The VR for G3 comes free as part of a new promotion from LG. LG LG is teaming up with Google to try bringing virtual reality to the masses. The South Korean electronics company said Monday that it’ll soon kick off a new promotion that offers a virtual-reality headset — the VR for G3 — …
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Google has promised to improve its privacy policy in the UK. CNET Google has agreed to play ball with UK regulators to change how it collects user data in the country. In a notice released Friday, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that Google will “make further changes to its privacy policy to ensure it meets the requirements of …
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Google is trying to figure out how to make more money on mobile ads. Getty Images For the past few quarters, Google’s finances have been the story of same-old, same-old: Desktop search — its biggest business — is getting stale, but it still makes billions. The story stayed true on Thursday when Google reported lagging revenue, as more people find …
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The future is almost now. Augmented-reality and virtual-reality headsets are real things, it’s just a matter of refining the technology. A large volley has just been fired across the bow of the marketplace by Microsoft, which announced the HoloLens, an augmented-reality system that uses goggles to overlay virtual objects and information onto the real world around you. The HoloLens is …
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Nest, co-founded by Matt Rogers, is one of the companies trying to create an intelligent room. James Martin/CNET LAS VEGAS — The tech industry once again can’t decide: When it comes to the home of the future, will it have a centralized computer telling you when to mop floors, clean windows and cook breakfast, or will there be an all-in-one …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Editors’ Note: This article was originally published April 24, 2012, and has been updated to reflect current offerings. If 2014 isn’t known as the year of wearables, it could be known as the year of cloud storage. Between updates to Google Drive and Dropbox, and revamped offerings from Apple’s iCloud Drive, Amazon’s Cloud Drive and Microsoft’s OneDrive, access …
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Google is testing a new approach to collecting data in its Chrome browser. Stephen Shankland/CNET It’s a sticky issue for software developers: how do you gather data about your product’s users without invading their privacy? One solution, as embodied in a new Google open-source project called Rappor, is to have the software send data that you know is wrong. That …
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Google’s health platform, which first debuted on Android Wear watches earlier this year, is now available on the Web and for Android devices running version 4.0 or higher. Here you will find everything you need to know about the new Google Fit app. What is it? Google Fit is Google’s answer to Apple’s Health app. It uses the sensors built …
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