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Google+ will split into Photos and Streams products, to be headed by Bradley Horowitz

Google+ will split into Photos and Streams products, to be headed by Bradley Horowitz Google’s Bradley Horowitz will run the company’s Photo and Streams products, in a move that indicates the company may be reorganizing its Google+ social networking site. Horowitz, vice president of product management since 2008, announced the move in a Google+ post.

Internet for all: How Facebook and Google are taking a very different approach

Internet for all: How Facebook and Google are taking a very different approach Sci-fi solutions or making friends one at a time? Google and Facebook want more people online, searching around and clicking on ads. And they are finding new ways to make it happen — from selling smartphone data plans, to using solar-powered drone

Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone

Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone   With a smartphone that slots together piece by piece like Lego, US Internet giant Google is trying to reinvent the mobile as most phone makers are honing sleeker handsets. The company aims to challenge its rival Apple’s thin iPhones with the Google Ara project, giving smartphone aficionados the option

Govt launches public contest on suggestions for PMO mobile app

Govt launches public contest on suggestions for PMO mobile app The government today launched a contest for taking suggestions from the public to develop a mobile application for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The application, which will be developed in association with Google, is likely to be out in two months. The contest aims to

Google rolls out Android 5.1 Lollipop update; improves stability and performance

Google rolls out Android 5.1 Lollipop update; improves stability and performance Google announced that they are rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop, an update which improves stability and performance along with a couple of new features such as support for multiple SIM cards, Device Protection and high definition (HD) voice on compatible phones. This would be the first

Twitter updates privacy policy; bans posting Photos

Twitter updates privacy policy; bans posting Photos Micro-blogging site Twitter is taking serious measures against user abuse by introducing new rules that prohibit users from posting nude or sexual photos of other people, without their consent. These new rules have been added to the Twitter Rules page. According to the new rules, users now cannot publish or

Ford, IBM to face renewed US lawsuit over apartheid-era abuses

Ford, IBM to face renewed US lawsuit over apartheid-era abuses Ford Motor and IBM will again have to face a US lawsuit claiming they encouraged race-based human rights abuses in apartheid-era South Africa, despite a series of recent court decisions limiting the right to pursue such cases. Reviving a 12-year-old lawsuit, US District Judge Shira

Twitter turns nine: Has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide

Twitter turns nine: Has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide   It’s the ninth birthday of the tweeting birdie. The very first tweet came from co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006. Since then, Twitter has now grown to more than 284 million users worldwide and expanding. Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at the

Revamped Apple TV will be unveiled at WWDC 2015

Revamped Apple TV will be unveiled at WWDC 2015   While Apple Watch is yet to hit store shelves, reports about a new Apple TV to be launched in June have started circulating on the web. According to Buzzfeed, the Cupertino Company will showcase its revamped Apple TV at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC)

Facebook to bring third-party app support for its Messenger

Facebook to bring third-party app support for its Messenger At the F8 developer conference, Facebook plans to announce some big changes for its Messenger app. According to The Next Digit, the social network giant plans to bring about 20 changes to the Messenger in a bid to compete with the successful messaging apps like WeChat and