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October 22, 2015

Google integrates Google+ with Gmail, making it easier for anyone to email you

A new feature on Google’s email service makes it easy for people who don’t know you and don’t have your email address to get in touch -- and privacy advocates call it a worrying development.

October 22, 2015

4 trends in consumer electronics to watch

The future of consumer electronics is looking curvy, wearable (as in smart watch), very high-definition, and slightly flexible.

October 22, 2015

Roku streaming-media tech coming built-in on more TVs

Does Roku want to get out of the set-top-box business?

October 22, 2015

Roku & TCL partner to create TCL Roku TVs

Your TV is about to become more like your tablet or your smartphone. A company named Roku showed off the Roku TV at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas.

October 22, 2015

New from Samsung: $150,000, 110-inch ultra-HD TV

Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea.

October 22, 2015

More OLED, Ultra HD and curved-screen tech coming to TVs

The 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show takes place January 7 to 10, and Consumer Reports reporters and analysts will be there in full force.

October 22, 2015

Websites deploy a host of measures to battle online vitriol, with mixed results

Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling. Add a dash of ALL CAPS. Top it off with a violent threat. And there you have it: A recipe for the worst of online comments, scourge of the Internet.

October 22, 2015

Tech for tots: Tablets a hit with kids, but experts worry

Tablet computers are so easy to use that even a 3-year-old can master them. And that has some pediatricians and other health experts worried.

October 22, 2015

Rise of Snapchat: Do you want an erasable Internet?

Do we want to live on that Erasable Internet, the Snapchat Internet, instead of the Internet built by Facebook and Google?

October 22, 2015

Tech companies cite ‘worrying’ increase in gov’t spying

Heavy hitters Verizon and Google are working to reveal increasing government efforts to collect and sift through their data, pointing to a “worrying upward trend” in Big Brother’s monitoring programs.