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Facebook and Twitter jump on Google glasses

Google Glass team members wear Google Glasses at a booth at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.  AP PHOTO/JEFF CHIU

Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Google unveils $10-a-month ‘All Access’ music plan

Google predicts that between 2012 and 2015, 500 million new users from emerging markets—including the Philippines—will go online, and they represent a potential market for all companies online.  AP FILE  PHOTO

Google is unveiling 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.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Headlines,Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Google chief Page speaks out about vocal cord paralysis

Google co-founder and chief Larry Page

Google co-founder and chief Larry Page ended the mystery about his soft, sometimes raspy voice with a personal online post Tuesday about being diagnosed with partially paralyzed vocal cords.

Posted: May 15th, 2013 in Headlines,Infotech,Internet | Read More »

Microsoft embraces a Google service for a change

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Microsoft’s disdain for Google doesn’t extend to all of its rival’s products.

Posted: May 14th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Smartphones overtake ‘dumb’ phones worldwide

This is a Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo of Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, as he introduces its newest smartphone, the Lumia 920, equipped with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 in New York. Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market from rivals Samsung and Apple with sales for the handset maker falling by a quarter in the first quarter. Although the Finland-based company managed to reduce its first-quarter net loss to euro272 million ($357 million) from a loss of euro928 million a year earlier, mainly thanks to cost cutting, net revenue dropped by 25 percent to euro5.8 billion . Nokia's share price plunged 10 percent to 2.39 euros in Helsinki, following the announcement Thursday April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Research firm IDC said more smartphones than “dumb” phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that’s putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide.

Posted: April 28th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Google boss sees autocrats’ pushback against Internet

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Life in authoritarian states is likely to get tougher before it gets better as their citizens gain more access to the Internet, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt said Friday.

Posted: April 27th, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Google makes concessions to EU antitrust body

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The European Union’s antitrust body says Google is offering concessions on how it displays search results in Europe to appease concerns the company might be abusing its dominant market position.

Posted: April 25th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Japan court tells Google to stop autocomplete words

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A court in Japan has told Google it must de-link words in its autocomplete function to prevent the search engine suggesting criminal acts when users type one man’s name.

Posted: April 16th, 2013 in Headlines,Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Google adds ‘digital estate planning’ to its services

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Google on Thursday began letting people plan out what is to be done with their digital photos, documents and other virtual belongings after they die or become incapacitated.

Posted: April 12th, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Google snaps Australian couple ‘having sex on road’

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An Australian couple shot to fame on social media Thursday after an image of them having sex by the side of a rural highway made it onto Google Street View, sparking speculation it was a stunt.

Posted: April 11th, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

April Fools: YouTube shut down, Google adds smells

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Twitter did away with vowels, Google unveiled a button to add smells and the cast of the 1990s TV comedy “Wings” launched a Kickstarter campaign.

Posted: April 2nd, 2013 in Headlines,Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Facebook to hold Android event Thursday

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Facebook has invited journalists to the unveiling of what it calls its “new home on Android.”

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Social Media | Read More »

Time is ripe for smartwatches, analysts say

A hostess shows a smartwatch by Sony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Analysts say 2013 may be the year for the smartwatch because "the components have gotten small enough and cheap enough" and a large number of consumers now have smartphones that can connect to a wearable device. AFP

Amid much speculation on the future of the “smartwatch,” the consensus is growing: the time is right.

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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