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2 hrs ago | Cult of Mac Blog

RocketDocs Makes Google Docs Editing More Mac-like

One of the hallmarks of Google Docs is that you can use it anywhere. Within reason, any device with a modern web browser can deliver some level of viewing, editing, and collaboration.

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Related Topix: Startups, Quickoffice

6 hrs ago | Hackinthebox.org

Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Startups, Widevine Technologies, Blog News, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, Gmail, iPhone App

7 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Browser wars heating up

'Chrome is definitely the up-and-comer because of Android, and it has a lot of momentum on the PC.' Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo! are all in the struggle, along with the Norwegian-made Opera browser and the open source Firefox software from Mozilla.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Microsoft, Mozilla

Sun May 27, 2012

ComputerWorld

New Kogan Agora tablets run Android 4.0

The new Kogan Agora 10in tablets come in 8GB and 16GB models and are priced at just $179 and $199, respectively.

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Related Topix: Startups, Televisions, Cameras, Science / Technology, CPU, Ipad

PC Magazine

A Facebook Phone Could Set Up A Google Battle

First Opera, now a smartphone... next, you'll read a story about how Facebook's considering buying a television manufacturer so that everyone can enjoy social updates and sitcoms via the "FB TV." The New York Times' Nick Bilton weighs in on the favorite Silicon Valley rumor again today, a story that's been popping up in the news circles since, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software

Mashable

Kodak Image Sharing and Storage is Dead: 5 Alternatives

As part of Eastman Kodak's efforts to be a much slimmer business, the imaging and photography company is restructuring, selling its online sharing and storing site, Kodak Gallery , to Shutterfly for $23.8 million in March.

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Startups, Social Software

The Drum

How Google stole your secrets and an iPhone caught a thief

Unfortunately, while you've been using it, it has been at it behind your back, searching for your inner secrets.

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Related Topix: Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Google Earth, Train Disaster

ITworld

'Liberating' your data from Google, and what that really means

If you listen to the growing chorus of online chatter about the company, Google's now-infamous "Don't be evil" slogan is becoming increasingly inaccurate by the day.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Jury clears Google in patent case

Google did not infringe on any Oracle patents when it used Java software in the Android operating system, a federal jury said last week.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Oracle Corporation, Programming Languages, Java, Science / Technology

Sat May 26, 2012

Wired

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 27

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Houston Home-Journal

Microsoft wins patent battle against Google's Motorola Mobility in Germany

A German court has ruled that Motorola Mobility infringed Microsoft patents by offering the option on its mobile phones that allows sending longer texts by dividing it into two parts.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Cell Phones, Electronics, X360, Video Games, Prison

The Huffington Post

Shawn Amos: WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Are you keeping up with the browser wars? Google Chrome made news when it reportedly overtook Internet Explorer in worldwide usage.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook

Silicon Alley Insider

The Brilliant Career Advice Google CEO Eric Schmidt Gave Sheryl Sandberg

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gave the graduating class of the Harvard Business School a speech on their Class Day, which is the part of the run up to commencement.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Marketing

WebProNews

Google Penguin Update: There Hasn't Been One Since The First One

As previously reported , there has been some chatter in the forums speculating that Google may have launched another Penguin update.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Startups

Customer Interaction Solutions

Navy dismisses Google's alarm over ship-tracking

May 26, 2012 -- When a top Google official came to Virginia Beach last week to speak at a respected defense conference, he delivered a stunning and convincing message: The company is on the verge of unveiling a project that could reveal to the public the precise locations of many ships at sea, including U.S. Navy ships.

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Related Topix: US Military, Startups, US Navy, Virginia

Fri May 25, 2012

NBC Bay Area

Google Scoops Up HP Enyo Team

JUNE 23: Google co-founder Sergey Brin opens the internet company's new office space inside historic Chelsea Market June 23, 2008 in New York City.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Startups, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, AdMob

CNet News

Is NFC killing Google Wallet?

Google Wallet is turning one, but the application that was supposed to transform the smartphone into a wallet and revolutionize how consumers pay for things has barely gotten off the ground.

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Related Topix: Startups, Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Android

CIO

Google's Motorola Buy Seen Boosting Android in Workplace

With the closing of Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this week, talk of the possibilities for Android in the enterprise has spiked.

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Related Topix: Android, Startups, Research in Motion, Telecom, Computers

WebProNews

Google Moog Doodle Songs Showing Up on YouTube

The results are about what you'd expect: digital songs that almost sound like the original song that's being covered.

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Related Topix: Startups

GHacks

How To Access Removed Results On Google Search

If you search on Google regularly, you may have noticed omitted entries on some search results pages.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, DMCA News

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