This evening at its Campfire One event, Google showcased a number of new technologies coming to Google Web Toolkit (you can see my live blog of the event here ). The big announcements include the release of a new Speed Tracer tool to help developers speed up their web apps; a code splitting...
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Service-now.com has raised $41M of a $66M funding round, the company disclosed in an SEC filing today. The company was founded by Fred Luddy in 2004 to provide on-demand Enterprise IT services and 2009 has been a boom year for the company. Service-now.com specializes in cloud-based Software as a Service (Saas) IT service...
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As we all know, today was Chrome Extension day . By now, you’ve likely tried out many of them and picked some that you like as well as those that you don’t. Easily one of my favorites so far is the Brizzly extension built by Thing Labs. It’s hands down the best-looking app...
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Tonight at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA, Google is holding a Campfire One event to announce some of its new developer-focused releases. Google holds these campfire events a couple times a year — the last one was in April — to announce new product launches that cater to the development community. I’ll be live...
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Students are given discounts on technology left, right and center. Does the student buyer benefit, or is there another reason for targeting this market?
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Artist-inventor Trimpin begins using seismic data as musical material after a temblor strikes his adopted hometown of Seattle. The Seismofone is one of several contraptions featured in Trimpin: The Sound of Invention , a documentary about his life.
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Wired pitches the sports world's smartest inventions, from the Ping-Pong ball to soccer cleats to the Zamboni.
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Nothing kicks more ass than a finely calibrated home theater system. But you need the right tech to do it. Here's our top gear for entertaining folks this holiday season.
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Guidelines from the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan make it difficult to call in an air strike these days. The attempt to eliminate civilian casualties puts U.S. troops on the ground in more danger. Ironically, the military's ability to plan and execute precision strikes has never been better.
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A theory is being proposed as to why it's really true this time that the chipmakers will merge. Because of recent events--project cancellations and legal wrangling--it makes for fascinating reading.
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