Google delays Project Ara testing to 2016
Google is delaying initial testing for its modular smartphone, known as Project Ara, to 2016.
Stories by Zach Miners
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Google tool helps homeowners decide on solar system purchase
A new Google tool, called Project Sunroof, lets users enter their home address and gives them information related to the costs and savings of having a solar power system installed on their home.
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Mozilla tests a true stealth mode for Firefox
Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private.
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Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities
Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.
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Google's Niantic Labs to become independent company
Two days after announcing a sweeping reorganization, Google has detailed its first departure. Niantic Labs, an augmented reality unit of Google, will be spun off into an independent company.
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Twitter drops 140-character limit for direct messages
Now you can really vent next time you want to say something privately on Twitter.
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Google spotlights, open-sources experimental Android apps
Google is putting some of the most Google-y Android apps in the spotlight, and is sharing their source code to spur development of other apps.
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Four knowns and four unknowns in Google's Alphabet soup
When Google announced on Monday that it would create a new holding company called Alphabet, of which Google Inc. will be just one part, Larry Page said the new structure would allow the company to get more ambitious things done. But there was still a lot that he didn't say.
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Internet giants to block child porn images using a common list
Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft will take a new step toward combating the spread of child pornography, by blocking images identified in partnership with an industry group.
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Google restructures, naming parent company Alphabet
Google will become a subsidiary of a new parent company called Alphabet, under a massive restructuring arrangement designed to let the company's businesses operate more efficiently.
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Some Yahoo Mail users menaced by zombified deleted emails
For Yahoo Mail users, some messages just won't stay dead.
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Nest Cam review: a slightly pricey way to secure your home
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With Nest's motion-sensing camera, that prevention will put a dent in your wallet.
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Food delivery startup Sprig to turn driver contractors into employees
Sprig, a startup whose mobile app lets users order food and have it delivered, is changing the status of its delivery drivers from contractors to employees.
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Reddit bans racist communities, 'quarantines' other offensive talk
Reddit is removing several racist communities from its website, as well as other offensive discussion topics, part of an ongoing effort to clean up the most toxic content on its site.
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Facebook gives businesses more ways to privately message users
Facebook is giving businesses more reasons to use Facebook Messenger to reach customers.
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