Report: Microsoft responds to Amazon Echo, Google Home with “HomeHub”

Software approach would make Cortana available from the lock screen and provide other smart-home features.

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Google’s 2016 Santa Tracker signals the official countdown to Christmas

This is the 12th year Google has counted down the seconds until Santa’s December 24th departure from the North Pole.

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Jagdish Chandra Bose Google doodle marks 158th birthday of biophysicist, botanist & crescograph inventor

Bose’s professional endeavors spread across many scientific fields, from plant life to radio science, and even science fiction.

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Writer James Welch Google doodle honors author of the Native American novel ‘Fools Crow’

Set in Montana during the years following the American Civil War, Welch’s award-winning novel tells the story of the Blackfeet Indian tribe.

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Google Doodle marks Father of Microbiology’s 384th birthday

Designed by Doodler Gerben Steenks, today’s Doodle pays tribute to the Dutch scientist credited with being the world’s first microbiologist.

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