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Search Engine Trends May Indicate Smartphone Market Trends

Google’s Annual Zeitgeist is finally here, just before the year is out.  In this year’s global Top Trending searches, the iPhone 5s ranks third, and in Consumer Electronics the 5s…

Obama to Meet with Tech CEOs Amid NSA Concerns

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is meeting Tuesday with executives from leading technology companies, including Google, Twitter and Apple. The White House says the meeting will focus on efforts to…

Tech Giants Call for Controls on Gov’t Snooping

LONDON – Major technology companies, stung by poor publicity for having helped the U.S. government access personal data, on Monday issued an open letter to President Barack Obama asking for…

Tech Giants Call on President and Congress to Rein in Internet Spy Programs

In an unusual joint statement, leading Internet companies called Monday for new legal restrictions on government spy programs that the companies view as an increasing threat both to their customers’…

Google Brings All Access Music Subscription Service to iPhone

Half a year after launching for Android, Google Play Music All Access is now available to iPhone users. An app for Google Play Music became available for download for iPhone…

Twitter IPO Makes San Francisco the Sexy New Face of Silicon Valley

In case you haven’t noticed, Silicon Valley has been pulling up some of its roots and moving north. With a now publicly traded Twitter as the brash emcee, San Francisco…

Google, Apple and Other Tech Giants Look to A Post-Cookie Era

After nearly 20 years, the era of web-based “cookies” appears headed for an end, as companies like Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft explore new ways to track Internet users’…

Google Unveils New Nexus 7

Google is introducing a sleeker version of its Nexus 7 tablet as it escalates its battle with Apple and Amazon.com in the mobile computing market. The fancier devices unveiled Wednesday…

Google Unveils Chromecast for $35, a Rival to Apple TV

Google on Wednesday announced Chromecast, a jump-drive-sized gadget that lets users watch content from their smartphones, tablets or laptops on their TV. Users will be able to plug the Chromecast…

Augmented Reality’s Real Implications for Hardware, Software and Advertising: A Roadmap for Success

FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Augmented reality enhances consumer experience by enabling computer-generated content to be superimposed over a live view of the real world, presenting real world…

A Smart Market: How Apple and Blackberry Plan to Battle Android, Windows Phone 8

NEW YORK — There is more than meets the eye in the smartphone market – prospects are actually quite different from what investors are being told, once growth considerations and…

Tech Titans Use Mobile to Break Retail Mold

The “Tech Titans” — Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google — are changing the face of retail, driving sweeping change using technology. The Titans challenge retailers to jump on their…