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Google Now's Topics Page Returns And Shows You How Much Google Knows About You, But It Only Works On Android

A few weeks ago, Google briefly made a "Google Now" topics page available on the web and then took it down again. The page showed a list of topics Google believed you were interested in, based on your search history. Now this feature is back, but it's a bit different from the leaked page.

Gmail For Android Could Soon Get A Navigation Drawer

The folks over on Android Police must have spent some of their time rewatching I/O videos. While they were doing that, they spotted a potential leak during the "Structure in Android App Design" session.

Google Needs To Bring Emerging Markets Online To Grow Its Business Opportunities In The Next 10 years

The WSJ has reported that Google is participating in discussions with emerging markets such as Southeast Asia and Africa about setting up wireless network infrastructure in cities and towns.

Laptop Week Review: Samsung 700T Fly Or Die

In lieu of a formal review, Matt Burns and I sat down to take a look at the Samsung 700T AKA ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T, a convertible tablet that has a small button on the keyboard that pops out the Windows 8 tablet that forms the brains of the machine.

Ask A VC: Index Ventures' Danny Rimer On The Future Of Ecommerce And More

On this week's Ask A VC episode, Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer joined us in the studio. Rimer has been in the venture industry for over 11 years so he had plenty to share on how VC has changed, and the differences in the venture world in Europe and the U.S.

Mr. China Goes To San Francisco

A block from the Mariposa on-ramp and in the eye-line of 90,000 cars whizzing by on 280 sits an old warehouse that was home to the San Francisco Bay Guardian, a local alt weekly, and Digg.

Dozens Of Top E-Commerce Retailers Find It Pays To Put Customers' Instagram Photos On Their Sites

The ROI of social media is something of a black box for many e-commerce companies, but New York-based startup Olapic is beginning to change that.

Unface.me Is A Gossip Girl-Style Social Service For Anonymously Trolling Your Friends

Russian startup Unface.me has created a new social network inspired by the Gossip Girl TV series which lets users create an alter ego to -- let's face it -- troll their friends, or even post even worst types of gossip entirely anonymously.

WordPress.com Maker Automattic Sells $50 Million In Secondary Offering To Tiger Global

Automattic, the company behind publishing platform WordPress, has sold $50 million in a secondary offering led by investment management firm Tiger Global. The sale will allow some early investors and employees to get cash in exchange for their shares, while adding another stakeholder in the company.

CommonKey Brings Password Management To Small Teams

There are a number of password management solutions on the market today, but CommonKey, a new browser extension out this week, has a different take.