-term roadmap. Digg now has two main products, Continue Reading →

Baydin, the company behind the Boomerang for Gmail service on the Web, has released its first native app on Wednesday – and it’s only available on Android. The service known as Boomerang for Gmail has been helping people organize and keep track of the most important mail in their inbox for a while now, and Continue Reading →

Google on Saturday confirmed that it has been contacted by lawyers from the Federal Trade Commission over the company’s $1.1 billion acquisition of the mobile navigation company Waze, which closed in mid-June. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment on details of the antitrust review by the FTC. Representatives of the agency didn’t immediately respond to Continue Reading →

As the end of Google Reader nears, AOL is planning to announce its own alternative to the service: “AOL Reader.” As you can see on the current landing page for the service, which is public, its tagline is “All your favorite websites, in one place.” The service is currently operating in private beta. Currently, few Continue Reading →

So here is one of the weirder rumors coming out of Mountain View we’ve seen in a while: as Google Operating System’s Alex Chitu reports, Google is apparently working on an app called Google Mine that is meant to help you share real-world items, such as CDs, cars, bikes, gadgets or clothes, with your friends. Continue Reading →

The modest two-story bungalow on State Line Road looks like the typical twenty something, post-college “share house.” The house is old; the decor is very basic. Like most homes to post-college grads, it’s furnished with second-hand furniture. Several fake leather recliners line the walls in the living room and a big oversized sectional couch sits Continue Reading →

Google has filed a petition with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court citing its first amendment rights as it asks for permission to disclose controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests. The company revealed in a Google+ post that it is seeking to separate out federal criminal requests from those related to national security: “We have Continue Reading →

Google Reader won’t be around for much longer — mark your calendars for July 1 if you haven’t already. To prevent us from going into RSS withdrawal, Feedly has been working to provide a seamless transition from Google Reader to its own service. On Wednesday, the company launched a standalone web version of Feedly and Continue Reading →

Good news for companies struggling to bring their massive data sets online: Google has announced the launch of Offline Disk Import, a service which lets Google Cloud Storage users send Google physical hard drives for manual uploading. Sadly, this feature is only available to US users at the moment. Offline Disk Import is only relevant Continue Reading →