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On Tuesday Microsoft announced details of a $8.5 billion acquisition of online communications company Skype, but the move, conjuring up past initiatives, are leaving analysts bracing for the worse.

Google I/O developer conference is an annual 2-day developer-focused conference, held by Google at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Jefferies & Co. believes the Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcement of Android Ice Cream Sandwich is positive for Android handset original equipment manufacturers like Motorola Mobility, Samsung, and LG.

South Korean Electronic company's latest tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be release in United States on June 8, 2011.

Android has been a run-away success for Google, expanding the company's footprint beyond the computer to include smartphones, tablets and even televisions.

Lawmakers considering new privacy laws scolded Google and Apple on Tuesday for not doing enough to guard mobile device users' location data, despite executives' assertions that they do not abuse the information.

Led by Senator Al Franken, the Privacy and Technology Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary grilled Google and Apple on privacy.

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Google says the future version of Android will be more all devices.

Google unveils its latest creation - Music Beta, a digital locker for music.

Google launched an online music locker service on Tuesday that allows users to store and access their songs wherever they are, similar to one launched by Amazon.com in March.

Google Inc is set to launch an online music locker service to allow users to store and access their songs wherever they are, similar to one launched by Amazon.com Inc in March.

Microsoft vows to support Skype on non-Windows platforms.

Google could launch a new online music service as early as Tuesday, which will be similar to a service recently started by Amazon.com Inc, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft has landed a juicy deal as it snatched Skype from the jaws of Google and Facebook in an $8.5 billion deal.

Google Inc. plans to launch its cloud-based music locker service at its developer's conference Google I/O to challenge Amazon's early mover advantage in the music streaming service.

Microsoft turned the tables on long-time Skype wooers Google and Facebook to reportedly land an $8.5 billion deal to buy the popular Voice over Internet Protocol service. The following are some key facts about Skype:

Search-giant Google updated its Goggles app on Monday to include better note-taking capabilities, search history, and better business card recognition as machine-vision becomes more useful.

YouTube is adding more than 3,000 movies for its users to rent starting on Monday, along with the millions of free user-created videos the popular website is best known for.

Apple has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown.

Apple is the number one brand in the world according to a report; Facebook is in the top 100 for the first time.

Tech companies such as Apple and Google are hoping the tracks of millions of mobile device users will lead to billions of dollars in revenue.

Rumors have been circulating about the possible launch of a redesigned, and more importantly free, MobileMe service, but no one has forgotten the uneasy days when the service was launched in 2008. The launch of the revamped MobileMe, which was essentially an upgrade of a pre-existing service called .Mac, had invited disappointing media review, promoting Jobs to sternly castigate the product executives.

As two Internet powerhouses slug it out to tie the knot with Skype, Facebook looks likely to be a more aggressive suitor than Google, and the world's largest social network may make for a better fit.

As two Internet powerhouses slug it out to tie the knot with Skype, Facebook looks likely to be a more aggressive suitor than Google, and the world's largest social network may make for a better fit.

Facebook and Google Inc are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the Web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters .

Apple's latest release of the iOS for the iPad and iPhone and iPod makes some changes to the location database that caused so much uproar in the past few weeks.

Google's Android platform rose to a dominant position in the smartphone market in the first quarter, research firm Canalys said on Wednesday, increasing its lead over struggling Nokia.

Less than 24 hours after President Obama’s announcement of the Al Qaeda leader’s death, Google had marked down his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on their maps and thousands have since written ‘reviews’ for what Google named “Osama Bin Laden’s Hideout Compound.”