Microsoft claims Google fibbed, and Google responds oh-no-we-didn’t–welcome to your daily soaps starring Redmond and Mountain View!
The row started this morning when Microsoft said it had documentation proving Google lied about government app certification–specifically “Google Apps for Government,” under something called the …
Google is investing $168 million to help develop a solar energy power plant in California’s Mojave Desert.
In cooperation with Brightsource energy, Google’s official blog states that the new plant will hopefully generate 392 gross megawatts of solar power, or “the equivalent of taking more than 90,000 cars off the road over the …
One month later, Japan is till being wracked with powerful aftershocks, tsunami alerts and a nuclear crisis that threatens to spiral out of control. Google has set up a website, messagesforjapan.com, where people around the globe can show Japan their support in solidarity.
The site will automatically translate any comment you have …
Every time there’s a problem, the solution is rather simple: use Google.
That’s the premise of A Google a Day, a new crossword puzzle that encourages players to use the search engine in pursuit of the answers.
Questions will be posted every day on the A Google a Day site and printed on weekdays above the New York Times …
Auf wiedersehen, Google Street View. There’s going to be no more new street view pictures in Germany, says the search engine company.
Google isn’t taking any of the old Street View pictures down, but they’re not adding or updating any either. Street View was just launched in Germany last summer, but was scrutinized for its …
Google can go right ahead and snap up travel software company ITA Software for $700 million, but only if it agrees not to kick the competition to the curb, says the Department of Justice in a statement.
Well, sort of. The DOJ’s antitrust division filed a civil antitrust lawsuit this morning to block the proposed acquisition, then …
It’s the end of Google co-founder Larry Page’s first week back at the helm as company CEO, and it appears the game plan is still looking aggressive.
In a memo apparently sent out to Google employees, everyone’s 2011 bonus will grow or shrink based on how well the company does with its social efforts. Let’s just call this the Facebook …
Over at TIME.com, my Technologizer column this week is about growing debate over the question of whether Google’s dominance of the search engine market raises antitrust concerns. It’s reminiscent of the debate that went on for most of the 1990s whether Microsoft was a monopolist–a debate that eventually led to the court case known as …
Google is about to have some new territory – off the web.
The company recently made a deal with the city of Beverly Hills to open an office for its entertainment division in a city-owned building that’s more than 13,000 square feet.
The 11-year lease, which was approved by Beverly Hills City Council on Tuesday, is valued at …
Consider much of this hearsay, but it’s apparently a good time to be a product employee at Google…as long as you don’t mind a little snooping. TechCrunch reports that the company offered two key employees stock grants worth between $50 and $100 million to keep them at Google, as in before they’d told their employer they were …
Gartner’s crystal ball predicts that Android will make up 49.2% of all smartphones in the world by the end of 2012. But in 2013, it’ll drop to 48.8% for some reason. What happened, Future Android?!
I’ll tell you what happened. The Mayan Calendar ended, we entered a new age of consciousness, and our newfound telepathic powers rendered …
The man behind Android, Google’s Andy Rubin, has taken to one of his company’s blogs to “attempt to set the record straight” as it pertains to “a lot of misinformation in the press about Android and Google’s role in supporting the ecosystem.”
The so-called misinformation that Rubin is believed to be addressing comes from a March 30th …
