Google+ Gains Traction, Researcher Says

A developer of social network applications says the population of Google’s social network increased by one-quarter in the past month. By the end of 2012, he said, it will have 400 million members...

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Microsoft Declares War On GOOGLE

Microsoft asked European regulators Thursday to go after Google on antitrust grounds, accusing the search giant of trying to “entrench its dominance” on the Web…

Source: www.politico.com

GOOGLE straps 'Street View' cam on TRICYCLES to look around parks

Google is extending its Street View website with photographs of off-road destinations that have previously not appeared online - by using specially-adapted tricycles...

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How Google removed the muzzle on Twitter in Egypt

Even before his first day on the job at Google, Ujjwal Singh was trying to figure out how to use his passion for the spoken word and the company's technological prowess..

Source: http://apnews.myway.com

Zuckerberg dad: Mark got computer exposure young

Mark Zuckerberg's father said in a radio interview Friday that an early exposure to computers inspired his son's interest in technology..

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Long expected, YouTube wades into live streaming

YouTube is making its long expected foray into live streaming by launching an experimental trial with four new media partners...

Facebook inches past Google for Web users' minutes

U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc...

Google search accelerates with 'instant' results

Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people..

New AOL search deal with Google includes mobile

Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week...

NYC woman to Google: Who's posting trash about me?

A business consultant wants a court to force YouTube and owner Google to unmask a cyber cipher who posted what she says are unauthorized videos of her

Google Blasts Apple on Ad Rules

The flap underscores the rising stakes associated with selling ads on cellphones, a small but fast-growing market...

What’s private on Facebook anyway?

Today’s revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million...

IBM lifts 2010 forecast but economic worries loom

Uncertainty about the stability of world markets is clouding encouraging signs about the health of the technology sector.

Google Secretly Invested $100+ Million In Zynga

Google has quietly (secretly, one might say) invested somewhere between $100 million and $200 million in social gaming behemoth Zynga...

Google expects regulatory OK in China, for now

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday he expects Beijing to renew the license the company needs to continue operating a website in China.

Google books $700M buyout of travel software maker

Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a $700 million deal..

Google scrambles to save Internet license in China

China is threatening to revoke Google's business license over the company's decision to redirect Chinese traffic...

Apple's Jobs Takes On Rivals Adobe, Google

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs, in a broad-ranging discussion, took more potshots at Adobe Systems Inc.'s Flash software, vowed not to get into search despite Google Inc.'s move into Apple's turf, and called Apple passing Microsoft Corp.'s stock valuation "surreal."

Technology's toll on our minds: dangers for the digital generation

Technology lets us work better and faster, writes columnist Ruth Marcus. But technology also takes its toll — including physically. The implications of this are most worrisome for children...

Apple strikes back at Google with iAd

The growing rancor between Apple and Google has been generally fed by Google's attempt to outdo Apple's iPhone with its Android software.

But now Apple is taking aim at Google's bread-and-butter--online advertising--with plans to introduce a mobile advertising platform called iAd along with the release of the iPhone OS 4.0 software later this summer...