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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 | 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 | 8/05/2013 Consumer service lawsuit looms for Google in Germany
A lawsuit against Google's customer service practices in Germany is looming after the company declined to sign a document promising German consumer or...
Article | 26/04/2013 Wolfram Alpha study of Facebook users details relationship cycles
The average Facebook user has 342 friends and teenage girls and boys tend to misreport their relationship status as married, according to an analysis ...
Article | 25/04/2013 Yahoo's chairman steps down after a year
The chairman of Yahoo's board of directors has stepped down from that position and will leave the board entirely later this year, Yahoo said.
Article | 25/04/2013 Google's data removal requests spike to over 2,000
The number of government requests that Google has received to remove certain types of content, often politically charged, reached its highest level ev...
Article | 25/04/2013 EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals
Google's rivals have been given one month to assess the search giant's proposed remedies, the European Commission announced Thursday.
Article | 25/04/2013 WikiLeaks donations by Visa ruled OK in Iceland
The three-year blockade against donations to WikiLeaks may have just been chiseled away, in Iceland, by a ruling handed down by the European country's...
Article | 19/04/2013 Yahoo slims down, again, trashing Deals, SMS Alerts
Yahoo is giving itself a bit of a makeover. Earlier last week it launched two new mobile apps for email and weather; now it's ditching numerous longst...
Article | 19/04/2013 Wall Street Beat: Tech bellwethers report mixed quarter
Some of the biggest names in IT including IBM, Microsoft, Google and Intel reported quarterly earnings this week, revealing a picture of the tech sect...
Article | 19/04/2013 Larry Page defends Google's 'big bets' on Glass, driver-less cars
Google's core product may always be search, but the company is just as serious about providing in-the-moment information to users with emerging techno...
Article | 18/04/2013 Google's revenue rises 31 percent, nudged by advertising gains
Google's first-quarter revenue rose by 31 percent to about $14 billion, driven by strong gains within the company's advertising business.
Article | 18/04/2013 Yahoo launches new weather, email apps in its 'second sprint' of rebuilding
Yahoo has released two new mobile apps, for weather and email, suggesting the company may be on track toward delivering on its promise of offering use...
Article | 18/04/2013 Google gets consumer service ultimatum from German consumer groups
Google received an ultimatum Thursday from German consumer organizations that want it to start answering questions from its users via email.