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Google Believes Web Components Are The Future Of Web Development

While it was missing the skydiving antics of last year’s event, Google’s I/O keynote last week wasn’t short on product launches.

Windows Phone: Time for Microsoft to Put the Pedal to the Metal

Greg Sullivan, Microsoft's Windows Phone marketing lead, was grinning from ear to ear when we sat down for an interview earlier this week. Market research firm IDC had just anointed his phone platform a solid Number 3, beating the once-dominant Blackberry platform for the first time.

Hands-On With the Week's Top Apps

Google announced two big apps during the keynote at its annual developer conference Google I/O. One app breaks out the Hangout feature of Google+ into its own standalone app. The other, brings a whole new music streaming service to Google Play.

I have an idea for an Arduino project, but I don't have experience.

• I have an idea for an Arduino project, but I don't have any experience with it.
• I'm having trouble updating my jailbroken iPhone.
• My wife & I finally adopted a dog. His name is Obi.

Android's Design Principles And The Calculus Of The Human Pleasure Response

Android UX and interaction design leads Helena Roeber and Rachel Garb gave a talk at Google I/O this year about the Android Design Principles (ADP) they helped create and introduced back in 2012 with the launch of Android 4,0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Leaked Memo Shows Barnes & Noble Bringing Web Browser And Email To Simple Touch eReaders In June

An upcoming update will bring a web browser, email and update store app to Barnes & Noble's super affordable Nook Simple Touch line of eReaders, which will begin rolling out June 1 according to a source close to the matter who wishes to remain anonymous.

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China's Alibaba Is Soaring, But Avoid The IPO

Profits of Alibaba Group, the world"s biggest online retailer, more than doubled in the three months ended in December, jumping to $642,2 million from $236,9 million a year earlier.  Revenue in the quarter was up 79,9%.

Five Best Android Phones: 2013 Edition

There are so many Android phones on the market that choosing the best one can mean a ton of research, price-checking, and waiting to see what's coming out in the next few weeks or months.

Google engineers talk fragmentation, how to make Android work for emerging markets

This week's Google I/O saw no announcements of any new versions of the company's mobile operating system, Android, and that may be because the team that is building the system is working to address the platform's biggest problem: fragmentation.

Axio returns as Melon, an EEG headband that'll help you learn to focus

The quantified self movement's gaining steam, with companies creating all sorts of gadgets to track our activity levels, sleeping habits and even what's going on inside our heads. Melon's an EEG headband that taps into your brain's inner workings to show you how well you maintain mental focus.