Russia’s antimonopoly agency found Apple guilty of forcing retailers in the country to coordinate over prices of iPhones, according to a statement by the group Tuesday. The country’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said Apple’s local subsidiary told 16 retailers in Russia to fix the prices of iPhone 5 and 6 models, according to a report …
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Google is the latest tech company to try to tackle the problems of fake news and offensive content. The search giant is cracking down on search results that are upsetting or inaccurate, according to a report Tuesday by Search Engine Land. It sounds like Google is taking a long-term approach to the problem. The company has introduced a new flag …
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Even if Americans don’t understand cricket, it hasn’t stopped one of the biggest US tech companies from celebrating the game. Google is doffing its baggy green to the great game today with a Google doodle celebrating the history of test cricket. The doodle marks the 140-year anniversary of the first officially recognised cricket test match, which kicked off on March …
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It might sound obvious, but the thing about tech is that sometimes it can get really, well, technical. So Alphabet wants to help make nitty-gritty tech jargon simpler to explain to the masses. On Tuesday, Jigsaw, a tech incubator owned by Google’s parent company, launched a website called the Sideways Dictionary that takes jargon and puts it into terms normal …
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Denon has announced its 2017 line of S-series receivers will now feature the company’s HEOS multiroom tech, which should make the company more competitive with Yamaha and Onkyo, and that it will be available at at an affordable price. Until now the the least expensive receiver to feature HEOS was the $1,500 AVR-X4300H, but the recent $1,000 HEOS AVR heralded …
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You probably already watch YouTube videos with your friends. Now, a new app from Google startup incubator Area 120 lets users watch YouTube videos with friends, even if they’re not all huddled around the same screen. The app, called Uptime, was launched on Saturday. Uptime lets you share videos and respond while watching them, as well as get recommendations from …
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Die-hard Android fans don’t hesitate to tout the ability to completely customize your Android phone’s overall look as a benefit over Apple‘s iOS. But how do you know where to start? Android can be downright confusing. There are launchers, icon packs, wallpapers, widgets and so much more you can tinker with. Google wants to take the guesswork out of the …
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When you first buy a new television, you might spend the first hour or so digging through the menus, making sure all the settings are properly configured. After that, you might revisit the settings from time to time to adjust the picture mode or brightness. But there are likely settings and features that you’re completely overlooking. Here are seven television …
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You’ve likely never heard of Torwali, one of 27 highly-endangered Pakistani languages. But now its roughly 80,000 speakers can use their native language to text and make status updates on their Android phones. Zubair Torwali, who heads up an organization that works to promote northern Pakistan’s languages, explained in Google’s Asia blog Friday how a Google engineer helped his group …
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The (March) Madness is officially under way. With anticipation building for college basketball’s big dance later this month, two rival conferences are broadcasting their respective championship tournaments in virtual reality. The ACC is partnering with EON Sports VR to show its tourney from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Fans can watch the games by downloading the ACC VR app for …
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