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Article | 15/05/2013 A soft-spoken Larry Page makes surprise appearance at Google I/O

Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Google I/O conference, where he overcame problems with his throat to take questions ...

Article | 15/05/2013 Google brings voice-enabled search to the desktop

Just by saying "Okay Google," people will soon be able to search using voice commands on their Chrome-powered desktop and laptop computers, Google sai...

Article | 15/05/2013 Google launches multiplayer Android gaming API

Google has introduced new APIs to help developers build better games for its Android OS.

Article | 15/05/2013 At Google I/O, attendees compete to save the world, virtually

Google I/O has not officially started, but the developers' show is already seeing some action. Two warring factions, the Resistance and the Enlightenm...

Article | 14/05/2013 Hours before I/O, Larry Page opens up about his hoarse voice

Less than 24 hours before Google kicks off its annual I/O developers confab in San Francisco, Google CEO Larry Page is revealing why his speaking voic...

Article | 13/05/2013 Twitter buys big-data analyzer Lucky Sort

Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, a data analytics company, in a move that could give the social network deeper insights into its users' tweets and how...

Article | 13/05/2013 Feds looking to make health data more user-friendly to tech developers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants health tech developers in Silicon Valley to make greater use of its data to help make advances ...

Article | 11/05/2013 At Google I/O, expect Android, Chrome, and some privacy questions about Glass

Google kicks off its I/O developer conference next Wednesday and if there's one thing that could steal the limelight from Android, Chrome and all the ...

Article | 10/05/2013 Bing brings more of Facebook to search

Bing is adding some new social features to its search engine, by letting users comment and "like" their Facebook friends' posts directly on the site.

Article | 10/05/2013 Twitter buys Ubalo to speed up its back-end

Twitter has acquired Ubalo, a company that provides various services aimed at speeding up the coding process, the social network announced Thursday.

Article | 9/05/2013 YouTube rolls out paid subscription channels

Not everything on YouTube is free any more. The video-sharing website will now charge users a monthly fee to view certain content offered through subs...

Article | 9/05/2013 Obama plays up 3D printing's military applications under new manufacturing plans

3D printing has been attracting more attention in recent months as a tool to create gadgets, toys and miniature works of art. Now President Barack Oba...

Article | 8/05/2013 Downdetector.com scours Twittersphere to detect service outages faster

A Dutch startup has launched a service that studies data from social networks to quickly identify online service outages -- sometimes, it says, before...

Article | 6/05/2013 Yahoo recruiting iOS developers to 'radically improve' Flickr

Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radicall...

Article | 3/05/2013 Facebook gets to keep its 'Timeline' following trademark settlement

Facebook has reached an agreement with the company Timelines Inc. to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit over the social network's use of the name...