Cyber Monday is a day when even after masses of Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals, retailers regain their composure for one last sales push, and with the start of this week having seen the annual online-only deals roll out en masse, a new report has shone light on some very interesting stats relating to the ensuing spike in online traffic.
Google Glass has been in some hot waters lately, with the search giant not having the easiest run with its futuristic gadget. Say what you may, but Google isn't letting its wearable wash away just yet, and is reportedly planning on a next-generation of the wearable with support from Intel.
Every year, Black Friday brings us closer to crossing off all those electronic gadgets on our humble wish-list, but with deals swarming the Internet like the stars around the earth, it often gets overwhelming. If you were looking for a quick overview of some of the best tech deals to be had from Apple, Google and Microsoft, we have rounded them up here.
With $130 worth of free Android apps floating about at the moment courtesy of Amazon, it's a great time to own a device running Google's mobile software. As it transpires, the Black Friday bonanza also means that it's a pretty decent time to upgrade your hardware, and if you want to snap up a new Android smartphone, we've scoured the Web to source some of the very best deals going.
Google and Apple's partnership has been a shaky one at best, especially when it comes to iOS devices. Earlier on, Apple dropped Google Maps integration from iOS as the default maps and navigation app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in favor of its own Maps app, and YouTube was pulled from the list of stock apps as well, forcing Google to make both of these apps user-downloadable ones from the App Store. Now, it seems, that the default search provider for iOS Safari browser is up for grabs as well, as Google's contract is close to termination, and sources say that Bing and Yahoo! are both vying for the top spot.
Google's Nexus 6 is a very large, very Motorola device in terms of design, but away from the finish, the powerful underbelly and the slick general performance, its Android Lollipop software does include one or two intriguing new quirks of its own. Notably, it bundles full-disk encryption as standard, a feature that cannot be disabled on any Lollipop device without flashing a new ROM, and while this isn't necessarily a bad thing, some new benchmark readings suggest that the negative impact on performance is considerable.
What came close to the awesomeness that Rocket Raccoon was with his British Cockney accent and wits in Guardians of the Galaxy was the chart busting soundtrack of the movie, with one song in particular - "Hooked on a Feeling" - totaling over 16 million counts of streaming. As part of a run up to the holiday festivities, Google is offering the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack album entitled 'Awesome Mix Vol. 1' for free on Google Play (U.S. only), and the offer is supposedly just for a day.
If you happen to be an OS X user, and happen to love Google’s Chrome Web browser, then the latest Chrome 39 release will definitely be of interest to you.
Here's a complete tutorial on how to download and install Android 5.0 Lollipop final version on Nexus 4, 5, 7 and 10. More details can be found right here.
The unveiling of Google Glass had split public opinion right down the middle when it was first introduced as a research project back just over two years ago. The intelligent, but relatively futuristic eyewear, which looks as though it has been ripped directly off the set of a Hollywood spy thriller, has been one of the primary focal points of Google's Project X team for quite some time, but could that dedication to an actual consumer launch be waning? According to a new Reuters report, a number of developers and early Glass adopters are beginning to lose that initial excitement and interest in the product.
















