PARIS - Despite fierce resistance to Google’s plans to digitise the world’s books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe’s cultural treasures — beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital foothold this week.
PARIS - Despite fierce resistance to Google’s plans to digitise the world’s books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe’s cultural treasures — beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital foothold this week.
Google smartphones are either a daring foray into the telecom world or a misunderstood test of the next-generation of the Internet giant’s Android mobile operating system.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is in talks to buy Yelp Inc, the popular website for reviews of local businesses, in a deal that could help the Internet search leader tap a lucrative local ads market, media reports say.
Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the “Iranian Cyber Army” claimed responsibility.
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp. said Thursday that its profit jumped 13 percent in the latest quarter and that it expects the European Union will finally approve its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. next month.
SAN FRANCISCO – Lawyers for a small US technology firm said it is suing Microsoft on the grounds its has prior claim to the name “Bing.”
Abu Dhabi - As part of the most anticipated launch of the year, Etisalat announced the roll-out of eLife which is set to introduce a whole new era of communication and entertainment in the UAE.
Computer users in Europe who buy new hardware based on Microsoft’s Windows operating system will no longer be tied to using the company’s Internet Explorer web browser, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
The year’s biggest hits on the Internet’s top video channel were anchored by an improbable singing sensation, a groggy boy nursing a sore mouth, a bride and groom dancing down the wedding aisle, supernatural heartthrobs and roller-skating babies.
Texting and tweeting could play a bigger role in teaching children at schools, says a new study.