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Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.
Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.
A new music feature rolled out by Google Inc. Wednesday will bring its U.S. searchers one click away from listening to a full-length song.
City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office software from rival Microsoft Corp.
Google Inc. faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the U.S. search giant of trying to keep Internet users away following its reports on a copyright dispute.
A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.
Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online.
Search engine powerhouse Google is facing new complaints over its book-scanning digital library project — from Chinese authors who say their copyrights are being violated.
Unless you've been under a rock, one with particularly poor Wi-Fi, you've probably heard at least something about Google's newest newfangled thingamabob, Wave.
Google Inc.'s success has left the Internet search leader sitting on a pile of cash — $22 billion at the end of September. Executives say they are ready to spend more money to take advantage of what they believe will be even better days ahead.
Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again — and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.
Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices.
Google Inc.'s third-quarter earnings are expected to show the Internet advertising market is snapping out of its stupor.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife have given $25 million to start an endowment fund at Princeton University.
Google Inc. said Monday that Arthur Levinson has resigned from the Internet search leader's board, averting a potential showdown with government regulators over his overlapping job as a director for computer and gadget maker Apple Inc.
Media6Degrees said Wednesday that it has hired a former Google Inc. executive to serve as its chief executive.
Google Inc. is seeing an economic recovery under way, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe, CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.
A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Then the debate over the fairness of the plan will resume.
Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices that use Google's software.
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What have your favorite Web sites done for you lately? Sure, they’re informative, entertaining or funny, and they probably help you talk to your friends and share pictures and take quizzes and buy nifty goods. But have they been pulling their weight in the relationship? Have they really … worked for you? We all know too well how easy it is to get sucked into the time waster that is the World Wide Web. Wouldn’t it be refreshing, not to mention helpful, to spend time on some sites that can actually make your life easier?
IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.
Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.
A judge noted the many objections to a $125 million deal giving Google Inc. digital rights to millions of out-of-print books as he agreed Thursday to postpone a fairness hearing so the agreement can be rewritten to comply with copyright and antitrust laws.
Google has gone on trial in Paris over the insistence by French writers and publishers that the company request permission before putting book excerpts online.
Decades of Life magazine have been scanned and posted online, giving the public the first comprehensive electronic access to the iconic publication's archives.
I have been reading Ken Auletta's pieces for many years, usually in the New Yorker, where he is its resident media critic, but also a few of his books.
Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost YouThe Droid hits the streets today. After all of the hype around Verizon's marketing efforts, and generally favorable reviews of the Motorola Droid, users that rush out to get the new device may be in for a shock.
What Will Google's Newspaper Crusade Mean for Readers?It's nice that CEO Eric Schmidt feels Google has a "moral responsibility" to help reinvent the newspaper industry. But how?
Funny Or Die links up with YouTubeYouTube has announced it is to partner Will Ferrell's comedy website Funny Or Die, offering up a channel featuring a boatload of the site's comedic content.
Google Open Sources Set Of Closure Tools It Uses To Build Its Own AppsGoogle has just announced that it is open-sourcing a set of tools its own developers use to build some of the company's most well known products, including Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps.
Google unveils search tool for retail sitesGoogle introduced a new Commerce Search tool for retailers on Wednesday to try to make the online shopping experience easier for consumers as the holidays approach.
Review roundup: Motorola Droid, Verizon's first Android handsetFrom David Pogue's review: There's not much room for the apps on the Droid, either. Although Verizon includes a 16-gigabyte memory card for your music and photos, apps have to be stored in a 560-megabyte chunk of built-in memory. Some Droiders will fill that up quick.
Google Gives You A Privacy Dashboard To Show Just How Much It Knows About youThe more Google products you use, the more data it collects about everything you do online—your search history, your emails, the blogs and news sites you read, which videos you watch on YouTube, your news alerts, tasks, and even shopping lists.
Google launches privacy Dashboard service � The RegisterGoogle has launched a Dashboard service that's designed to show how much the search engine giant knows about its users online activities.
Google Watch - Privacy - Google Dashboard Lists Account Info to Calm Privacy CriticsGoogle made another move to assuage the concerns of privacy critics Nov. 5, with the Google Dashboard, which provides a summary of the application data associated with Google accounts.
Failed Online Navigation Software Maker Sues Google, Yahoo And More Over PatentBone-headed patent lawsuit number 573482: a company called WebMap Technologies is suing a host of technology companies over an online map patent that was issued over 5 years ago, reports Law360 (requires registration).
GFail: Gmail Bug Marks Unread Emails as ReadI haven't noticed this myself today, but it appears at least a subset of Gmail users are inadvertently drawing closer to an inbox with zero unread e-mails thanks to a nasty bug that marks messages as read even before the user opens them.
Listening to Google CEO Eric Schmidt talk about the importance of a "new platform" while noting that "enterprise-focused" engineers are a small percentage of the company's engineering team, I flashed back to 1984.
Google's New Music Search Will Be Getting A Boost From Your Favorite BandsLast week Google launched the Music Onebox — a special new search result that lets users stream songs in their entirety for free.
Turkish government claims Google owes 32 million in taxes[Turkey] Following an investigation that lasted over a year, Turkish authorities are fining Internet giant Google a total of 71 million Turkish Lira (approx. €32 million or USD $47 million) for supposedly dodging the national tax system.
Ribbit Launches Google Voice ChallengerRibbit just announced the launch of Ribbit Mobile. Ribbit Mobile is a cloud-based VoIP telephony service that brings together web-based calling, smart call routing and voicemail transcriptions.
Nine E-Readers to Gawk At - Photo Essays - TIMEPhoto Essay from Time Magazine. Not sure how old this E-Reader list is. But I didn't know there were other companies outside of Sony and the Kindle that were selling competitive E-readers. Cool. Would love to buy one of these.
Google Voice makes small businesses sound bigger | Business Center | Working Mac | MacworldGoogle Voice has been the subject of controversy for all the wrong reasons since its availability was expanded earlier this year. Even with limited availability, the service has reached almost 1.5 million users, and half of them reportedly use it daily.
Google Redefines Disruption: The "Less Than Free" Business ModelBill Gurley analyzes the week's news about Google's free turn-by-turn map application on Android phones. Back-story as well as what happened to the stock of the two mapping titans on Thursday. Major disruption from Google. Again.
Chinese Authors Object to Google's Book-ScanningA long-running dispute over Google's efforts to digitize books has spread this month to China, where authors have banded together to demand that their works be protected from what they call unauthorized copying.
Is Google's Behavioral Targeting A Bust? Only 25 Percent Of AdSense Publishers Use ItFor advertisers on the Web, behavioral targeting is held out as the nirvana they've been waiting for: the ability to show ads only to those people most likely to be interested in them based on their past behavior.
Google Music SearchGoogle is on the right track with search engine for ALL music. Thanks to this daily newsletter on Hypebot I can see the latest envisioneering in the rapidly changing music business. Google's idea seems like a game changer to me.
Google Tackles Mortgage Market With New Comparison AdsGoogle has just debuted a new form of advertising called AdWords Comparison Ads — a special kind of ad that will prompt users to view a list of sponsored products in a structured format.
Where Are Those Damn Droids? (PIC)If I were these Imperial stormtroppers, I would trust the Force and click on "I'm Feeling Lucky."
Hurting Rivals, Google Unveils Free Phone GPS GPS navigation devices were the latest must-have tech toys just two years ago, and shares of device makers like Garmin and TomTom were soaring.
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