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Google I/O tips: Android 5, Fit and Quantum Paper?

Event expected to refocus on its developer roots with programs to expand Android's reach further into wearables and across platforms By Caroline Gabriel Google's annual I/O developers' conference kicks off...

Apple-Samsung ITC deal - signs of a truce?

Rivals agree to drop cross-appeals against 2013 ITC ruling against Samsung, though no commercial impact By Caroline Gabriel There have been a few signs, in recent months, that Apple and...

Apple stops hampering third party browsers in i...

Allows all WebKit browsers, not just Safari, to use an enhanced interface to WebKit, boosting performance By Caroline Gabriel The pressures on Apple were clear in the uncharacteristically sober tone...

WWDC: a quiet revolution underway at Apple

No hardware, but significant moves to open up the walled garden and embrace the cloud; now great devices must follow By Caroline Gabriel No new devices, again ... Our immediate...

Apple acquires Beats, loses out on Renesas unit

iTunes vendor pays $3bn for music services, brand and executives; loses to Synaptics in bid for display driver control By Caroline Gabriel As expected, Apple has finalized its biggest ever...

An Apple/Samsung truce will take months to nego...

Amid reports of negotiations to end all patent battles, the companies dash hopes with new war of words By Caroline Gabriel Are we really seeing the first overtures for peace,...