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Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr apps come to Google Glass

San Francisco: Social networking services Facebook and Twitter are coming to Google Glass, the wearable computer made by the Internet search company.

Google announced on Thursday a half-dozen apps specially designed to work on its Glass devices. News network CNN, fashion magazine Elle, as well as online apps Tumblr and Evernote were among the half-dozen new apps for Glass unveiled during Google's annual developer conference in San Francisco.

Google Glass is a stamp-sized electronic screen mounted on the left side of a pair of eyeglass frames which can record video, access email and messages and retrieve information from the Web.

Google began distributing the devices last month to a limited number of developers, but it has yet to specify when a version will be available for consumers or at what price....more    

Google launches streaming music service 'All Access' ahead of Apple

San Francisco: Google launched a music service on Wednesday that allows users to listen to unlimited songs for $9.99 a month, challenging smaller companies like Pandora and Spotify in the market for streaming music. With its new service, announced at its annual developers' conference in San Francisco, Google has adopted the streaming music business model ahead of rival Apple, which pioneered online music purchases with iTunes. Google's "All Access" service...  

Google unveils music service; improves maps, photo, other tools

San Francisco: Google used its annual conference for software developers, Google I/O, to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online games, maps, search, music and photos and are meant to help the company cement its role in people's technological lives. Here's a look at some of the announcements made at Wednesday's keynote at Google I/O. Music streaming: All Access will blend songs you have already...  

Live: Google I/O 2013 keynote address

Google is expected to use its Google I/O annual software developers' conference to showcase the latest mobile devices running on its Android software, while also unveiling other features in its evolving product line-up. Watch the live stream of the keynote address and follow live updates here. ...  

Google inks music deals; streaming service announcement at I/O likely

San Francisco: Google has signed licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to launch a subscription music service that would compete with fast-growing start-up Spotify, according to a report on Tuesday in technology blog The Verge. Google, the world's No. 1 search engine, could unveil the streaming music service at its annual developer conference, which kicks off on Wednesday, according to the report, which cited anonymous sources....  

Android Key Lime Pie, X Phone, new Nexus tablet expected at Google I/O

San Francisco: Google is expected to use its annual software developers' conference to showcase the latest mobile devices running on its Android software, while also unveiling other features in its evolving product line-up. The gathering, scheduled to begin Wednesday in San Francisco, provides Google with an opportunity to flex its technological muscle in front of a sold-out audience of engineers and entrepreneurs who develop applications and other features that can...  

Google releases Chrome for iPhone, iPad

San Francisco: Google's Chrome browser can now be used to surf the Web on the iPhone and iPad. The Chrome application released Thursday is the latest volley in the escalating rivalry between Google Inc. and Apple Inc., which makes those two popular mobile devices. The announcement highlighted the second day of Google I/O, an annual conference that the company hosts in San Francisco for computer programmers around the world. Google's...  

Google likely to unveil small tablet at show

San Francisco: A small tablet computer bearing Google's brand is expected Wednesday. If speculation about the long-rumored device pans out, the Google tablet is likely be seen more of a threat to Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire than Apple Inc.'s top-selling iPad. More details should emerge Wednesday during the opening speech of a three-day conference in San Francisco for computer programmers. Like the Kindle Fire, the Google tablet is believed to...  

Live: Google I/O conference keynote

The opening of the annual Google Input/Output conference promises some tablet and new Android excitement. Catch all the buzz right here, right now. ...