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Article | 16/05/2013 Mt. Gox accused of violating US money transfer regulations
The seizure of funds of the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was triggered by an alleged failure of the company to comply with U.S. financial regula...
Article | 15/05/2013 Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices
Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from ...
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 previews upcoming Maps features
Google is adding a new level of personalization and a cleaner interface to its popular Maps product.
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 improves interface, photos in Google+ social network
Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some...
Article | 15/05/2013 SAP updates line-of-business cloud apps
Selling SaaS (software as a service) applications aimed at specific lines of business is one way that SAP has tried to stake a claim in the world of c...
Article | 15/05/2013 Google launches subscription music service
Google is rolling out a subscription music service that will bring users unlimited access to millions of songs in return for a monthly fee.
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 Google says it has 900 million Android activations
Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco.
Article | 15/05/2013 SAP unveils 'consumer-friendly' Fiori app suite
SAP's software is known for its role running many of the world's largest companies, but not necessarily for its user-friendliness. As part of an ongoi...
Article | 15/05/2013 US federal court order halts Dwolla wire transfers to Mt. Gox
A not-yet-public U.S. federal court order has apparently halted wire transfers between payments startup Dwolla and the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. G...
Article | 14/05/2013 SAP says HANA will power all Cloud applications
SAP's HANA Cloud Platform, consisting of the core in-memory database plus application development tools, analytics and integration services, will even...
Article | 14/05/2013 Outlook.com to let users engage in IM chats with Gmail users
Microsoft is upgrading its new Outlook.com webmail service so that its users can communicate with Gmail users via instant messaging.
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...