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Smartphone life shakes up website world

Internet giants from Google and Facebook to Yahoo and Zynga are scrambling to adapt to an online world where people reach for smartphones or tablets instead of traditional computers.

A new wave of gesture computing

WiSee could bring full gesture control to every appliance in every room of the home and all from the comfort of the living room.

As Facebook grows up, ambitions get reality check

Facebook, which once seemed poised to take over the Internet, is showing its limitations: a host of newer services are gaining ground among trend-setting youth; a much-hyped smartphone app has received a tepid response; and grand ambitions such as taking on Google in the search business seem ever more fanciful.

Samsung loses $12 billion market value on smartphone worries

Samsung Electronics Co lost $12 billion in market value on Friday, hit by brokerage downgrades that have underscored concerns about slowing sales of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Apple to begin iPhone trade-ins this month: report

Apple will start a program this month to allow users to trade their older iPhones for the newest model, Bloomberg cited people familiar with the plan as saying, a first for the company as it prepares to introduce a new version of the smartphone.

Facebook simplifies marketing tools

Facebook is eliminating various types of advertisements on its website in an effort to simplify a system that it acknowledged was confusing marketers.

Google releases stock keyboard for Android 4.0

Google has released its stock keyboard available to download via Google Play to all devices running Android 4.0 or above in certain English-speaking markets

Yahoo! revamps search page design

Yahoo! unveiled a new search page design Wednesday as part of the struggling Internet pioneer's effort to ramp up competition with Google.

Apple to sell audio ads on "iRadio" music service: sources

Apple Inc is gearing up to sell audio ads on a music-streaming service it intends to unveil at its developers conference next week, according to people familiar with the plan, going up against Google Inc and Pandora Media Inc in the increasingly competitive market for mobile tunes.

Facebook grows up, gets a reality check

In a volatile Internet industry where companies can rise and fall almost overnight, one might even say that the nine-year-old Facebook Inc is suffering a mid-life crisis.

Windows update to support fingerprint recognition

Version 8.1 of Microsoft's operating system, due for release later this year, will put greater security and greater ease of use at consumers' fingertips.

Intel investing in computers with human senses

The Intel Capital Experiences and Perceptual Computing Fund's goal is to deliver more natural, immersive and intuitive computing experiences to consumer devices.

Asus launches anticipate tablet price war

As well as a number of interesting hybrid and two-in-one computers, this year's Computex Taipei conference is notable for the number of tablets -- and in particular, low-price Android slates -- on show.

ConvenientPower debuts wireless charging world first

Officially revealed at the Computex Conference on Tuesday, the ConvenientPower WoW5 is the first wireless charging pad that can simultaneously charge five devices.

Turning the tables on the traditional home computer

Tabletop PCs are a new category of device that can be used as a giant, family-sized tablet or paired with a keyboard and a mouse and operated like a traditional desktop computer. The next big home computing trend or a flash in the pan?

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