OK all you Google+ users (you know who you are). Google is rolling out its redesigned social network to everyone, by default. Enlarge Image The social network’s new look will roll out to all users. Google The company introduced a new look to Google+ last November, which put Communities and Collections “front and center.” At …

Oracle, already one of the most acquisitive companies in the tech industry, said Thursday it’s buying cloud-app pioneer NetSuite for about $9.3 billion in cash. That will give Oracle an inroad to smaller customers wanting a single system to handle finance, HR, e-commerce and other business management tasks. Oracle has been an aggressive buyer since 2005, when it bought PeopleSoft …

Now playing: Watch this: Drones in the way as firefighters take on California… 1:25 Drones are great for capturing action and locations you couldn’t otherwise film. There are times, though, they should probably stay grounded — and that includes when they could get in the way of firefighters battling wildfires that rage every year in the American Southwest. Yet in …

The Tour de France has been rooting out “enhanced” cyclists for years. Now the race is turning to special equipment to find actual motors that cyclists may hide in their bikes to give them an extra edge. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said Monday it will conduct between 3,000 and 4,000 tests over the two-week event. (Teams typically bring multiple …

Now playing: Watch this: Facebook app builds slideshows for you 1:11 Facebook loves it when you share photos and videos: It’s sort of like cat videos without the cats. You love to post them and your friends like seeing what you’ve posted. Now when you’ve taken more than five photos or videos over 24 hours, the social network will give …

People love their internet anywhere they can find it. In 2020, the world’s appetite for mobile access will translate to nearly 3.84 billion internet subscribers, consulting firm PwC said in a report Thursday. That translates to almost half of the 7.4 billion people expected to populate the globe in four years. And much of the time, we’ll be using our …

Cricket Wireless has a deal for you. Switch to the prepaid mobile carrier and Cricket will give a $50 credit. Switching from T-Mobile? That’s another $50 credit, and tack on another $35 if you bring your own (unlocked) phone to the plan. But there are some requirements. First, the offer ends July 14. Second you have to port over your …

Twitter may be making some inroads winning over people who have little interest in tweeting. Put the emphasis on “may be” because the company for the first time didn’t include SMS fast followers — people who can receive texted tweets even if they haven’t signed up for Twitter — in its count of monthly active users. Based on the new …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Monday said he’s recommending the agency’s commissioners approve Charter Communications’ acquisition of Time Warner Cable. Separately, the US Department of Justice also said it will allow the $78 billion deal to go ahead; it also approved Charter’s $10.4 billion purchase of Bright House Networks. Those acquisitions will make Charter the second-largest provider of …

All things considered, Microsoft is having a better year so far than a lot of other big tech companies. The world’s largest software maker on Thursday reported $22.1 billion in sales for its fiscal third quarter. That figure, which includes deferred revenue, is in line with the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Earnings, however, were 47 cents …