Today at its I/O developer's conference, Google launched Google Play All Access in the US, its long-anticipated subscription music service. I just spent some time exploring the on-demand catalogue as well as its radio and music discovery features. The service's UI is impressively fast and fluid. Indeed, it's minimal in all the right ways. If only it wasn't so lonely in there. Read More >>
Google is overhauling Google+ with 41—yes, forty-one—new features. They're based around three areas of the Chrome experience: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos. The new design is rolling out today, and it looks beautiful enough to actually use. Read More >>
Featured comment by electroweb:
"Love the photo stuff, but it's no good unless ALL your photos are in the cloud and that's frankly too expensive for that much storage right now.
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Google's moving into the streaming world. Get ready for Google Play Access. Here's everything you need to know about Google's crack at rocketing to the top of the charts. Read More >>
Today, at the BlackBerry Live Keynote, the company announced that it will be launching BBM on iOS and Android this Summer. This is a big move for the company that has found itself increasingly trapped in a prison of its own making. Read More >>
Google I/O, the company's mammoth annual developer hoopla, goes down this week. Here's what you can expect to hear from Google during Wednesday's three-hour keynote extravaganza. Read More >>
Featured comment by electroweb:
"My money is on 4.3 not 5.0 too. Basically because Android is as close to fully mature as an OS can get. There's very little in the way of big new feat..." More »
Google is famous for the Easter eggs buried in its products. This might be one of the most entertaining we've seen in while. Head over to Google Image Search and punch in a query for "atari breakout"—or just click this link—and say goodbye to the rest of your day. Read More >>
This parody video imagines what would happen if Adobe introduced some of the tackiest elements of digital design ever to Photoshop and the rest of its design products. It's funny because humans have terrible taste. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr Tennent:
"I couldn't care less what they put in to Adobe CC, as I will never give Adobe my credit card details ever again Im sticking with CS6 until the monopol..." More »
The WSJ reports that Amazon is devloping a battery of new devices, including a smartphone that would use a crazy-sounding glasses-free 3D technology. If it's true... what in heavens? Read More >>
Olympus has been teetering on the edge of nailing mirrorless camera design for years. In fact, many would argue that last year's retro-fantastic OM-D E-M5 bordered on perfection. Aesthetes fell in love with its looks at the same time that real, serious photographers were amazed at its spectacular image quality. Read More >>
Pay-to-view YouTube channels have been rumoured in some form or another for a while, and payments themselves certainly aren't new to Google's video service. You've been able to pay for video rentals and season subscriptions since last year. Read More >>
I thought I could never feel this way again: Oh hello, headphones! You cost £350, but I don't care because you are so delicate and lovely and wonderful and beautiful. It turns out I'm not as jaded as I thought. Read More >>
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"'Spose! (kicks gravel) But I'd happily have a box that big as my phone, as long as the rest of the space was battery!" More »
If you're one of the lucky Google Glass "Explorers" wandering the world barking at your augmented-reality headset prototype get very excited about a new software update that'll make talking to nerdy computer spectacles more social. Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"wYeah I know, but it's an added expense when you already had to pay $1500 for it. What are their first impressions? Hoping to try it for myself next w..." More »