Google Earth now features local news-style weather animations for snow and rain drops.
To see this, open up the latest version of Google Earth, enable the weather layer and head for a place where it is currently raining or snowing.
In an unprecedented move, Apple is now inviting a select number of media representatives for a press conference on Friday, July 16th. According to The Unofficial Apple blog and The Loop, Apple did not specify the exact reason for the meeting, besides noting that it will focus on iPhone 4. We can only assume that [...]
The Old Spice Man (“I’m on a horse”) is fielding questions from Internet users on Reddit today. Here are his answers. 1. Squidboots: If you were alone in the woods, and no one were around to smell you, would you smell as manly and awesome? 2. Chmown: How can I smell like fighting and space shuttles? [...]
TweetDeck, the popular Twitter client, just celebrated its 2nd birthday. According to the company’s founder Iain Dodsworth, the TweetDeck desktop client has been downloaded 15 million times and the iPhone app has been downloaded 2.5 million times. Overall, TweetDeck now sends out 4 million tweets, Facebook status updates and Buzz messages every day. That, of [...]
YouTube just announced that it will soon support 4k video – the next-generation HD format with a resolution of 4096×3072 pixels. At almost four times the size of 1080p, the highest resolution HD format currently available in the mainstream market, YouTube’s resolution for 4K videos goes far beyond what most people will be able to watch on their TVs and computers for quite a while to come.
According to the latest data from Experian Hitwise, Microsoft Bing was the big winner in the online search market last month. While the number of searches on Google went down slightly, Bing grew by about 7% and is now inching close to capturing 10% of the search market. Currently, Bing is at 9.85%. It’s hard [...]
Slacker Radio, the Pandora-like personalized radio service for the iPhone (and many other platforms), just launched an updated version of its iPhone app. Besides the typical bug fixes and performance updates, this new version also offers a first: offline caching for the iPhone and iPod touch. Given that AT&T just announced its data caps for the [...]
Intel Corporation today reported first-quarter revenue of $10.3 billion. The company reported operating income of $3.4 billion, net income of $2.4 billion and EPS of 43 cents. From the press release: “The investments we’re making in leading edge technology are delivering the most compelling product line-up in our history,” said Paul Otellini, Intel president and [...]
So Apple finally allowed Opera’s browser into the store. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is that it’s not a full replacement for Safari. Sure, it’s fast – very fast. But it also has quite a few small issues that – once compounded – make Opera let less useful than it could’ve been. [...]
Yesterday, TweetDeck’s Richard Barley announced a new beta version of the popular Twitter (and Buzz, LinkedIn and Facebook) client. In this new version, TweetDeck uses Twitter’s new streaming API to display tweets in real time. Until now, clients had to poll Twitter’s servers at regular intervals to update your searches and lists. Now, Twitter just [...]
Facebook just launched its long-awaited question and answer product dubbed Facebook Answers. You can now ask your social network any question you feel like and get answers from your extended network
In an unprecedented move, Apple is now inviting a select number of media representatives for a press conference on Friday, July 16th. According to The Unofficial Apple blog and The Loop, Apple did not specify the exact reason for the meeting, besides noting that it will focus on iPhone 4. We can only assume that [...]
