google launches digital tour of cambodias angkor wat

Google launches digital tour of Cambodia's Angkor Wat

Cambodia's Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the World Heritage Site from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View.
apple samsung trade barbs as new patent trial opens

Apple, Samsung trade barbs as new patent trial opens

Lawyers for Apple and Samsung have exchanged barbs as a major new patent trial opened, and debated the role of a company not even part of the case - Google.
google partners with frame maker for internet eyewear

Google partners with frame maker for Internet eyewear

Google on Monday said it is joining forces with the frame giant behind Ray-Ban and other brands to create and sell Glass Internet-linked eyewear in the US.
google toughens security with gmail encryption

Google toughens security with Gmail encryption

Google said Thursday its popular Gmail service would use encryption to thwart snooping, in the latest move by the tech sector reassuring customers following revelations about US surveillance programs.
creator tweets about flappy bird resurrection

Creator tweets about ‘Flappy Bird’ resurrection

Vietnamese app developer Nguyen Ha Dong, the creator of once most-downloaded game ‘Flappy Bird’, said on his Twitter account on Wednesday that he will resurrect his app for both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms with a revamp.
google viacom settle youtube copyright suit

Google, Viacom settle YouTube copyright suit

Google and Viacom announced a settlement Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit claiming the Internet giant's YouTube video-sharing site promoted copyright infringement.
yahoo spurns facebook and google sign in credentials

Yahoo spurns Facebook and Google sign-in credentials

Yahoo has confirmed that it will stop letting people sign into its online services using credentials from rival Internet titans Facebook or Google.
upstarts challenge reign of googles android

Upstarts challenge reign of Google's Android

A small band of upstarts is chipping away at Google's mighty Android, hoping one day to overthrow the system that runs eight in 10 smartphones sold worldwide.
nokia makes android smartphone despite microsoft bid

Nokia makes Android smartphone despite Microsoft bid

Nokia showed off Monday a new range of smartphones powered by Google's Android operating system, even as it is being taken over by Microsoft.
samsung launches new smart watch gear 2

Samsung launches new smart watch, Gear 2

Samsung launched on Sunday a new smart watch, the Gear 2, after a first version won over few critics, adding new features and ditching Google's Android in favour of its own operating system.
firefox aims to power us 25 smartphone

Firefox aims to power US$25 smartphone

Firefox OS, an upstart smartphone operating system aimed at challenging the Apple and Google duopoly, will power a new category of $25 smartphones for developing countries, the California-based nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said on Sunday.
google buys firm to stem online fraud

Google buys firm to stem online fraud

Google said it was buying the British-based startup spider.io for its technology to weed out fraud in online advertising.
games copying flappy bird threatened to be blocked from stores

Games copying Flappy Bird threatened to be blocked from stores

Games with “flappy” in the title have been blocked from Apple’s iOS and Google’s Play stores, and the developers of such games were asked to rename them.
sound based login startup joins google tech chorus

Sound-based login startup joins Google tech chorus

An Israel-based startup specialising in using sounds instead of passwords for logging in has said that it has been bought by Google.
motorola chief departs for dropbox

Motorola chief departs for Dropbox

The head of Google-owned Motorola, Dennis Woodside, has announced he is leaving the smartphone maker to become chief operating officer at Dropbox.