Google Translate just got more useful for a Prague citizen visiting India. The online translation function now can understand 10 more languages: Bulgarian, Croatian,...

Last week NBC quietly released a learning tool called iCue in conjunction with MIT (see coverage on CNET TV's Loaded). It's been designed as a "learning environment"...

There is no business model behind it, but mesh WiFi company Meraki is offering free WiFi access to San Francisco, one neighborhood at a time, as I discovered when I...

This post was updated at 12:51 PM. A post Thursday on Facebook's developer blog explains that the social network has suspended participation in Google's "Friend Connect"...

I've been looking at quite a few good desktop applications built on Adobe AIR (such as eBay Desktop and Twhirl), and am pleased to report that ReadAir, a Google Reader...

NNDB, a directory of important people and celebrities (the two are not exclusive) has put together a really great mapping tool that lets you connect the dots to see how...

Kwiry, the memory-saving tool I wrote about back in December, has just put out a useful update for people who don't like to type. Users can now send photos to their Kwiry...

Brijit.com, an aggregation site that summed online news stories and other content up in 100 words or fewer for quick consumption, has shut its doors. It's ideally...

Yahoo on Thursday will take one of its first big steps to make its site a more vital part of the Internet. The company will offer developer tools to let programmers...

Google has released a Google Maps application program interface that enables developers to use the mapping software in applications that use Adobe Systems' Flash...

Adobe on Thursday is expected to launch a beta test program for the latest version of its Flash Player software. Flash Player 10, developed under the code name Astro,...

I had an interesting discussion today about Firefox with Mozilla's Mike Schroepfer and Mike Beltzner. One of the things we drilled into a bit was the address bar in...

Google Maps launched a new feature on Wednesday that shows you photos, videos and maps that people have created about different locations around the world. After typing...

The new chat function lets users talk to their friends about the music they're borrowing from them.(Credit: Simplify Media) As the self-imposed deadline of June...

With services like Wakozi around, the movie Half Baked likely would have been about 15 minutes long. The home delivery service has been designed with people of leisure...

Google Maps now shows real estate listings.(Credit: Google) Zillow, watch out. Google Maps now can show real estate listings, presenting pushpins that show houses...

Plenty of would-be buyers have been named for social news site Digg, but one we haven't heard much about: Current Media, the cable and Web news channel that was launched...

It's entertaining to see all these new geo-focused sites trying to build out their social networks and their databases of local content. There's still a huge disconnect...

BURLINGAME, Calif.--Think of it as crowdsourced cartography. In about three weeks, Yahoo plans to launch a project called "Corrections" in which users of the Flickr...

Video and text don't always go together, but that's not stopping video and audio microblogging service Seesmic from partnering with the distributed comment tool Disqus....