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Google Inc boosted its spending to lobby the U.S. government by 54 percent in the second quarter, as the world's No.1 Internet search engine faces an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.

Google announced on Thursday that the Google toolbar will not be supported on Firefox 5 and all newer Mozilla browsers.

Ford made waves in creating the first company Google+ page, but don't expect its Google+ page to be exactly the same as its Facebook page.

Google's announcement on Wednesday to wind down Google Labs, the breeding ground for many of Google's most brilliant tools, raised questions for the future of innovation in Google and stirred up some unrest among Google's hard-core users.

Google+ launched the Android app before it launched the iPhone app, yet the iPhone G+ app has quickly jumped to the top of Apple's Free Apps list.

The frenzy with the launch of Google has slowed down in the past couple of days compared to 2 million users joining every day in the last one week, suggests an analysis by Paul Allen, co-founder of Ancestry.com.

Google Inc is introducing a credit card for its advertising customers, offering its clients a credit line to try and drum up business as competition in the online ad market heats up.

Nokia fell to a loss in the second quarter as it faces tough competition from Apple and Google's Android-powered smartphones, and recorded a restructuring charge. However, excluding one-time items, it managed to beat analysts' expectations.

The latest statistic on the number of Google+ users indicates it surpassed 18 million, and continues to grow.

Now a study coming out of Africa is saying that lions are most likely to eat human beings following a full moon.

Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by the company to refocus resources under Chief Executive Larry Page.

Michael Lee Johnson, whose Google+ (or Google Plus) ad was banned by Facebook last week, has responded by deleting his Facebook profile.

Google+ reportedly has now attracted 18-million users only three weeks after the social media network was introduced.

Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) string of outage woes continues with another outage on Tuesday.

Nokia is scheduled to report its second-quarter results on July 21 before the market opens.

It has been just over two weeks since the Google+ social network was launched. While it is still in a beta invite-only period, Google's new social networking platform has created a buzz amassing more than 10 million users. According to recent reports, the most followed person on Google+ is none other than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Google's Gmail is the preferred E-mail domain for professionals.

Ford Motor Company was one of several companies that got a jump start on Google+ by hacking its own brand page. Google liked what Ford did, and is about to launch test pages for companies and small business.

The Google+ iPhone application has finally been approved and is ready to download for free from the iTunes App Store.

Google's stock popped last week when the company surprised investors with strong numbers. Apple is expected to post similarly strong numbers, but the market may have already figured that in to Apple's stock price.

A Manhattan federal judge set a September 15 deadline for Google Inc, authors and publishers to come up with a legal plan to create the world's largest digital library, expressing frustration that the six-year-old dispute has not been resolved.

Google+ apparently thought he was a fake

Samsung is expected to launch four versions of the smartphone in the U.S. in July, and is expected to provide stiff competiton to the iPhone 5, which is expected in September.

The deal brings to an end the litigation between recording companies and Baidu over piracy charges

Google+, which has already attained a user base of 10 million, could displace Facebook as the No. 1 social network, according to a new report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) and ForeSee Results.

So far, 2011 has proven the year of the Android with exciting new smartphones powered by the Android operating system hitting the market. However, considering the prospect of a feature-loaded iPhone 5 and Apple's key patent victories, questions have been raised on whether the iPhone will end up stealing the show.

It is simply a matter of time before Google+ replaces Facebook, suggests ForeSee Results Annual E-Business Report for the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The E-Business Report covering search engines, Internet news and information services, and social media services has placed Facebook at the bottom of the social media category, just like last year.

Analysts say losing to Apple could cost HTC financially.

AnonPlus could take the anonymity out of Anonymous.