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It’s been just over nine months since Google announced their intentions to acquire hardware manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and now it seems that the final pieces of the deal have fallen into place. According to a new report from the As Full Article at TechCrunch

I’VE been looking at my wrist a lot lately — and not just to see what time it is. I’ve been trying out some of the new watches that display caller IDs, text messages, Twitter and news feeds, and the weather, too — all beamed from a nearby companion smart Full Article at The New York Times

I can think of plenty of people for whom a phone passlock simply isn't enough to block snooping eyes from the incriminating photos and text messages on your device (psychotically jealous girlfriend, tech-savvy child, celebrity phone hacker...). NQ Mobile Full Article at PC Magazine

Why is there nothing but Facebook IPO news today, you (Facebook haters) may be asking? Well, outside of the obvious – people are obsessed, this is a historic event, it’s the biggest tech IPO over, etc. , etc. Full Article at TechCrunch

[Credit: Electric Imp]Everything! Your blender, toaster, washing machine, light switch, and just about every electronic doo-hickey you have in your house could one day be connected to the Internet. Electric Imp is a start up founded by Former iPhone engi Full Article at PC World

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- For the better part of the last 12 months, we have been working diligently behind the scenes to add a completely revised email marketing system and contact database to HubSpot's core product. Today, w Full Article at PR Newswire

One in two U.S. mobile subscribers now has a smartphone, fueling the American appetite for apps, according to a Nielsen study. In the past year, the average number of apps on a smartphone has increased from 32 to 41, a 28 percent jump, according to the r Full Article at PC World

Have you ever wanted to preheat your oven while on the way home from work, or start your sprinklers while vacationing, only to remember you don't have the spare loot lying around for a network of smart appliances? A recent startup (that somehow eluded Ki Full Article at Engadget

By any means, this is certainly far from being one of the biggest changes Gmail's ever seen -- still, it's one that's likely to make a few tasks a wee bit easier for you. Inside the recent tweaks, Google added a new quick access trait that makes contact Full Article at Engadget

One day, you’ll gather the grandchildren around you and tell them wondrous tales of life before cloud computing: how you used to put information, photos and music on a floppy disk, a memory card or a USB fob to carry it from one device to another. You’ll Full Article at The New York Times

When you use Google services, you trust Google with your most sensitive information: Emails, contacts, calendars--the works. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, quite a bit. Google is not infallible, and even if it were, users can make mistake Full Article at PC World

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at PCMag. Cable provider Comcast on Wednesday started rolling out a new service that will bring Skype video calling to customer's living rooms. The service, called Skype on Xfinity, will allow customers Full Article at PC Magazine

NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- Installed smartphone applications have increased for both Android and iPhone devices but the amount of time spent using them hasn't changed much, Nielsen says. While the average number of installed applications per device has ju Full Article at United Press International

The folks over at Google just love their Google+ social network and more and more Google+ features have been creeping into Gmail lately as well. Today, Google is bringing even more of Google+ to its email client. With this update, Google is especially fo Full Article at TechCrunch

Comcast Brings Family And Friends Closer Together with The Launch of Skype on Xfinity National Rollout Begins Today in Boston and Seattle – A Total of 10 Markets Launching This Week New Video Calling Experience Enables Customers to Use Their Big-Screen H Full Article at Engadget

Just months after rolling out a controversial personalized search feature, Google is shaking up its search pages once again. This time, the search giant is carving out a chunk of the site for “Knowledge Graph,” a tool that offers an encyclopedia-like pac Full Article at paidContent.org

Today, Google is launching one of its most ambitious and interesting updates to its search engine in recent months. Starting in a few days, you will start to see large panels with additional factual information about the topic you were searching for take Full Article at TechCrunch

One trend we’ve been tracking is the “Internet of Things” — the idea that at some point, all devices will be intelligent and connected, allowing for things like whole home automation. The problem is that most new systems equipped to connect to the Intern Full Article at TechCrunch

Contactually, the lightweight CRM solution for email users which launched into private beta at the beginning of this year, is today announcing its public debut with a number of new features in tow, as well as $500,000 in angel funding from YouTube co-fou Full Article at TechCrunch