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Saturday, 15 November 2014

Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith

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 After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass, the gadget that transforms eyeglasses into spy-movie worthy technology, Google co-founder Sergey Brin sauntered bare-faced into a Silicon Valley red-carpet event on Sunday. He'd left his pair in the...
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Google's streaming music service adds mood to mix

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Google's music-subscription service will try to anticipate its listeners' mood swings as it amplifies its competition with Pandora, Spotify and other popular services that play tunes over the Internet. Starting Tuesday, the $10-a-month All Access service will make music suggestions...
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Thursday, 16 October 2014

Google's revenue increases 20 percent, but below Street view

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(Reuters) - Google Inc's (GOOGL.O) (GOOG.O) third-quarter revenue grew 20 percent, but slightly below Wall Street expectations, as growth slowed in the Internet company's total number of money-making ads and expenses increased. Shares of Google were down 2.7 percent at $510.11...
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Google expands shopping delivery service in U.S.

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(Reuters) - Google Inc said it would expand its same-day shopping delivery service to three new U.S. cities and start charging customers for the service, which competes with Amazon.com Inc. The Google Express service, which was earlier only available in certain parts of California...
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Monday, 6 October 2014

Google Doodle celebrates explorer who headed the Kon-Tiki expedition

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Google has used its latest animated home page doodle to celebrate the life of Norwegian ethnographer explorer Thor Heyerdahl, best known for leading the Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, who was born on this day in 1914. In the expedition, Heyerdahl and his crew of five sailed a balsa...
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Thursday, 2 October 2014

Dubai detectives to get Google Glass to fight crime

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(Reuters) - Dubai police plan to issue detectives with Google Glass hands-free eyewear to help them fight crime using facial recognition technology, a police spokesman in the wealthy Gulf Arab emirate said. The wearable device consists of a tiny computer screen mounted in the...
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Monday, 22 September 2014

Google selects HTC for upcoming Nexus tablet: WSJ

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(Reuters) - Google Inc has selected HTC Corp to make its upcoming 9-inch Nexus tablet, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Google had been mulling HTC as a potential Nexus tablet partner since last year and HTC engineers have been flying to...
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