If you are in the US You may have noticed a change on Google Search in the last few hours where the traditional sidebar has been moved to the top of the […]
Microsoft is currently preparing to launch the Surface Pro in the next 1-2 months, after having shipped the Surface RT during the launch of the Windows 8 operating system at the end […]
If you like Adele, you may also like Lady Gaga or Jennifer Lopez, and if you like music by Metallica, you are probably also into Guns and Roses, and Bryan Adams. There […]
Google released a new version of Google Earth, the company's "world exploration" software yesterday. The new program version is already available on the official website where it can be downloaded for Windows, […]
Google makes available a Security menu when you open your account on the official web page that enables you to manage security related features of your Google account. This includes enabling the […]
If you own a Kindle device you know that the books you download are associated with your Amazon account so that you can access them on other devices as well. Kindle apps […]
A few weeks ago we  showed you how to access the new YouTube interface that they were testing out.  If you followed the steps and began using it, then you may have […]
It's a big time for Microsoft with the upcoming release of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet this Friday. Â They have also been actively updating almost all of their software and web […]
YouTube's annotation feature enables video publishers to add comment bubbles to their videos. Annotations can be passive text snippets that you see on the screen or interactive elements that can be clicked […]
All major Internet companies will eventually create apps for the Windows 8 operating system. Those that do not, are at a severe disadvantage on the operating system, considering that competing services are […]
If you are planning to purchase the next Office once it comes out, and holding back on the previous version of the software because of that, you may be interested to know […]
These days every mobile phone, even the non-smartphones, come with a camera built in. Â There are also hundreds of third-party camera apps, like Cartoon Camera for Android, which Ghacks just looked at […]
If you take an interest in the Linux world you have probably already noticed that Ubuntu 12.10 has been released. The new version of the popular Linux distribution comes with a set […]
I have removed Java from my system some time ago and never looked back. I understand that some of you need Java for certain web activities, like online banking, but I think […]
Google made a lot of changes to its search engine algorithm and web rankings in recent time. Two of the changes that had a lot of impact on the Internet were the […]
Microsoft revealed the pricing for the Surface RT yesterday, starting at $499 for a 32 Gigabyte model without keyboard up to $699 for the 64 Gigabyte flagship model with keyboard included. The […]
In what some will describe as a classic move to gain press attention, Microsoft activated the Surface RT page on the company's own Windows Store website for a moment before pulling the […]
As Microsoft gears up for the Windows 8 and Surface launch on October 26th they are actively trying to build up their new Windows Store with new apps as part of the […]
I'm a fan of Internet Radio and get my music fix from free stations that stream the music that I like to listen to right to my PC. While that is sufficient […]
Back in July Google announced several services would be phased out, a process they carry out periodically. Â Mostly these are web sites and functions that the vast majority of people are not […]
Google recently implemented a change on Google Docs that removed download and export options for older Microsoft Office formats. It is not clear why the change has been implemented, but the result […]
A like on Facebook is like a vote for something on Facebook. You can like books, fan pages, people, apps, websites and a lot of other things on the site. Liking is […]
The video hosting website YouTube has been running the automated Content ID system for the last five years or so. It uses so called reference files - samples if you will - […]
Microsoft appears very dedicated to rebrand many of its products and websites for the upcoming Windows 8 / Windows Phone 8 launch at the end of the month. Several high profile properties […]
2-step authentication, sometimes also called 2-factor authentication, adds a second authorization step to the sign in process or other processes on the Internet. This blocks many login related attack forms like brute […]
Ever since Google acquired the video hosting platform YouTube it has been criticized for the unmoderated comment section on the site. Comments are often filled with profanities and insults that many YouTube […]
Google is famous for their Labs, which rolls out lots of experimental software, but they also test lots of different designs for their big web properties like Reader, Gmail, YouTube and more. […]
Since last Fall, Google shut down nearly 60 products or services. Some because they have been replaced with something else, Google Buzz comes to mind, others because they have not met the […]
Microsoft back in June 2012 launched a preview of the upcoming Microsoft.com website which looked fundamentally different from the old homepage. Today, the preview design went live on microsoft.com. If you visit […]
Google Takeout is an official service that enables Google users to export data from their Google account to their local computer system. Users can either download all account related data at once, […]
Google's document editing and hosting service Google Docs supports a variety of formats. You can upload Microsoft Office or Open Office documents for instance, to access, edit or share those documents online. […]
If you sometimes share files on Facebook, for instance in a group or your news stream, you are likely using a file hosting service to host the file, especially if you do […]
If you are following this blog regularly you know that Google is constantly working on the design of its products. The majority of these changes are usually tested using a-b tests, so […]
I have become convinced that there really isn't anywhere that the Google Street View team won't take their cameras. Â They have not only covered the actual streets around the world, but have […]
It feels kinda strange that Google has not integrated RSS feed capabilities into its social networking site Google+. I do know quite a few users who would like to subscribe to certain […]
If your Facebook news feed is filling up daily with posts from friends that you are not really that much in contact with, if at all, you may want to do something […]
Update: It is 2018 now and things have changed dramatically. HTML5 replaced Flash on most sites already so that it is no longer necessary to use extensions that enforce the use of […]
Microsoft is feverishly working on its cloud hosting and synchronization service SkyDrive. The service has seen a big transformation from a basic service that was not really anything special to one of […]
The Google Apps team just announced that support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser will end on November 15, 2012. This falls in line with last year's announcement that the service […]
Remember the Ping network that Apple integrated into its iTunes software? No? Then you are not the only one. Introduced in iTunes 10 in 2010 Ping was Apple's attempt to create a […]
