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Google has been busy lately, launching its new social network, Google+, and moving to acquire Motorola Mobility and Zagat, the iconic restaurant rating review company. Now, Google has quietly launched the company's online Google Travel engine, called Flight Search. The tool offers basic flight information and pricing, and may ultimately become a competitor to Kayak, an online site that offers discounted fares and flight information from city to city throughout the world.

Intel Corp and Google Inc launched a development partnership on Tuesday, the latest effort by the world's dominant maker of PC microprocessors to break into the booming smartphone market.

Faster growth is predicted in the next several years for Groupon and other daily deal companies, but the hot Internet space that taps into consumer appetite for cheap food and drink, spa services, yoga lessons, sports tickets and other offerings has its limits, according to new research.

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes said a move by North Carolina lawmakers to prohibit gay marriage is bad for business.

Google Inc's effort to break into the daily deal industry and challenge industry leaders Groupon and LivingSocial is not going well, according to data released on Monday.

Music can be streamed from the cloud to iOS devices as Google Music Beta is now accessible in iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

About three years ago, Zagat put itself out there for anyone who wanted a taste at an estimated value at $200 million. But there was no bite. Google eventually sampled Zagat and like what they had and made an offer close to the asking price.

A new Netflix update brings the app to Verizon 1.4, which means Netflix will stream movies on 80 percent of the Android based smartphones that run on Android 2.2(Froyo) or Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Google learned that Zagat is no cheap date, as a recent acquisition of the restaurant-review company reportedly set the Internet search engine giant back by $125 million.

According to sources, Google has confirmed that the newest version of Android build that is set to arrive after Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will be Jelly Bean.

A new report is saying AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is pushing hard for a merger between his company and Yahoo.

Google Inc is advising its Gmail email service customers in Iran to change their passwords in the wake of a cyberattack that has affected a major swath of the country.

Now that Yahoo is searching for a new CEO and activist investor Daniel Loeb’s Third Point is trying to stir the pot, here are some things that former CEO Carol Bartz could have done to keep her job:

Google Inc has bought popular dining ratings authority Zagat, adding a valuable brand to its content offerings and bolstering its push into the rapidly growing local commerce market.

The judge overseeing a potential billion dollar patent case between Oracle and Google is angling for a summit of Silicon Valley's two most famous Larrys.

Carol Bartz lashes out at Yahoo's Board of Directors in an interview, calling them doofuses and saying, These people f--ed me over.

Google Inc has bought Zagat, the popular restaurant recommendations and ratings authority, to expand its local content in the niche marketplace that includes Yelp and Yahoo Inc.

Google said it has bought Zagat Surveys, the online restaurant rating and reviewer, to bolster its search service. The deal clearly will augment its move into smartphones, coming after its deal to acquire Motorola Mobility.

Search engine Google Inc. is buying Zagat Survey LLC, the widely used 32-year-old restaurant guide, for an undisclosed amount.

Google, moving into the smartphone battles, has allied with Taiwan’s HTC in battling Apple over alleged patent infringement.

HTC Corp has extended its lawsuit against Apple Inc to include nine more patents the Taiwanese firm acquired from Google Inc last week, underscoring intensifying legal actions between the Google camp and Apple.

Carol Bartz, who was fired as Yahoo! Inc.’s chief executive officer, is rumored to receive a payout in the range of $10 million after less than three years on the job.

Wondering why Verizon is not carrying Samsung Galaxy S2? The answer came in the form of Motorola Droid Bionic, which would be available from the carrier beginning Sept.8.

The new operating system for Android, named Ice Cream Sandwich, is slated for release in October or November, according to Google chairman Eric Schmidt.

There are few surer ways for an executive to lose a good reputation than to be CEO of Yahoo Inc. Just ask Carol Bartz or Terry Semel.

Facebook's revenue doubled to $1.6 billion in 2011's first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, underscoring its appeal to advertisers while it grapples with intensifying competition from the likes of Google Inc.

HTC filed infringement claims with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple on Wednesday using patents it got from Google last week.

DigiNotar's blunder has already caused it to be black-listed by Microsoft, Google and Mozilla.

Facebook's revenue doubled to $1.6 billion in 2011's first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, underscoring its appeal to advertisers while it grapples with intensifying competition from the likes of Google Inc.