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Google-ITA decision may be just days away: source
The Justice Department is close to a deal that would allow Google Inc to buy an airline ticketing software company while requiring that the software remain available to Google rivals, according to a source close to the deal.
Google justifies fragmentation, defends Android
Google's vice president and head of Android Andy Rubin answers the accusations made against the software in his blog.
As Google aims to compete with TV, will YouTube lose its charm?
With Google gearing up to infuse massive amount of money to turn YouTube into a competition for TV, the popular video sharing website, which has grown into its role in the world of internet as a social platform for the users, stands a risk of losing its charm.
Google's Android driving smartphone surge: Gartner
Growing demand for smartphones running on Google's Android platform will help the smartphone market grow 58 percent this year and 35 percent next year, research firm Gartner said on Thursday.
Honeycomb makes Motorola Xoom special but not special enough
Motorola Xoom is not yet ready to supersede iPad2. After its launch on February 24, Deutsche Bank released a sales estimate of 100,000 units of Motorola Xoom compared to a huge number of 300,000 units of iPad2 sold on day one. The number is growing exponentially for iPad2.
Registrations for Google Code Jam 2011 open
Technology giant Google has announced that the registrations for the annual Google Code Jam 2011 are open from Wednesday.
News Anchor Tricked Into Licking iPad (VIDEO)
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Fragmentation: Is Google's Android in self-destruct mode?
The F-word is here to haunt Google again since a survey published by Fortune stated that 56 percent of Android developers found that the Android fragmentation was a meaningful but huge problem.
FTC and Justice Department mull Google antitrust probe
U.S. antitrust regulators may investigate Google Inc's dominance of the Web search industry, and will settle on the agency to launch a probe once scrutiny into the company's plan to buy ITA software is done, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Google, Facebook and YouTube outshine others in web globalization
Google, Facebook and Youtube rank as first, second and third in web globalization, says a report from research firm Common Sense Advisory.
Google sponsors ‘Balenciaga and Spain’ at the de Young Museum
Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and sponsored by Google, Balenciaga and Spain is a focus on the influence of Spanish culture on the work of the famous 19th century designer, Cristóbal Balenciaga.
Google to launch facial recognition mobile app
Technology giant Google is developing a facial recognition mobile app that would allow users to snap a picture of a friend or new acquaintance - and then access his or her Google Profile contact information, according to various media outlets.
FTC, Justice Dept mull Google antitrust probe
U.S. antitrust regulators may investigate Google Inc's dominance of the Web search industry, and will settle on the agency to launch a probe once scrutiny into the company's plan to buy ITA software is done, a source told Reuters.
Android Cloud-Based Streaming Service Leaks in Early Update
The leaked app appears to be a developer version of the Android Music player, which looks and feels much like the version of the application available for the Honeycomb-based Xoom tablet.
Google shares fall on fears of U.S. probe
Shares of Google Inc fell nearly 3 percent on Tuesday, following a Bloomberg report that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering an antitrust investigation of the company's dominance of the Web search industry.
Cisco: Lizamoon Threat Overstated
The lizamoon scareware attack got a lot of attention because it supposedly infected a 1.5 million web pages, but some experts are now saying the effect was likely orders of magnitude smaller.
Gmail Motion: Researchers make real what Google dubbed as joke
Google’s Gmail Motion prank on April Fool had left many in the tech world wondering why Google, or just anybody else, wouldn’t make it real. Now it has emerged that researchers at the University of Southern California have made it real by using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral. They hacked into the Microsoft Kinect's motion-sensing technology and also used what they have called the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST) to create what Gmail brushed off as a prank.
Bloomberg allows developers to tap into NY City data
Taking queue from Android and Apple iOS strategy New York City opened its set of data to developers to create apps which could unlock the potential trapped in public data.
With tech power in hand, Google's crisis response team gears up
Google has a crisis response team working round the clock monitoring the emergencies and coming out with unique applications to cater the affected people anywhere in the world. Person finder was launched within 72 hours of earthquake hitting Haiti. For New Zealand it didn’t take more than three hours, and for Japan, it was just two hours.
Google Android reigns smartphone market: ComScore
New data from ComScore puts Google Android on the top of the list for the smartphone market category, followed by RIM and Apple in the second and the third positions respectively.
Google could be target of FTC antitrust probe: report
The Federal Trade Commission is considering an antitrust investigation of Google Inc's dominance of the Web search industry, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Apple, Android apps in U.S. privacy probe: Pandora
The U.S. is investigating how customer data is used by some popular applications that run on the mobile platforms of Apple Inc and Google Inc.
Google Puts In $900M Bid For Nortel Patents
Google has put in a $900 million bid for Nortel Networks' patent portfolio, which could make it a real player in mobile technology and forestall lawsuits over its smartphone line.
Google offers $900 million for Nortel patents
Global Internet giant Google has bid $900 million for a warchest of patents from bankrupt Nortel Networks, in an initial stalking horse bid that's expected to draw in higher competing offers.
Nortel, Google in $900 million patent deal
Bankrupt Nortel Networks has reached a deal to sell its patent portfolio to Google for $900 million, kick-starting an auction process for assets coveted as weaponry for a growing wireless patent war.
Larry Page Takes Over At Google
Larry Page takes over as chief executive officer three months after it was announced Eric Schmidt was resigning.
Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft to become your wallet soon
Mobile devices are radically changing our lives. As mobile ownership grows, so does the role these devices play in improving and enhancing the travel experience. Two of the fastest-growing areas in mobile technology are m-payments (mobile payments) and the use of Near Field Communications (NFC).
What is Lizamoon, the viral scareware that infected four million websites?
A fast-spreading SQL injection attack that illegally peddles a bogus scareware has been breaking anti-virus barriers and compromising millions of websites, besides defrauding unsuspecting victims. The news of this attack was brought out by Websense Security Labs in its blog last week. Websense said its Threatseeker Network identified a new malicious mass-injection campaign which it named LizaMoon.
April Fools' Day Tech Roundup [VIDEOS]
This year, the usual suspects in the tech world pulled their pranks on April Fools’ Day
Fake Android App Rips Into Stupid Cheapskates
Security firm Symantec recently said a fake Google Android app, advertised as a free version of a paid app, is making the rounds, stealing data and sending a message to pirates.


