During Obama’s presidency, more than 250 people moved between jobs at Google or related firms and the federal government, national political campaigns and Congress…
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Apple working to integrate Augmented Reality capabilities into iPhone’s Camera app
Apple has a team of people working on integrating augmented reality functionality…
Google’s Eric Schmidt wore staff badge at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Inc., was spotted at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party last Tuesday wearing a staff badge…
No, Apple’s next big thing won’t be smart glasses
Apple is working on glasses that include augmented-reality features…
Apple Specs: Smart glasses that people will want to wear
Apple is seriously exploring the idea of developing a pair of smart glasses that can present users with…
Apple, FANG stocks stop the bleeding, post-Trump presidential victory
With all eyes on them, Apple and the FANG largest tech stocks…
Apple considers move into smart glasses
Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing…
Now slavish copier Samsung looks to knock off Apple iPhone’s 3D Touch
Samsung Electronics is considering adopting a pressure-sensitive display technology…
President-elect Trump’s Android phone could be a national security crisis
If Trump is indeed using an Android device, he’s using a phone that the cybersecurity world broadly regards as significantly less secure than Apple’s iPhone…
Google Pixel phone completely pwned in 60 seconds
Hackers compromised all aspects of the Google Pixel phone including contacts, photos, messages, and phone calls…
Google attempts to defend Android in European Commission antitrust case
The Commission is focusing on three potentially illegal practices…
NBCUniversal inks deal to handle Apple News ad sales
Apple Inc. is outsourcing ad sales for Apple News to NBCUniversal…
Hulu inks deals with Fox and Disney, adding ESPN, Fox News and more to forthcoming live service
Looks like Hulu’s live-streaming service just scored some potential subscribers…
WikiLeaks emails show extremely close relationship between Clinton campaign and Google’s Eric Schmidt
The emails between Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and campaign manager Robby Mook show that Schmidt met with Podesta…
Gloom falls over beleaguered Samsung as phone group faces lost bonuses and jobs
As beleaguered Samsung took the unprecedented step of killing off an entire generation of its smartphone after persistent problems with battery fires and explosions…
No, Apple’s iPhone 7’s not having the same issue as Samsung’s exploding, fire-causing phones
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 caused 94 known fires in the space of just a few weeks…
More than 1 million fools are still using Samsung’s potentially explosive Note 7
The Galaxy Note 7 has harmed people and caused tens, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of dollars…
Google signs up CBS for planned web TV service to debut in early 2017; close to deal with 21st Century Fox
It’s quite possible that without Steve Jobs’ help, Eddy Cue couldn’t get ink in a stationery store…
Five years on, why doesn’t Apple’s Siri work better than it does?
There are some fundamental differences between Apple and Google when it comes to privacy…
Mossberg: Why does Apple’s Siri seem so dumb?
In addition to the iPhone, Siri is now on the iPad, and was recently added to the Mac…
Why the U.S. Supreme Court asked if Apple’s iPhone design is like a Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Beetle took center stage as the Supreme Court argued about iPhones on Tuesday…
Amazon challenges Apple, Spotify with new music streaming service starting at $3.99 a month
Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday launched a full-fledged music streaming service with subscriptions…
Seemingly frustrated U.S. Supreme Court hears Apple, Samsung patent case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared frustrated over how to resolve a high-stakes battle between…
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Samsung, Apple damages dispute today
The U.S. Supreme Court is to hear arguments Tuesday in a closely-watched dispute…
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on how much Samsung should pay for copying Apple’s iPhone
After five years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday…
Google to try to overcome Pixel phones’ myriad weaknesses with massive advertising blitz
Google’s new ‘Pixel’ smartphone is off to a fast marketing start with $3.2 million in television ads…
Apple wins appeal reinstating $119.6 million verdict against patent-infringer Samsung
Apple Inc. won an appeals court ruling that reinstates a patent-infringement verdict it won against Samsung Electronics Co…
Google’s slow, shaky, underpowered, overpriced Pixel XL cannot compete with Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus
Google’s latest effort to show off its vision for ‘Pure Android’ hardware costs the same as Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus…
Think Apple’s iPhone is expensive? Take a look at the price tags on Google’s slow Pixel and Pixel XL phones
For years the Android fanboy argument has been that the iPhone is too expensive and that Android offers…
UBS: Don’t laugh at Apple Watch and AirPods, they’re part of Apple’s ‘ambient paradigm’
Apple shares are being undervalued because investors are too bearish on the ‘ambient paradigm’ – an era of technology where…
Beleaguered HTC assembles Google-branded Pixel phones
HTC Corp., the beleaguered manufacturer that once ranked among the world’s top smartphone makers…
Google announces Google-branded iPhone knockoffs, again
oogle on Tuesday unveiled two new smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL…
Yahoo secretly scanned all customer emails for FBI, NSA, sources say
Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails…
Android malware that can infiltrate corporate networks is spreading rapidly
An Android malware is spreading across app stores, including Google Play, and has the capability of stealing sensitive files from corporate networks…
Google reportedly announcing new ‘Andromeda’ OS and new ‘Pixel 3’ laptop next week
Two independent and reliable sources have confirmed to us that Google is planning a new Pixel laptop to showcase Google’s ‘Andromeda’ operating system…
Apple’s Amazon Echo echo
Apple is reportedly building a Siri-based smart home device to rival Amazon’s Echo…
Apple’s Amazon Echo rival said to include includes built-in cameras to read users’ emotions, recognize faces
Apple’s long-rumored answer to the Amazon Echo smart speaker is now being tested in secret in the homes…
Edward Snowden: No matter what, do not use Google’s new Allo messenger app
Google has received much criticism for changes it made to Allo upon its release…
Twitter moves closer to sale, suitors said to include Google and Salesforce
Twitter has received expressions of interest from several technology or media companies…
Apple’s Siri-powered Amazon Echo-like device reportedly now in prototype testing
Apple Inc. is pressing ahead with the development of an Echo-like smart-home device based on the Siri voice assistant…
Hardware hack bypasses iPhone passcode security
The work contradicts a claim made by the FBI earlier this year that this approach would not work….
Apple backs Microsoft in battle against U.S. government over ‘Sneak-and-Peek’ searches
Apple Inc., Google and Amazon.com Inc. were among the tech leaders that rallied behind Microsoft Corp…
