Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is growing ...
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Google has unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks for a $10 monthly fee. The service puts the internet goliath in ...
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Just by saying "Okay Google," people will soon be able to search using voice commands on their Chrome-powered desktop and laptop computers, Google said Wednesday. Sundar Pichai, head of Google's Chrome group, speaks at the company's IO ...
Internet traffic in and out of war-torn Syria has been restored after a disruption of nearly eight and a half hours, according to Internet traffic charts. Internet traffic began flowing across Syria's borders again at 6:26 p.m. Damascus ...
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Microsoft's head of corporate communications defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. "We know we're not Apple," Frank ...
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Dell drastically cut the online price of its Windows RT tablet and is now selling the device for $299.99. The price is a $200 drop from the original $499 price offered at the launch of the Dell XPS 10 last October. The cost cut was "due ...
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Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco. Google also announced several APIs that will let developers add more capabilities to their Android apps, including in ...
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Hewlett-Packard has given the "Android treatment" to its latest laptop-tablet hybrid, which is called SlateBook X2 and has a detachable 10-inch screen that can independently function as a tablet. The X2 is HP's second device with Android. ...
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Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry posted a 19.2 percent year-over-year decline in revenue for the first quarter, with sales likely affected by weak demand for Apple's iPhone 5, according to an analyst. The Taiwanese contract ...
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A not-yet-public U.S. federal court order has apparently halted wire transfers between payments startup Dwolla and the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox. Dwolla, based in Des Moines, Iowa, offers inexpensive wire transfers. Mt. Gox, ...
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New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or those in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses. While the laws generally limit companies from asking job seekers and ...
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WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the idea on Tuesday of requiring all H-1B employers to make a "good faith" effort in hiring U.S. workers before taking on an H-1b worker. The good faith amendment to the comprehensive ...
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Google I/O has not officially started, but the developers' show is already seeing some action. Two warring factions, the Resistance and the Enlightenment, are vying for control of various "portals" at key landmarks throughout San Francisco, ...
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Salesforce.com wants to simplify the way mobile users find, access and share files from its Chatter enterprise social networking (ESN) application. A new version of the Chatter mobile application for iOS and Android tablets and ...
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A new feature released Tuesday from children's app maker Kidaptive lets parents track the progress of what their children are learning inside the company's first story and game application. Leo's Pad has been out for a year, releasing ...
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