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Chromecast gets some Much Needed Help from the Addition of Pandora

Chromecast has been a smash hit, but it lacks apps. Google is attempting to change this buy announcing a new app that now works with your Chromecast player.

Motorola Partners with Dave Hakkens to Help People Design Their Own Smartphones

Have you ever wanted to design your own cell phone? Well, Motorola may soon be able to offer you that chance. Unlike other phone manufactures like Apple, you will be able to custom build your own phone.

YouTube Views on Mobile Devices Skyrocket

YouTube sees the number of people viewing its videos increase on mobile devices. At this rate, PC viewers will be in the minority in just a few years.

Google Looks to Challenge Apple TV with Cheaper Alternative, Chromecast

Are you looking for a cheaper alternative to Apple TV and Roku? Well, Google might have just what you need. Its called Chromecast and it will only set you back $35.

Google Buys a 6.3 Percent Stake in Himax Display

Google looks to be getting serious with its plans to bring Google Glass mainstream by buying a huge stake in Himax Display.

HTML5, WebGL, CSS3, and assorted JavaScript tech demos

Here are some great prototypes and samples demonstrating the cutting edge of the web!

HOW TO: Prevent hotlinking in WordPress, redirect to an attachment page for the image, or send 404 response

Hate losing bandwidth to hotlinkers? Do you become troubled when there are people using your sites' images, logos, or other picture assets for purposes such as forum avatars, content theft, or laziness? Here is a setup that will prevent hotlinkers from using your images at all!

How to improve you SEO in five easy steps (hint: content is still king)

Here are some quick tips that will help you keep search engine optimization in your mind when working on your website.

Friday Internet Bulletin: First Edition

Today's FIB features a hefty amount of tech industry news, a music video of Mr Rogers, and a strange Skyrim mod.

I for one welcome our new overlord: Google buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion!

With Google facing court battles and legal disputes around the world and especially in Europe, it seems that anything they do results in patent issues. Rather than delay the release of Android-based devices such as smart phones, tablets, desktops, and other embedded technology, Google has taken steps to purchase the mobile wing of Motorola.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes out June 8! Are you ready for it?

With the brand new NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor, a beastly CPU that will give the Samsung Android Tablet a pretty substantial upgrade, the new Samsung Galaxy looks to become a large jump for the mobile device market. Plus it's lighter and more energy efficient!

When Egypt got their internet turned off, Google noticed

There was no internet and no cell phone SMS text messaging for anybody in Egypt. They essentially went dark from the web for an extended amount of time! While they still had communication via land line telephones, most people in the country and the world were in a state of disbelief.

Samsung Continues to Lead Android Market by Shipping 2 Million Galaxy Tabs

While there are still over 15 million iPads shipped by Apple, an impressive and outstanding number for such a new platform, Samsung is quickly proving that there is room for competition. Not just content on helping Android take the second highest mobile phone ownership slot away from Apple, Samsung now seems prepared to put in all of its efforts to narrow the gap between iPads and Android-based tablets.

New Google Translate update on your Android, now with full conversation mode!

Google has announced that Google Translate, their popular app that makes language barriers almost nonexistent, has received an update to the Android version which makes a pretty hefty step into the future of communication. Gone are the days of fiddling through translation books looking for the right thing to say or awkwardly uttering words of phrases that you barely understand. Google made it easy in their first version of Translate for the Android by allowing you to convert text on the fly and even speak into the phone and have it translated.

Android phone ownership now larger then iPhone

According to the statistics ending November 2010, Google Android users now make up 26% of the mobile phone market, second to RIM's (owners of Blackeberry) leading 33.5% market share. Compared to the numbers from August 2010, it seems as though the Android user surge hurt the Blackberry and Microsoft mobile markets the most, with Microsoft losing 1.8% and Blackberry losing a whopping 4.1%!

How to know when to upgrade your web server

If you have a website, a portfolio, a blog, a business, a Facebook app, or some kind of community forum, chances are you have a web server. While you could used shared services like Blogger.com, Tumblr, GeoCities (remember GeoCities?) or WordPress.com, when you want that custom experience, that unique vibe, you gotta use your own server.