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Google Nexus 4: Play Store debacle gives buyers the Backorder Blues ZDNet I wasn't exactly generous yesterday in my descriptions of the Google Play Store as it melted down for users first in Europe and then in the US trying to buy a new Nexus 4. It was a mess of the first degree and I continue to wonder why Google, arguably ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet

Google Preps Maps App for Apple iPhones Wall Street Journal A Google spokesman said, "We believe Google Maps are the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps in the world. Our goal is to make Google Maps available to everyone who wants to use it, regardless of device, browser, or operating system." ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Google Reports Government Surveillance Requests Continue to Rise eWeek The latest Transparency Report from Google shows government requests for information jumped dramatically during the past three years. According to Google, there were 20,938 such inquiries from government entities around the world during the first half ... See all stories on this topic » eWeek

Google, Dish Held Talks to Launch Wireless Service Wall Street Journal Google Inc. has held talks with satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. in recent weeks to partner on a new wireless service that would rival the networks of wireless carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, according to people familiar with ... See all stories on this topic »

Google modifies Android SDK to battle platform fragmentation CNET Section 3.4 of Google's new terms, which were updated Tuesday, reads, "You agree that you will not take any actions that may cause or result in the fragmentation of Android, including but not limited to distributing, participating in the creation of ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Launches Stunning '100000 Stars' Chrome Experiment PC Magazine Looking for an activity that will help kill some time and remind you of how small we are relative to the rest of the universe? Google has you covered. The search giant today launched a new Chrome Experiment called "100,000 Stars," which provides a ... See all stories on this topic »

Iowa Boom: More Google Investment, New Mega-Project Looms Data Center Knowledge (blog) The announcement of Google's Council Bluffs project in 2007 kicked off interest in the state as a destination for data center development. Microsoft then announced plans to build a data center in West Des Moines, which is now operational after a delay. See all stories on this topic » Data Center Knowledge (blog)

Google to Facebook Missteps Sour French Riviera for Newcomers Businessweek Internet entrepreneurs hoping to follow in the footsteps of giants such as Google Inc. (GOOG) and Facebook Inc. (FB) are finding the prospects cloudier this week as they gather along the French Riviera to schmooze and raise cash. Executives mingling on ... See all stories on this topic »

Google TV Gets Some Much-Needed Improvements, Still Needs More TIME On Wednesday, Google announced a couple of improvements for its TV and set-top box software, including voice search and a better way to browse for movies and TV shows. The update is rolling out this week to LG's Google TV hardware, such as the 47G2 ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Google sandboxes Flash in Chrome for OS X Computerworld Computerworld - Google this week announced it had shipped a stronger Flash Player sandbox for the OS X version of Chrome, making good on an August promise to ship a Mac browser better able to ward off exploits of the Adobe software. Chrome 23, which ... See all stories on this topic »

Google says government surveillance keeps rising PCWorld As Google grows, so too does government surveillance of its users. That's the takeaway from a new Transparency Report from Google, which discloses the number of government requests it has received to hand over user data or remove public information. See all stories on this topic »

Google's Apple Envy Yields New Gadgets: Rich Jaroslovsky Businessweek Google (GOOG) isn't the only software company that wants to be a hardware company, but it may be the one that's trying the hardest. Three newly introduced, Google- branded devices reveal, each in its own way, the depth of the company's Apple envy. See all stories on this topic »

Google adds intelligent voice search to Google TV PCWorld "Just speak to watch TV shows and movies, start playing a YouTube video, open applications, go to websites, do a Google search and much more," the company said in a blog. You can also do voice searches with the product. So if you say, "Search movies ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's high-speed fiber service starts rolling out PCWorld The installation will have two phases, starting with pulling fiber-optic cables from the street to the side of the home, and then doing the in-home installation, a procedure it has already started for several houses in Hanover Heights, Google said on ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Nexus 10 vs. Apple iPad: What to know before you buy Newsday The Nexus 10 runs Android 4.2, the latest version of Google's smartphone and tablet operating system. I still don't think that Android is as easy to use or intuitive as Apple's iOS, which underlies the iPad, or the new Metro interface that's a central ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday

Google targets Android fragmentation with updated terms for SDK Computerworld IDG News Service - Google has expanded its legal agreement with developers working on Android applications to specifically prohibit them from taking any action that could lead to a fragmentation of the operating system. The prohibition was added to the ... See all stories on this topic »

How Nokia Defies Google and Apple With Here Maps, Location Forbes The biggest surprise was the upcoming availability of Here services for competitive mobile platforms like Apple's iOS and Google Android. “There is an opportunity therefore to push our location services horizontally, ” says Elop. ”We are creating Here ... See all stories on this topic »

Brits Grill Google, Amazon, Starbucks on Taxes CIO Today Fighting tax evasion, particularly in the area of e-commerce, British lawmakers are on a campaign to force multinational companies doing business in Europe to pay up. Legislators questioned Starbucks, Google and Amazon about the amount they pay to the ... See all stories on this topic » CIO Today

Spacing out with Google's spectacular map of 100000 Stars Los Angeles Times Wow. That pretty much sums up our reaction to 100,000 Stars, the newest Chrome Experiment from Google. It's sure to amaze stargazers, art lovers, and anyone who is dazzled by the power of technology and the vastness of the universe. This latest ... See all stories on this topic »

Hijacking Google Search Results With Duplicate Content Search Engine Land The way this seems to work is that Google's duplicate content system feels that the new URL is the more important page and thus replaces the original page with the more important page. It is how the competitive link trick seemed to have worked as well. See all stories on this topic »

Apple Gives In to Employee Perks

When it comes to keeping employees happy, Apple appears to be taking some inspiration from Google.

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Google inaugurates its super-high-speed Internet service CNET After years in the making, Google announced today that it has started connecting people in Kansas City, Kan., to its ultra high-speed fiber-to-the-home Internet service. Acting as guinea pigs of sorts, these locals will be the first people in the world ... See all stories on this topic »

Google reports surge in government surveillance -- et tu, Web? Los Angeles Times Requests from governments around the globe to remove content from Google search results and its other services spiked more than 70% in the first half of the year, the Internet search giant said. Google said there were 1,791 requests to remove 17,746 ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Nexus 4 already sold out at U.S. Google Play store CNET (blog) Just minutes after going on sale in the United States, the new Nexus 4 smartphone from Google and LG was already sold out. Visitors to the Google Play store are greeted with a "coming soon" notice for both the 8GB and 16GB versions of the device. See all stories on this topic »

Starbucks, Google, and Amazon Face Investigation For 'Immoral' Tax Evasion in ... Reason (blog) Google's Brittin told the committee that "we comply with the law in the U.K." and "it would be very hard for us to pay more tax here based on the way we are required to structure by the system." ABC News reports that Hodge responded by saying that the ... See all stories on this topic » Reason (blog)

Microsoft and Google financials could surface at trial Reuters (Reuters) - Microsoft and Google's Motorola Mobility unit squared off on Tuesday at a trial with strategic implications for the smartphone patent wars and which could reveal financial information the two companies usually keep under wraps. The ... See all stories on this topic »

Google reveals seven years of evolving data-center strategy CNET Google reveals seven years of evolving data-center strategy. In an in-depth profile, Google's head of data-center operations provides a history of how the company's approach to data centers has changed in seven years. Steven Musil. by Steven Musil ... See all stories on this topic »

Post Petraeus Scandal Google Releases Stats Showing Uptick in Gov Requests ... Wired (blog) One day after news reports described the government's surveillance of email accounts used for communication between the nation's top spy and his mistress, Google released stats showing a rise in the number of U.S. government requests for data on Gmail ... See all stories on this topic »

Berlin startup scene gets nod from Google Huffington Post BERLIN — Berlin's budding Internet entrepreneurs received the closest thing to an industry endorsement Tuesday, with a (EURO)1 million ($1.3 million) investment from Google Inc. for a new `hub' where startups can work, play and meet investors. While ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Lawyer Finds a New Perch at Twitter Wall Street Journal (blog) Nicole Wong, once described as a gatekeeper of the Internet, has left Google's legal department for a new nest. Ms. Wong, who had been at Google Inc. as a deputy general counsel since 2004, revealed in a tweet (of course) that she was joining Twitter. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Acer Apparently Reconciles With Google Forbes Acer's sometimes Byzantine relationship with Google took another interesting turn yesterday when the Taiwanese computer manufacturer launched a refreshed Chromebook (a notebook based on Google's Chrome operating system) in the United States. See all stories on this topic »