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Google I/O Conference

Google Escalates the Competition in Map Services

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Larry Page, chief executive, says the new maps have a cleaner and more intuitive layout.
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Larry Page, chief executive, says the new maps have a cleaner and more intuitive layout.

The new service creates real-time, personalized maps and incorporates 3-dimensional images from inside businesses and from Google Earth.

Bits Blog

Larry Page Gets Personal at Google’s Conference

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Google’s chief executive made a surprise appearance on stage on Wednesday, taking questions from software developers in the audience.

Bits Blog
Ask for the population of India on Google, and you will also get the population of China and the United States, because Google knows those are the most common follow-up questions.

Google Introduces New Search Tools to Try to Read Our Minds

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

New Google search tools send unprompted alerts based on user interests, let users talk to the search engine, and try to predict what it will be asked next.

Bits Blog
Photos Take the Spotlight in Updates to Google’s Social Network

Photos Take the Spotlight in Updates to Google’s Social Network

By VINDU GOEL

Google is using its expertise in algorithms to offer users better social sharing tools through its Google Plus network. The company’s software will now select the best photos and fix their flaws, offer more links to topics mentioned in posts by members of a user’s social network and archive long-running chats.

Bits Blog
Google to Sell Its Own Version of Samsung’s Galaxy S4

Google to Sell Its Own Version of Samsung’s Galaxy S4

By BRIAN CHEN

Google plans to sell its own version of Samsung’s popular Android smartphone. It will be available in Google’s online store on June 26.

Bits Blog
Sundar Pichai, a senior vice president for Google, said the company's Android operating system was installed on 900 million devices.

Google Introduces New Features for Android Apps and Games

By BRIAN X. CHEN

Software developers now have tools to allow gamers to save their data across devices.

Skin Deep
From left: As seen on the street; Susie Lau, fashion journalist; Denni Elias, fashion blogger.

Taming Your Mane With a Topknot

By RACHEL SYME

Women are mastering the somewhat complicated style with help from YouTube and the Web.

Cisco’s chief, John Chambers, said its bets were paying off.

Cisco Profit Rises 14.5%

By QUENTIN HARDY

After moving into technologies like online video and cloud computing, Cisco Systems posted quarterly earnings that beat expectations.

From left, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Prof. Erica Muhl and C. L. Max Nikias, the U.S.C. president, in Los Angeles on Monday.

Two Musical Minds Seek a Different Kind of Mogul

By JENNA WORTHAM

The music business partners Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre gave $70 million to the University of Southern California to start an academic program for the development of creative entrepreneurs.

Small-Business Guide
Steven Uster, whose company issues loans from personal assets, found an appraiser on LinkedIn.

Online Hiring Tools Are Changing Recruiting Techniques

By MARK COHEN

While still relying on candidate referrals from current employees, companies are embracing LinkedIn and a variety of subscription services for a more broad approach to attracting qualified candidates.

U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing

By EDWARD WYATT and NICK WINGFIELD

According to the Justice Department, Apple took a leadership role in a price-fixing conspiracy in the market for e-books.

On the Road

The Commercial Side of Fast Wi-Fi on Flights

By JOE SHARKEY

Faster Internet access is being sold as a boon for airline passengers, but it may be a lucrative sales tool for airlines as well.

Disruptions
The writer's dinner guests place their smartphones in a stack in the middle of the table.

Even the Tech Elites Leave Gadgets Behind

By NICK BILTON

Some people find that minimizing technological distractions helps them focus on themselves and the outside world.

State of the Art

Google’s Aggregator Gives Way to an Heir

By DAVID POGUE

Google Reader is scheduled to end July 1. And Feedly.com is just the newsreader to replace it.

Bits Blog

May 15, 2013

Little Is Said About Google Glass at Developers Conference

May 15, 2013

Today’s Scuttlebot: Anonymous Sharing and Historic Embarrassment

May 15, 2013

Larry Page Gets Personal at Google’s Conference

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News from the Web,
annotated by our staff

Google Versus | daringfireball.net

Someone doesn't buy Larry Page's pronouncement that he thinks tech company competition is a waste of time. -  Claire Cain Miller

Senators see ‘great potential’ in driverless car technology | The Hill

On Capitol Hill, questions about the increasingly automated automobile -  Somini Sengupta

Apple Employee Who Worked 20 Minutes Over Shift In France Reportedly Warned, Threatened With Sanctions | huffingtonpost.com

An Apple employee in France was nearly fired for working 20 extra minutes. So much for overtime. -  Nicole Perlroth

Education Life

Data Science: The Numbers of Our Lives

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Big data, big money, big skill set now required. Universities are on it.

Geek Appeal: New York vs. Seattle

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Which city will be the next hotbed, beyond Silicon Valley, for educating data analysts of the future?

Building a Better Tech School

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Silicon Valley East? How Cornell is creating a cutting-edge graduate school from scratch.

Around the Web »

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/05/14/new-google-maps-sign-up-page-goes-live-briefly-reveals-some-new-details/

Droid Life

New Google Maps Sign-up Page Goes Live Briefly, Reveals Some New Details

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2013/05/meet-new-google-maps-map-for-every.html

Google LatLong

Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every person and place

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