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YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, said Tuesday it was revamping its comments feed which some web users claimed had turned into a magnet for crude and vulgar postings.

• 25 сентября 2013, 15:00

An Internet freedom coalition backed by US technology giants asked Thursday for 21 countries to release information on national security and law enforcement data requests.

• 21 сентября 2013, 11:48

The startup behind popular smartphone apps for sharing contacts, pictures or other data by "bumping" smartphones together announced on Monday that it has been bought by Google.

• 18 сентября 2013, 10:04

Google on Tuesday said the next version of Android will be called "KitKat" in keeping with its penchant for giving tasty names to its software for powering mobile devices.

• 05 сентября 2013, 10:18

Microsoft agreed Tuesday to buy the handset business of former market leader Nokia in an effort to catch up to rivals Apple and Google in the fierce smartphone market.

• 04 сентября 2013, 15:43

Microsoft on Friday said that a battle to shed light on secret US government requests for Internet user data would play out in court after failed peace talks.

• 31 августа 2013, 11:42

Taiwan's Hon Hai group has sold part of its patent portfolio involving wearable computing to US technology giant Google.

• 24 августа 2013, 18:04

News that Samsung will unveil a "smartwatch" next month has sent rumour mills into overdrive within the tech community as it second guesses what the much-hyped gadget will offer.

• 22 августа 2013, 10:20

Kazakh-speaking citizens who know English are welcome to contribute to development of the service.

• 15 августа 2013, 14:19

Motorola on Thursday introduced a keenly-anticipated Moto X smartphone in a move aimed at reviving the withered mobile device maker bought by Google for $12.5 billion.

• 02 августа 2013, 16:02

With the shift to mobile Internet gaining pace, some of the big tech firms are adapting and others are not.

• 27 июля 2013, 20:23

Graphics chip star NVIDIA has set a July 31 release date for its Shield handheld gaming and entertainment device powered by Google's Android software.

• 25 июля 2013, 11:39

Google released an upgraded version of its popular maps app for Android-powered smartphones and tablets that ditches a Latitude feature that let people share locations with family or friends.

• 12 июля 2013, 11:37

Apple has filed a trademark application for an "iWatch" in Japan, fuelling speculation the US tech giant is preparing to introduce a wearable computing device.

• 02 июля 2013, 12:24

Internet users are taking a fresh look at "privacy" search engines that do not store data or track online activity, in light of the flap over US government surveillance.

• 23 июня 2013, 12:34

Google said Tuesday it asked a special US court handling national security investigations for permission to publish the number of government requests for data to the Internet giant.

• 19 июня 2013, 14:18

Google revealed top-secret plans Saturday to send ballons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds of the global population currently without web access.

• 16 июня 2013, 21:02

Google is in talks on a deal worth at least $1 billion to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze.

• 10 июня 2013, 14:59

Internet giants from Google and Facebook to Yahoo and Zynga are scrambling to adapt to an online world where people reach for smartphones or tablets instead of traditional computers.

• 10 июня 2013, 12:20

Google chief Larry Page and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg condemned online spying Friday and called for governments to be more revealing about snooping on the Internet.

• 09 июня 2013, 17:56