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SAN FRANCISCO — Android may have dominated Samsung’s developer conference, but that sure didn’t stop Tizen from making its quiet pitch. Samsung hosted it first conference for app makers on Monday and Tuesday in San Francisco. The vast majority of sessions and talks focused on Android-based devices, but Tizen, the open-source operating system being developed by Samsung and Intel, made …

One year after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the Eastern Seaboard, Google has donated tablets to the victims. Google donated 17,000 Nexus 7 tablets, valued at over $2.7 million, to New Yorkers who were affected by the storm, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. The tablets are being placed in libraries, senior centers, business, and community centers, according …