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Google Exec Megan Smith Reported In Line For US Chief Technology Officer
Smith is a leader of the secretive Google X lab.
Smartphone Users Spend Way More Time In Apps Than The Mobile Web: Study
Mobile ad server Medialets releases data from 300 million mobile ad impressions.
India's Instant Message Startup Hike Raises $65 Million In Funding Led By Tiger Global
HIke, India's rival to Facebook's Whatsapp, has raised $65 million from Tiger Global, Bharti Softbank
Voice Controlled Wearables Startup Theatro Raises $5 Million From Khosla Ventures To Expand Bangalore Team
Dallas, Texas based Theatro makes voice activated wearables for hands free use.
Silicon Valley's Low-Wage 'Invisible Workforce' Is Mostly Black And Hispanic: Study
Minority workers hold a small fraction of Silicon Valley jobs, but 76 percent of its low-wage contractor positions.
World Economic Forum Names 24 Revolutionary Startups: Here Are The 6 Best
The World Economic Forum has an excellent track record of picking successful startups. These six could keep that trend going.
Karbonn Mobiles, Which Builds Affordable Smartphones With Google, To Go Public by 2016: Report
Helped by scorching sales, rising valuations and Google's Android One software, India's Karbonn Mobiles is preparing to go public by 2016.
China Developing National Operating System To Compete With Microsoft, Google Amid US Tension
A national Chinese operating system, known as COS, is expected to be unveiled in October.
Amazon Swoops In For Video Site Twitch, The Latest Piece In Growing Content Empire
Amazon Inc. has swooped in for video game site Twitch in a deal worth more than $1 billion, according to reports.
Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Tops 2,000 Intraday For The First Time, Index Has Doubled In 5 Years
The stock index’s year-to-date performance improved to a 7.6% gain last week from 5.8% a week earlier.
Google Makes Chromebooks For Business Play With Citrix Partnership
Google is reaching into Microsoft territory after having success in schools with its Chrome OS.
Google Driverless Cars Slowed By California DMV Testing Laws [VIDEO]
New California regulations require all cars to have steering wheels and brake pedals in case of emergency.
DoNotLink ‘Hides’ Websites From Search Engines, Gains Popularity In An Anti-Clickbait Age
DoNotLink, a link shortener designed to block sites from ranking high in search results, is catching on among niche online communities.
Tibet Facing Double Environmental Disasters As Climate Change Is Melting Glaciers And Tibet Population Growth Spurs Pollution
While the "Third Pole" melts at an alarming rate, the region is also amidst a pollution crisis. A disruption of life for billions is at stake.
Google Launchpad, Search Engine Giant’s Startup Mentorship Program, Coming To India
The startups will be guided by nearly 20 mentors, half of whom will be “Googlers” from California and Israel.
YouTube Music Key To Offer Ad-Free, Offline Music Service For $10/Month: Report
YouTube Music Key will include fan-uploaded versions of songs that other services aren’t licensed to provide.
Rupert Murdoch 'Hypocritically' Attacks Google In Twitter Tirade
The media mogul took to Twitter this weekend to voice more criticism of the search giant's "privacy invasion."
Do Aliens Have a UFO Base On The Moon? [VIDEO]
Shape on Google Moon sparks speculation on existence of UFO base.
Google Undersea Cables Being Attacked By Sharks
Sharks were first noticed being attracted to the undersea sea cables in the mid-1980s but it there not known reason yet.
How Many Police Shootings Have There Been? In The Aftermath of Michael Brown's Death, The Absence of Police Shooting Statistics Leaves The Question Unanswered
The world knows Mike Brown’s story, but what we really don’t know is how many more like him have died at the hands of police.
Microsoft Windows Phone Manages To Lose Even More Share In The Global Smartphone Market
Windows Phone continues to lag far behind Apple iOS and Google Android devices which continue to hold most of the mobile market.
How Google Took Over The American Classroom And Is Creating A Gmail Generation
Google is well-positioned to take over the U.S. education market with its free apps and a growing rate of Chromebook adoption in schools.
Google Maps, Other Online Map Apps Can Quadruple Zoom Capabilities With Launch Of WorldView-3
Users of online maps will now be able to zoom in closer into images than ever before, thanks to the WorldView-3 satellite.
Perseids Google Doodle: Perseid Meteor Shower 2014 Celebrated In New Video
Google is celebrating the annual stargazing event with a quick video.
Google Seeks To Boost Asian Presence, Invests In $300M Trans-Pacific Undersea Cable
The cable network, named FASTER, will be Google's third public investment in Asia's Internet infrastructure since 2008.
Chromebook Sales Expected To Reach 5.2M Units In 2014, Could Nearly Triple By 2017
Of all the Chromebooks sold in 2013, 82 percent were bought in North America and the region is expected to drive future demand.
How Apple's (Old) iPhones Could Give Android A Run For Its Money This Fall
When Apple unveils its larger iPhone 6 line, the old phones will drop in price and that could take share from Android.
T-Mobile Experiments With Mobile Device Unlocking With New Google Play App
T-Mobile subscribers can now use the network's device unlock app.
Yahoo Joins Google, Microsoft In Developing Encrypted Email By 2015
A billion Yahoo Mail users will have an encryption option by 2015, the company said.
Website Encryption To Affect Google Search Results
Google will now take website encryption into consideration in its search rankings to encourage the use of HTTPS on all websites.