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- Comcast revs up Internet speeds for some customers. Are you eligible?Comcast announced Friday that customers in four western and midwest states are now receiving faster Internet speeds.
- Kids home for summer? Watch your data caps.A quick guide to understanding and managing your home's Internet data cap.
- US judge: Microsoft must turn over customer data stored in IrelandA ruling Thursday says customer data stored abroad is not immune from domestic search warrants,聽raising concerns among US technology companies and privacy advocates.
- Google faces roadblocks in implementing 'right to be forgotten'In a letter Thursday to European regulators, Google outlined difficulties it has faced in deciding when to remove individuals' search results.聽
- Could this French company buy T-Mobile US?It was announced Thursday that French wireless carrier Iliad had made a bid to buy T-Mobile US, the聽American branch of the German wireless company T-Mobile International AG.聽
- PlayStation Now opens up online game rentalsPlayStation Now enters open beta testing, allowing PS4 owners to rent games online for a few hours or several months.聽
- Facebook to bring free mobile Internet access to ZambiaFacebook announced Thursday the Internet.org app, which will provide basic Internet services for free in places that have traditionally had little Internet access.聽
- Xbox One hitting Chinese shores in SeptemberMicrosoft will begin selling the Xbox One in China in September, making it the first foreign gaming console to be sold in the country in more than a decade.聽
- For driverless cars to work, will normal cars be outlawed?As the UK invites in driverless cars, an American consultant wonders if normal vehicles will be allowed to stay on the road.聽
- Google Hangouts woos businesses by ditching the need for a Google+ accountGoogle announced Wednesday that a Google+ account is no longer necessary for business clients wishing to use the Google Hangouts videoconferencing feature.聽
- Driverless cars set to cruise through UK by next yearThe UK government announced Wednesday new measures to allow driverless cars on UK roads beginning January 2015.
- Try these six seasoned apps for cookingGot an iPad or iPhone? Check out these nifty ways to substitute, select, and keep track.
- 'Kill switch' tech cut iPhone thefts by 40 percent in San FranciscoA report by New York State, along with San Francisco and London, found that iPhone theft was dramatically decreased once kill-switch tech, which allows users to remotely lock phones and wipe devices of information, was implemented. Now Google and Microsoft are joining the kill switch movement.
- MacBook Pro gets updates and lower pricesApple announced Tuesday a series of price cuts and updates that would improve operating speed and boost memory for its MacBook Pro line of laptop computers.聽
- Facebook to force users to new Messenger app this weekIn a move to boost its family of mobile apps, Facebook is forcing users to download the stand-alone Facebook Messenger app if they want to instant message over mobile devices.聽
- Vanhawks Valour bicycle can map your ride, smooth your pathThe Vanhawks Valour smart bike comes with a carbon fiber frame and electronics throughout.
- Chinese government officials visit Microsoft offices, spark questions of antitrust investigationChinese government officials visited Microsoft offices in China Monday, though Microsoft representatives have declined to comment as to the nature of these visits.聽
- Samsung promises that Tizen, while plagued by setbacks, will still deliverSamsung's bid to provide its own mobile operating system in addition to Android has faced numerous roadblocks in its years of development as the Korean electronics giant tries to compete with OS giants such as Google and Apple.聽
- Mark Zuckerberg sprints past Google co-founders on list of wealthiest peopleAfter Facebook's strong second quarter results, founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $33.3 billion, placing him at number 16 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.聽
- If Google buys Twitch, will it put a giant target on their backs?Google will reportedly buy Twitch.tv for $1 billion. But will the sale open up Twitch to legal disaster? Worry not, says the company.