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Meet the cashless generation

In an effort to boost the popularity of its mobile payment system, Google this week announced that it is integrating Google Wallet with Gmail.

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Related Topix: Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, PayPal, Cell Phones, Electronics

Wed May 22, 2013

Forbes.com

Google Glass, What's Not To Like? Quite A Lot Actually

Glass has been an act of genius. From the moment Glass was announced it was positioned as the must-have accessory for the new class of daredevil entrepreneurs.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

GigaOM

Google plans to bring its own voice search to the iPhone and iPad

Voice search will be available as part of an update to Chrome for iOS "in the coming days," Google announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, iPod touch App, Google Search, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone

CIO

Flickr Android App Gets Gorgeous New Interface, Photo-Editing Tools

Yahoo is determined to be relevant again, and the company's recent Flickr photo-service and app updates, just might do the trick, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Google, Startups, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Instagram

Inc. Magazine

These 5 Start-ups Will Change the Way You Pay for Everything

Digital wallets have long been in the news, but the hottest trend is peer-to-peer payments and apps that help small business owners ditch their cash register.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, PayPal

The Age

A Galaxy far, far away

The launch of Samsung's Galaxy S4 presented a familiar moral conundrum: how could we justify ditching the Samsung Galaxy SIII - a perfectly good smartphone that had never faltered in the 10 months we'd owned it, unlike two iPhones in the family that had been replaced in roughly the same span - for the new Samsung unit? Having been branded a ... (more)

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Related Topix: eBay, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, CPU, Science / Technology, Google, Startups, iPhone

Canada Online Explorer

Square debuts Square Cash

Square has already made a name for itself as one of the few -- if not only -- companies to crack the virtual wallet technological nut.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Starbucks

Tue May 21, 2013

Insanely Great Mac

Stitcher Radio gets simplified car mode

Stitcher Radio is a combination streaming radio app and podcast player. It's biggest limitation is programmers have to submit their programs, but otherwise is a nice way to listen and discover audio content.

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Related Topix: Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Ipad, iPod touch App, Science / Technology, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Steve Jobs

NJ.com

Saucon Valley Middle School adding new high-tech classes for students

The school board has signed off on five new courses for all middle school students to rotate through in addition to art, music, physical education, health and guidance.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Ipad, iPod touch App, Science / Technology, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, Google Drive, iPhone App, Science, Computer Science, Microsoft Office

Mon May 20, 2013

Macworld

How to sync an Android phone to your Mac

Thanks to iCloud, syncing an iPhone with a Mac is a piece of cake. But Mac users who don't buy into the whole "one vendor to rule them all" thing will find that syncing an Android phone with OS X isn't quite as easy.

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Related Topix: Dropbox, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Google Drive, iCloud, Science / Technology, iPhone, Google, Startups

Sat May 18, 2013

ComputerWorld

Google Now, Hangouts feel here, there and everywhere

Google developer conferences, called Google I/O , always have an "Oprah moment." During the keynote, the company gives developers a phone, a tablet or some other new mobile hardware product.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, WebMD, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Computers, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone

MarketWatch

Google Wallet: Gen Y credit card?

Facing stiff competition and tepid demand, Google Wallet has not made a big splash in the world of mobile payments.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, PayPal, iPhone, Cellphones

TeleRead

App Review: Wunderlist for task management

As soon as I published the post about Astrid being bought by Yahoo and mentioned I was looking for a new app, my in-box started chiming with suggestions.

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Related Topix: iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPod touch App, iPhone App, iPhone

TechNewsWorld

Google Scolded on Taxes by British MPs

Today in international tech news: British members of Parliament bust out the heavy rhetoric for Google on taxes; British hackers are sentenced ; Foxconn's got some work to do to meet July deadline; and Samsung might double-dip on Apple suppliers.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Forrester Research, Advertising, Speakers, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

InformationWeek

BBM Vs. Google Hangouts: What's At Stake

BlackBerry on Tuesday announced that its BlackBerry Messenger product, long heralded as one of the company's defining services, would be available to Apple's iOS platform soon and to Google's Android platform later this summer.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone, VoIP, Science / Technology

Fri May 17, 2013

CNET News.com

DirecTV wants to buy Hulu, again

Satellite TV provider DirecTV is thinking about buying all or parts of streaming-video site Hulu, according to news reports Friday.

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Related Topix: Directv, Cable & Satellite, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

NewsFactor

IDC: Windows Phone Now No. 3 in Market, BlackBerry No. 4

Samsung once again is the smartphone leader, representing 41.1 percent market share of all smartphone shipments.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Spotify, iPhone, Android, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

The Mac Night Owl

Samsung Galaxy S4: What About the Little Things?

So I unwrapped a spanking new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone the other day. It's Samsung's most popular handset, earning iPhone-level sales in the first two weeks on sale, and I had to wonder whether I had a mobile gadget, or a doorway to a magical world with all the publicity it has received.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, Headphones, iCloud

Thu May 16, 2013

GalleyCat

Host a Google Hangout on Your Smartphone

If you have an iPad or an iPhone, you can now host a video Google Hangout on your mobile device-connecting with your writing group, book club or editor in a face-to-face chat.

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

CNET News.com

Larry Page's reality distortion field

Larry Page is turned off by treating his life's work as a kind of sporting competition.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Larry Page, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple