Google updates Chrome Remote Desktop

Google has updated its Chrome Remote Desktop (CRD) app with a number of new features and capabilities.

Google offers superstorm Public Alerts

Google is offering safety alerts and has launched a set of interactive maps tracking the progress of Hurricane Sandy as it slams into the US East Coast.

Ubuntu Nexus 7 installer goes live


Yes, Windows 8 will lag behind Android  

The year is 2015 and Microsoft's flagship Windows 8 OS is in third place - lagging behind Google's Android and Apple's iOS.   

FTC issues guidelines for facial recognition


Yelp cracks down on fake reviews

Fed up with business owners paying for fake reviews, Yelp is to introduce a system to warn users when it believes they're being misled.

Kill a robot, win a bounty

Fancy yourself as a backroom Bladerunner? The FTC is offering a $50,000 reward for anyone that can come up with a way of killing off the robocalls that can make life so annoying.

Twitter uses country-specific censorship for first time


Open webOS arrives on LiveCD


New tool lets webmasters 'disavow' links

With Google cracking down on dodgy links, many reputable sites have suffered as links outside their control damage their search rankings. Now, though, the company's introducing a tool designed to let webmasters avoid this happening.

EU slams Google data protection practices

EU regulators have, as expected, asked Google to reverse changes it made earlier this year to its privacy policy.

Video: Introducing webOS - the Android app

  Hewlett Packard (HP) may have reduced its support for the wayward (Palm) webOS platform, but as we previously reported, the open source OS is now finding a new life on Android hardware.  

Wikileaks paywall draws Anonymous's wrath


TransOS wants to displace desktop operating systems

  Computer engineers at China's Tsinghua University are coding a cross-platform, cloud-based operating system for the masses.  

Tech giants team up for developer resource site

A group of industry heavyweights including the four biggest browser makers, along with Apple, Google and Microsoft, are promising to centralize developer resources.

Play movies and music hit Google TV


Linaro 12.09 goes live with Android Jelly Bean support  

Linaro is a not-for-profit (NFP) engineering organization tasked with consolidating and optimizing open source for ARM architecture, such as the Linux kernel, power management, graphics and multimedia interfaces.     

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This Ultimate Toolbox helps customize your Android ROMs  

Software modders know all too well that customizing an Android ROM can be a time consuming process - even for veteran users.    

Iran restores Gmail, but YouTube block continues

Iran has lifted its block on Google services, imposed last week, but says it's planning extra censorship of YouTube.