The tech world is all abuzz about Google's mysterious new "entertainment device."
After threatening web companies for more than a decade, Michael Doyle and his patent-holding company Eolas Technologies ? named after the Irish word for knowledge ? may be finished.
updated: Thu Feb 09 2012 14:58:00
Google gets a new privacy policy. CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports.
If you use Google, and I know you do, you may have noticed a little banner popping up at the top of the page announcing: "We're changing our privacy policy and terms." It gives you the choice to "Learn More" or, another option, the one I'm betting most people followed, to "Dismiss."
"We thought we were doing this the right way. It turns out, we made a mistake."
Facebook is a great company. It proved that in its IPO filing. A billion dollar annual profit and $3.9 billion in cash for something that didn't even exist 10 years ago? That's impressive.
updated: Tue Jan 31 2012 13:52:00
CNN's Jonathan Mann looks at the controversy over Twitter's announcement it will delete posts if countries request it.
Twitter did not participate in the recent online "blackouts," in which Wikipedia and others made their websites inaccessible to U.S. visitors for a day, because it would have been counterproductive, the company's CEO said Monday night.
Seeking to blunt a sharp backlash to recent privacy policy changes, Google has offered to share "the real story" about a system that compiles information about users based on their activity on all of Google's sites and products.
How does a company that collects so much information from its users keep all that data private?
updated: Wed Jan 25 2012 15:18:00
For the first time, Google chairman Eric Schmidt invites cameras inside the company's iconic New York offices.
Google plans to start combining information the company collects about each user of its various websites and services into a single profile, the company announced on Tuesday.
In a big swerve in policy, Google has decided to allow people to sign up using nicknames or other pseudonyms on its growing social network, Google+.
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have a message for Google: "Don't be evil."
U.S. investors were unwilling to place any big bets Friday, as key Greek debt talks remain unresolved.
A search for Google on Friday will return some pretty ugly results.
Google's infant social network experienced a recent growth spurt.
Wikipedia was one of several websites that were shut down Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills before Congress that critics say could amount to censorship.
There's nothing illegal about being so big that you dominate a market.
Google search is about to get way more personal.
It's 2012, the year that many believe will mark the end of the world. But if the four horsemen of the Apocalypse don't show up, you might want to make some smart investments for the long haul with a different kind of four horsemen.
Think your programming skills are world class? Facebook wants you to prove it at its second annual Hacker Cup challenge.
In peeking ahead to predict what 2012 holds for Google, it's informative to look back at the eventful year it had. While one can't help but see the big product introductions -- a social network, a mobile-payment system, a music store -- it's the deletions that are much more interesting.
The Google+ social network has topped 60 million users, according to Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen, who also made the bold prediction late Tuesday that Google+ would reach 400 million users by the end of 2012.
U.S. stocks surged Tuesday as concerns about the European debt crisis eased and investors welcomed signs of strength in the U.S. housing market.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is no longer the world's most-used browser, according to a Web analytics firm. But its replacement isn't a different version of IE: It's Chrome, Google's upstart Web browser.
Oh, Rebecca Black. You gave us a reason to reconsider our favorite day of the workweek. And, apparently, the Internet couldn't get enough.
Last week, we laid out some ground rules for using The Google to see what the Internet's saying about your co-workers, your love interest and yourself. And as soon as the column went live, the reader feedback started pouring in.
Google Inc. announced Wednesday that it's providing $11.5 million in grants to 10 organizations working to end modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
updated: Wed Dec 14 2011 06:04:00
CNN's Hala Gorani reports on what Google is doing in the battle to end modern- day slavery.
Computer networks can't feel or understand jokes, but software engineers have hardwired some compassion.
Google isn't Facebook. There. We got that out of the way. Now let's move on.
Google made its first foray into the growing field of social facial recognition technologies on Thursday, introducing Find My Face, a tagging suggestion tool for its Google+ social network.
The other week, we covered the difference between searching and stalking online. We dusted off our hands, satisfied with our ample labors, and just as we were about to sink into the deep cave of hibernation/suspended animation that we enter between columns, we received the following inquiry:
Verizon has decided to block its customers from installing Google's new, high-profile Wallet application on the carrier's smartphones.
Google Music, an online music store and "free locker" for digital music, was rolled out to the public on Wednesday.
The European Commission is homing in on a list of concerns about Google's business practices that could form the basis of an antitrust complaint against the US internet search group.
There's essentially three options for a tech venture outgrowing its startup days: Get big, get bought or go broke. Sensing hard times ahead, a growing number of entrepreneurs are casting around for suitors and a shot at door #2.
In an effort to streamline and simplify the maturity ratings of software in mobile app stores, CTIA, the international wireless industry association, yesterday proposed a ratings system that store owners could voluntarily adopt.
Google's Maps team has made fantastic advances in surveying and mapping seemingly every square inch of navigable ground on the planet. But for mobile users, those maps have always stopped just short of indoor spaces -- until now.
Paul Adams is one of Silicon Valley's most wanted. He's an intellectually minded product designer with square-framed glasses, a thick Irish accent, and a cult following of passionate techies. As one of Google's lead social researchers, he helped dream up the big idea behind the company's new social network, Google+: those flexible circles that let you group friends easily under monikers like "real friends" or "college buddies." He never got to help bring his concept to consumers, though. In a master talent grab last December, Facebook lured him 10 miles east to Palo Alto to help design social advertisements. On his blog, Adams explained, "Google values technology, not social science."
Reports have surfaced again in the past week that Facebook is working on a phone.
Like two freight trains rumbling in opposite directions on parallel tracks, a pair of internationally famous U.S. companies sped past each other in the news in recent days.
The federal government is cracking down on scammers who target struggling homeowners looking to lower their monthly mortgage payments.
The competition for payment processing services, especially mobile payments, is heating up.
Another Internet company went public today. Angie's List raised $114 million by selling 8.8 million shares at $13.
Google opened an online music store and a free Web storage locker on Wednesday for listening to tracks from computers, tablets and phones, the company announced at a news conference in Los Angeles.
A year and a half after Google admitted that it had inadvertently collected unsuspecting people's personal information sent over the Internet via their wireless routers, the company has implemented a way for people to opt-out of having their routers tracked in the first place.
Perhaps it's the recent launch of Google+ Pages for brands. Perhaps it's because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called Google+ a "little version of Facebook." Or perhaps people just enjoy battles between tech titans. Whatever the reason, I've been asked at least three times in the past week about whether Google+, Google's social networking service, will ever beat Facebook.
It appears that YouTube is getting a facelift. And Google+ might be a big part of the new look.
In the tech world's startup scene, where investors gamble millions on promising ideas, accelerator programs operate as kingmakers. Get into a top one and you'll have access to seed funding, mentors and the industry's leading venture capitalists.
While Google waits for regulatory approval on its bid to acquire Motorola Mobility, company executives have repeatedly worked to assuage partners' fears that the Android software developer is preparing to compete with them.
How diverse are Silicon Valley's offices and executive suites? Activists have been trying for years to answer that question, but some of the industry's largest and most influential employers -- including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook -- closely guard that information.
Love or hate Google, you probably don't expect this sort of message from one of the largest and most innovative Internet and technology companies in the world:
You know there's something significant going on when Google creates one of its whimsical "doodles" on its home page, and Halloween is no exception.
Google TV had such potential when it launched in October 2010. But for many users, the lack of Hulu -- along with the awkwardness of the interface and lack of cooperation from TV networks and content providers -- was a huge turnoff.
These are seriously ugly times for Yahoo, yet the struggling Internet company is getting courted like the prettiest girl in school.
Google held two big events within 24 hours: one with its subsidiary Motorola in New York, and another with its partner Samsung in Hong Kong.
Google's head of social had some sharp words for Facebook while speaking Wednesday at a tech conference, where Google co-founder Sergey Brin also showed up as a surprise guest.
Apple gave you FaceTime. Now Google is countering with Face Unlock.
Google is killing off Buzz, the company's 18-month-old first try at creating a social network.
Google extended its weekly gains to almost 15% after reporting another impressive quarter.
U.S. stocks were headed for a bounce Friday, as investors welcomed strong earnings from Google and geared up for an onslaught of fresh economic data.
Smartphones have made it more difficult to separate work from personal lives.
Google reported third-quarter earnings that handily beat estimates, and announced that its three-month-old Google+ social network now has 40 million users.
It's been sort of a rough week for Google+.
Google may be the new IBM. It's stable, steady and predictable. Heck, you could even call it boring. Online search? Yawn.
Here's a Googley vision for the future:
Tech helped fuel Egypt's revolution. Now it could put the country get on the path toward a more stable democracy.
Google booked record sales and earnings in the first half of this year, made a series of splashy acquisitions, and is on a hiring spree.
Google Analytics, a widely used tracking tool for website operators, got a major upgrade Thursday with the company's first real-time traffic tracker.
Google announced another investment in companies selling rooftop solar panels Tuesday, putting $75 million into a fund that solar contractors and designers can draw on to finance solar systems for homeowners.
Looking to the Internet or your smartphone to help manage your family's health care? The experience may leave you reaching for aspirin.
Former U.S. Sen. and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has a well-known Google problem.
They've got it all: Free food, fitness facilities, massage rooms, hair dressers, laundry rooms and on-site doctors. Are they Hollywood celebrities?
updated: Wed Sep 21 2011 09:58:00
Google launches a new service for online flight searches, making existing online travel services nervous.
Google's answer to Facebook went public on Tuesday afternoon.
America's first significant patent reform in six decades is close to becoming law: It passed Congress on Thursday and President Obama has declared that he will sign the bill.
Friday's Google "doodle" on the search engine's main page might be one of its most random. But if you don't have scurvy (and we're going to go ahead and assume you do not), you should probably take a moment to say thanks.
It should come as no surprise that content providers want to make money from YouTube, particularly on smartphones, which are among the hottest-selling gadgets on the planet.
The stock rally now into its third day on Wednesday is certainly a welcome break, given the constant bombardment of bad news coming from Europe. Still, the Continent's credit crisis continues to be a major source of concern for investors.
Almost immediately after Google lost the bidding for a package of Nortel patents that the search giant dearly wanted, it moved on to Plan B and contacted Motorola to see what it had for sale. Less than six weeks later, Google's blockbuster acquisition came together -- but only after Google raised its purchase price. Twice.
A video-chat feature called Hangouts is one thing that sets Google+ apart from Facebook and Twitter.
Google launched a new flight search service on Tuesday, putting it in direct competition with travel search players including Orbitz and Kayak.
With the planned settlement between Google and book publishers still on indefinite hold, a legal battle by proxy has started. Google partnered with many libraries at US universities in order to gain access to the works it wants to digitize. Now, several groups that represent book authors have filed suit against those universities, attempting to block both digital lending and an orphaned works project.
Google's social network, Google+, recently sent tremors through the gaming world with the announcement that it would be launching a new social games service.
Dedicated social gamers devote many hours to tending their online farms and digital pets -- and lots of money, too. This year they'll spend an estimated $650 million in real cash on virtual goods.
Google users around the world were rocking out to Queen on Monday -- except for in the U.S., where search engines will remain quiet until Tuesday.
Groupon's success in the daily deals space spawned hundreds of copycat sites and inspired big companies like Google to hawk their coupon services. Skeptics said the near-immediate market saturation meant Groupon's business was easily replicated -- and therefore doomed.
Google is making plans to turn its +1 button into a crowdsourcing tool that helps it re-order search results and fight web spam.
Google's new social network, Google+, is shaping up to be a hit for the search engine giant.
The news stormed across blogs and headlines this week: Facebook had become the first website to rack up a mind-boggling 1 trillion monthly page views.
A court ruling this week clears up some gray areas in cloud music.
Google has agreed to a $500 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice for illegally allowing online Canadian pharmacies to advertise drugs to U.S. consumers.
When Google's not-the-Facebook social network, Google Plus, launched earlier this summer, one thing stood out for many tech pundits: privacy settings.
updated: Wed Aug 24 2011 10:25:00
Facebook's facial recognition is being called an invasion of privacy by privacy advocacy groups.
The disk drives powering Dropbox, Amazon's Cloud Drive, and Google Music likely issued a small sigh of relief Monday, after a federal court judge found that the MP3tunes cloud music service didn't violate copyright laws when it used only a single copy of a MP3 on its servers, rather than storing 50 copies for 50 users.
Google+, Google's new social networking service, might cautiously be called a hit. With 25 million visitors at last count, Google+ may well be the fastest-growing social network to launch thus far.
Look at how the shares of young tech companies are doing these days, and you might think you've got a bad case of déjà vu.
In a sign that the Google-Motorola deal could face heavy antitrust scrutiny, Google included an unusually high breakup fee in its deal terms, according to a document filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
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