Mario Aguilar View Profile

Report: Google’s Unified Chat Hub Will Be Called Google Hangouts

Word on the street is that Google’s incoming unified messaging service has ditched its Babel moniker. According to a source talking to TechRadar it will hit our handsets simply called Google Hangouts, which already exists, so isn’t really new, then?


Entertainment Brought to you by

Watch In Awe As This Euro Dude Tries To Explain Modular Synthesisers

Meet Austrian-bred (but German-born) producer, composer and musician Patrick Pulsinger. He is a huge but really awesome nerd when it comes to modular synthesisers, and here he is trying to explain how it all works to a room full of interested people.


All The Tacky Features Adobe Creative Cloud Thankfully Isn’t Getting

This hilarious parody video imagines what would happen if Adobe introduced some of the tackiest elements of digital design ever to Photoshop and the rest of its design products. It’s funny because humans have terrible taste.


Entertainment Brought to you by

YouTube Channels You Have To Pay For Are Here

In a blog post, YouTube announced that it’s launching a pilot program that will allow some of its partners to charge subscription fees for channels starting at $1 per month. Pay-to-view YouTube channels have been rumoured in some form or another for a while, and payments themselves certainly aren’t new to Google’s video service. You’ve been able to pay for video rentals and season subscriptions since last year.


Mobile Brought to you by

WSJ: Amazon Is Working On A Smartphone With A Crazy 3D Display

The WSJ reports that Amazon is devloping a battery of new devices including a smartphone that would use a crazy-sounding glasses-free 3D technology. If it’s true… what?


Entertainment Brought to you by

How Jack Conte Made A Completely Crazy DIY Music Video From Scratch

Jack Conte’s “Pedals” music video is nuts. Holy crap, electronic music robot madness. But this is one of those situations where you have trouble deciding what’s crazier: the music video or the behind-the-scenes video describing how the music video was made. Be the judge for yourself.


Entertainment Brought to you by

B&O H6 Headphones Are So Beautiful And Fancy They Will Fool Your Brain

I thought I could never feel this way again: Oh hello, headphones! You cost $400, but I don’t care because you are so delicate and lovely and wonderful and beautiful. It turns out I’m not as jaded as I thought.


Here’s What $100 Worth Of Gaming Console Looks Iike Inside

Oh hai, Kickstarter success story. So this is what it looks like when you disassemble an open-platform Android console. Today, we get to look deep within this animal’s soul thanks to our friends at iFixit.


Google Glass Update Adds Google+ Integration

If you’re one of the lucky Google Glass “Explorers” wandering the world barking at your augmented-reality headset prototype get very excited about a new software update that will make talking to nerdy computer spectacles more social. Amongst the additions in the “XE5″ update is Google+ integration, including the ability to comment and +1 posts on Google’s social network.


Entertainment Brought to you by

You Can Download Any Spotify Song As An MP3 With This Chrome Extension

At long last, Spotify has launched the web extension it introduced last year. Unfortunately, it left a gaping security vulnerability that leaves the songs wide-open to download with a simple Chrome extension. UPDATED.


World of Servers