Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has announced a global partnership between the social media network and other technology firms, with the aim of making internet access available to the two-thirds of the world that are not yet connected. ...
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PayPal has launched a chip and pin reader which allows small businesses to securely accept credit and debit card payments wherever they do business. Built for businesses which traditionally rely on cash, PayPal hopes the likes of market ...
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Google has bought Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry display patent portfolio as the search company ramps up its development of Google Glass. Hon Hai, a major supplier for Apple and other top IT brands, sold a portfolio of Head Mounted ...
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In the never-ending battle of iOS versus Android, one of the biggest marks against Google is that its Play store isn't regulated enough for the novice smartphone user.?For every golden application, there's at least three unsafe or ...
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Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile customers: Motorola's bonafide, American-made Moto X smartphone should be available for purchase within the next few days. The company's own Vice President of product management, Punit Soni, revealed in a ...
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Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed US$8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said. Google was sued in October ...
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Researchers at the University of Washington (UoW) in Seattle have claimed to have developed a self-powered computer chip technology that can draw wireless TV and Wi-Fi signals from around itself to store energy. The technique, called ...
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Google's services, including its search service used by nine out of 10 people in the UK, went down for just five minutes over the weekend - but web activity plunged by 40 per cent as a result. The rare outage in Google's services, which ...
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Google has responded to complaints about its surreptitious snooping of users of Apple devices by claiming that it is not subject to UK privacy laws. The claim was made in a bid to get a lawsuit against the company, launched in the UK, ...
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Microsoft has publicly apologised for a three-day service outage on its Outlook.com and SkyDrive services. In a service status update on its website, Microsoft said: Further reading Why didn't Microsoft fight the SkyDrive case harder? ...
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The Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) 2013 Mobile App offers several new features to help buyers plan for the event and easily navigate the show floor while at AAPEX. AAPEX is set for Tuesday, Nov. 5 through Thursday, Nov. 7, at ...
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Yahoo has scored higher web traffic to its portfolio of sites and services than Google, for the first time since May 2011. According to analytics company ComScore, Yahoo attracted 196.6 million unique visitors to its pages in July 2013, a ...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
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HP CEO Meg Whitman has revealed that the company is still in the market for technology industry acquisitions - but "only" up to $1.5bn in value. Speaking in a US television interview after unveiling lacklustre financial results, Whitman ...
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Amazon is believed to be testing a new, pervasive wireless network in Cupertino, California. According to Bloomberg, which says it has spoken to those close to the project, Amazon has been working with spectrum owned by satellite ...
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