Posting about a personal loss online makes people — both the poster and the readers — uncomfortable. No one wants to see morbid thoughts and ruminations about death sandwiched between cheery updates about last night’s party and celebrity chatter. Why does the social Web seem limited to a few emotions? Read more…
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Gilt Groupe’s Recipe for Success in Mobile
By BRIAN X. CHENCompanies that aren’t successful yet in mobile could take some tips from Gilt Groupe. The New York-based start-up, best known for selling designer clothing, expects 40 percent of its revenue on the July 4th holiday to come from its iPhone and iPad apps, says the company’s chief executive. Read more…
Daily Report: Another Setback for RIM
By THE NEW YORK TIMESResearch in Motion announced it was further delaying the introduction of its new line of BlackBerry smartphones until 2013, a setback that has further eroded confidence in the company. The latest delay, which was announced along with a $518 million loss in the company’s first quarter, increased doubts among analysts and investors about RIM’s future Read more…
Will Google’s Personal Assistant Be Creepy or Cool?
By JENNA WORTHAMGoogle’s new personal assistant service, called Google Now, raises some interesting questions about the line between when tech is helpful and when it makes users uneasy. The service will do things like remind an Android owner that they have a lunch date — but also who it is with, how to get there and when they should leave, based on traffic. Read more…
Today’s Scuttlebot: Google Wars and iTunes Sharing
By THE NEW YORK TIMESThe technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. Thursday’s selection includes an Iranian video game based on the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1989 call for the death of the author Salman Rushdie, a look at Jack Dorsey of Square and the last person cellphone companies will give location information to. Read more…
StreamTV NetworksThis is precisely what is wrong with the marketing of 3-D TV.Less May Be More for 3-D TV
By SAM GROBARTThe introduction of 3-D TV has been a bumpy one; people just don’t seem to care all that much about it. But development of a glasses-less 3-D technology, and more subtle use of the 3-D effect , may help speed its adoption. Read more…
Readers React to Surveillance Software for Parents
By THE NEW YORK TIMESThe issue sparked a spirited conversation among Times readers, who were largely split into two camps: those who thought that monitoring would damage the trust between parents and their children, and those who feel that the Internet raises new challenges that require new tools. Read more…
Google’s Computers Now for Hire
By QUENTIN HARDY
GoogleOne of Google's data centers.Google is turning its vast computers public, taking on Amazon Web Services and others. The company boasts some big performance capabilities and low prices, but will roll out its services slowly. Read more…
Video: Building in America
By THE NEW YORK TIMESJohn Markoff reports on the manufacturing of the Google Nexus Q in the United States. Read more…
Daily Report: For Google and Others, Devices Made in the U.S.A.
By THE NEW YORK TIMESGoogle’s new wireless home media player, the Nexus Q, is being manufactured in the United States, one of several signs that the trend of producing consumer electronic goods outside this country may be reversing, reports John Markoff in Thursday’s New York Times. Read more…
Today’s Scuttlebot: Skydiving Glasses and Sympathy for a Twitter Bot
By THE NEW YORK TIMESThe technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. Wednesday’s selection includes a robot that mimics a human hand in rock, paper or scissors and the receding need for rebooting computersthat have crashed. Read more…
TimesCast Tech: Google Developers’ Conference
By THE NEW YORK TIMESElectronic Arts develops an HTML5-based video game, competitive sailing adapts new technology to attract television views and Reading Rainbow takes young readers on a new adventure. Plus, a big step forward for iPad apps in the kitchen. Read more…
Google Glasses, $1,500 Each, Make a Splashy Entrance
By NICK BILTON
screenshot via Google Glass videoAt the Google I/O developer conference, Google’s Project Glass augmented-reality glasses made a grand entrance. The company developers at the event will be able to order the glasses for $1,500. Read more…
Google Android Adds a Flurry of New Features
By NICK BILTONAt the company’s annual developer conference, Google announced a number of new features for the next generation of its flagship Android mobile software, code-named Jelly Bean. One of them is a competitor to Apple’s Siri. Read more…
Google Reveals Nexus Tablet, a Kindle Fire Competitor
By BRIAN X. CHENGoogle unveiled the first tablet it can call its own. Here’s the kicker: It’s made by Asus, the Taiwanese hardware maker, not Motorola Mobility, the mobile device manufacturer that Google recently acquired. Read more…
