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Google Reveals Project Wing Drone Testing in Australia

Well, this is one way to give delivery vehicles a break on the roadways: Google has gone Down Under to develop and test drone...

Broadcom Looks to Lure IoT Developers With WICED Sense Kit

Broadcom wants to make it easier for developers to use the vendor's WICED technology to create devices for the burgeoning Internet of things.The company...

Why Amazon Spent $1.1 Billion for Twitch’s Video Platform

Ten- and 11-figure buyouts are becoming astonishingly commonplace in the IT industry lately. There was the $19 billion buy of WhatsApp by Facebook in...

Facebook’s App Links Connects Dots Among Siloed Native Apps

One of the current impediments to a smooth online experience on any device is when the user needs to switch from one native app...

Building Cars With Crowdsourced Intelligence

CHICAGO—When Jay Rogers left the U.S. Marine Corps in 2004, he made a promise to his fallen soldier friends that he would go out...

Voxeet’s HD Concall App Takes Static Out of Virtual Meetups

Let's face it: Conference calls—those unavoidable staples of business communications—basically stink in quality.When participants use speaker phones, only one person can talk at a...

DataGravity Launches All-in-One Automated Storage Appliance

Upstart storage vendor DavaGravity came out of stealth mode Aug. 19 to launch its first product: a new data-aware physical appliance that plugs into...

New Mobile Phone Charging Methods Lurk on the Horizon

As long as there have been cell phones, users have been looking for simpler ways to keep them charged besides having to plug them...

Google Introduces Kids to Coding Through Blockly Games Project

Google has unveiled a special collection of online Blockly Games that are built as playful ways to engage children in their first efforts at...

Microsoft Research Coaxes 3D Sensing From Inexpensive Cameras

If Microsoft Research has its way, inexpensive 3D sensing and motion control may be right around the corner.During SIGGRAPH 2014, the computer graphics conference...