Google Launches Private Docker Repositories For Cloud Platform Users

Google today announced the beta launch of the Google Container Registry for its Cloud Platform. This new service allows developers to host, share and manage their private Docker container repositories on the company’s cloud computing platform.

New Windows 10 Build With Cortana And Xbox App Now Available For Insiders

The newest pre-launch build of Windows 10 is now available for Windows Insider program members to download and install, and this edition brings a lot of features Microsoft showed off at its special Windows 10 preview event earlier this week. The most notable addition may be Cortana coming to the desktop, giving Windows PCs some of the virtual assistant smarts that Microsoft originally debuted…

Republic Wireless Moto X 2013 and Moto G getting Android 4.4.4

Upstart Wi-Fi-centric carrier Republic Wireless is updating their last-generation Moto X and Moto G smartphones to Android 4.4.4 KitKat, as well as pushing a new security update for the even-more-budget-conscious Moto E. The update for the Moto G is pushing out now, while the Moto X update will roll out in February.

Microsoft Acquires Revolution Analytics To Bolster Its Analytics Services

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Revolution Analytics, an open-source analytics company with a strong focus on the highly popular R programming language for statistical computing. Microsoft says that it made this acquisition “to help more companies use the power of R and data science to unlock big data insights with advanced analytics.”

Motorola begins rolling out Lollipop to Moto G in India and the US

Motorola has announced on Google+ today that the company has started rolling out Lollipop for the Moto G in the US and India. The company notes that this is a phased rollout, but should you own the affected Android smartphones in the mentioned regions, at least you'll be aware of the imminent update hitting your device.

Google Joins Apple, Others Cutting Off Crimea, Blocks AdWords, AdSense, Google Play

Yet more developments around how U.S. sanctions on Crimea, in retaliation against Russia’s annexation by Russia, are being adopted by tech companies. According to multiple reports out of Russia, Google has now started to block AdSense and AdWords accounts in the region, and from February 1 it will also cease Google Play services,

Google lists Pakistan as top porn-searching country Pak occupies top slot in Goo...

Google lists Pakistan as top porn-searching
country
Pak occupies top slot in Google's list of most
porn-searching countries
Pakistan tops the list of most porn-searching
countries and leads the way in porn searches for
animals like pigs, donkeys, dogs, cats and snakes,
according to the data released by Google.
The data also showed that six of the top eight
porn-searching countries were Muslim states with
Egypt ranking second in the list followed by Iran,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Turkey at numbers
four, five, seven and eight, respectively, reported
The Express Tribune.
The sale of pornographic material is prohibited in
nearly every Arab country except Lebanon and
Turkey, the report said.

Twitter Adds Bing Translation Tool To Its Site And Mobile Apps

twitter-analyst After toying with the feature for a couple of years, Twitter has officially added Bing Translator to its site, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and TweetDeck. Once users activate the tool in their account setting, they will see a little globe icon next to tweets in different languages. A translation appears below the original tweet once the globe is clicked

China Cracks Down On VPN Services After Censorship System ‘Upgrade’

China is cracking down on VPNs, software that allows internet users to Twitter, Facebook, Gmail and others services blocked in the country, according to state media and service providers.

Smartphone Futurology: The science behind your next phone's display

Welcome to Smartphone Futurology. In this new series of science-filled articles, Mobile Nations guest contributor Shen Ye walks through current technologies in use within our phones, as well as the cutting-edge stuff still being developed in the lab. There's quite a bit of science ahead, as a lot of the future discussions are based on scientific papers with a vast amount of technical jargon, but we’ve tried to keep things as plain and simple as possible. So if you want to dive deeper into just how the guts of your phone function, this is the series for you.

A new year brings the certainty of new devices to play with, and so it’s time to look ahead at what we might see in the smartphones of the future. The first instalment in the series looked at what's new in battery tech. For the series' second part looks at what's perhaps the most important component of any device — the screen itself. On a modern mobile device, the screen acts as the main input and output device. It's the most visible part of the phone, and one of its most power-hungry components. Over the past few years we've seen screen resolutions (and sizes) reach into the stratosphere, to the point where many phones now pack 1080p displays or higher. But the future of mobile displays is about more than just size and pixel density.

Twitter Pleads With Power Users To Stop Using Instagram So Much

Twitter appears to be sending out a message to a group of very high-profile users suggesting that these users post photos directly to Twitter instead of sharing through Instagram. Mashable secured a screenshot of the prompt, which shows the aesthetic differences between sharing an Instagram link and posting a photo directly through Twitter. In 2012, Instagram shut off Twitter Cards

Apple Paid Tim Cook $9.2 Million Last Year

Ever wonder how much one makes as the head of Apple? Good news! Since Apple is a public company, that’s public information. They updated their charts for 2014 just this morning.

Twitter launches tweet translations for mobile apps and web

Twitter has announced today that it has enabled tweet translation, powered by Bing, on both its official Android app, as well as on the web. The feature was previously available on TweetDeck, and has been tested off and on for a while now.

Edge Asks The Intellects: What Do You Think About Machines That Think?

This year's Edge.org question asks, "What do you think about machines that think?" Editor John Brockman collected 182 individual responses from such prominent thinkers as Nick Bostrom, Daniel Dennett, Rodney Brooks, Susan Blackmore, Alison Gopnik, Andy Clark, and Martin Rees. This year's Edge.org question asks, "What do you think about machines that think?" Editor John Brockman collected 182 individual responses from such prominent thinkers as Nick Bostrom, Daniel Dennett, Rodney Brooks, Susan Blackmore, Alison Gopnik, Andy Clark, and Martin Rees.

Samsung to showcase three new Gear VR experiences at Sundance Film Festival

Those who attend the Sundance Film Festival this year are in for a little something extra. Samsung will be showing off its Gear VR virtual reality headset at the festival's New Frontier exhibition from January 23 to February 1.

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Build Your Own Smartwatch for Under $125

If the current crop of smartwatches just isn't interesting you, the custom route may be more your style. Eschew all the big brands and build your own smartwatch from off-the-shelf components, for under $125.

To build this open source smartwatch, you'll need a fine-point soldering iron, 3D printer (or access to one), and some breakout boards and components. When finished, you'll have a unique smartwatch that will display notifications from your smartphone, and is fully customizable based on your own specs.

This Arduino based device is the brainchild of Jonathan Cook, who shares complete instructions for building and printing his watch at oswatch.org.

Shifts Is A Beautiful Mobile Calendar App Designed For Shift Workers

While there’s no shortage of mobile calendaring applications on today’s App Store, most are designed to serve the needs of office workers who need to carve out time for things like conference calls or meetings. A new calendaring app called Shifts, launching today on iTunes, is instead focused on a different demographic: those employees who work in shifts

Amazon’s New Kindle Textbook Creator Takes A Different Approach From iBooks Author

Amazon has a new tool for its Kindle Direct Publishing authors, via a new KDP EDU wing of the same aimed at educators and academic institutions. It’s called the Kindle Textbook Creator, and it lets authors prepare electronic textbooks for students, for publication across Fire tablets, Android devices, iPhones and iPads, Mac and PCs.

Latest update to Subway Surfers takes you to Seoul

While there are a variety of endless runners available today, Subway Surfers was one of the first games that got the genre going. The game is updated on a regular basis, with every update bringing a different location and a new theme. This time around, it's Seoul, and although the game highlighted the city before, this update features a different theme.