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Tech Industry: Obama’s NSA Reforms ‘Insufficient’

SAN FRANCISCO – Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama’s speech on U.S. surveillance as a step in the right direction, but chided him for not embracing more…

Google Unveiled a Contact Lens that Monitors Glucose Levels in Tears

Google unveiled Thursday a contact lens that monitors glucose levels in tears, a potential reprieve for millions of diabetics who have to jab their fingers to draw their own blood…

UK Court Rejects Google Bid to Stop Privacy Suit

LONDON – Britain’s High Court has rejected a bid by Google Inc. to stop a group of Internet users suing it for breach of privacy. Several users of the Apple…

With Nest Labs, Google Wants to Connect Your Home to the Internet

For years, Google has been the search engine that connects people to all points on the Internet. Now it also wants to be the company that connects people’s homes to…

IBM Holds On to Patent Position in 2013

New York-based IBM Corp., a technology company with a campus in the Research Triangle Park, was first on the list of the top U.S. patent recipients in 2013. This was…

Google Says It Will Buy Nest Labs for $3.2B

Google will pay $3.2 billion to buy Nest Labs, which develops high-tech versions of devices like thermostats and smoke detectors, in its most expensive acquisition ever. The search engine operator…

Apple Receives Patent for 3-D Mapping Concept

On January 7th, U.S. Patent No. 8,624,974 B2 was awarded to Apple for its newest concept: “Generating a Three-Dimensional Model Using a Portable Electronic Device Recording.”  Though it’s a mouthful…

Major Tech Companies Unite to Fight Government Surveillance

Eight of the world’s largest technology companies have combined efforts to launch a website called “Reform Government Surveillance,” designed to expose and counter governmental violations of people’s privacy. The companies…

Marissa Mayer Unveils Yahoo’s Road Map for 2014

Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo!, said the U.S. Internet corporation’s future has a lot of news — as in apps, sites and acquisitions. Mayer told an audience at…

Sloan ‘Tech Trek’ Students Hit Road

Dozens of MIT Sloan School of Management MBA students will test the job market waters this week when they visit some of the nation’s top companies on their annual job-hunting,…

Motorola Mobility Cuts Price of Moto X Phone

Google’s Motorola Mobility has cut the price of its Moto X phone to spur sales and better compete with rivals including Apple and Samsung. The phone will now cost $399…

Google Files Countersuit Against Patent Holding Group Rockstar

Google has filed a lawsuit against an Apple- and Microsoft-backed patent group alleging its “patent dragnet” has damaged Google’s Android platform. Google says an ongoing litigation campaign by the patent…