Google is bringing Android to your Chromebook

Google is bringing Android to your Chromebook:

Google is giving the Chromebook line a major boost with enhanced Android integration. Stealing the spotlight on Amazon, all 10 of the top 10 highest rated laptops are Chromebooks. The popularity of the device has been growing rapidly, and now Google has some significant updates in store for Chrome OS.

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Things are about to get even uglier for the high-end smartphone market

Things are about to get even uglier for the high-end smartphone market:

As it happens, Samsung issued a warning about its upcoming quarterly earnings literally hours before Walmart's decision to discount the iPhone 5c to $29, apparently permanently. Oddly enough, smartphone chip titan Qualcomm's share price has started lagging NASDAQ since early June even as overall tech investment sentiment remains giddy. Isolated events? Or omens of high-end gadget sales slowing down? Unfortunately, it's probably the latter.

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Something most people missed during I/O: BlackBerry could be Google’s next victim

Something most people missed during I/O: BlackBerry could be Google’s next victim:

One announcement that received a little less fanfare than Android L and the Android Wear smartwatches at Google I/O this week was Android Work, an enterprise security and management framework which could rival BlackBerry's own security suite.

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Google Play for Education comes to student Chromebooks

Google Play for Education comes to student Chromebooks: If Google really is on a quest for global domination, as some folks loudly proclaim, then it's wisely starting its efforts in the classroom. In addition to attracting schools to its Chrome OS platform, via low-cost Chromebooks, it's now also offering...

United States planning legislation to offer Europeans the same privacy rights as US citizens

United States planning legislation to offer Europeans the same privacy rights as US citizens: The United States government intends to offer European citizens the same privacy rights extended to US citizens. Exactly how it will do that is yet to be determined, but US attorney general Eric Holder this week told European leaders of the Obama...

Google Glass gets no special treatment under UK data collection laws

Google Glass gets no special treatment under UK data collection laws: Google Glass is now available for general consumption in the UK, which means us Brits can start debating all the privacy and legal issues associated with people carting around cameras on their face. In reaction to the wearable's launch, The...

The Long-Neglected 16GB iPod Touch Gets a Camera And a Price Cut

The Long-Neglected 16GB iPod Touch Gets a Camera And a Price Cut:



While it might surprise some that the iPod touch is still trundling along, the entire lineup has gotten a significant price cut today—and the lowest-end version picked up a fancy new camera and a color spectrum.

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