Remember as a child, how your parents said that it was believed that by the year 2000 there would be flying cars and holograms? Well, while that may not have been entirely accurate – they weren’t wrong when they said there were a lot of cool things to come. Before we can get into “Project…
Google’s reCaptcha software has allowed for reducing the amount of bots taking part in communications on the internet, whether that be making accounts or commenting on articles. ReCaptcha, however, requires one to type, with some of the characters being difficult to read. Recently, many competitors have arisen to fight the prevalence of reCaptcha, with each…
With the recent releases of the Surface, iPad, and Nexus family, there are now quite a few tablets on the market, but which of them is the best to buy? 1. Apps Which has the best apps? Surface – Windows 8 – “Modern” apps, which can be downloaded…
Don’t know what IPOs are? Ready a quick article about them here. Though there has not been any official information regarding Twitter’s IPO, there are rumors that the company may go public soon. After Facebook (FB) and Groupon’s (GRPN) stocks suffered heavy losses when going public, is it still worth it for Twitter to do the…
On July 26, Google declared war on other American internet service providers (ISPs) when they formally announced Google Fiber, a new move towards offering fiber internet in the United States. Google Fiber offers a service that, when completed, will be strides ahead of any other internet in the United States today. Google offers two different…
I love OK Go. They prove that music videos can be original, imaginative works of art, rather than just closeup shots of good-looking people dancing suggestively. (Besides, they sound pretty awesome, too!) One of my favourites is “All Is Not Lost.” If you use Google Chrome (high five!), go here to see the video with…
First of all, Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays to all of you! In commemoration of the winter and festive season, Google has created the ability for you to turn your computer screen into a winter wonderland! All you have to do is go to www.google.com using Safari, Firefox, or Google Chrome (sorry Internet Explorer users) and…
Bored? Here’s a video on some really cool tricks you can do with Google search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7R-UIHFmu8 Also, try searching for “do a barrel roll” and “askew.” Who says we can’t teach an “old dog” new tricks?
Ever been in a situation when someone asks you a question that is one Google search away from the answer (why did they ask you that question in the first place!), and you’re just feeling a bit too nice to ask them to Google it themselves? Well, Let Me Google That For You is a…
Let’s be honest, how many times have you had a Spanish or French assignment that you really did not want to put forth the effort for, and thus just did a quick Google Translate? I have admittedly done that, and have also noticed that sometimes what comes up as translated is not exactly what you…
Google+. Some of you may of heard about it, some may of not. Potential Facebook killer? Possibly. But Google+ has just been released to the public, and is out of private testing and now in beta for everyone! Now some of you may just be like eh forget it, I’ll stick with Facebook since everyone…
Google has been one of the most popular and useful websites on the internet for years, and it seems that Google Inc. is constantly looking for ways to increase its usefulness and versatility to the public. Lately there has been quite the buzz around Google’s most recent venture, Google+, and I decided to get a better understanding…
Some of you may not know this, but Google has already developed their own operating system. Though still in beta, the concept is indeed highly appealing. The main idea behind this new OS is that normal operating systems take a long time to boot up, and a good majority of users spend most of their…
As we all know, Google is slowly becoming one of the most powerful corporations of all time. For those of you that don’t know, Google was founded in 1997, and now controls the majority of the search engine business, with 59.3% of people choosing to use Google Search. Their next closest competitor, Yahoo, controls a…