February 9, 2012

Google and Apple working on wearable computing devices

The next wave of computer innovation might be heading to the runway — or at least your wardrobe if tech titans Apple and Google have anything to say about it. With wearable computing, both companies are aiming to boost sales of smartphones,

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Ice Cream Sandwich to launch a day before iOS 5, confirmed by Google livestream page

Google’s Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich will officially launch on October 11, according to a placeholder set up on the “androiddevelopers” Youtube page . The text on the page says, “This event will begin in 4 days, 19 hours.

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Kindle Fire uses a new Silk web browser to boost efficiency

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the company’s new tabled computer the Kindle Fire today, which runs a customized version of Google’s Android mobile operating system that relies heavily on an Amazon-produced web browser called Silk. The company

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Google+ iPhone app gets Hangouts video chat and more

As promised, Google has updated its Google+ iPhone app with a slew of new mobile features, most notably the ability to participate in Hangouts group video chat. Google announced the new features earlier this week, when it unveiled an updated version

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