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Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud
Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right...
Google brings automatic voice search to computers running Chrome
Laptop and desktop users can now do a Google search without typing just by speaking aloud, with a Chrome extension that Google made available on...
Google maps airports, train and subway stations with Street View update
Google is taking its cameras indoors in an effort to map international transit hubs, starting with 16 airports and more than 50 train and subway...
Oops -- YouTube's new commenting system actually increased spam
Call it a work in progress. YouTube is now trying to stanch the increased flow of spam on its site, just weeks after a new system was employed to...
Can a celebrity news team help revive Yahoo?
Yahoo has been hiring hotshot journalists to boost its news cred, and Monday's addition of Katie Couric could help with the company's efforts...
Salesforce.com will do 'full review' of hackathon after controversy, Benioff says
Salesforce.com has come under fire from critics who say the "hackathon" it held at last week's Dreamforce conference was judged...
Bitcoin gets new friends, but still a bit player
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling...
HealthCare.gov to double capacity by end of month
HealthCare.gov, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' troubled insurance-shopping website, will double its user capacity by the end...
Google Apps admins get more control over Hangouts
Google Apps now offers administrators more IT controls over Hangouts, the communications tool that includes IM, audio chats and video conferencing.
Microsoft preps mobile app for Office 365 admins
IT administrators of the Office 365 cloud email and collaboration suite will now be able to check their management console from their mobile devices.
Pinterest tackles mapping with new Place Pins product
Pinterest is tweaking its service on the Web and mobile to make it easier for users to plan trips and locate their content with a new mapping product.
Salesforce.com says developer base almost doubled in a year
Salesforce.com says it now has 1.4 million registered developers, almost double the number it had a year ago, a growth spurt one analyst called...
Google building fiber networks in Africa through Project Link
Google has kicked off a project to build high-speed fiber-optic networks in parts of the world that lack fast broadband connections, starting with...
Study: Slurs still litter social websites, but such language is increasingly unacceptable
Discriminatory language is as pervasive on sites like Facebook and Twitter as it was a couple of years ago, but fewer teens and young adults seem to...
Instagram, finally, debuts on Windows phones
Instagram is now available for Windows phones, some three years after the photo-sharing app's launch, the company announced Wednesday.
Ooma Office: This VoIP-based phone system makes small businesses seem big
Every business must interact with its customers via the telephone at some point. And it won't matter how great your employees are, or how superb...
US senators challenge in court NSA claim that dragnet surveillance is required
Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone...
Online gaming company settles complaint over secret bitcoin mining
A New York-based online gaming company has settled a civil complaint that it secretly installed bitcoin-mining code on its subscribers'...
Yahoo CEO Mayer talks mobile strategy, design approach
Yahoo is taking a "mobile first" approach to its product strategy, to the point where mobility could reinvent the company, according to CEO...
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