By Amrita Mathur

Google’s latest offering in the social networking arena – Google+ (also known as Google Plus) has now been out for over a month and already more than 25 million users have checked it out! Here are my thoughts on some of the less obvious features that are awesome and some comments on what things might be missing.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

How companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and HP engage and compensate developers on their mobile platforms will eventually determine their long term success.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
 
In an unprecedented move, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson and EMC last week formed a strategic partnership to bid for 6,000 Nortel Networks patents worth $4.5 Billion.

Video featuring Ted Kritsonis

Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 is the company’s opening salvo in the tablet race, and is among the first to be running on Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb mobile operating system. To set it apart from others, Acer has tried to design the A500 as a media-friendly tablet that anyone can use.

By Hessie Jones

Recent news about Facebook’s alleged smear campaign against Google has brought to question the real impact of disclosure on the users, who continuously feed their personal information into a priceless database.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of Google’s most underrated services is their free RSS news feed aggregator Google Reader. We look at the most impressive tablet apps that interface with Google Reader.

By Ted Kritsonis

In a series of unveilings yesterday at Google’s I/O conference, one highly touted new development is that of Android@Home, an extension of the mobile operating system that could connect Android devices to electronics and appliances throughout a home.

By Ted Kritsonis

In the 36-year history of Microsoft, there hasn’t been a bigger acquisition, at least when it comes to dollars and cents, than the one announced today. Skype, the VoIP application and service that has made it easy — and free — for users to stay in touch, will be part of the Microsoft family. But the move has a lot to do with what Microsoft wants to do when facing their competitors.

By Ted Kritsonis

YouTube, the world’s most popular video site, recently launched YouTube Live, a streaming service that will allow content partners to broadcast events and shows to viewers live. Meanwhile, YouTube overlords, Google, officially pulled the plug on Google Video as a video content site.

By Lee Rickwood

The search engine giant has been snapping up some of the top Canadian tech assets and applications, buying up dynamic and forward-thinking companies like BumpTop, PushLife, Social Deck and more.

Video featuring Ted Kritsonis

The Motorola Atrix has been packed with some impressive hardware under the hood that helps it perform well in just about any situation, but the accessories that were meant to augment it don’t feel as polished once you start to really use them. While the idea behind them is sound, the execution could use some tweaks the next time around.

By Ted Kritsonis

This week, Google updated its Nexus S Android smartphone and ultimately severed the ties between Facebook contacts and Android’s own Contacts application. The move is just the latest in the increased competition between the two tech giants over sharing data.