Android head Andy Rubin is stepping aside, and that could mean big changes for Google's mobile platform and for its Chrome operating system. Google CEO Larry Page announced the move in a blog post on Wednesday, saying Rubin will remain ...
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HTC's new One smartphone will arrive later than expected, and could lose any time-to-market advantage over Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S4 handset. The Taiwanese handset maker had originally planned to release its flagship smartphone ...
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Lovers of the soon-to-be-defunct Google Reader have vented anger over the decision to pull the plug on the RSS service and are petitioning to keep it alive. A "Keep Google Reader Running" petition at change.org had racked up more than ...
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Googleis tossing out its Reader service and seven other products under a house cleaning campaign that has closed 70 of the internet giant's features in the past two years. "These changes are never easy," Google senior vice president of ...
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Facebook has begun rolling out new profile pages redesigned to clear away clutter from "Timelines" that chronicle member postings at the leading social network. "We heard from you that the current timeline layout is sometimes hard to ...
Andy Rubin, the brains behind the Google Android operating system which has become the dominant mobile platform, is stepping down as head of that division, the company said on Wednesday. Google chief Larry Page announced that Sundar ...
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Google showed off apps and audio and gesture control features for Google Glass at the South by South West (SXSW) conference in Austin this week. Timothy Jordan, a senior developer advocate at Google, was at the conference in Austin on ...
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As 115 Roman Catholic cardinals meet behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, the historic tradition has focused a lot of attention on modern technology. During the papal conclave, which lasts until two thirds, or ...
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The ailing FeedDemon RSS reader will shut down after Google Reader is closed on July 1, its creator said. FeedDemon is a standalone RSS reader that can also sync with Google Reader. But providers of other RSS readers, many of which also ...
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Google’s head of Android, Andy Rubin, is reportedly stepping aside, which could mean big changes for the mobile platform as well as for the Chrome operating system. Google CEO Larry Page announced the move in a blog post ...
Google's decision to bring its Android and Chrome divisions together under Sundar Pichai should result in greater work between the two platforms, but Pichai first needs to rein in the fast expanding operating system and bring some order to ...
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Twitter has released an app for Windows 8, with several features designed specifically for the new operating system from Microsoft. The company said the app features two Windows charms for searching and making posts on Twitter. The search ...
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Harvard University officials on Monday scrambled to contain the fallout from a damaging report in The Boston Globe over the weekend disclosing how administrators secretly accessed email accounts belonging to 16 resident deans at the ...
Before an official pair has even been released, a Seattle cafe has banned customers from wearing Google's computerized eye glasses inside the business. While some restaurants have a "No shirt, no shoes, no service," policy, Seattle's 5 ...
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Until late January, Apple's App Store servers did not encrypt all communications with iOS clients, which exposed users to several potential attacks, according to a Google security researcher. "The Apple App Store and associated ...
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