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New Google Feature Will Hunt for Products Nearby
You’re standing on a street corner and remember that you need to pick up a video game for your sister’s birthday. On your smartphone, you search Google and tap on the “in stock nearby” link next to the blue dots that show up for some of the search results. Google next shows you which local retailers…
Software Allows Cross-Platform Gaming Competition
The iPhone lets users play games with 3-D graphics, but with a key limitation: They can compete only against other iPhone users.
Now new game software is promising to allow them to play those same complex games against friends using other devices, such as PCs or phones running Google’s Android ope…
Could New Cisco High-Speed Router Save the Net?
It won’t form your iPhone run any faster right away, but Cisco says its new generation of high-speed routing equipment — unveiled to much fanfare Tuesday — is designed to handle a rising tide of video and mobile info transmissions that is threatening to flood the Net.
Cisco executives said the c…
FCC Posts Tools To Measure Broadband Speeds
The Federal Communications Commission unveiled three digital tools Thursday that will enable consumers, businesses, schools and other organizations to analysis the real-world performance of their fixed and mobile broadband connections and help identify gaps in the nation’s broadband coverage. The to…
Palm Teeters in Crowded Smartphone Market
Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
Instead, the company is in danger of going the way of its 1990s Palm Pilot…
Buyers start Ordering Apple’s iPads Sight Unseen
Apple is now taking pre-orders for its much-anticipated iPad tablet device. Apple started selling the various versions of the devices in the Apple Store at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Eastern duration.
The devices will start shipping in April, with Wi-Fi versions promised for April 3, or April 5 for customer…
Legal System Catches Up To Texting Jurors
Enough with the tweets, the blogs, the World Wide Web searches.
That’s the notice being communicated by courts across the country as jurors using their portable electronic devices continue to cause mistrials, overturned convictions and chaotic delays in court proceedings.
Last year a San Francisco…
