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May
17
2013
 
Big Tech | Hangouts Feature Emerges as a Big Bright Spot for Google+Posted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz In many ways, Google+ is still struggling to define itself. But there’s been one clear success story inside the Google social network: Video “Hangouts,” which have proven popular in group communications, from academia to large corporations to startups.
May
16
2013
Big Tech | With I/O Speech, Larry Page Reminds Us Why Google Rules TechPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz As Google CEO Larry Page spoke Wednesday, his froggy voice not only grew stronger, the impression grew stronger that this is the man, and Google the company, that is leading technology today.
May
15
2013
New Cash Registers Are Sexy, But What’s Beneath the Counter Matters MorePosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Beneath the checkout counter, down in the tubes that contain the ancient electronic infrastructure of the global financial system, the sap is rising.
May
15
2013
Startups | These Aren’t Your Little Brother’s Drones — Or Big Brother’s EitherPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz The drones are coming, but rather than hovering over our homes in some big-brother scenario, they’ll be checking farmer’s crops, inspecting power lines, fighting forest fires and delivering medicines and vaccines in rural Africa. Those are just some of the …
May
15
2013
Mobile | Why Google’s Big Conference Will Be Quieter This YearPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Generally speaking, Google I/O has been bad luck for products launched there. So now the developer conference is turning into mellower, lower-profile affair, starting today.
May
14
2013
Health Science | Larry Page’s Vocal Cords Are Partially ParalyzedPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Google CEO Larry Page says both his vocal chords are partially paralyzed, a “very rare” condition. He’ll be speaking softly and funding research.
May
14
2013
Health Science | Larry Page’s Vocal Chords Are Partially ParalyzedPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizGoogle CEO Larry Page says both his vocal chords are partially paralyzed, a “very rare” condition. He’ll be speaking softly and funding research.
May
14
2013
Startups | Company Spends Real Money — $350,000 Worth — On Bitcoin StartupsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Bitcoin took another step toward the mainstream Tuesday with the announcement of at least $350,000 available for Bitcoin-focused startups in the next class of Silicon Valley-based accelerator Boost VC.
May
14
2013
Mobile | Facebook Home Will Be ‘a Huge Flop’ Until It’s NotPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Critics are calling Facebook Home “a disaster” and worse, but the aggressive Facebook shell has been out for less than two months. Software takes time.
May
14
2013
Why Renting Cars Could Soon Be Easier Than Hailing a TaxiPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz San Francisco-based RelayRides just announced a deal that puts new corporate and technological weight behind its vision of ubiquitous mobility.
May
13
2013
Why $45M in Stolen Cash Still Won’t Get Rid of Hackable ATM CardsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Even a group of bandits hauling backpacks stuffed with millions likely won’t speed the U.S. conversion to more secure card tech.
May
13
2013
10 Questions | Bringing Social-Network Superpowers to the Real WorldPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz Highlight CEO Paul Davison imagines ushering in a new form of publishing information about ourselves leveraging the increasingly powerful phones in our pockets, and the increasing number of connections we are making between each other. But rather than existing on …
May
13
2013
Big Tech | New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World’s Most Popular Mobile OSPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz In his first interview since taking over as the head of Android, Sundar Pichar talks about his plans for the world’s most popular mobile operating system and how it can play nice with Chrome.
May
10
2013
Mobile | How Facebook Might Buy Your Location for $1 BillionPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz If it acquires the crowdsourced traffic map Waze, Facebook will get a wellspring of user location data, something it’s hard trouble acquiring. With those check-ins would come huge advertising opportunities and a competitive advantage over rival Foursquare.  E-mail newsletters are very good at forming habits and getting readers to take action, like buy a product or click on a news story. That’s why they’ve proven to be the cockroach of internet media: fragile individually but basically indestructible … |
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