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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...
Microsoft adds load balancing as Azure availability stutters
Microsoft struggled this week with multiple performance problems on its Azure cloud platform, while it also made the hosted load balancing service...
Typhoon Unlikely to Have Long-Term Impact on Philippines Outsourcing Industry
Philippines outsourcing hub Cebu, closest to the path of the storm, did not take a direct hit. However, a lack of public statements from industry...
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...
Google integrates Apps Marketplace with the suite's admin console
Google is trying to make it easier for Apps customers to find and deploy third-party applications from the Marketplace store it launched a few years...
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.
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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