DVICE: We love technology. We want to know about it, write about it, and shake it till it breaks. Part of the SCI FI Network, DVICE has a worldwide team of writers who constantly immerse themselves in the tech world, distilling the sometimes-excessive information out there to bring you only what you need to know.

Video
 

Google

SHIFT: Why Facebook's vanity URLs are bad news for the Internet

SHIFT: Why Facebook's vanity URLs are bad news for the Internet

Did you sit by your computer late on Friday, June 12 in order to pounce on the perfect Facebook vanity...
 
Android triumphs where the iPhone 3GS still fails: Flash

Android triumphs where the iPhone 3GS still fails: Flash

Now that Apple has delivered the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 3.0 upgrade to the masses, there's plenty to be...
 
SHIFT: How alternative search engines like Wolfram Alpha and Cuil can succeed

SHIFT: How alternative search engines like Wolfram Alpha and Cuil can succeed

When Wolfram Alpha, a website devoted to providing direct answers to fact-based searches launched earlier this month, it was immediately...
 
Google polishes Chrome browser; version 2.0 now faster, shinier

Google polishes Chrome browser; version 2.0 now faster, shinier

Google speeds up its Chrome browser eight months after its initial release, claiming that this version 2.0 is 30% faster...
 
Docomo brings Google Android phone to Japan

Docomo brings Google Android phone to Japan

Still smarting over losing the coveted Japan-based iPhone deal to Softbank over a year ago, Docomo is finally ready to...
 
Gmail's Undo Send lets you recall your temper tantrums, no harm done

Gmail's Undo Send lets you recall your temper tantrums, no harm done

Remember that time you hit the "Send" button, and suddenly changed your mind, frantically clicking and closing stuff on your...
 
Wolfram search engine: Tomorrow's Google?

Wolfram search engine: Tomorrow's Google?

Wouldn't it be great if you could ask your search engine a question in the same way you'd ask a...
 
Google sounds surprisingly out of touch in an attack on Twitter

Google sounds surprisingly out of touch in an attack on Twitter

Last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt commented on everything from the economy (which he called "pretty dire") to Android's jump...
 
Google Maps app shows precisely what would happen if your town got nuked

Google Maps app shows precisely what would happen if your town got nuked

What would happen if a nuclear weapon exploded in your city? With this Google Maps application by Aussie designers Carlos...
 
Asus looks at Google Android as a netbook OS

Asus looks at Google Android as a netbook OS

Asus, the folks who helped define what we think of as a netbook with its Eee PC line, is now...
 
Google PowerMeter Project tracks your electricity-sucking ways

Google PowerMeter Project tracks your electricity-sucking ways

It's one thing to say that you're going green, but it's another thing entirely to live green. Google has something...
 
Former iPhone designer works to put Android on every gadget conceivable

Former iPhone designer works to put Android on every gadget conceivable

If the iPhone made you think that maybe you really did only need one gadget in your life, Google's Android...
 
SHIFT: What Google Gears means for cloud computing

SHIFT: What Google Gears means for cloud computing

DVICE writers take a closer look at the latest tech trends in our weekly column, Shift. One of the big...
 
Google Earth 5.0 goes underwater, back in time and to Mars

Google Earth 5.0 goes underwater, back in time and to Mars

Google has mapped the oceans for the latest version of their planet-detailing juggernaut, Google Earth. Working with dozens of government,...
 
Santa on his way, Google Earth has 3D proof

Santa on his way, Google Earth has 3D proof

What the heck is Santa up to, I mean right now? Well, he's already on his way, starting in...
 

DVICE continues below
Get the latest tech news
on your cellphone!
Text DVICE to 72434
DVICE on your iPhone
Follow DVICE on Twitter
Editor: Peter Pachal
editor@dvice.com
©2009, SCI FI.
All rights reserved.