Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference. Page, who is dealing with a scratchy voice caused by vocal cord paralysis, didn’t pitch ...
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GOOGLE has announced new features for online games, maps and search, a new music-streaming service and enhancements to its Google Plus social network, including tools for editing and sharing photos. The announcements were made at the ...
Philips Hue LED light bulb Philips’ intelligent LED light bulb named Hue has just been given an update. Now, Hue users can tie their bulbs to the IFTTT service which turns a user’s Internet service into an actionable equation. ...
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Google's proposals to address the European Commission's antitrust concerns will make matters worse, competitor Foundem said Tuesday in a complaint it filed in the case. The Commission on April 25 opened a month-long period to allow rivals ...
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BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices. Analysts regarded the move -- announced today at BlackBerry Live -- as mostly positive, since it could help an improving BlackBerry expand its ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 app store failed a test touted by a former Microsoft manager and distinguished engineer as a way to determine an ecosystem's relevance. On Monday, Hal Berenson, now president of True Mountain Group, a technology and ...
Smartphone maker BlackBerry is to port its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) tool to Android and iOS. It will be available on all three platforms by the summer, claims the company, and crucially will be free. Further reading Analysis: ...
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updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday to fix many critical vulnerabilities, including one that is already actively exploited by attackers. The Adobe Reader and Acrobat updates include fixes for ...
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How do you see what you can’t see? With thermal imaging, you view the radiation or infrared wavelengths emitted by objects. Infrared wavelengths — too long for the human eye to detect — are part of the electromagnetic ...
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Research In Motion has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets, and said it will offer its once-popular BlackBerry Messenger service on iPhones and devices running Google's Android software. CEO Thorsten ...
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Google has introduced an integrated developer environment (IDE) aimed at easing development of Android apps. Android Studio made its debut Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Android developers could use the Android ...
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Google beat Apple to the music subscription service punch this week, perhaps the doing of record labels who wanted to put Apple in its place, an analyst said. At its Google I/O developers conference Wednesday, Google unveiled All Access, ...
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A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices. As with its other cloud-based offerings, SAP hopes to attract enterprises to the cloud-based ...
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Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ship to customers until the end of June. Shield takes the form of a console game ...
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LG Electronics today announced that its Google TVs will be updated with the latest version of the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system (OS). LG is showcasing Google TVs with the new operating system at the Google I/O developer ...
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