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There has been some good news recently regarding diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that after almost two decades of increase, the rate of diabetes in the United States may be...

For the first time since May 2011, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) had more visitors to its sites than Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), according to comScore based on data from its Media Metrix service for July 2013. Yahoo hosted 196.6 million unique visitors, up 20 percent compared to July 2012. Google saw 192.3...

After originally promising availability in 2013, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is now saying its Glass entry in the wearable computing space won’t happen until 2014 according to Computerworld. The latest setback follows affirmation to Computerworld by inside sources in May at the Google I/O developer...

Not everybody “Googles” every time they perform an Internet search. According to comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) in July, almost 18 percent of searches were conducted using Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s Bing. While it’s true Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) retained its sizable lead with 67 percent, Bing’s gain over...

Privacy issues aside, many believe that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Glass makes you look like a dork. Google seems to agree but wants to convince you that looking dorky is a fashion statement. According to The Atlantic, the September issue of Vogue magazine will feature Glass in a 12-page spread...

The ability to carry on an actual personalized conversation with your computer, tablet or smartphone is about to get a step closer. Over the next few days Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to roll out an upgrade to Google Search that will allow you to ask questions like “When will my package arrive?”...

  By now everyone knows that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming iPhone 5S is supposed to feature a fingerprint sensor.   The clues have all been spelled out, from the fact that Apple bought AuthenTec, a company that specializes in security hardware, including fingerprint sensors, to news...

The notion that Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos has a master plan should not be news to anyone. It was certainly not news to FastCompany’s J.J. McCorvey who said in a recent cover story on the company and its founder that part of that master plan concerns the fact that Amazon Fresh,...

At the same time Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) tried to leverage the $12.5 billion investment it made last year to purchase Motorola Mobility, the company also has to be careful that its partners don’t feel Motorola is becoming the “favored child.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is in the...

A number of major U.S. corporations have had it with patent trolls. On Tuesday, the companies added their names to those urging Congress to do something about entities that buy up patents and then sue other companies for infringement, according to Reuters. Among the companies asking lawmakers...

Using smartphones to buy stuff is a growing phenomenon, according to Business Insider, based on its new BI Intelligence report. As a result, the whole notion of digital wallets is becoming reality sooner than many thought. Related: Apple's New Patent Might Suggest Mobile Payment Focus The...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just updated its Chrome smartphone browser again – this time for iOS devices, according to MacWorld. The new and updated features, while not groundbreaking, are significant. They include an accessible history, improved voice search, upgraded text-to-speech, and a full...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), not about to be outdone by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), has apparently been working on its own smart watch, according to company sources who spoke to AmongTech. The sources indicated that some Microsoft employees are currently wearing prototypes of the Windows 8-based devices...

As part of an effort to achieve “functional coherence,” Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer may be set to reveal the company’s restructuring plan as early as Thursday, July 11, according to AllThingsD. When it comes to defining functional coherence, Microsoft is less than specific,...

Coinciding with the hiring of former Hulu exec., Pete Distad, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is said to be closing in on a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) to give Time Warner subscribers access to cable channels via Apple TV. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources with “knowledge of the...