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Unwrapping Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy Nexus

Samsung and Google unveiled Galaxy Nexus, which is the first phone designed for the latest release of Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. With this phone that fits in the palm of your hand you can beam a video with a single tap or unlock a device with only a smile.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Shows 'Touch Screen' for Any Surface

Microsoft Research is unveiling technology that turns any surface into a touch screen at a user interface conference in Santa Barbara, California. Using a laser-based Pico projector and depth-sensing camera, Microsoft let the user define the area of where they want the interface to be.

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General

New Firefox Interface to Speed up Firefox on Android

Mozilla Director of Firefox Engineering Johnathan Nightingale announced on a mailing list that Firefox is planning to move to Android's native user interface. In order to achieve better performance, Mozilla has decided to ditch the XUL technology and some of the add-ons that are supported at the moment.

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Apple

iPhone 4S Goes on Sale

iPhone 4S finally goes on sale at Apple stores all across the U.S. and in six other countries. Keenen Thompson, who is being sponsored by the iPhone reseller Gazelle, is first in line to buy the iPhone 4S at the Fifth Avenue store in New York City. He has been waiting in line since September 26.

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Google

Step Inside the Map with Google MapsGL

Google has enabled a MapsGL option, that takes Google Maps and harnesses the power of Web Graphics Library (WebGL) to create far richer visuals and animations. With Google MapsGL the users will be able to interact with a 3D mirror of the real world within their browser.

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Google

Google Plus Gets Real-Time Search

Google Plus search results now update instantly, and hashtags are working links, that you can follow in order to see the search result for the specific term. Google is trying to make it easier for the users to follow and contribute to live events on Google+, including breaking news, sporting events, and many others.

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Apple

Apple Releases iOS 5

iOS 5, which powers Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, is available as a free update with improved notifications system and new messaging platform called iMessage that lets iOS users text and chat with one another free of charge.

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Social Networking

Facebook Plans to Create Social Shopping Platform

EBay is integrating Facebook's new Open Graph 2.0 functionality into its global commerce systems, which come under the umbrella of a new business unit called X.commerce, which includes eBay, PayPal, and Magento. The partnership was announced at Innovate, eBay's developer conference in San Francisco.

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Social Networking

Facebook Launches iPad App

New Facebook application allows the mobile users to enjoy high-res photos, play games and chat on their iPad. With the release Facebook joins the other popular social-networks including Twitter, Flipboard, and Gowalla, that already run on iPad.

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Google

Chrome Extension Enables Remote Computer Control

The Chrome Remote Desktop beta version enables users to share with or get access to another computer by providing a one-time authentication code. Access is given only to the specific person that the user identifies and the sharing session is secured. Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is fully cross-platform, so you can connect any two computers that have a Chrome browser, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Chromebooks, but for the moment it's not possible to access your own computer remotely.

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