Google Hangouts adding SMS integration, one-tap location sharing, and GIFs starting today

SMS integration is finally coming to Google Hangouts. The company announced the new feature, describing it as one of the most popular requests from users, today during an event in San Francisco. 

An update to Hangouts to be released today will add support for texting. "You can have one place to manage all of your communication," said Google's Vic Gundotra on...

BlackBerry and Facebook met to discuss potential buyout, reports WSJ

Facebook may be interested in buying BlackBerry. The Wall Street Journal reports that BlackBerry sent representatives out to California for a meeting with unnamed Facebook executives just last week to discuss a potential bid for the struggling phone maker.

 It's not clear how serious Facebook is about acquiring BlackBerry — or if Mark Zuckerberg's company is...

Ο Πάγκαλος για τις παρακολουθήσεις της Ελληνικής Κυβέρνησης (audio)

Την αποκάλυψη ότι η ελληνική κυβέρνηση παρακολουθούσε τον πρεσβευτή των ΗΠΑ στην Αθήνα, έκανε σήμερα μιλώντας στο ραδιόφωνο του Βήμα FM ο Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος.

Ο πρώην αντιπρόεδρος δήλωσε ότι επί υπουργίας του στο υπουργείο Εξωτερικών γίνονταν παρακολουθήσεις και «στόχος» ήταν ο Αμερικανός πρεσβευτής, ωστόσο δεν διευκρίνισε ακριβώς για ποιο χρονικό διάστημα μιλάει...

Future versions of OS X will be free, confirms Apple

Good news for iFans the world over. Apple has now confirmed that the future versions of OS X will be free. The information was given out by CFO Peter Oppenheimer during the company’s earning call held today, where the company revealed its fourth quarter results, according to reports. 

Last week, during a surprise October announcement event, Apple...

Making fire from water (video)

A portable device that makes fire from water has been developed within a European research project. It doesn’t use flammable gases, it produces its own fuel as needed.

Andrew Ellis, a research technologist with ITM Power, explained: “This is an electrolyzer system we’ve got here. It’s been developed to use a standard mains electricity supply, and water...