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Google Play Geared to Boost Google’s Digital Content Services

The Google-watching world has been abuzz since yesterday about Google Play.No, it's not a new streaming music service from the search giant, though you'd...

Google Assistant, Majel Rumor Par for the Course

Far be it for me to throw cold water on the prospect of exciting new software from Google, but the Google-is-building-a-Siri-rival meme is wearing...

Chrome Enables Browsing for U.S. State Department

Google's Chrome browser adoption can be counted in the 200-plus million download range, but it helps to have big organizations embrace the browser.This is...

Why Google’s Display Ad March Could Grind to a Halt

"Do Not Track" presents some interesting obstacles for Internet giants that rely on Web advertising, with Google poised to be significantly impacted in the...

Android Smartphone Costs Dropping Big Time, Says Schmidt

Much of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's keynote discussion at Mobile World Congress Feb. 28 concerned very forward-looking, sci-fi-type stuff.Sample: People will deploy robots...

Google+ a Ghost Town of User Engagement?

Google CEO Larry Page said during his last earnings conference call that Google+ has more than 90 million users. He declined to reveal the...

Google, Evil and the Binary Curse

The whole "Is Google Evil?" meme has grown to be a ridiculous, farcical debate, prone to solemn punditry by some of the most authoritative...

Apple Chomps Into Google’s Jelly Belly With App Search

Apple is finally doing search, or at least search for applications, somewhat completing a debate ignited nearly two years ago by analysts and pundits.Last...

Google Picking Ad Sales Guy to Lead Motorola (Maybe)

No one is raving about the job Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha has done in the last couple years.The last couple of quarters have...

Google’s Fiber Plan Taking Shape as Cable TV Power Play

Google's Fiber ambitions for high-speed Internet access are slowly but surely coming together in the form of paid TV programming, and it's something we...