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Goodbye Android Market, Hello Google Play

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:16:27 +0000

Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.

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Paving The Way For Driver-less Cars

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:24:47 +0000

Lawmakers in Nevada are working on legislation that could someday lead to cars driving themselves on streets and highways in the state.

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Santa Tracker Goes High Tech [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:05:57 +0000

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight.

The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the

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Google Reports 70 Percent Increase in Takedown Requests by US Government

Kathy Landin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:00:10 +0000

In an effort to highlight global censorship campaigns, Google’s biannual transparency report revealed a 70 percent increase in takedown requests by the US government and law enforcement agencies.

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The Google+ Project Takes Aim at Facebook [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:10:19 +0000

After several prior failed attempts to challenge social media behemoth Facebook, Google introduced a new service on Tuesday that it hopes will finally do the trick.

Called the Google+ project, it’s currently only available to a select group of Google users — they’ll soon be able to invite others — and it will let people share and discuss status updates, photos and links, just like they do on Facebook.

But there’s one key difference: Google+ allows you to share with select groups — like co-workers, friends or the moms in your child’s playgroup — instead of with everyone. It features what it calls “circles,” which are small groups of friends based on how you know them. Google+ also offers group text messaging and video chat.

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