The United States Government has chosen Google’s Planetary Ventures LLC subsidiary to run and renovate a federal airfield that is most frequently used for personal jets of Google executives. Announced on Monday, Google will soon gain full ownership of the 1,000-acre airfield which was a former U.S. Navy base. Built in the 1930s, the U.S. Navy used it for communication and afterwards the site was managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center for the past 23 years. This will be an ideal base for Google as the airfield is only four miles away from Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters. Financial and…
Author: Justin Vendette
How many flash drives would you say you lose in a year? One? Three? Five? If you answered one or more, how important was the data on the drive? With personal identification security an ever increasing issue, we should all be taking action to make sure that our information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. USB Flash drives have been making our lives easier as documents like photos, music, documents, etc., are now stored on a small portable device. You could even argue that the USB flash drive has killed off the CD. The Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G3 (or G3…
Two years ago Google saw an opportunity to purchase a somewhat dwindling company as part of a plan to expand their hardware division of computing. In 2012 Google confirmed that they had purchased Motorola Mobility for $13 billion. With the company struggling to take market share from Samsung and Apple, Google had hopes for Motorola to become more than just another smartphone company. As the new redesigned Motorola brand released two new customizable phones, the Moto X and Moto G, the hit was somewhat successful as customers enjoyed having a personalized phone. However, even with a massive amount of advertising, Motorola just…
Microsoft announced on Monday that for an undisclosed sum they have fully acquired the ‘Gears of War’ franchise from Epic Games. The deal includes all of the rights and profits of all existing and future ‘Gears of War’ games, entertainment experiences and merchandise. Microsoft has placed ‘Gears of War’ under the supervision of Redmond’s Black Tusk game development studio in Vancouver, B.C. Working side by side, Tusk and Microsoft Studios is planning on expanding the ‘Gears of War’ experience by creating new content for the story. Being an Xbox only platform game, ‘Gears of War’ has long been loved by…
Advanced Micro Devices has taken the challenge of impressing the world with its very first ARM processor. Competing against Intel, in the desktop and laptop markets, and now Samsung/QUALCOMM, in the processor market, AMD is looking to expand its CPU line into smartphones and tablets. So far so good, as AMD is taking its new Opteron A1100 series CPU, which is designed for servers, and redesigning it to have an integrated 8-core processor meaning this will be the world’s first 64-bit ARM CPU. AMD will also be using the Cortex-A57 processor design which is the “highest performing processor” according to…
As we leave our desktops and laptops behind, more and more of us are moving to mobile devices. By having mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and smart watches, we find ourselves looking for yet another wall charger to power them. Fortunately, almost every mobile device now uses the universal USB charging cable, so wouldn’t it be convenient and easy to have just one device that charges them all? Designed to have a 30W/6A charging output the new RAVPower BOLT charging station is a four USB port charging hub that can simultaneously charge your tablet(s), smartphone(s), as well a large majority…
After the Beats Buyout with HTC, Beats Electronics has transitioned into a new music streaming service called Beats Music. Launching on January 21st, Beats Music will be available to AT&T customers who wish to pay an extra monthly subscription. Beginning at $10 a month users will gain access to unlimited song streaming and downloads for three devices or ten devices for $15 a month. Looking to compete against Pandora and Spotify, Beats Music will launch with many music albums. Users who sign up for the service will be able to download any song to their device and even listen while…
The German car manufacturer has geared up and announced that they will be partnering with the tech giant Google. An all new Android-power in-car infotainment system is what Audi has its sights on, and new Audi cars that will come fully equipped with Android Cellphone connectivity. Approaching the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, both Google and Audi will share more about this adventure, but for now we are limited to rumors and small reports. Joining them on this new future car tech, Google and Audi have reportedly contacted chip manufacturer NVidia to “establish Android as an important technology for future vehicles,”…
To kick off their CES presence, graphics card manufacturer, NVidia, has created a new type of mobile graphics chip so advanced “you’ll think extraterrestrial life was behind [it]”. Known as the 192-core Tegra K1, the new type of GPU incorporates NVidia’s Kepler software which is what currently dominates the graphics market. Announced was not one, but two versions of this unheard of GPU chip, one that runs a Quad A15 CPU at 32bits and another that runs a dual Denver CPU at 64bits. “It’s the most successful architecture we’ve created,” said CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. “It’s almost inappropriate to call it…
ChromeOS, Google’s first attempt at a rival operating system against Microsoft’s Windows and and Apple’s OS X. The ChomeOS is a light weight, Linux based, operating system that does one thing: it runs Chrome; yes Chrome, the web browser. Set to create budget friendly netbooks and laptops, the ChromeOS has been a successful hit for Google so far. With early adopters like HP, Acer, and Dell, we are seeing more and more ChromeOS based systems hit the market. Well, during the 2014 Consumer Electrons Show, LG Electronics have taken the bold move to unveil the first Google Chrome-based all-on-one desktop…