Google Inc. announced a corporate restructuring on Monday, forming an umbrella company called Alphabet. Alphabet is the new holding company that will manage Google and all of its products. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will run this new venture. Larry Page announced the change and said that he would hold the same title
Matchstick, HDMI Stick Based On Firefox OS, Is Dead
Matchstick, an open hardware and software dongle, an alternative to streaming products, is no more. Matchstick is closing down and refunding its backers’ money. Firefox OS-powered TV Adapter, Matchstick is dead. Matchstick was intended to be Chromecast rival but after headaches with Firefox DRM proved insurmountable, it is no more. Matchstick raised money on Kickstarter
Google Launches Eddystone – Open Source BLE Beacon Format
The most popular search engine gaint, Google has launched its own open source Bluetooth Low Energy beacon-based platform called as Eddystone. It has been designed with the purpose of delivering location-based information to users on their smartphones. Google also unveiled its Nearby API, an API for iOS and Android apps that assists with proximity. Beacons
Top 6 WordPress AdSense Plugins for Free Download
One of the most amazing things about WordPress is the immense range of plugins available for almost every functionality for your website or blog. Plugins are the topmost reason behind the ever increasing popularity of WordPress. An important task of any blog is to add and manage Google AdSense ads to their blog. With a
Undo Send Feature Introduces In Gmail
Wrongly sent an embarrassing email from your Gmail account? Do you ever wish there was undo button for sending email? Sending a romantic message meant for a partner but wrongly sent to parent? Or spelling someone’s name wrong or forgetting an attachment while sending it to your boss? When you are looking for how to
Top 5 Google Docs Alternatives
Google Docs is a popular and free online office suit which comes with word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and many more features. It is a part of Google Drive and lets you create and format documents in real-time. With Google Docs, you can also invite other people to collaborate on a document with you. You can
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla Team Up to Launch WebAssembly
Engineers from Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and several other Webkit project engineers have teamed up to launch WebAssembly, a binary format for compiling applications for the web. The idea behind this format is to provide developers with a single compilation target that will be implemented in all browsers. WebAssembly is a project to create a new
Google Slides Now Lets You Stream Presentations to Your TV
Google today updated Google Slides for Android and iOS to let you stream presentations via Chromecast and AirPlay. With this update, Google Slides wirelessly streams your presentations to the big screen. You just need a smartphone or tablet with a Slides app. Chromecast is a small HDMI dongle to stream content from mobile and web
Lenovo Cast vs. Chromecast vs. Apple TV
Apple TV and Chromecast have been in the media streaming industry for a while and now Lenovo has recently launched its own device called as Lenovo Cast. All these three do similar things but still have many differences in functionalities and features. In this blog post, we have come up with the differences between these
All About Google Chromecast
In simple terms, Google Chromecast is an easy way to stream internet video to your television. It’s a little dongle that ends in an HDMI port and you can plug it into your TV. It lets you stream YouTube, Netflix, BBC iPlayer and several other sources, from your devices to your TV screen. At $35,