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Google Play offerings are launching on Google TV USA TODAY Google Play offerings are launching on Google TV. Paul Sawers, The Next WebShare. Comments. Google TV. Google Play movies, TV shows, and music will be rolling out to Google TV over the next few weeks. (Photo: Google) ... See all stories on this topic »

Google nudges developers to build Android-optimized apps CNET But Google is putting more effort into promoting Android as a platform for tablet apps. Today, with the holiday shopping season nearing, the company posted a "tablet app quality checklist" highlighting best practices for building for the Nexus 7, the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google to co-brand 10-inch Nexus tablet with Samsung CNET A Google Nexus 10-inch class tablet is in the works, CNET has learned. The 10.1-inch tablet will boast a pixel density that is higher than Apple's third-generation iPad, said Richard Shim, an analyst at NPD DisplaySearch. The 2,560x1,600 display will ... See all stories on this topic »

Seven Google Nexus 7 tips CNET With a capable quad-core processor, an excellent display, and an affordable price, the Google Nexus 7 provides great value in a compact 7-inch package. It's also running the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean, which brings a smooth and, dare we say, ... See all stories on this topic » CNET

Google Faces Potential Class-Action Lawsuit In Canada Over Gmail Privacy ... TechCrunch Wayne Plimmer, a retiree living in Sechelt, British Columbia, filed a class action lawsuit against Google last week. In it, he and his attorney allege that Google's Gmail service “intercepts, obtains and uses personal information it collections from ... See all stories on this topic »

Google launches major YouTube expansion in Europe The Detroit News The Google Inc.-owned video site said Monday the new channels, with content from Britain, Germany, France and the United States, will be in addition to the 100 channels launched in the U.S. last year. Like the pre-existing American offerings, the ... See all stories on this topic »

A Google Book Deal Is Good for Everyone—Except Maybe Amazon Businessweek It's possible there was some cheering at Google (GOOG) last week, when the search giant announced a deal with the Association of American Publishers over its book-scanning project. But it's more likely there was just an overwhelming sense of relief ... See all stories on this topic »

Google offers credit cards for Adwords advertisers Examiner.com Google has come up with an idea even Facebook apparently has not considered yet, which is credit cards for advertisers. In an article on October 8, 2012 John Ribeiro has reported for Computerworld: "Google offers credit cards to AdWords advertisers in ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Privacy Audit Leaves Lingering Questions InformationWeek Has the Federal Trade Commission been sufficiently forthcoming about how Google has changed its privacy program following a 2010 settlement with the agency? Privacy rights group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) recently released the ... See all stories on this topic »

Tiny tech suing Google up 80% in past week CNNMoney The most recent rally started after a judge in Virginia last week turned down a request by Google to throw out Vringo's lawsuit against it and several other firms. Vringo is also suing newspaper publisher Gannett (GCI) and retailer Target (TGT). The ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Honors Niels Bohr With Atomic Doodle PC Magazine Google on Sunday recognized Niels Bohr with a homepage doodle to commemorate the 127th anniversary of the Danish physicist's birth. The doodle, one of the search giant's simpler ones, shows the breakthrough atomic model Bohr conceived of in 1913 ... See all stories on this topic »

Google makes first foray into credit business Financial Times Google is getting into the credit business for the first time, with the launch on Monday of a programme in the UK to finance purchases of its online advertising by businesses. The move marks the opening of a new front in the battle between the biggest ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Warning of More State-Sponsored Cyber-Attacks eWeek Google officials are sending out tens of thousands of new messages to Gmail users that their accounts may be targets of state-sponsored cyber-attacks, citing a growth in the number of threats coming out from other parts of the world, particularly the ... See all stories on this topic » eWeek

Any good map apps for an iPhone? San Francisco Chronicle Q: I was planning to upgrade my iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5, but I'm worried about the problems with Apple Maps, which replaced Google Maps on the new phone. I've been told that Google Maps won't work with the iPhone 5, so I'm wondering if there are any ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle

NIELS BOHR DOODLE GOOGLE: 12 great quotes from a man at the nucleus of ... Washington Post (blog) Google marks what would have been the scientist's 127th birthday — he was born in Copenhagen in 1885 — with a Doodle inspired by his work on the atom. As the Nobel Prize site explains, in part: “By introducing conceptions borrowed from the Quantum ... See all stories on this topic »

Google uses its artificial intelligence to improve speech recognition VentureBeat Google unveiled its artificial intelligence software this summer that could recognize faces of cats, people and other things by training on YouTube videos. The technology is now being used to improve the results for Google's products, such as speech ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Platform Wars: Amazon, Google, Windows 8 Dominate Advertising Week AdAge.com Advertising Week was dominated by tech platforms offering their vision of the future of marketing. By "platform" -- an overused word as everyone seems to either be one or have one -- we mean end-to-end services, controlled by one company, that ... See all stories on this topic »

Robert Bork Claims Google Not Like Microsoft Technorati google antitrust Google currently holds just as dominant a position in the search engine market as Microsoft does in the desktop operating system marketplace. Microsoft was accused of abusing their dominant position to help them gain market position in ... See all stories on this topic » Technorati