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Google is making a huge push with Android this year, spreading its reach to your phone, your computer, your car, your wrist, and now finally, your television with the all new Android TV. The long-rumored service finally debuted onstage at Google’s I/O conference, featuring a simple to use, clean user interface based on Google’s new Material Design, the software running ...

Slingshot, Facebook’s answer to the increasingly popular Snapchat, has now launched worldwide. The app was announced on June 18 and was released exclusively in the United States. It is now accessible in all territories and is available to download on iOS and Android. Although Slingshot offers many of the same features as Snapchat it also has a number of unique ...

In a ruling today the US Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo has been acting illegally. The service, which transmits television broadcasts over the internet, has been deemed to be a public performance and therefore is contravening copyright law by not paying transmission fees. This leaves Aereo with an uncertain future, with the chief executive officer Chet Kanojia having told ...

The company announced its plans to split in two on Wednesday, separating the Nook Media unit from the retail business in order to boost shareholder value. Barnes & Noble came to this decision after abandoning plans to split up last year. If all goes according to plan, the separation should be complete by the end of the first quarter of ...

The first order of business today at Google’s I/O conference was to show what everyone came to see: A new version of Android. Google showed off a major redesign of the mobile OS with the Android L Developer Preview, the biggest change being purely an aesthetic one with the new Material Design. But don’t worry, the Google Now inspired interface ...

There has been a lot of talk about Sony Entertainment’s Project Morpheus VR these last few months. Most people were expecting some exciting announcements regarding the headset to be made at E3 2014, but the company didn’t seem keen on talking much about it unfortunately. The only interesting news I can think of was the reveal of The Assembly, a promising new ...

As a company, Google has always made strides to try and change the way we do things. Now, the company is looking to change one more thing: driving. The company announced at their developer conference a version of the Android OS designed to plug into our cars and help us use our phones in the car called Android Auto. The ...

A new type of facial recognition software invented by researchers at the University of Oxford can tell if a person has a rare genetic disorder just by analyzing their photos. The breakthrough invention is able to recognize faces in everyday pictures, just like the photo software used by Facebook or Google. According to Oxford, between 30 and 40 percent of rare genetic ...

If you’re like me, you drop your phone more than you actually talk on it, and battery power is of the utmost importance. Now, OtterBox will look to solve both of these problems at once with the addition of their new line of cases, the Resurgence Power Cases. These new cases are for the Apple iPhone 5/5s, and have cutting-edge ...

The latest word on the street is that Windows 9 might come without a price tag for some users. According to hacker group Wzor, the operating system will be offered either for free or at a discount to those who have purchased Windows 8.1 and upgraded it with update 2. The forum post mentions that this decision is still up for debate at ...