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Google+ gets a feature-packed refresh CNET To play this video, you need Javascript enabled and the latest version of Flash installed. Install Flash now. Google+ gets a feature-packed refresh. Created: 05/16/2013. Video description: Photo-editing tools, revamped Hangouts, and a gorgeous new stream ... I/O 2013: More than half of apps in Google Play now use Cloud MessagingZDNet Google Arrests Apple's DevelopmentWall Street Journal Google I/O: 3 MissesInformationWeek PCWorld -Ars Technica -Washington Post all 1,375 news articles »

Sydney Morning Herald

Breakthrough in cloned embryos poses ethical concerns - Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald Caffeine key in cloning 'Holy Grail'. A breakthrough in embryonic stem cell research that could lead to people receiving transplants based on their own tissues has been both hailed by scientists, but received a cautious response from ethicists, who have ... Human embryonic stem cells made by Dolly methodU-T San Diego Embryonic stem cells: Advance in medical human cloningBBC News Human embryonic stem cells created from adult tissue for first timeThe Guardian Washington Post -New York Times -Gant Daily all 256 news articles »

Design & Trend

Google Glass privacy issues raised by congressional caucus NBCNews.com Early adopters attend a presentation during one of the Glass Foundry events held in San Francisco and New York City in late January and early February. Google Glass, the futuristic technology that's in the hands and on the heads of some developers and ... Google Glass as congressional catnip: That didn't take longCNET Lawmakers ask Google's Larry Page to address Glass privacy issuesLos Angeles Times Congress sends Google a list of questions about privacy and GlassArs Technica Register -Firstpost -Wall Street Journal all 34 news articles »

A report cautioned that government wiretapping of the Internet could pose “serious security risks” to users.

The company is scheduled to go to trial in June over the Justice Department’s accusation that it conspired with five publishing houses to fix prices on electronic books.

Foxconn Technology has made progress toward better safety conditions, but employees are still working longer than Chinese law allows.

NDTV

Robot bartender creates crowd-sourced cocktails CNN San Francisco (CNN) -- "Crowd control" took on a whole new meaning Wednesday night as a room full of partygoers were given power over a cocktail-making robot controlled by their smartphones. Attendees at a party for the Google I/O Conference here were ... Makr Shakr app-controlled robot bartender is boozing up Google I/ODigital Trends Let a Robot Mix You a Drink at Google I/OThe Atlantic Cities One Of The Perks Of Google I/O? Robotic Bartenders - iTechPostiTech Post Boston magazine's Boston Daily (blog) -RedOrbit -Business Standard all 12 news articles »

Business Insider Australia

The Facebook IPO, One Year Later Wall Street Journal On the anniversary of its IPO, mobile is taking off on Facebook. So why did revenue decline last quarter? WSJ's Jason Bellini has "The Short Answer." Image: Getty. Two weeks ago, new posters began appearing at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. The ... Facebook Struggles to Satisfy Investors About Mobile EarningsBusinessweek Facebook stock struggles to shake off malaise - USA TodayUSA TODAY Facebook Launches Nerdy Library Of Its Research PapersTechCrunch MarketWatch -TheStreet.com -Business Insider all 17 news articles »

Computerworld

Google+ Photos Get the Pinterest Touch - TechNewsWorld TechNewsWorld Facebook and Twitter continues to grab the lion's share of social network users -- and media coverage -- but Google showed this week that it's not giving up on Google+. The company's social network received a major overhaul that plays up a multi-column ... Hands on with Hangouts, Google's new text and video chat architectureArs Technica Google Arrests Apple's DevelopmentWall Street Journal Google Play Changes the Game with New ServicesTechNewsDaily Engadget -InformationWeek -Investor's Business Daily all 1,359 news articles »

Mirror.co.uk

LulzSec Hackers Sentenced to Jail Time PC Magazine A London judge today sentenced four members of the LulzSec hacktivist group to jail time for their roles in a series of attacks on high-profile firms. According to the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service, Ryan Cleary, 21, was sentenced to 32 months; Jake Davis, 20 ... Lulzsec hacker group handed jail sentencesBBC News Lulzsec Hackers Face Jail Time; FBI and U.S. Senate Among Their VictimsHeadlines & Global News LulzSec hacktivists who hacked CIA saw themselves as 'latter-day pirates', court ...Telegraph.co.uk Irish Examiner -InformationWeek -The Guardian all 95 news articles »

AFP

Oregon scientists produce human embryo from skin cells Gant Daily Portland, OR, United States (4E) – Scientists at an Oregon university have cloned a human embryo using human skin cells to successfully produce stem cells that can become a tissue or any organ of the body. Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a senior scientist at the ... Human embryonic stem cells created from adult tissue for first timeThe Guardian Oregon scientists get stem cells from cloned human embryosWashington Post Scientists create human embryos to make stem cellsLos Angeles Times NBCNews.com -AFP -Nature.com all 237 news articles »

Popular Science

Google and NASA Aim to Give AI a Quantum Leap - TechNewsWorld TechNewsWorld Google and NASA have joined forces to establish a quantum computing lab for advancing machine learning. Although the system is no doubt capable of answering as-yet-unimagined questions, it also could have devastating potential to mislead. AI requires a ... Google Joins Supercomputing ProjectWall Street Journal NASA, Google Launch Quantum Artificial Intelligence LabPC Magazine Why Are Google and NASA Buying a Quantum Computer?LiveScience.com The Verge -Wired -VentureBeat all 55 news articles »

Design & Trend

Google Glass spurs privacy questions from Congress CNET Several congressional members send a letter to Google CEO Larry Page about concerns such as whether Google will use facial recognition technology with Glass. Shara Tibken. by Shara Tibken. May 16, 2013 2:53 PM PDT Follow @sharatibken ... Congress Asks Google About Glass PrivacyWall Street Journal Congress Wants Answers on Google Glass PrivacyPC Magazine Google Glasses Quizzed Over Snooping by U.S. LawmakersBloomberg Business Insider -The Verge -Marketing Land all 29 news articles »

ABC News

A Tumblr employee demos Tumblr's Glass app at Google's I/O 2013 conference ... ABC News Google might have been mum on its much-buzzed-about glasses on day one of its big Google I/O Developer's Conference, but today the company has announced a series of new Glass-based applications. Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Elle magazine all ... Google Glass apps: Striving for the familiar (hands-on)CNET EBay developers working on possible apps for Google GlassReuters How to Hack Google GlassPC Magazine VentureBeat -Mashable -The Verge all 343 news articles »

As it grappled with a takeover battle, Dell said its first-quarter earnings dropped 79 percent as the rise of mobile devices ate into demand for personal computers.

Computerworld

Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks, but Oracle is quiet PCWorld Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive. Page criticized Microsoft and Oracle in response to questions after his keynote speech at ... Google weaves Larry Page's social strategy into Maps, SearchComputerworld Google CEO Larry Page wants less tech squabblingCNN Google's Page succeeds Apple's Jobs as tech's leading visionaryInvestor's Business Daily Fox News -PC Magazine all 183 news articles »

TechSpot

UK LulzSec hackers sentenced to varying prison terms TechSpot Four LulzSec hackers have been sentenced in the UK to varying prison stints. The men pleaded guilty to denial-of-service attacks on 20th Century Fox, the CIA, Nintendo, Sony and others and accepted their sentencing as part of a plea bargain. Jake “Topiary” ... Lulzsec hacker group given jail time following Sony, Nintendo attacksComputerandvideogames.com Lulzsec Members Are Going To Jail - The EscapistThe Escapist LulzSec hackers sentenced to prison time for role in 2011 cyber attacksChristian Science Monitor BBC News -GameSpot -The Guardian all 87 news articles »

Economic Times

Google: Check out our new Glassware like Tumblr CNET Google on Thursday unveiled several new apps -- or "Glassware," as it calls them -- for its wearable computing device. The apps include Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Evernote, CNN, and Elle and join the apps already available from The New York Times and ... Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr get social on Google GlassPCWorld Google Glass Gets Facebook, Twitter AppsABC News Google Reveals How To Hack Google Glass Device And Void Your WarrantyForbes ReadWrite -TechCrunch -PC Magazine all 312 news articles »

Billboard

Google Unveils New Music Streaming, Hangout App, Photo Features ABC News Google today announced several new software features at its Google I/O conference in San Francisco that spanned from a brand new music streaming service to new ways to "explore" on its popular Google Maps app. With a heavy emphasis on innovation ... Google steals march on Apple in music subscriptionComputerworld Google to Launch Music-Streaming ServiceWall Street Journal Google Expected to Start a Competitor to SpotifyNew York Times San Jose Mercury News -TIME -MarketWatch all 480 news articles »

Business Insider Australia

Intel's Krzanich pledges stronger mobile push in his first speech as CEO PCWorld Intel CEO Brian Krzanich admitted Thursday in his first speech in that role that the company has been weak in smartphones and tablets, but aims to improve by advancing chip and manufacturing technologies. Intel's main focus is to produce more ... Intel chips could have powered first iPhone, CEO Otelini says - AppleInsiderApple Insider Intel CEO Krzanich Plans Faster Shift to Mobile Chips (1)Businessweek Intel's New CEO Vows Rapid Growth in Mobile MarketNASDAQ The Verge -The Atlantic -ValueWalk all 18 news articles »

All Things Digital

Google Glass spurs privacy questions CNET Several congressional members send a letter to Google CEO Larry Page about concerns such as whether Google will use facial recognition technology with Glass. Shara Tibken. by Shara Tibken. May 16, 2013 2:53 PM PDT Follow @sharatibken ... Congress Asks Google About Glass PrivacyWall Street Journal Google Glasses Quizzed Over Snooping by U.S. LawmakersBloomberg Congress asks Google CEO if Glass infringes 'on the privacy of the average ...The Verge The Hill (blog) -V3.co.uk -Washington Business Journal (blog) all 10 news articles »

Google and NASA are forming a joint research lab to look at quantum computing for things like facial recognition and understanding of disease.

The railroad said it had upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi offering using broadband technologies that will improve speed and reliability.

Crowd control took on a whole new meaning last night as a room full of partygoers in San Francisco were given power over a cocktail-making robot controlled by their smartphones.

Sky News Australia

Apple Reaches 50B App Downloads, But That's Only Half the Battle Fox Business Apple (AAPL) announced that it surpassed more than 50 billion apps downloaded on its App Store on Thursday, however the number of apps offered is only half the battle in the burgeoning mobile software market. The App Store, the exclusive source for ... Apple's App Store hits 50-billion download milestoneUPI.com Apple App Store Tops 50 Billion DownloadsHot Hardware Apple's App store celebrates 50 billion downloadsabc7news.com PadGadget all 149 news articles »

Vast databases of patient and doctor information being used by drug makers for marketing let them know what physicians prescribe and how they compare with other doctors.

The railroad said it had upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi offering using broadband technologies that will improve speed and reliability.

Google announced seven new apps for its Internet-connected glasses, including ones from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, CNN, Elle and Evernote.

BBC News

Former Lulzsec hacker Jake Davis on his motivations BBC News Four men were sentenced on Thursday for computer hacking. In 2011 they were all linked to the Lulzsec hacking collective which targeted organisations including the FBI and Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in a 50-day campaign which ... UPDATE 1-LulzSec hackers "at cutting edge" of cyber crime, court toldReuters LulzSec Hacker 'Pirates' Face SentencingInformationWeek LulzSec hackers sentenced to prison time for role in 2011 cyber attacksChristian Science Monitor Bloomberg -Financial Times -Deutsche Welle all 97 news articles »

ABC News

'Star Trek' star Zachary Quinto gets political Washington Examiner Spock left the spaceship Wednesday night, transported (as the actor Zachary Quinto) to the District the same evening his new movie, "Star Trek: Into Darkness," opened nationwide. So does the sequel, which delves into space politics and the threat of ... Did 'Star Trek' Give Rise to the Space Shuttle?Discovery News Did 'Star Trek' Give Rise to NASA's 'Space Shuttle'?Space.com NASA: New pump resolves big space station leakDaily Astorian Los Angeles Times all 22 news articles »

Digital Trends

Cheer up, Larry! Why the Google CEO's rousing I/O speech rang a little false Digital Trends Google kicked off its 2013 Google I/O developer conference with an epic-length keynote outlining new and forthcoming technologies – check out DT's roundup of major announcements. However, perhaps the most intriguing moments came when Google CEO ... Windows Phone jumps to third in global smartphone market share — and could ...VentureBeat Google issues YouTube ultimatum to Microsoft as Hatfield-McCoy feud heats upComputerworld Windows Phone Edges In on iOS, Android in Q1, BarelyPC Magazine Tom's Guide -CNET -The Verge all 254 news articles »

Philly.com

Google CEO talks interoperability and his company's relationship with Oracle InfoWorld Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page wishes there could be more interoperability and that Google could get along better with Oracle. During a question-and-answer session at this week's Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Page lamented the two ... At Google I/O, Larry Page preaches a tech fantasiaCNET Google CEO Larry Page: Do as I say, not as I doGigaOM Google's Larry Page Calls for a "Safe Place" for InnovationPC Magazine Fox News -ReadWrite -Wall Street Journal all 147 news articles »

ABC News

Google's Glass Developer Kit, video streaming on deck ZDNet Summary: Timothy Jordan, senior developer advocate at Google for Project Glass, noted new developer tools as it builds the Google Glass ecosystem on the fly. Larry Dignan. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | May 16, 2013 -- 17:46 GMT (10:46 PDT) ... Google Glass Gets Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr AppsMashable UPDATED: Introducing Facebook For Google GlassAllFacebook Google Glass becomes more useful with new Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr appsThe Verge Engadget -Forbes -All Things Digital all 264 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Four former LulzSec members sentenced to prison in the UK PCWorld Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011. Ryan Cleary, 21, Jake Davis, 20, Ryan Ackroyd, 26, ... LulzSec: the unanswered questionsThe Guardian Britain court sentences four hackers guilty of cyberattacksLos Angeles Times LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In LondonInformationWeek BBC News -ABC News -Ars Technica all 71 news articles »

New York Times

Google gives Google+ a facelift, enhances photo features Los Angeles Times Google is taking significant steps to differentiate Google+ from Facebook by adding dozens of new features, redoing the social network's design and adding a handful of tools that will make it easier for users to upload photo albums. In total, Google+ is being ... Google I/O: 3 Hits, Up CloseInformationWeek Average User RatingCNET Google weaves Larry Page's social strategy into Maps, SearchComputerworld Forbes -Washington Post -PC Magazine all 1,372 news articles »

The Guardian

Kepler space telescope 'isn't down-and-out just yet' – Nasa The Guardian The Kepler space telescope, Nasa's iconic mission to find a new Earth outside our solar system, has a problem. A crucial component used to help it orient in space has stopped working and, with little chance of getting it fixed, it looks as though the satellite will ... Kepler mission discoveriesWashington Post NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabledLos Angeles Times NASA's planet-hunting telescope is spinning out of controlComputerworld Wall Street Journal -Popular Science -Space.com all 126 news articles »

Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Google Announces Infinite Music Streaming Service Ultimate-Guitar.Com For $9.99 per month, users can stream infinite music for the same price as Spotify, though early adopters will be rewarded with $7.99 subscriptions if they sign up before June 30. The service will stream music on-demand to your computer or Android phone ... PSA: New Play Music App Silently Severs Support For Nexus Q StreamingAndroid Police Google Play Music All Access Hands On: Better Than Spotify? - LAPTOP MagazineLAPTOP Magazine (blog) Music Is Making Money AgainMotley Fool all 469 news articles »

KOMO News

Apple's App Store passes 50 billion downloads - USA Today USA TODAY Apple topped 50 billion downloads in its App Store earlier today. Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, downloaded the 50 billionth app, Say the Same Thing by Space Inch LLC. Apple awarded him a $10,000 App Store Gift Card. Eddy Cue, Apple's senior ... Apple To Give $10000 To Person Who Had 50 Billionth Download on App StoreHeadlines & Global News We did it! Well, someone out there hit 50B App Store downloadsTechRadar UK The App Store Just Hit 50 Billion DownloadsCult of Mac tuaw.com -iSource -Today's iPhone all 125 news articles »

Google is taking on music-streaming services like Pandora and Spotify with its own service called Google Play All Access.

Business Insider

For Top VC Fred Wilson, It's Settled: The Best Android Phone On The Market ... Business Insider Venture capitalist Fred Wilson, famous for keeping an active blog and investing early in Twitter, is in love. He's in love with a smartphone Google put on the market yesterday. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4, stripped of all the junky software layered on top of Android ... and more »

ZDNet

Samsung Talks Galaxy S 4 Memory, Might Free Up Space Through “Further ... TmoNews “As one of the most advanced smartphones on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S4 uses part of its internal memory to bring our customers its innovative and unique features. We appreciate this issue being raised and we will improve our communications. Also ... Samsung Galaxy Mega reportedly delayed until July. Waiting for bigger jeans ...TechRadar UK For Top VC Fred Wilson, It's Settled: The Best Android Phone On The Market ...Business Insider Galaxy S4 shipments top 6 million, says SamsungNDTV Stuff.co.nz -Lifehacker -iAfrica.com all 820 news articles »

Google and NASA are forming a joint research lab to look at quantum computing for things like facial recognition and understanding of disease. Their computer is from D-Wave Systems, which appears to be producing quantum computing results years earlier than many expected.

Inquirer

Google and NASA launch a quantum artificial intelligence lab Inquirer COMPUTING PIONEERS Google and NASA have launched the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab that will use a controversial quantum computer built by D-Wave. Google and NASA joined forces to establish the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab that will ... Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI LabMIT Technology Review Google Joins Supercomputing ProjectAll Things Digital Google and Nasa Join Hands to Buy the Superfast Quantum Computer D Wave ...French Tribune all 33 news articles »

Hot Hardware

EA Discontinues Online Pass Program on Negative Player Feedback Hot Hardware Game publishers have been looking for ways to get in on the second-hand game market, but none have found a way that sits well with gamers just yet. Electronic Arts is throwing in the towel on its latest attempt, Online Pass, which generally charged gamers a ... EA Axes Online Pass for Future Titles After “Many Players Didn't Respond to the ...PlayStation LifeStyle EA dumps Online Pass program for goodAfterdawn.com EA abandoning its online pass programExaminer.com GamerFront all 92 news articles »

Uproxx

It Looks Like NASA's Kepler Telescope Has Come To The End Of The Road Uproxx NASA's orbiting Kepler telescope launched back in March of 2009, and it soon found scads of exoplanets, some of them even potentially habitable. To date, it's found 122 confirmed exoplanets and 2,740 potential ones. Kepler completed its three and a half ... Reaction Wheel Failure Ends Kepler Data CollectionAviation Week Kepler Mission Down But Not Yet Out - Astrobiology MagazineAstrobiology Magazine NASA Says Kepler's Planet-Searching Days May Be NumberedNPR (blog) all 122 news articles »

NDTV

Guy wins $10K getting iOS app, Apple's 50 billionth download NBCNews.com Owners of iPods and iPads and iPhones around the world have downloaded 50 billion apps from the App Store, Apple announced today. And counting. Google, meanwhile, declared it's almost neck and neck in the app count race, announcing 48 billion app ... Ohio man downloaded Apple's 50 billionth app, won $10000 gift card to App StoreThe Denver Channel Apple's App Store passes 50 billion downloads - USA TodayUSA TODAY Apple Store Hits Historic 50 Billionth App, Ohio Man Wins Wins $10KRedOrbit TrustedReviews -The Mac Observer -The Guardian all 106 news articles »

New York Times

Google's Larry Page Calls for a "Safe Place" for Innovation PC Magazine At the end of a three-and-a-half hour keynote, most CEOs would be content just to wrap everything up with a few pithy remarks expressing their excitement around the new products and a vague statement about the future. Not Google CEO and co-founder ... Vocal cord paralysis: Explaining Google CEO Larry Page's rare conditionFox News Decoding Larry Page: How Google Is Staking Out The Future Of InnovationReadWrite Larry Page on technology, society and Burning ManSiliconBeat The Week Magazine -ZDNet -Wall Street Journal all 150 news articles »

Billboard

Google to Launch Music-Streaming Service Wall Street Journal Google Inc. is set to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to that of Spotify AB as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. As Google's I/O developers conference kicks off, how much of a 'wow factor' does the company ... New gadgets not required at Google jamboreeFinancial Times How Does Google Play Music All Access Compare to Spotify and Rdio?Flavorwire Pros And Cons: Google Play Music All Access SubscriptionEvolver.fm Ultimate-Guitar.Com -New York Times -Mind Of The Geek all 462 news articles »

Hot Hardware

Google Orders Microsoft to Remove Windows Phone YouTube App PC Magazine Microsoft might be tickled pink about its updated YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, but Google certainly doesn't feel the same way. The search giant on Wednesday sent Redmond a cease-and-desist letter, ordering Microsoft to remove the app by May 22. Microsoft to Google: We'll bring ads to ...CNET Android and iOS Make Up 92% of Smartphone Shipments - MashableMashable Windows Phone Steals Third Place From BlackBerryInformationWeek Inquirer -DailyTech -Fortune all 220 news articles »

New York Times

Does Google+ Have a Future? PC Magazine At Google's annual I/O developer conference this week in San Francisco, not all the news has been about code and back-end implementation. At the keynote speech Wednesday, several top dogs from Google took stage to announce consumer-focused ... Google+ Gets 5 Smart ChangesInformationWeek At Google I/O, Larry Page preaches a tech fantasiaCNET Thank you Google for the new homework assignment: Hangouts vs. ChatZDNet TechCrunch -The Guardian -T.H.E. Journal all 1,356 news articles »

Highlight Press

So Google Compute Engine is out, your move Amazon GigaOM Now that GCE is available to all — complete with by-the-minute charges and a new NoSQL database service, we eagerly await Amazon's response. Make no mistake, there will be one. Google Compute Engine vs. Amazon EC2. Now that the fog of hype is ... Google takes on Amazon with new cloud offeringsFierceEnterpriseCommunications Google takes on AWS, Azure virty servers with micro billing and fat disksRegister Google Pries Another Nail From PHP's CoffinWired ZDNet -The Verge -Computerworld (blog) all 25 news articles »

Wired

Apple Reaches 50 Billion App Downloads, Ohio Man Wins Prize PC Magazine Tim Cook and Co. better have the champagne flowing over in Cupertino, because Apple has a huge milestone to celebrate. The iPhone and iPad maker on Thursday announced that its App Store officially hit the 50 billion app download mark. That figure only ... Apple's App Store passes 50 billion downloads - USA TodayUSA TODAY Guy wins $10K getting iOS app, Apple's 50 billionth downloadNBCNews.com Apple reveals details of 50 billionth App Store downloadCNET The Mac Observer -Macgasm -TabTimes all 94 news articles »

Ology

Try Google Play Free For 30 Days Ology We opened up discussion yesterday about Google possibly announcing their plans for the music streaming industry takeover at the Google I/O annual developer conference, and now that all's said and done, we know a little more about what they're up to. Google Continues To Play Catch-Up With "All Access" Music Service As Critics ...Forbes Google Expected to Start a Competitor to SpotifyNew York Times Google to Launch Music-Streaming ServiceWall Street Journal Adweek -Computerworld -Uproxx all 458 news articles »

Indian Express

IDC: Windows Phone Passes BlackBerry for Third Place in Q1 Shipments DailyTech Windows 8 tablets may not be seeing a ton of success, but Windows Phone is doing just fine as it managed to slip past BlackBerry for third place in smartphone operating system shipments. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide ... Windows Phone surpasses Blackberry for third place in smartphone shipmentsFortune Microsoft to Google: We'll bring ads to YouTube appCNET IDC: Apple's iOS fell to 17% of smartphones shipped in Q1, Windows Phone ...Apple Insider The Verge -Hot Hardware -TechCrunch all 198 news articles »

ABC News

At Google I/O, Larry Page preaches a tech fantasia CNET Head honcho Larry Page charms the Google faithful at the end of 2013 I/O keynote by hosting an informal Q&A, but his answers cleverly complain about industry backstabbing while promising a future tech utopia. Seth Rosenblatt. by Seth Rosenblatt. May 16 ... Google and Microsoft Tussle Over YouTube on Windows Phone - MashableMashable Google CEO Larry Page Wants A Totally Separate World Where Tech ...Business Insider Google CEO Larry Page says Microsoft's bad behavior 'is really sad.' Hypocrite.Computerworld (blog) CIO -ZDNet -Wired all 138 news articles »

The Guardian

Google, please be a benevolent internet overlord The Guardian Google is at the top of its game. It presides over, if not ruling outright, enormous swaths of modern life. Its market value has never been higher, and keeps heading north. As the company is demonstrating this week at its annual conference for developers, ... Google I/O Serves Up Revamped Maps, Music Service; Samsung Owns Android ...PC Magazine Google Rolls Out A Raft Of Developer Enhancements At I/O 2013 ConferenceCRN An Early Test of Google's New Social Gaming ServicesWall Street Journal (blog) Fiercemobilecontent -Quartz -Mashable all 1,190 news articles »

Daily Mail

Google and NASA collaborate on AI research with new quantum supercomputer The Verge Google and NASA have teamed up to launch a new laboratory focused on advancing machine learning. The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab — hosted at NASA's Ames Research Center in California — will contain a quantum supercomputer that will be ... Google and Nasa Join Hands to Buy the Superfast Quantum Computer D Wave ...French Tribune all 28 news articles »

DatacenterDynamics

Google sets up to challenge Amazon Web Services ZDNet Summary: Google's cloud platform garnered a ton of interest at Google IO and comparisons to Amazon Web Services. However, the burden of enterprise proof lies with the search giant for now. Larry Dignan. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | May 16, ... Google cloud attacks Amazon and Azure at I/OComputerworld (blog) DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) is Next – Google Unleashes Cloud DatastoreHighlight Press Google gains appeal for cloud services, but there's this company called AmazonGigaOM Register -Wired -The Verge all 22 news articles »

BBC News

Nasa buys into 'quantum' computer BBC News A $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility. It will be shared by Google, Nasa, and other scientists, providing access to a machine said to be up to 3,600 times faster than conventional computers. Google and NASA collaborate on AI research with new quantum supercomputerThe Verge NASA and Google Team Up with Speedy D-Wave Quantum ComputerScience World Report Google and NASA Team Up to Study Artificial IntelligenceLiveScience.com TechRadar UK -Forbes -Wall Street Journal all 18 news articles »

IBNLive

Samsung's Galaxy S4 Closes In On Apple's iPhone 5 Forbes Samsung's Galaxy S4 is unveiled on March 14, 2013 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife). Samsung is going through a purple patch. Yesterday they announced sales of 4 million units of the Galaxy S4 over its ... Galaxy S4 shot of pure Android boosts relationships, not salesCNET Galaxy S4 shipments top 6 million, says SamsungNDTV A stock Android Galaxy S4 from Google will cost you $649Computerworld ZDNet -Inquirer -iAfrica.com all 721 news articles »

Christian Science Monitor

Kepler, a prolific hunter for other Earths, is suddenly in trouble (+video) Christian Science Monitor The planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft's dramatic, some would say romantic, quest for an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a star in its habitable zone has suddenly been put on hold, NASA officials said Tuesday, while engineers try to figure out what caused the ... Nasa's Kepler telescope failure is not the end of searching for another EarthThe Guardian NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabledLos Angeles Times NASA's planet-hunting telescope is spinning out of controlComputerworld Wall Street Journal -ABC News -MyFox Washington DC all 112 news articles »

IBNLive

Google Continues To Play Catch-Up With "All Access" Music Service As Critics ... Forbes Google CEO Larry Page on stage at Google I/O 2013: "We should be building things that don't exist." (Jonathan Hall/ Forbes). On Wednesday during the closing segment of a three-and-a-half hour keynote presentation at his company's developers conference ... Chrome Voice Search Is Coming: The Five Best Announcements From Google I ...Uproxx Can Google's All Access challenge the house that Spotify built? We go hands onDigital Trends Google Expected to Start a Competitor to SpotifyNew York Times Wall Street Journal -Computerworld -MarketWatch all 447 news articles »

Economic Times

Microsoft to Google: We'll bring ads to YouTube app CNET The company said that the only thing it'll need from Microsoft is the required APIs that work with its advertising platform. Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger. May 16, 2013 5:52 AM PDT. (Credit: Google). Google and Microsoft are in the middle of a scuffle over the ... IDC: Apple's iOS fell to 17% of smartphones shipped in Q1, Windows Phone ...Apple Insider IDC: Android OEMs Shipped 162M Smartphones In Q1, More Than 4X Apple's ...TechCrunch Windows Phone Surpasses BlackBerry, Third Place in Market Share After ...Hot Hardware TechRadar UK -The Verge -Indian Express all 171 news articles »

New York Daily News

Google Introduces Play for Education at Google I/O - Tom's Hardware Tom's Hardware Guide Google's keynote conference at Google I/O was extremely long. Though the company usual hosts several keynotes, this year, the web giant seemed keen to cram everything into one address. As such, there was no shortage of announcements from Google ... Google's I/O Conference and Other News You Need to Know - MashableMashable Google Probably Knew About This Post Before MeDiscovery News With Ground Truth, Google marries virtual world with ...CNET Forbes -ExtremeTech -Mind Of The Geek all 1,171 news articles »

Computerworld

Page preaches possibilities of tech, cries 'mercy' on ... CNET Head honcho Larry Page charms the Google faithful at the end of 2013 I/O keynote by hosting an informal Q&A, but his answers cleverly complain about industry backstabbing while promising a future tech utopia. Seth Rosenblatt. by Seth Rosenblatt. May 16 ... Google's Larry Page stakes claim to high groundMarketWatch Google CEO Larry Page's hypocritical complaint: Microsoft's bad behavior "is ...Computerworld (blog) Dear Larry Page: Negativity is not always a bad thingZDNet Wired -Fortune -Wall Street Journal all 139 news articles »

Baltimore Sun

Cicada invasion: If you can't beat them, eat them, New Haven chef says New Haven Register Bun Lai, owner of Miya's Sushi in New Haven, Conn., and one of the city's best known chefs, has a few gastronomic plans for the bumper crop of periodical cicadas expected to emerge along the Eastern seaboard in a couple of weeks. He'll be cooking up ... Cicadas emerge on East Coast by hundreds, billions more expectedFox News Connecticut chef plans cicada feast during invasionNew York Daily News How to Survive the Relentless Cicada Swarm in New Haven: Eat Them (Recipes)Science World Report WTNH -National Geographic -Afro American all 64 news articles »

Popular Science

Google Joins Supercomputing Project Wall Street Journal Google Inc. plans to help create a new laboratory to study quantum computing, a high-profile endorsement of the esoteric technology—and a Canadian company that has been pursuing it since 1999. An unusual supercooled machine built by D-Wave ... Google Buys $15M Quantum Computer: Faster, Smarter Artificial Intelligence Is ...iDigitalTimes.com all 48 news articles »

IBNLive

Google Wallet makes payments possible through Gmail Good Gear Guide Google is integrating Gmail with Google Wallet so that users can send payments as a mail attachment, even if the recipient doesn't have a Gmail address. To send money through Gmail, the user composing the email has to hover over the attachment paperclip ... Google allows money transfers using Google Wallet and GmailThe Slanted all 78 news articles »

CBS News

Let's Talk About: Send your name to Mars Pittsburgh Post Gazette The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft, or MAVEN, is scheduled to launch in late November. NASA is inviting people to join in a Going to Mars Campaign and submit their names online for a DVD to be carried aboard the new Martian orbiter. Does NASA have plans to farm on Mars?The Space Reporter Why Did You Apply to Go to Mars? David Brin AnswersScience & Religion Today Martian Dust Would Be A Danger To Human VisitorsMobile Magazine all 32 news articles »

Google announces email money transfers and other Google Wallet goodies CNET At its annual Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Google made announcements that will expand Google Wallet far beyond its tap-and-go NFC roots. Marguerite Reardon. by Marguerite Reardon. May 15, 2013 6:23 PM PDT ... and more »

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2014 Forester Gets Top Rating in Offset Crash Test New York Times The 2014 Subaru Forester was the only one of 13 compact crossovers and S.U.V.'s to earn the highest rating in a new, more severe front crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The new Forester was rated Good, and the 2013 ... Most Small SUVs Fare Poorly on U.S. Frontal Crash TestsBloomberg Subaru Forester, Mitsubishi Outlander Sport top small crossover segment in new ...Automotive News 2014 Subaru Forester Aces IIHS Crash Test; Many Other Small SUVs Don'tThe Car Connection MotorTrend Magazine (blog) -iAfrica.com -Edmunds.com all 10 news articles »

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Google I/O 2013: Galaxy S4 with 'pure' Android, Hangouts and everything else Firstpost Google's I/O conference has begun in San Francisco and the keynote address happened late last night India time. While Google did not show off a new version of Android or a new Nexus 7 or a new smartphone, it has made significant changes to a lot of its ... Galaxy S4 shot of pure Android boosts relationships, not salesCNET A stock Android Galaxy S4 from Google will cost you $649Computerworld Samsung Galaxy S4 gets Android Nexus treatment for $649ZDNet Wireless and Mobile News -Mashable -TechSpot all 613 news articles »

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The end of search as we know it Brisbane Times Around 5,500 software developers have gathered at Google's I/O conference in San Francisco where the company launched a new music streaming service. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Google launches music streaming ... Google I/O: The end of search as we know it?Washington Post Google's vision for search highlights knowledge graph, speechPCWorld Google Now and Knowledge graph introducing "the end of search as we know it ...Mobile Burn TechCrunch -BGR -BestTechie all 72 news articles »

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Larry Page Runs Google From His Phone Wall Street Journal Google Inc., Wednesday, said it is improving its search capabilities so that users will be able to interact with the search engine using more natural language. The company said it is also working to add more contextual relevance to searches in an effort to ... Google I/O 13: Softer News, but Important for Developers - eWeekeWeek Hands-On With the New Google Maps - MashableMashable Google Shows Off 'Auto Awesome', Image Enhancements - Tom's HardwareTom's Hardware Guide The Seattle Times -MMORPG News -Computerworld all 942 news articles »

Google Maps are getting personal. The next version of the widely used maps tool, previewed on Wednesday at the Google i/o conference in San Francisco, will soon have a different look and some splashy new features including displays of real-time accidents and personalized recommendations.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 gets Android Nexus treatment for $649 ZDNet Summary: The unlocked Nexus-ish Galaxy S4 will quantify the market for a pure Android experience with Google pushing updates. Larry Dignan. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | May 15, 2013 -- 18:11 GMT (11:11 PDT). Follow @ldignan. Samsung ... Should You Buy Google's $649 Galaxy S4?IGN Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Specs Rumors: No Metal Body or Flexible DisplayLatinos Post Google Beats Apple To Market With Streaming Music Service GOOG AAPLInvestor's Business Daily TmoNews -TechRadar UK -Stuff.co.nz all 809 news articles »

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Oldest Fossils Reveal When Apes & Monkeys First Diverged LiveScience.com The oldest ape and Old World monkey fossils have been unearthed in a riverbed in Tanzania, a new study reports. Researchers found a tooth from the newfound species Nsungwepithecus gunnelli, the oldest member of the primate group that contains Old ... Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and MonkeysScience AAAS Scientists discover oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apesScience Codex Fossil finds hint at when apes and monkeys went separate waysLos Angeles Times io9 -Nature World News -Science News all 29 news articles »

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