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Bye-Bye, Google Voice. Here Comes Google Babel?

Rumors have spread across many reputable sources, including Wired, that users of Google‘s not-so-popular calling/SMS service, Google Voice, may be disappointed in the near future. All indications seem to point to Google wanting to solidify its messaging ecosystem much in the same way they solidified their social sharing with Google Plus. Google Babel, as the new service has been nicknamed by the online community, would bring together services like Voice, Hangouts, GTalk and […]

Bing.com Has Certificate Authority Issues

For many people trying to log into Bing from Google’s Chrome Browser today, it appeared to them as if the site had been down or was compromised due to the nature of the standard error that they would have received asking them if they chose to or not to trust the site they were about to enter. I could imagine how disconcerting this may have seemed to regular users of the competing search giant […]

REPORT: Microsoft Surface to be Wi-Fi only, no 3G or 4G LTE connectivity option

Yes, it seems as though the newly released Microsoft tablet known as the ‘Surface’ is going the way of Windows Millennium, and Vista… behind the times. Bloomberg received word that the new Microsoft product will be Wi-Fi only, and will not offer any connectivity ability for 3G or even 4G LTE networks on any carriers at this time. Why won’t Microsoft add wireless data connectivity? A few reasons: To keep […]