Google is set to turn Gmail into a communications dashboard with rolling status updates. It's a bid to keep up with Facebook and make Gmail the place users turn to when they want to send messages, no matter what the medium.

The web video behemoth has begun experimental support for HTML5 video playback, letting users watch movies in the browser without Flash. Too bad it doesn’t work in Firefox.

The Macworld trade show goes on without Steve Jobs. But will it live another year?

Evidence suggests that Apple's decision to use a smaller-than-usual micro SIM card in the iPad was motivated by business reasons, not a lack of space. The company is likely trying to prevent iPhone customers from using the same SIM cards in their iPads.

Though reconstruction in Haiti has barely begun, organizations are moving to deploy internet services in the country's capital, Port-au-Prince.

As the crisis in Haiti shifts from emergency response to rebuilding, it's time to focus on how smart tech and infrastructure ideas can help rebuild the country. Wired's social network for discussing Haiti tech is one place to generate solutions.

Sure, Google's Superbowl ad was cute and left us giggling, but how would a French romance powered by Google really go? [UCB—Thanks, Mackenzie!]

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Saving up for a rainy day? Consider using some of that cash on an umbrella from Blunt. This reinforced dome will hold up to gusts short of hurricane force.