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Google app for iOS, Android adds Google Nest controls

This could prove nifty. Per VentureBeat, Google has announced that its Nest thermostats can now be controlled with the Google app for iOS or Android. Users can also speak voice commands to ask Google to change or set their temperature. To help users better manage their home’s temperature, the Google app brings up Now cards […]

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Apple exploring VR gaming, user interfaces via Oculus, Leap-focused job listings

It’s the job postings that show where Apple’s going next. Per 9to5Mac, following a series of job listings that indicated that Apple was looking to hire app engineers to build virtual reality experiences and “cinematic user interfaces” for future Apple products, some new details have surfaced. Apple has several new job listings on its website […]

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Google Chrome for OS X goes 64-bit

If you were hankering for a 64-bit version of Google Chrome for OS X, it’s finally arrived. Safari has been 64-bit since OS X 10.6 (August 2009) and Firefox has been 64-bit since version 4 (2011). Incidentally, a 64-bit web browser is required to run Oracle Java on OS X. Per Google’s Chrome Releases Blog, the Chrome […]

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Apple Pay now accounts for almost 1% of Whole Foods transactions

The good news is that Apple Pay is starting to get some traction. The bad news is that your organic produce still costs more than the human mind can actually perceive. Per the cool cats at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, since going live in late October, Whole Foods has already processed over 150,000 Apple Pay […]

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Rumor: Apple beginning to court enterprise markets via dedicated sales team

Remember how Apple seemed like a second class citizen in the business and enterprise world? That might be about to change. According to Reuters, Apple is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force to talk with potential clients like Citigroup and working in concert with a dozen […]