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Google+ Android App Can Start Hangouts With Ease, Gets New Look

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May 25, 2012
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Google+ Android App Can Start Hangouts With Ease, Gets New Look The Google+ app for Android just received a big update that simplifies the way users can start Hangout video chats from their phones.
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How Companies Buy Facebook Friends, Likes, and Buzz How easy is it to get a Facebook botnet to do your bidding? All you need is cash, the right software, and a list of fake accounts. I did it in 10 minutes for less than $70.
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You May Like Facebook Camera, But You'll Still Love Instagram You may Like (or un-Like) Facebook Camera, but here's why Instagram should still have a place in your heart.
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Microsoft Clarifies Ballmer's Claims of Massive Windows 8 Adoption Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts.
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What Windows 8? Microsoft Pushes XP-to-Win 7 Migration Microsoft is pushing businesses to move from XP to Windows 7, with little mention of Windows 8.
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6 Essential Desktop Apps to Make Your Android Phone Device a Work or Play Powerhouse Use these Android and PC software recommendations to work more efficiently, keep your phone safe, or interact more quickly with your multimedia files.
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Want Freedom from Vendor Lock-in? Survey Says: Choose Open Source More than 50 percent of software acquired in the next five years will be open source software, according to recent data.
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Google Asked to Yank a Million Search Results a Month Copyright owners want allegedly infringing links removed from search results in increasing volume, Google says.
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IBM Bans Siri Over Security Concerns When Siri sends your voice to Apple's servers for conversion to text, is Apple capturing your passwords?
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Unthethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 Available for Download UPDATE: Absinthe 2.0 can be used to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 devices, allowing users to gain root access to the OS and -- for example -- download applications not authorized by Apple.
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Dell Windows 8 Tablet Specs Leak Dell's forthcoming tablet looks like standard stuff, plus some business-friendly security features.
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Massive Layoffs at HP Make for IT Outsourcing Identity Crisis The direction HP is taking with its outsourcing business remains unclear three years after its EDS acquisition.
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Lawmakers Call on DOJ to Reopen Investigation Into Google Wi-Fi Spying UPDATE: The recent release of an FCC analysis prompts members of Congress to urge another look at Google's data-collection practices for its Street View maps.
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Nvidia to Make $199 iPad-Killer Possible A new Nvidia platform is in the works that could enable Android tablets to be priced at just $199, $200 less than Apple's entry-level iPad.
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Android, iPhone, Dominate Smartphones Sales Apple and Android devices make up 82% of those shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC reports.
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Judge Orders Drug Evidence Suppressed in Warrantless GPS Tracking Case A federal judge in Kentucky this week upheld a lower court's decision to throw out crucial evidence in a drug case because the evidence was gathered with the help of a GPS tracking device that was installed without a warrant on the suspect's vehicle.
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Apple's iTunes Promo Gives Paid Apps Away for Free Apple may mimic Amazon's practice of regularly offering a paid app as a free download; let's hope the App Store sticks a good selection.
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Max Payne 3 PC: Developer Interview We caught up with Kevin Hoare, Lead PC Designer on Max Payne 3, to talk about what Rockstar has done to optimize the game for PC enthusiasts. Pour yourself a drink and join us for some sweet, sweet talk about scalable texture filters!
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Mobile Workers Work Longer Hours Almost two-thirds of mobile employees say they are working 50 to 60 hour-plus weeks, with most working weekends too, according to research.
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Spotify Deploys Salesforce Rypple for Social Enterprise Digital music service Spotify is using employee performance management software from Salesforce.com to drive engagement within the company and make giving feedback more social.
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Google+ Android App Can Start Hangouts With Ease, Gets New Look The Google+ app for Android just received a big update that simplifies the way users can start Hangout video chats from their phones.
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How Companies Buy Facebook Friends, Likes, and Buzz How easy is it to get a Facebook botnet to do your bidding? All you need is cash, the right software, and a list of fake accounts. I did it in 10 minutes for less than $70.
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TechHive: Hands on with the New Facebook Camera App In my brief hands-on tests, Facebook Camera came across as an app designed to harvest your phone number and current location rather than a compelling alternative to any other camera app.
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TechHive: Hands on With Bing's Social Search Feature While Google famously promotes items from its Google+ service in search results, Bing includes results from multiple social networking sites.
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