Google today announced a sweeping redesign of Gmail’s inbox in desktop browsers, as well as the dedicated Android and iOS Gmail applications. The changes center on the addition of tabs to the inbox that are meant to help organize different types of emails into categories, such as updates, deals, messages from friends, and so on. [...]
Google has released a new beta of its Chrome browser for the desktop and mobile. New in this release is a revamped user interface for HTML 5 date and time input forms, DevTools updates, the ability for Chrome Packaged Apps to use the Sync FileSystem API for offline storage, support for live audio input with [...]
A Monday update to Amazon’s Cloud Drive application has delivered a crucial feature — cloud drive users can now synchronize content between Windows, Mac OS X or Android devices. Changes to files stored on the cloud drive are automatically propagated to other connected devices. The update removes the biggest flaw most reviewers saw for the [...]
Autodesk has unveiled the latest version of its 3D modelling, animation and rendering suite, Maya 2014. The new version offers improved display technology, accelerated modeling workflows, robust new systems for handling complex data, and new creative toolsets. A new Modeling Toolkit panel presents a streamlined environment that enables artists to access new selection, transformation, and [...]
A Mac version of Editshare’s Lightworks video editing suite will be on display during April’s NAB show, the company has announced. The port is already on a delayed schedule, and may still have more time to go, since Editshare hasn’t made any mention of alpha or beta tests. The company is, however, shifting to a [...]
Music ID service Shazam has announced forthcoming iPad and Android tablet app updates. In both cases users will get redesigned homescreens, new layouts for tag results, and a new method for browsing what friends have been tagging. Similarly, new activity streams show what people in general are tagging, including TV in the US. An added [...]
Adobe has issued a patch to update Flash on both the Mac and Windows platform in order to fix two new vulnerabilities already being exploited “in the wild” to spread malware. One of the targeted attacks using the exploit works equally well against Mac users as it does against Windows users. Visitors are tricked into [...]
Oracle has released Java 7 Update 13. In an announcement, Oracle explains that the update was originally slated to go live February 19th, but that it was pushed out early because of “active exploitation in the wild of one of the vulnerabilities affecting the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in desktop browsers.” In all the code [...]
Canonical today announced a new version of its Ubuntu Linux operating system for smartphones, tablets, PCs, and TVs. Ubuntu is one of the more popular desktop versions of Linux available, and the new version can work on both high-end and entry-level smartphones, as well as other computing devices. According to Canonical, Ubuntu for smartphones uses [...]
Photo-sharing site Flickr is offering its free users an upgraded trial membership at no charge for a limited time. Messages sent to users under the subject line “Merry Flickr” state that users will gain three months of access to Flickr Pro automatically, and comes shortly after Instagram caused a public outcry by altering its terms [...]
