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At Google I/O, expect Android, Chrome, and some privacy questions about Glass 

May 10, 2013

Google kicks off its I/O developer conference next Wednesday and if there's one thing that could steal the limelight from Android, Chrome and all the other Google projects, it's Glass.

Smartphones driving violent crime across U.S. 

May 10, 2013

On Feb. 27 in the middle of the afternoon, a 16-year-old girl was walking through San Francisco's Mission district when she was ordered at gun point to hand over her cellphone. The robbery was one of 10 serious crimes in the city that day, and they all involved cellphones. Three were stolen at gun point, three at knife point and four through brute force.

This graph, from data compiled by IDG News Service, shows the average number of cell phone thefts per hour of the day in San Francisco between November 2012 and April 2013

Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A 

May 10, 2013

Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market.