World’s slimmest smartphone released
China’s Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology.
Google finalizing $1.3 billion deal for mapping company Waze
Google Inc is finalizing a deal to acquire online mapping company Waze for $1.3 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Google close to buying crowd-sourced map app Waze
Google close to buying crowd-sourced map app Waze
Booming mobile gaming industry lacks sustainability
The $66 billion video game industry is scrambling to devise games and experimenting with ways to appeal to a generation of players that spends more time on mobile devices than on computers or consoles.
Obama administration on defensive over surveillance records
Reports of sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans’ phone and Internet activity put the Obama administration on the defensive on Friday, adding pressure on President Barack Obama to explain why such tactics are necessary.
Google rolls out new calorie counter
You can look up nutrition content on your computer, or have your phone speak it to you out loud.
Google Maps adds hi-res images of 9/11 memorial, Central Park
Google Maps is moving past navigation and into virtual tourism with its Street View updates to some of New York [...]
The new tech palaces: visionary headquarters, or cursed trophies?
The four most influential technology companies in America are each planning headquarters that could win a Pritzker Architecture Prize for hubris.
Google says 900 million Android mobile devices activated
Some 900 million smartphones and tablets running Google Inc’s Android software have been activated since the platform’s inception in 2010, executives said at the company’s annual developers’ conference on Wednesday.
Yahoo to ramp up marketing to woo younger users, says CFO
Yahoo Inc. plans to ramp up marketing efforts as it seeks to break its reliance on an “aging demographic” and become more relevant among young adults.