Relaxnews After a first PC (Chromebook Pixel) and a tablet (Pixel C), Google reportedly has its own smartphones and smartwatches in the pipeline, optimized for use with the web-search giant’s mobile operating systems. The Telegraph reports that Google could be gearing up to release its own smartphone by the end of 2016. Until now, Google has relied on its …

  The Hague / Relaxnews Dutch telecoms group KPN said that The Netherlands had become the first country in the world to implement a nationwide long range (LoRa) network for the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Connecting everyday objects to networks, allowing them to send and receive data, is widely seen as the next major evolution of the Internet and …

  AFP Americans are increasingly turning to their mobile devices for news, with print newspapers losing more ground, a poll showed. The Pew Research Center survey found an acceleration in the use of mobile devices for news over the past three years, as fewer Americans relied on newspapers. Television meanwhile held steady as a source of news, including local, network …