New Android version, 'Pie,' rolls out Monday on Pixel phones
The next version of Google's Android system will be called Pie.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 6, 2018
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EU ruling against Google opens 'opportunity,' rival says
European regulators' latest swipe at the dominance of U.S. tech giant Google could open new opportunities for rivals in search and web browsers—that is, if cellphone manufacturers decide to make the most of the opening.
Business
Jul 19, 2018
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Android software puts Google at heart of mobile life
The Google Android operating system, the target of a long-running EU antitrust investigation, powers the vast majority of the world's smartphones and firmly rules the mobile world.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 18, 2018
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Do iPhones and Androids eavesdrop on us? Lawmakers want to know
Lawmakers are asking Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Larry Page how our smartphones may be tracking us without our knowledge.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 11, 2018
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Jury tells Samsung to pay big for copying iPhone design
A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years.
Business
May 25, 2018
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New technology and app could help endangered primates, slow illegal trafficking
New facial recognition software and app invented at Michigan State University can help protect endangered primates—more than 60 percent of which face extinction.
Computer Sciences
May 24, 2018
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Digital Life: Cutting back on a constant smartphone habit
Why are we checking Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, then Facebook again when we just wanted to check the weather?
Consumer & Gadgets
May 23, 2018
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Google launches Chat to compete with Apple's iMessage
Google is launching a new text messaging system for its Android platform to challenge Apple's iMessage in smartphone text messaging supremacy.
Internet
Apr 23, 2018
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More than 3,300 Android apps are improperly tracking kids, study finds
Thousands of family-friendly apps from the Google Play Store are potentially violating federal law, according to a new large-scale study from North American and European universities and organizations.
Software
Apr 18, 2018
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Facebook exec disavows his own his provocative memo
The author of a provocative Facebook memo declaring that growth is justified even if it costs lives says he doesn't actually agree with the memo and wrote it to provoke debate.
Internet
Mar 30, 2018
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