Xfinity on Campus, offered at select schools, will let college students watch live and on-demand TV from their laptops, smartphones, and tablets. And maybe it will make them think twice about cutting the cable cord once they graduate.
With the new Glass OS version, users will be able to scroll through their full address books and add favorites more easily.
Backers expose shady behavior after not getting what they paid for.
The new plan undercuts T-Mobile's similar offering, but network performance remains and issue.
A U.S. lawmaker wants to rebrand the term net neutrality because its definition is confusing to many people. Representative Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat and backer of strong net neutrality rules, “Internet users know what they want and expect from the Internet, but these days all the jargon about net neutrality rules is making it difficult to know what box to check that advances their best interest,” Eshoo said in a statement. “If Internet users care about their right to uninhibited access to the Internet, [the contest] their opportunity to have an impact on the process, to help put the advantage back in the hands of the Internet user, and to ensure that the free and open Internet prevails.”
You can get browser extensions to Thanks to the Internet, journalism's core funding models of subscriptions and advertising are not what they used to be. Trying to find new ways to make money, publications—including PCWorld and its sister sites—are trying out other sources of revenue such as sponsored posts, also known as "native advertising." These are articles written and published along with regular news articles, but are either written by or for an advertiser. Sponsored posts are only a few years old and publications are still grappling with how to mark what is sponsored content and what is not.
Existing customers can refer their friends, and everyone gets a year of unlimited data
It may not become a real product. But Netflix's hack day Oculus Rift interface is so cool, how could it not?
It's time to load up your Android phone or tablet with the right apps for getting things done and staying organized.
LG Electronics is bringing features from its more expensive smartphones into the hotly contested low-end segment of the market. On Thursday, the company announced the L Bello and L Fino, two 3G Android-based smartphones that echo some aspects of the design of LG’s G3 flagship model. They have buttons on the back just like the G3, and the L Bello’s plastic back is reminiscent of the texture used on the G3. The material is different but it has the same “metallic skin design” for a similar look and feel, an LG spokeswoman said via email. Both models look more sophisticated than their predecessors. The smartphones have also inherited the G3’s QuickCircle cases, which give access to frequently used functions such as calling, text messaging, music and camera all from the window without opening the cover.
You may think you're a high-tech power user who knows all the nooks and crannies of Windows, iOS, and Android, but let's be realistic: There could be at least a few undocumented (or poorly documented) commands, control panels, and apps that have slipped by you—maybe more than a few. We've dived deep into each OS to uncover the best hidden tips and tricks that can make you more productive—or make common tasks easier. Got a favorite undocumented tip to share with readers? Add them in the comments section at the end of the article. Few Windows users take advantage of this unsung, universal shortcut, available via the key combo
Around the world millions of people are multilingual or partly so. In the US, census data reflect that 20 percent of the population speaks more than one language at home (though this really only captures immigrants). But in what I imagine is something of a speech recognition breakthrough...
Bing Ads has released the latest update of Bing Ads Editor, the desktop tool for campaign editing and management. Version 10.5 includes supports several new features including a negative keyword library, and refined ad scheduling and geo-targeting options. Negative Keyword Library The negative...
Google has continually denied that an account-level Quality Score exists -- yet this unseen metric still seems to have an impact on AdWords performance. The post If Account-Level Quality Score Doesn’t Exist, Can It Really Hurt Your AdWords Program? appeared first on Search Engine Land.
Going on Google’s recent takedown notice numbers, it looks as if the site may be spending as much time on link removal requests as it is algorithm updates. According to TorrentFreak, Google is now processing an average of more than a million takedown requests a day, an enormous increase from...
Google is a big fan of doing easter eggs, and we’ve covered many of them in the past including ones that mess around with the display of the search results listing page. They include the do a barrel roll and blink HTML examples. But did you know they work with query refinements, as well?...
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Google began sending notices to webmasters over faulty mobile redirects. This notice was to inform webmasters of notices being shown to searchers that the searcher may be redirected to the home page as opposed to the specific page they are clicking on within the...
Is it worth it for webmasters to switch to HTTPS in light of Google's recent announcement? The post Google Says HTTPS Is A Ranking Signal, But It’s Not Really appeared first on Search Engine Land.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Maps Adds Hundreds Of Streetside & 3D City Images; Plus New HD Aerial Images Bing announced a large maps update today, where they have added hundreds of...
Bing announced a large maps update today, where they have added hundreds of Streetside images, 3D city images and new high resolution aerial images. Bing Maps now has over a 100 cities that support Streetside imagery available across America. The images are available in these cities: Alameda...