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- IBM and California team up to put state's data in the cloud
The state announced Thursday a new "public-private partnership" with IBM to improve government efficiency using cloud computing servers.
- Can mentoring fix Twitter's diversity problem?
Twitter admits that its workforce is too male and too white. Can education solve a hiring problem?
- Amazon Fire: Game-changer or dud?
With Amazon's Fire phone to begin shipping this week, we round up reviews of this new device.
- Apple's (AAPL) Yosemite to become available in beta starting Thursday
Coming on the heels of its quarterly earnings report, the beta version of Apple's latest Mac operating system, OS X Yosemite, will become available to the public starting Thursday.
- Users unhappy with social media: report
A new report released Tuesday ranked customer satisfaction with social media websites as low when compared to other companies.
- New patent reveals Apple's plans for iTime smart watch
The Apple iWatch (or is it iTime) could come loaded with sensors, according to a newly awarded patent.
- Nvidia boasts its Shield tablet is the 'perfect device for gamers'
The Nvidia Shield, a new tablet with gamers in mind, is setting the stage for a new era of tablet specialization.
- No time for that Facebook post? Save it for later.
The social networking giant rolled out a new feature on Monday that lets users save Facebook posts in their newsfeed to read later.
- Verizon quintuples upload speeds for some FiOS customers
Verizon announced Monday a new plan to make upload speeds the same as download speeds for FiOS customers who receive Verizon's bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service that works through a fiber-optic communications network.
- Is China slowing in its rush to the Internet?
A new report out from the China Internet Network Information Center says that, in the first half of 2014, China added fewer Internet users than any other time in the past eight years.
- EU to Apple: Why no spending reform for mobile games?
The European Commission has criticized Apple for not taking appropriate steps to curb in-app purchases in online and mobile games available on Apple devices.
- A Netflix for e-books? Amazon rolls out Kindle subscription service.
Amazon has announced a new service that lets digital subscribers read an unlimited amount of e-books and digital audiobooks for $9.99 a month.
- Google remembers Nelson Mandela with thoughtful Doodle
In honor of Nelson Mandela International Day, the Google homepage features an illustration that commemorates the struggle and achievement of the man who led South Africa from apartheid to democracy and served as a model for hope around the world.
- Facebook rolls out 'Buy' button. A challenge to Amazon?
Facebook announced Thursday a new feature it is testing that's designed to let users purchase items directly from ads and posts on the site and in the mobile app.
- Microsoft's Bing joins Google in respecting 'right to be forgotten'
In the wake of the European Union's 'right to be forgotten' ruling, Microsoft's search engine Bing has begun taking requests to eliminate search results.
- Apple settles in e-book dispute, will pay $450 million
Apple has agreed to a $450 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit that alleged it had conspired with five major publishers to fix e-book prices.
- Meet Jibo, the robot that wants to join your family
An MIT professor has invented Jibo, a social robot that can act as a personal assistant, speak, learn, and interact with people in a 'humanized' fashion.
- Apple and IBM: Is this the future of the workplace?
In a sign of the mobile era of computing, Apple and IBM are partnering with each other to market a series of mobile applications to the corporate world.
- Can Google make the Internet bug-free?
Google is recruiting top-tier cybersecurity experts for 'Project Zero,' which aims to find and fix bugs across the Internet.
- Could Apple's rumored iWatch be as popular as the iPhone? One analyst says it might be.
A Morgan Stanley analyst predicts Apple will sell between 30 and 60 million units of the rumored iWatch during its first year, in large part due to brand loyalty.