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• Why virtual assistants are the ‘killer app’ for wearables

  ‘Hearables’ and smart glasses will keep us in range of our virtual assistants everywhere, all the time.

• AWS, Microsoft and Google take different paths to the cloud

  CIOs concerned about betting too heavily on a single vendor for cloud services hear pitches from the industry’s leading vendors.

• What's keeping enterprises from using G Suite?

  While Google has spent the past year trying to woo enterprises to its G Suite productivity service, it’s still the underdog compared to Microsoft Office, at least among large businesses. So what’s keeping it from broader appeal?

• I switched to Google's Pixel phone and survived

  Google tried to simplify the process of moving to a Pixel from the iPhone. Here's how that shook out for one Apple die-hard.

• What #MadeByGoogle really means

  The #MadeByGoogle hashtag doesn’t mean Google is becoming a consumer electronics company despite its announcement of five new hardware products.

• Could machine learning help Google's cloud catch up to AWS and Azure?

  Google is lagging behind in the public cloud market. Could leadership in machine learning tools help it catch up to Amazon and Microsoft?

• Google’s Apigee buy validates API economy

  Google’s $625 million acquisition of the leading API management platform provider validates CIOs’ plans to use APIs to build out digital businesses.

• U.S. cloud vendors adjust to Snowden effect, Privacy Shield

  AWS, Microsoft and Google are building data centers in Europe to address privacy concerns in a post-Snowden world. Cloud infrastructure revenue is rising, but how much better could be for U.S. vendors?

• 8 things you need to know about Google AMP

  The next big thing in SEO is AMP, or Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages. Search pros break down AMP and share insights on what you need to know to stay ahead of the curve.

• What will Google do to make its cloud appeal to more companies?

  Google executives have to convince enterprise decision makers to trust in its public cloud offering, and a major keynote on Wednesday offers a major stage to do just that.

• How to get started with Google Analytics

  Google Analytics can provide valuable online insights for marketers and website managers. Unfortunately, GA has a bit of a learning curve. Here's a beginner's guide to the basics.

• How tech giants spread open source programming love

  Industry giants like Google, Facebook and Ericsson have already solved many of the large-scale problems that smaller companies are now facing.

• Inside RankBrain: What Google's new search algorithm means to you

  Google's RankBrain search-algorithm update has been live for months, but the company just recently confirmed the existence of the new machine-learning component. Here's a breakdown of RankBrain, along with a list of few important things digital marketers need to know.

• ​HP maintains dominance as NZ PC market stabilises

  IDC expects the current weakness witnessed in the desktop market will be negated by the growth of entry level notebooks and Chromebooks.

• Are comatose servers your next big IT headache?

  Picture this. An executive at your organization gets an idea for a big project, one that adds a new product line to your company and could result in millions of additional dollars in revenue per year. The whole company is gung ho about this. The new mantra each workday is "what are we doing to advance Project X?" Cheers are sung each morning. And, of course, the IT team gets involved and spins up a number of servers, both physical and virtual, to help out the development team and put the new product or service into production.