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Google is very interested in India's startup scene

India's startup scene is exploding right now, so much so that it has drawn the eye of Google. The company is so interested in it that it has announced that Google...

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Google Now has started pulling data from third-party apps

Google Now is a predictive search app that utilizes the vast amounts of data that Google collects on its users to determine what they want before they even want it....

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Microsoft may be considering an investment in Cyanogen

Cyanogen got a lot of attention a few days ago when the company announced that it intends to make CyanogenMod, it's custom version of Android, into a Google-free mobile operating...

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An investment from Alibaba has breathed new life into Ouya

Remember when everyone was really excited for the Ouya, the Android-powered micro-console that exploded on Kickstarter a while back? Yeah, that was short lived and now the micro-console is struggling...

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France wants to purge the internet of terrorism-related content

In response to the recent attacks in Paris, France has announced its desire to team up with Germany and pressure American technology companies to remove terrorism-related content from the internet...

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Twitter is going to start selling advertisements within third-party apps

Twitter apparently has a new advertising strategy that it hopes will help increase its revenue: sell advertisements within third-party apps. The social media network apparently revealed these plans to the...

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Title II would grant Google Fiber access to much-needed infrastructure

Telecommunications giants such as Comcast and AT&T have had the privilege of accessing utility poles and other critical infrastructure for quite some time, something which isn't enjoyed by smaller competitors such as...

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Former iTunes engineer admits that Apple tried to block competitors

As a part of the ongoing class action iPod lawsuit Apple is facing in court this week, former iTunes engineer Rod Schultz testified that he worked on a project that...

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Instagram surpasses Twitter with 300 million users

Instagram is now larger than Twitter. The social media giant announced on Wednesday that it passed the 300 million active user mark. That means Instagram, which was bought by Facebook...

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Google is finally doing away with CAPTCHA

If there’s one thing more annoying than overly complex password requirements, it’s barely legible captcha puzzles that websites use to determine whether or not we’re really human beings or are...

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