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2015 technology industry graveyard

2015 technology industry graveyard Cisco, Microsoft, Google and others bury outdated technologies to move ahead with new ones. Ba-bye The Technology Industry Graveyard is pretty darn full in 2015, and we’re not even including the near-dead such as RadioShack and Microsoft’s IE browser. Pay your respects here… GrooveShark The self-described “World’s Music Library” is no […]

Google Graveyard: What Google has killed off in 2015

Six feet deep Google is truly a company that has more technology and products than it can handle sometimes, and in 2015 the company with the recent name change shed a host of tools and products to enable it to focus on more pressing needs. Here’s a look back at what Google this year has […]

Good-bye, Google as we know it. Hello, Alphabet

The company originally known for its search engine officially becomes Alphabet at the market close on Friday This is the last day that Google is operating without a parent company. After the close of markets Friday, the company officially will become Alphabet and will trade as such on Monday. Google will become a business unit […]

Google looks for content makers to test its Jump VR video camera

Google may have a strong interest in applicants who have creative backgrounds, like film making and directing If you’re an aspiring virtual reality content producer, Google wants to give you a chance to test the Jump camera system it developed for recording video to be used in VR environments. People interested in trying their hand […]

Google Now adds data from Lyft, Airbnb and other apps

The content could give a lift to Google in mobile search Google Now just got a lot smarter, adding data from dozens of outside apps to help people get more things done as they go about their day. Google Now is a search tool and digital assistant built into Android devices and the Chrome browser, […]

10 signs Google Glass is disrupting the enterprise

Google Glass, the tech giant’s connected eye-worn computing device, has generated plenty of buzz and controversy in consumer markets, where people seem just as excited about its apps as they are concerned about its potential threat to privacy. Although many questions remain to be answered for consumer wearable technology in general, Google Glass is already […]

Google Android roundup: Why did JBQ leave AOSP?

Android news/rumors: The end of an era, plus giant robots annoyed as LG removes “optimus” title from latest release, Android’s continued domination and why people think it’s doomed, and a Moto X engineer hates back on critics The Android realm is not a physical place, else we would have seen flags flying at half-mast and […]

Google unveils second-generation Nexus 7 tablet running Android 4.3

The device will be available starting next week via Google’s Play Store Google is rolling out a second-generation Nexus 7 tablet designed for improved performance and portability, featuring the company’s just-announced mobile operating system, Android Jelly Bean 4.3. The device offers numerous enhancements over the original Nexus 7 tablet that Google released last year. It […]

Google’s latest Penguin update lets you squeal on spammy websites — as well as anyone else

Penguin 2.0 makes large-scale algorithm changes, affecting 2.3% of U.S.-English results The latest version of Google’s sophisticated anti-spam algorithm, dubbed Penguin 2.0, was announced yesterday in an official blog post from the company’s well-known webspam czar, Mike Cutts. The 2.0 label was applied, according to Cutts, because the update is a major one — it […]

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association

The privacy organization has hidden its ties to corporate backers After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint […]

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