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Want an easier way to log into your Gmail account? How about a quick tap on your computer with the ring on your finger? This may be closer than you think. Google’s security team outlines this sort of ring-finger authentication in a new research paper, set to be published late this month in the engineering Continue Reading →

With all that email you get these days, it’s easy to get buried. For those millions of you who use Gmail as your main email client, either for your personal email, or through work or school, allow us to make some suggestions. Whether you’re chasing Inbox Zero or just want a little more efficiency, Gmail Continue Reading →

In our 2012 Google review we said that Project Glass would be an important part of the year for the search giant, and it won’t be long until we find out more. The Mountain View-based company on Wednesday sent out invitations to its first hackathons around the glasses-based technology which take place in the next Continue Reading →

Some of the most lovable Google Doodles — the search engine’s custom logos celebrating a particular subject — don’t emerge from Google itself. They’re the winners of the company’s Doodle 4 Google contest, in which the company invites students from kindergarten through 12th grade to submit Doodles on a theme that’s been designed to inspire Continue Reading →

The search feature on Facebook has traditionally been pretty limited. You type in a name of a person or a business and it pulls up their Facebook page. But that’s about to change. Facebook on Tuesday introduced an upgraded search tool, called Graph Search, that will scour the massive social network to answer more sophisticated Continue Reading →

Mobile is supposed to be a hot category in tech, right? You’d never know it looking at the announcements that are slated to start pouring in this week. Many of the major companies in the mobile industry have opted to skip or limit their presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off tomorrow for Continue Reading →

Word has it that Microsoft was able to get ahead of Apple and Google and buy the home entertainment technology startup R2 Studios, according to the Wall Street Journal. This acquisition will most likely help amplify Microsoft’s Xbox platform. R2 Studios was created by Sling Media founder Blake Krikorian in May 2011. Sling Media developed Continue Reading →

Google announced on Monday on the Official Gmail Blog that its free Gmail voice calling service will be extended through 2013 in the U.S. and Canada. The company has provided free domestic calling within the U.S. and Canada for the last two years, further extending the complimentary service repeatedly just before the new year. Google Continue Reading →

Third-party apps have started to become the best-in-class in iOS. This is good for third-party developers, users, and in the short-term, Apple. It gives third-parties, like Google, additional exposure and revenue. It provides better apps for users on iOS devices. And it helps sell more iOS devices for Apple. In the long-term, however, it may Continue Reading →

Motorola engineers are said to be working on a “sophisticated” smartphone that will “provide more potent competition” to the iPhone, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Google hopes the handset, which is known internally as “X Phone,” will stand apart from existing devices, although the company is said to be running into Continue Reading →