Category Archives: Google

Amazon hiring creative execs for original programming

Add Amazon to the list of online video providers that could soon release some new original programming. The company is looking to hire creative executives to develop and produce original comedies and kids shows for online and traditional distribution. According … Continue reading

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Bits meet bite: Check out the connected toothbrush

Want to really embrace the quantitative self? Forget tracking your sleep and start tracking your dental hygiene. Beam Technologies, a year-old startup is set to introduce a Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush and app that will launch next month. The toothbrush contains a … Continue reading

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Apple brings its German battle with Moto home to CA

It’s getting hard to keep up with the stacks of legal filings related to Apple today, but bear with us. On Friday, Apple filed another lawsuit against Motorola, this time in California district court, over technology in mobile devices that … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Flickr!

Today happens to be the 8th birthday of Flickr, a groundbreaking photo-sharing service that introduced to the world the founding principles of the social web: community, sharing, openness and social connections. It was a service that first told all of us … Continue reading

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Apple sues Samsung over autocorrect, other iOS patents

You may be familiar with the humor blog that aggregates examples of iPhone spelling correction malfunctions that cause (amusing) communication chaos called DamnYouAutoCorrect.com. Samsung lawyers are probably thinking something along those lines right now. That’s because Apple is using that feature of its … Continue reading

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