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Google I/O 2015 in photos

Once again, Google I/O was held at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco, May 28 and 29. As Google's annual confab for third-party developers, engineers from across the world attended the show to hear about Google's latest products and services. This year, Google revealed, among other services, Android Pay, a new way to purchase items in brick-and-mortar stores using Android smartphones; a developer preview of "M," the next version of the Android operating system; Brillo, a new OS based on Android to control devices in the home and let them talk to each other; and a new photo sharing app called Google Photos.

Google I/O 2015 in photos
What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce, in pictures

Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce conference will kick off next week in San Francisco, and with a reported 120,000 people registered to attend in person and virtually, it will be the cloud software vendor's biggest shindig yet.

What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce, in pictures
DBX 2013: Photos from Dropbox's first-ever developer conference

For a cloud storage provider, Dropbox puts on quite a show. On Tuesday it held its inaugural developer conference in San Francisco, and there was plenty of colorful activity to see.

DBX 2013: Photos from Dropbox's first-ever developer conference

Mozilla tests a true stealth mode for Firefox

A new tool in prebeta is designed to block browser tracking across sites
Fujitsu brainstorm room lets you write on the walls

Digital sticky notes are one part of this elaborate projection system aimed at going beyond whiteboards
Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities

Since January, Apple said nearly half of its US hires were women, African-American, Hispanic or Native American
Microsoft updates Yammer to make working within groups easier

The improvements to Microsoft's enterprise social network focus on content discovery and its user interface
Seller of melanoma detection apps settles FTC complaint

The marketers of Mole Detective apps lacked proof their products could detect melanoma, the agency says
LG launching high-fidelity music download service

Phones will require 24-bit playback to work with the service on LG SmartWorld

SAP CEO Bill McDermott on why Concur is worth $8.3 billion

Buying Concur 'is the best business case I've ever put in front of the board,' McDermott says
NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle

NetSuite has tripled its number of developers in recent years, according to Nelson

Sour notes: Our biggest complaints about Apple Music

We needed to vent about it ...
6 reasons to get excited about OS X El Capitan

From Photos to Mail and Safari there is plenty to like
Sorriest technology companies of 2014

Here's a rundown of the Year in Apologies to date, and somehow I have a feeling it will need to be updated before Dec. 31.
The Tao of Apple rumours

Rhese days a company has to have at least two things to be a big name in technology: a social network and a smartphone
As Google+ nears 3rd anniversary, where does it go from here?

Its Google I/O conference has no sessions on Google+ next week, suggesting the social network is being reassessed
How Bitcoin can go mainstream

It's a fringe concept at the moment. But bringing the virtual currency to the masses isn't as far-fetched as you might think.