Brennon Slattery - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Brennon Slattery

Article | 12/05/2011 Google envisions automated home with Android@Home

Google used its I/O conference to introduce Android@Home, a software framework for Android that allows programmers to interact with various connected ...

Article | 11/05/2011 Music Beta by Google to launch without licenses

Google's long-awaited cloud-based music player, Music Beta by Google, will launch today at the company's Google I/O conference, according to Billboard...

Article | 23/04/2011 Greenpeace: Apple the top environmental offender in tech

Apple has long prided itself on the environmental consciousness behind its products, and consistently aims to get greener. But according to Greenpeace...

Article | 20/04/2011 Google Map Maker launches in the US

Google Map Maker was released almost three years ago, allowing users in 183 countries to modify the online maps we've become reliant upon. Now Google ...

Article | 16/04/2011 Wii 2 on the way: Nintendo is growing up

Almost five years after the Nintendo Wii launched, broke sales records, and revolutionized gaming with the introduction of motion-sensitive controller...

Article | 13/04/2011 Bing closes gap on Google's search engine lead

Bing, Microsoft's little search engine that could, has taken 30 per cent of the U.S. search market share, posing a serious threat to Google's dominanc...

Article | 1/04/2011 Is Google being anal about Android OS?

It might be time to say good-bye to the days of Android as an open-source platform. After sealing Honeycomb from developers in an effort to combat sub...

Article | 28/03/2011 Disco Messenger: Google's 'secret' iPhone texting app

Google joins an growing number of companies offering group chat capabilities via text messaging on smartphones with the release of Disco Messenger.

Article | 26/03/2011 Google Seals Honeycomb from Developers: A Good Call

Though Google has several good reasons to play keep-away with Android 3.0, the move to restrict developers from Honeycomb's source code is seen by som...

Article | 22/03/2011 Twitter's 5th Birthday: 5 Milestones

At 4:50 p.m. on March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey wrote "just setting up my twttr."

Article | 12/03/2011 iPad 2 goes on sale today: Buy online or wait in line?

Friday is iPad 2 launch day and that could mean bedlam for consumers eager to get their hands on Apple's new and improved tablet. At 4:00 AM EST, the ...

Article | 11/03/2011 Hackers expose Safari's flaws in five seconds

When it comes to browser security, Internet Explorer usually gets ridiculed and beaten up the most. And though Microsoft's IE8 was quickly unraveled a...

Article | 9/03/2011 Zuckerberg adopts dog, gives him Facebook page

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, adopted a puppy named Beast and have given him a Facebook fan page.

Article | 4/03/2011 Charlie Sheen Web 2.0 Blitz: Revolutionary or Nightmare?

In traditional media, having your TV show go from No. 1 to being shut down indefinitely is bad news, especially when paired with allegedly drug-induce...

Article | 1/03/2011 Facebook's 'Like' button evolves

Facebook has made a subtle but important change to the functionality of its Like button that will transform the way you share on the site and on the W...