— Shawn Farner

Shawn Farner is a Harrisburg-based tech blogger who has been involved in online media for over six years. He covers consumer electronics, Web-based services, and tech startups.

Google’s ‘end of search as we know it’ hits Chrome
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Google’s ‘end of search as we know it’ hits Chrome

Under the heading of "The end of search as we know it," Google showed off a number of new features for its search product at its I/O conference. One of them, a voice-enabled, conversational way to conduct searches, has … [Read more...]

Xbox Live memberships work on One and 360, support multiple accounts
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Xbox Live memberships work on One and 360, support multiple accounts

Here's a bit of good news about Microsoft's Xbox Live service. According to a report from gaming blog Polygon, Xbox Live memberships will work on both the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. Even better: you'll be able to create … [Read more...]

Google Checkout will be checking out in November
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Google Checkout will be checking out in November

Google Checkout was supposed to be Google's answer to traditional online merchant services, as well as Web-based payment companies like PayPal. But along came Google Wallet, which is now the horse Google is backing in … [Read more...]

Emaze: The cure for the common presentation?
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Emaze: The cure for the common presentation?

Is it fair to say that a lot of slide decks are pretty boring? PowerPoint has been around for a long, long time, and almost anyone can slap together a bunch of slides with the headline and bullet point templates. We had … [Read more...]

Upgrading Gmail Chat to Hangouts will kill Google Voice calling
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Upgrading Gmail Chat to Hangouts will kill Google Voice calling

Google Hangouts, the Web messaging tool launched by Google last Wednesday, is available on Android, iOS, as a Chrome extension and as a feature inside Gmail. In fact, Hangouts replaces Gmail's Google Talk chat feature … [Read more...]

Seamless and GrubHub join forces to take on takeout
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Seamless and GrubHub join forces to take on takeout

While everyone was clamoring over Yahoo's agreement to acquire Tumblr, two other companies decided to join forces. Online food ordering sites Seamless and GrubHub announced today that they'll be merging to create one … [Read more...]

Samsung to school Retina MacBooks, Chromebook Pixel with new display
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Samsung to school Retina MacBooks, Chromebook Pixel with new display

The high-resolution displays that Apple and Google have worked into their laptop offerings are pretty impressive, but Samsung isn't about to give up without a fight. The Verge is reporting that Samsung plans to take the … [Read more...]

Why Google’s cross-platform push is brilliant
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Why Google’s cross-platform push is brilliant

If someone were to ask me, "Which phone is the best for Google stuff?" I'd be very tempted to answer, "The iPhone." This is in spite of the fact that Google actively develops the Android mobile operating system that … [Read more...]

Nintendo’s Wii U has zero EA-developed games in its pipeline
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Nintendo’s Wii U has zero EA-developed games in its pipeline

The mark of a great game console is not just the power under the hood. It isn't all about the first-party IP, either -- think Mario, Halo or Uncharted. In order to fully live up to its potential, a game console needs a … [Read more...]

Review: Google Hangouts for iOS
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Review: Google Hangouts for iOS

One of the rumored services leading up to Google I/O was a unified chat tool known to sources as "Babel." The purpose of this tool would be to bring all of Google's fragmented chat and messaging services together under … [Read more...]