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Android Wear, Google’s operating system for smartwatches, is getting its biggest update yet with an upcoming 2.0 release that brings improved features for messaging and fitness.

Google’s been hard at work under the hood of its Android operating system, announcing performance, security and productivity updates in the new Android N alongside a swanky new suite of VR capabilities called Daydream and version 2.0 of Android Wear.

In five to ten years, we will look back with awe on the storage-media transition from spinning, rust-coated platters and electro-mechanical recording arms to solid-state, silicon-based media. We will look back upon the magnetic hard disk era of data storage with glee and relief. Archeologists will unearth these things and ponder how they ever worked in the first place.

App installations are so five minutes ago. At Wednesday's Google I/O keynote, the company showed off Android Instant Apps — apps that run without even being installed.

Dealing with obstacles is an inevitable part of life, and it looks like robots may be surprisingly adept at applying creativity to the challenge.

Google is updating the developer tools for its Docs productivity suite in an effort to make it easier for companies to integrate third-party applications with its presentation, spreadsheet and word processing software. 

Microsoft today continued to undo its disastrous 2014 acquisition of Nokia's phone business, announcing that it is exiting the feature phone market, which it had once trumpeted as a critical component of its mobile strategy.

Google is launching a smart personal assistant that uses artificial intelligence and search to let people not just get answers to their questions but to even control their devices.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Watch out, Facebook. There’s a new rival to your Messenger app.

Google just dropped a bombshell. It’s white, has four flickering colors on top, and can tell you how many stars are in the galaxy (plus or minus a few bazillion).

How would you like it if you some stranger snapped your picture while you were out and about and then used that photo to find out your real name and other information about you?

Microsoft yesterday threw a bone to Windows 7 users by releasing a cumulative roll-up that collects all the bug fixes from February 2011 to April 2016, making it easier to update a PC running the still-standard OS.

John Deere is taking the Internet of Things out into the field by developing new technologies and embracing existing ones to boost the efficiency of prepping, planting, feeding and harvesting with the goal of improving per-acre crop yields.

The role of network engineer is changing as companies undergo digital transformations. To keep pace with the changes, Cisco is refreshing its core routing and switching certification to ensure that certified network pros have the right skills as companies move toward Internet of Things, cloud computing, network programmability and policy-based network management.

ORLANDO -- Sixteen-month-old Garrett Peterson's airways collapsed daily.

Nvidia is introducing a new graphics card option for its Grid virtual desktop system, promising to cut the costs of streaming graphics-intensive applications to employees.

A hacker is trying to sell a database dump containing account records for 167 million LinkedIn users.

Nokia is back in the mobile phone business, after a fashion.

It has granted HMD Global an exclusive, 10-year license to the famous brand, allowing the Finnish startup to sell Nokia mobile phones and tablets.

Meanwhile Microsoft, which bought Nokia's mobile phone activities in 2013, is getting out of the feature-phone business, selling its remaining interests in the Nokia brand and its Vietnamese phone factory to HMD and to FIH, a subsidiary of contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, for around $350 million. Читать дальше...

This course covers the basic programming concepts and languages required for creating engaging websites from scratch. It's $199 list price has been dramatically discounted to just $29.

Just attach this case to your iPhone 6 or 6s, and the next time you catch yourself low on juice, don't panic -- just push a button and the built-in rechargeable 1,840mAh lithium-ion polymer battery gets you an additional 22 hours of talk time, 16 hours of internet use, and 17 hours of video playback. Plus, it provides level 2 high impact protection while also being compact, adding only .3 inches to your phone's thickness and less than 3 oz. It currently averages 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews). Читать дальше...

Apple is making a smart move in India. The company has announced it will open its first iOS App Design and Development Centre in the “Silicon Valley of India”, Bengaluru in 2017.

In the last few years, smartphone cameras have improved vastly. Unfortunately, though, the microphones that come with these devices haven't improved quite as much. You can shoot a great piece of video with your Apple iPhone 6S, Samsung Galaxy S7 or Google Nexus 6P -- but unless you're in a quiet environment, the audio is going to be barely adequate at best.

For the first time in a long time — in fact, for the first time ever, as far as I know — my company has gone a full three months without one of our employees falling for a phishing scam. I hope I don’t jinx this winning streak by telling you about it.

Nations have a responsibility to increase the well being and wealth of their residents. As in the private sector, one of the key factors influencing a state’s ability to pursue this goal is the number of customers (people and businesses) that it can generate or attract. Historically, states have tried to maximize their number of customers by promoting population growth, entrepreneurship and immigration.

Google I/O kicks off today with a two-hour keynote starting at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. Google is known for making big announcements at its annual developers' conference, and this year is expected to be no different, with announcements likely involving virtual reality, Android and the Internet of Things.