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Google wants to pay you to watch what you do on the Internet

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Want to make a hundred bucks, and an extra $20, every month? Don’t care that Google employees will learn all about your porn habits? Just want to put a dollar value on your privacy? Welcome to Google’s Screenwise program Read more

Google is once again using ninjas to help sell their latest, top of the line Android phone

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But this time, they’re going the 8bit route. Not sure if everyone has been keeping track, but every new flagship Android device that Google releases has been accompanied by YouTube shenanigans featuring ninjas. Read more

Google Hangouts just became a payphone

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Yeah, yeah, we know, you never spend any time on Google+. You’ve got Facebook. But Google keeps adding features to it, and Google Hangouts, which are basically Skype, but free, are actually pretty handy for work teleconferencing and other, actually fun, pursuits. And now you can add “prank calls” to that list, because Google Hangouts ... Read more

Intel and Mastercard team up to let you spend more money on your laptop

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The latest rage in tech is “mobile payments”, a fancy term for being able to wave your credit card over some scanner and pay that way instead of swiping a card, because swiping is so incredibly difficult. Google’s got Google Wallet, which wants you to pay with your cellphone, and now Intel wants to install ... Read more

Google wants to put your cable company out of business

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Google, currently the high overlord of your email, your search, and your cuddly kitten video clips, is looking to expand into not just being on the Internet, but actually connecting wires to people’s houses and sending them TV content. And the big cable companies are not happy about the idea. But will it actually take ... Read more

Is Google going to start selling music?

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Online music sales and music cloud services are the new fashion accessory for tech companies lately. Best Buy tried to turn Napster into a replacement for pushing overpriced CDs on you. Amazon has been cutting prices left and right and trying to get you to use Cloud Player. And Apple became the highest-valued company in ... Read more

Android 4.0: What’s new and what’s improved in Ice Cream Sandwich

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Yesterday, Google offered up its latest version of the Android phone system, Ice Cream Sandwich. In addition to making legions of bloggers make truly awful puns about unwrapping it and how tasty it was (wait, what did I just say?), we also got a detailed look at what will be changed and updated once 4.0 ... Read more

Google+ misbehaving can cost you your Gmail (and other) account(s)

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Google+ Community Guidelines are a little more stringent than you might imagine, and you need to make sure you know what they are and that you don’t break them. Doing so could cost you your life. (I mean, not like literally, but kind of.) Read more

Make your own custom Google+ URL

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Don’t want to tell your friends to check you out at a weird string of numbers related to your Google+ profile? Use this shortener to create a custom URL. Read more

Google+: Why you need to update your Google Profile

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Even if you’re not on Google+ yet, you should probably check what’s included in your Google profile. Like, right now. Read more

Gmail ‘People Widget’ makes everything more efficient

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Google’s still rolling out their Gmail People Widget — if you haven’t gotten it yet, here’s what to expect. If you have, here’s why you should be using it. Read more