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YouTube offering Disney and Pixar movies for rent

, Nov 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

YouTube has been stepping up its content offerings to bolster its movie rental service that started about a year ago but has yet to put much pressure on services like Netflix. It added about 3,000 new movies for rent back in May and now it's also getting Disney and Pixar movie titles, 1,000 of which Netflix just lost access to when it failed to renew its deal with Starz. Read The Full Story

Apple launches ship-to-store in San Francisco

, Oct 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has begun offering a new ship-to-store or in-store pickup option for its online customers in the San Francisco area. The program allows customers to place an order online to have the item shipped to their local Apple retail store for pickup, saving shipping costs for customers. The program also provides pickup customers with Personal Setup service of any new Apple product. Read The Full Story

RIM insists BlackBerry outage not due to hacking, users won’t lose messages

, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

Earlier this morning, it was reported that the BlackBerry service outage, which has afflicted users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina for the past three days, has now hit the US and Canada. In response, RIM held an ad hoc press conference today to answer some questions and to reassure that the problem at hand is not a security breach. Read The Full Story

RIM details BlackBerry service failures

, Oct 11th 2011 Discuss [2]

Earlier today, we reported that RIM apologized for the BlackBerry service outage experienced by users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and other parts of the world. And now, although many are still without service, the company has issued a statement with a more detailed response as to what caused the issue. Read The Full Story

Twitter adds photo sharing via text message

, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Twitter added a new feature today that lets you share photos via text messages or SMS messages. Although there's the official Twitter app and plenty of third-party clients, many folks still prefer sharing tweets by texting. With this new feature, they can now share photos along with their tweets by simply attaching a photo to their text message. Read The Full Story

Facebook revamps friend lists and newsfeed, adds ticker

, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [11]

Facebook announced several new changes today, including revisions to its Friends Lists and News Feed features as well as the addition of a ticker with real-time status updates. These changes will be rolled out starting this evening, just two days ahead of Facebook's annual f8 developer conference, where the social network is expected to unveil more new features, including music streaming integration. Read The Full Story

YouTube adds basic video editing features

, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

YouTube unleashed an update today that adds some basic video editing features to its online video platform. Besides basic settings such as stabilization, brightness, contrast, and saturation, the update also offers special effects filters similar to those found on apps like Instagram. Read The Full Story

Google Offers Beta daily deals hitting 5 new markets

, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google Offers Beta is expanding to five new markets, with the first daily deals in those markets redeemable starting tomorrow. The service was first launched back in June in Portland, the Bay Area, and New York City. Now it will be adding Austin, Boston, Washington D.C., Denver, and Seattle. Read The Full Story

Amazon testing locker system that sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [6]

Amazon may be testing a new service that gives you the option to have products you ordered delivered to your local 7-Eleven. Although a bit odd, the idea can offer convenience to those who don't feel safe having products left outside their door while away at work. This could also benefit those that won't be home to sign for a delivery or perhaps others who simply don't want their spouses or housemates to know about a purchase. Read The Full Story

Google Buys G.Co As Official URL Shortcut For Google Products

, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

Google announced today that it will start using a new URL shortcut that's much shorter than the original Goo.gl. Reports this morning surfaced that the search giant had purchased the domain G.Co for use with Google products such as GMail, Documents, and Photos. The company has confirmed the new shortcut domain but did not reveal the cost to acquire it, which is estimated to be at least $1.5 million. Read The Full Story

SlashGear 101: What is Google Wallet?

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [4]

You may not have heard much about Google Wallet, but it could have a very big impact on your future. It's also one of the most exciting announcements to come from Google. Even though you might guess Google Wallet helps you search for things in your actual wallet, you'd be quite wrong. If Google has their way, their Wallet would allow you to pay for almost anything by using your mobile phone. No sliding cards, no waiting for checks to clear, just a quick and easy way to transfer money. We'll let you know how this would actually take place, right after the break! Read The Full Story

Facebook Questions Lets You Ask And Answer Almost Everyone On Facebook

, Mar 25th 2011 Discuss [2]

People are always connected now and it doesn’t take much effort to find out what your friends are feeling or doing, or for them to know the same about you. Facebook is the ultimate place to disregard common privacy concerns and now with the launch of a new questions-and-answers service, you can let the whole Facebook universe see and help with what you're pondering. Dubbed "Facebook Questions," the service has been in beta testing since July. Read The Full Story
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