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YouTube still growing strong despite competition

Jul 14, 2015 (AFP)

Google-owned YouTube is seeing "accelerating" growth despite competition from Facebook and others in video, YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki said Monday. ...

Twitter can be better news tool, co-founder says

Jul 14, 2015 (AFP)

Twitter has the potential to vastly improve as a tool for real-time news and information, according to co-founder and current board member Evan Williams. Willia...

Rice tests wireless data delivery over active TV channels

Jul 14, 2015 (SPX)

Rice University engineers have demonstrated the first system that allows wireless data transmissions over UHF channels during active TV broadcasts. If the techn...

Microsoft plans celebratory debut of Windows 10

Jul 13, 2015 (AFP)

Microsoft on Monday announced plans for a celebratory debut this month of Windows 10 operating software designed to spread the US software titan's offerings acr...

End of US oversight role 'strengthens' Internet

Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)

The US government's stepping away from a key oversight role of the Internet will strengthen its governance and ease political pressures, the top Internet admini...

Microsoft cuts 7,800 jobs, reorganizes phone unit

Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)

Microsoft announced plans Wednesday to cut 7,800 jobs and write down the value of its struggling mobile phone division acquired last year from Nokia by some $7....

Americans ditch smartphones when buying online: survey

Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)

They might be so popular as to be almost an extension of people's arms, but most Americans ditch their smartphones and return to the trusty computer when buying...

Ultra-stable JILA microscopy technique tracks tiny objects for hours

Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)

JILA researchers have designed a microscope instrument so stable that it can accurately measure the 3D movement of individual molecules over many hours--hundred...

India business leaders pledge billions in WiFi campaign

Jul 01, 2015 (AFP)

Some of India's biggest industrialists pledged billions of dollars Wednesday to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to provide Internet connectio...

Appeals court affirms e-book ruling against Apple

Jun 30, 2015 (AFP)

A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 2013 ruling that Apple led an illegal conspiracy to fix prices of e-books in violation of anti-trust laws. The 2-1 ruling...

World's first full-color, flexible, skin-like display developed at UCF

Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)

Imagine a soldier who can change the color and pattern of his camouflage uniform from woodland green to desert tan at will. Or an office worker who could do the...

World Wide Web: Russiato Launch 672 Satellites for Global Internet Service

Jun 28, 2015 (Sputnik)

Russia's Federal Space Agency secured the biggest space launch contract in history with French and British firms which aim to provide global broadband Internet ...

Mirror-like display creates rich color pixels by harnessing ambient light

Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)

Using a simple structure comprising a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of light, researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies...

US Internet adoption steady as 'digital gaps' persist

Jun 26, 2015 (AFP)

The percentage of Americans using the Internet has remained unchanged for the past three years, with older and low-income people making slow progress getting on...

A new space race is on to bring the internet to the whole world

Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)

The race is on to get billions of people connected to the internet via a global network of satellites. Europe's Airbus announced this week that it is to design ...

How do toddlers use tablets?

Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)

If you've ever viewed YouTube videos of infants and toddlers using iPads, then you know the answer is a resounding "Yes." But how are they using them? To answer...

With revamped app, news to be at core of Apple

Jun 21, 2015 (AFP)

Apple is diving deeper into the news business with a new application that could make the US tech giant a key industry player. Apple News, part of the upcoming i...

YouTube launches eyewitness video 'newswire'

Jun 18, 2015 (AFP)

YouTube announced plans Thursday for a "newswire" of eyewitness videos and a separate project on videos related to social justice and human rights. In partnersh...

Fantasies play out in virtual reality games

Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo here Tuesday players swooped like eagles through Paris, blasted asteroids, and fought in boxing rings as videogame makers d...

Twitter CEO Costolo out as growth pressure mounts

Jun 12, 2015 (AFP)

Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is surrendering his post, handing the reins back to co-founder Jack Dorsey as the popular service struggles to boost its ra...