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Article | 29/06/2012 Has Google done enough to keep Android phones up-to-date?

Google announced a new version of Android this week with some impressive new features, but it's unclear if it's done enough to solve a problem that ha...

Article | 29/06/2012 Google makes small changes to Google+ but shows social skills elsewhere

Reports of the demise of Google+ have been widely exaggerated, Vic Gundotra seemed to suggest on Thursday morning at Google I/O when he said that the ...

Article | 28/06/2012 Enterprise collaboration app earns Google's spotlight

How do you get your Google+ app featured at Google's blockbuster I/O conference? According to Bjorn Haugland, the CEO of Symphonical, you just invite ...

Article | 28/06/2012 Google Wallet launches support for subscriptions

Google Wallet launched support for recurring subscription payments and has begun automatically assigning the lower of two fees for processing payments...

Article | 27/06/2012 Google to give all I/O attendees a tablet, phone and Q cloud streaming device

It's hard to one-up skydivers flying into a tech conference while being live-streamed through Google's computerized glasses. But Google's Vic Gundotra...

Article | 27/06/2012 Will the Nexus Q be Google's key to developers' hearts?

Google announced a consumer media-streaming device it calls the Nexus Q at its I/O conference, taking the fight to Apple, which has largely dominated ...

Article | 26/06/2012 Zynga to roll out unified gaming platform, multiplayer gaming

Zynga announced Tuesday that it would build a social gaming network that provides a more unified gaming experience, whether players are on Facebook, i...

Article | 25/06/2012 Google will have to defend Android at I/O conference

As Google ramps up for its big I/O conference in San Francisco this week, analysts say the company must continue to prove the value of its Android ope...

Article | 25/06/2012 Facebook ventures into social discovery with Find Friends Nearby

Facebook is testing a mobile-only feature, called Find Friends Nearby, that allows users to connect with new social contacts based on who is nearby an...

Article | 21/06/2012 Twitter struggles with hours-long outage

Twitter struggled with service disruptions Thursday morning Pacific time, although its status blog at one point said that the outage had been resolved...

Article | 20/06/2012 Bitcasa cloud service launches public beta

Bitcasa, a consumer cloud services startup, launched a public beta of its unlimited cloud storage service on Wednesday.

Article | 19/06/2012 Facebook will allow app developers to offer subscriptions

Facebook said on Tuesday that it would begin allowing app developers on its platform to charge users for subscriptions but would require them to stop ...

Article | 19/06/2012 LinkedIn hit with lawsuit over massive data breach

LinkedIn has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to meet "industry standard" security practices in connection with a mas...

Article | 19/06/2012 Square launches support for customer loyalty programs

Square, a startup focused on facilitating credit card transactions at small businesses, began supporting customer loyalty programs in updates of its m...

Article | 19/06/2012 Facebook: In India, 30 percent of users are mobile-only

About one third of Facebook's users in India appear to access the service from a mobile phone only, supporting the notion that many people in developi...