Google appears to have sold out of the higher-capacity version of its Nexus 7 tablet in the UK and US, at least on its own site. The company has recently returned to direct hardware sales, listing its latest Nexus devices on its Google Play store. As of the weekend, the 16GB version of the Nexus...Read More
Google’s Nexus 7 has been flying off the shelves, but not everyone is completely satisfied with the user experience. The culprit? Problems have cropped up with the tablet’s display, according to some reports. These issues aren’t terribly surprising considering the Nexus 7 is a budget device that sells for only $199 and $249 for the...Read More
They were looking for violent criminals. Meanwhile, everyone we met with — civil society leaders, nonprofit activists, private-sector officials and young people — was looking around for answers. Their city has been overwhelmed by crime, their lives overcome with fear. They felt defeated, disillusioned and a little helpless. They asked us: What can we do?...Read More
BY AMIR EFRATI AND JOHN LETZING Yahoo Inc. reached inside the ranks of rival Google Inc. in its latest changing of the guard, appointing longtime Web-search executive Marissa Mayer as its new chief and returning the struggling Internet company to a leader with deep technology experience. The appointment showed how Yahoo, a onetime pioneer of...Read More
Google’s red-hot Nexus 7 tablet is hard to get your hands on this weekend as the device has been flying off store shelves since retailers began selling it Friday. Sam’s Club and GameStop are your best bets at finding one right away at a brick-and-mortar store, although on their websites they list the device as...Read More
Google also offers a higher-end model of the Nexus 7, this one with 16GB of storage that goes for $249. According to iSuppli, doubling the storage capacity of the tablet costs Google and Asus just $7.50. By charging you a premium price for a low-cost upgrade, Google turns its cheap tablet into a nice moneymaker....Read More
7:17 p.m. | Updated SAN FRANCISCO — Google and the Federal Trade Commission are near a $22.5 million settlement agreement related to charges that Google bypassed privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser to show advertisements, according to a person briefed on the proposed settlement. The $22.5 million fine would be the largest privacy-related settlement in...Read More
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9–> NEW YORK — In the 1982 sci-fi movie “Blade Runner,†there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human — an “android†or “replicant.†His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids. If he’s an android, he’s of the latest model, Nexus 7....Read More
The Nexus 7 isn’t the first tablet to try a 7-inch screen. It’s just the first one to get it right. Google’s first tablet is a great portable device packed with power that’s perfect for media consumption and gaming. Starting at $200 and with a ton of bonus content tossed in, the Asus-manufactured Nexus 7...Read More
Click photo to enlarge Thousands of computer owners may find it impossible to reach the Internet on Monday despite an unprecedented campaign by a coalition of tech security groups and the online giants Google (GOOG) and Facebook, which have sought to warn people about the malicious software known as DNSChanger. It’s unclear how many computers...Read More
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