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Google’s Android and Chrome OS operating systems soon will run the same apps.

Google doesn’t yet have a name for Android N, its next major mobile operating system release, but the division is already highlighting its split-screen abilities.

Google is kicking off its artificial-intelligence-powered vision for the future with a pair of apps that will arrive for both Android and iOS later this summer.

Alphabet’s Google Chrome browser will use HTML5 over Flash by default by the end of the year.

With LED lights and special sounds, these souped-up alarm clocks promise to make it easier to get out of bed. A review of the Philips Wake-up Light and Brookstone Tranquil Moments Pro Sleep System.

Facebook Inc. wants to give you an outlet to share the dozens of super-wide photos lying ignored in your phone’s camera roll.

Gboard, a useful new iOS keyboard from Google, has features not yet available on Android.

Instagram, the popular image-sharing social network owned by Facebook, got rid of its vintage camera logo and redesigned its mobile apps with a simpler, whiter user interface.

WhatsApp, the massively popular smartphone messaging app owned by Facebook, released apps for Apple’s OS X for Mac computers, and Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows 10 for PCs.

As Facebook defends itself against claims that workers excluded politically conservative news stories from the Trending Topics sections of its apps and website, here’s what you need to know about the controversy.

Twitter-owned app Periscope in coming weeks will let users find broadcasts by title or topic.

Microsoft Corp. is shutting down its Chinese Web portal next month as the company shifts its focus from providing online content to offering software and services for Windows 10 devices.