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Rob Williams - Mon, Jul 28, 2014
Google's Android OS has received its fair share of flack over the past couple of years for its security issues, but sometimes, it's not the company or its OS at fault: It's the third-party developers. Proof of that can be seen from the...
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Rob Williams - Wed, Jul 16, 2014
As autonomous vehicles look to become a big part of our future, you can bet that the FBI has exhaustively looked at both its pros and cons. The pros of course are obvious; people could be driven around without effort on their behalf...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Jul 08, 2014
Adobe has today released an updated version of its Flash plugin to address "critical" issues, and believe us when we say that no time should be wasted in making sure you get that up-to-date version. At the core, this bug could result in...
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Rob Williams - Thu, Jun 26, 2014
Google's I/O developer conference has had a large number of announcements, some a little more interesting than the others. Then there are some that are down-right strange - at least at first. Google's "Cardboard" easily falls into that...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Jun 26, 2014
Part of Google's mission at this week's I/O conference was to put the focus firmly on Android, and not just Android as you know it today, but Android everywhere. It's a new concept that sees Google implanting Android at every possible turn, including literal ones that you'd make while driving...
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Rob Williams - Wed, Jun 25, 2014
Google's ongoing I/O conference has so far been bursting at the seams with interesting announcements. In fact, there's been so many announcements that it's been a little hard to keep up. One of the more interesting ones surprisingly...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Jun 24, 2014
Earlier this month, Logitech bolstered the featureset of its Harmony Ultimate and Smart Control remotes by adding support for SONOS' wireless speaker system. Today, it's become clear that the company didn't want to risk the Harmony brand...
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Rob Williams - Sat, Jun 21, 2014
Google's annual I/O developer conference takes place in San Francisco next week, and while there's sure to be a surprise or two to come out of it, it should come as no surprise that wearables is going to have a major focus. The wearables...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Jun 16, 2014
It's widely believed that Amazon will take advantage of an event on Wednesday to launch its first-ever smartphone, and now, and even after the launch, there will be much speculation about what the company will be able to pull off. One thing's for sure: Things are about to get interesting. The...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Jun 10, 2014
It should come as no surprise given the large number of rumors lately, but Google's just hit the Nexus 5 with the latest version of Android, 4.4.3. If for some reason you're not receiving an OTA notifier yet, it should come soon. For those...
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Ray Willington - Tue, May 13, 2014
Motorola has just introduced the newest smartphone in its growing Android line, the Moto E. In an effort to continue proving that highly adaptable and responsive phones don't necessarily have to cost an arm and a leg, the Moto E is even...
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Rob Williams - Fri, May 02, 2014
The address bar in a Web browser has been a standard feature for as long as Web browsers have been around - and that's not going to be changing. What could be, though, is exactly what sort of information is displayed in them. In December...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Apr 28, 2014
For as potentially exciting (or terrifying, depending on your point of view) as Google’s self-driving car project is, the company has been strangely mum on its development. A new Google blog post sheds some light on what...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Apr 21, 2014
Working together, Google and ASUS have produced some of the best 7-inch Android tablets ever released - I still use and love my first-gen model. Given the overall success of Nexus 7, it seemed likely that both companies would again work...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Apr 15, 2014
Hot on the heels of Google rolling-out a limited batch of Google Glass to the public, Samsung has applied for a patent involving a competing product that it's calling "Earphone". That name highlights the biggest difference between Glass...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Apr 15, 2014
Last spring, we talked about "Beacon Mountain", Intel's pre-packaged Android development environment that caters to developing around both Intel and ARM architectures. We haven't heard too much about Beacon Mountain since, but as we can...
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Rob Williams - Wed, Apr 02, 2014
When Google's Nexus 10 came out in late 2012, it proved to be a great choice for those looking to get a larger tablet - and even today, it still has respectable specs. But, a span of 17 months since its original launch and the fact...
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Rob Williams - Fri, Mar 21, 2014
As soon as Google announced its Glass digital eyewear, the world went nuts with speculation; pros and cons simply flooded the Web. Since then, a lot of people have been left without a solid conclusion, no doubt thanks to the number of...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Mar 17, 2014
An intuitive menu system can greatly enhance the usability - and perhaps even enjoyment - of a device, and many companies have offered various solutions that they've hoped would set themselves apart from the crowd. With a newly-granted...
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Rob Williams - Thu, Feb 27, 2014
Earlier this week, we talked about Geeksphone's Blackphone, a smartphone that puts privacy and security front and center. In some ways, the goals of that phone might sound a little overkill for some, but after learning about Boeing's...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Feb 24, 2014
Google's known for a lot of things, but where privacy's concerned, those things are not too kosher for a lot of people. In fact, Google mines so much data on us - sometimes even if we're nameless - that some would rather avoid anything...
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Rob Williams - Fri, Feb 21, 2014
Over the past couple of months, Google's made it super-clear that it takes advertising from all angles very seriously. On the "bad ad" front, the company made its New Years' resolution to crack down on bad (eg: scammy) ads public last...
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