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Google Proposes Settlement Terms to EU Regulators Wall Street Journal In a settlement proposal to European Union antitrust lawyers, Google Inc. for the first time has agreed to submit to a legally binding commitment to make minor changes to the look of its Web-search engine in order to allay concerns that it is hurting ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft escalates advertising assault on Google Hindu Business Line This time, Microsoft is vilifying Google Inc. for sharing some of the personal information that it gathers about people who buy applications designed to run on smartphones and tablet computers powered by Google's Android software. Earlier ads have ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Google Co-Founder Caught Sporting Google Glass Vancouver Sun ... Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add VancouverSunOnline's video to your playlist. Sign in. Transcript Statistics Report. Published on Apr 12, 2013. Google's co-founder Sergey Brin wears Google Glass on NYC subway. Powered by NewsLook. See all stories on this topic »

Google Inactive Account Manager: Protecting Your Data After You Die eWeek Using the Inactive Account Manager, which is available through a user's Google settings page, will allow users to tell the company what to do with their Gmail messages and data from several other Google services if the account becomes inactive, whether ... See all stories on this topic » eWeek

Google chief urges action to regulate mini-drones BBC News The influential head of Google, Eric Schmidt, has called for civilian drone technology to be regulated, warning about privacy and security concerns. Cheap miniature versions of the unmanned aircraft used by militaries could fall into the wrong hands ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Google unveils new tablet Vancouver Sun Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add VancouverSunOnline's video to your playlist. Sign in. Transcript Statistics Report. Published on Apr 13, 2013. Google unveils their new tablet computer. See all stories on this topic »

Google Nexus 7 review: The best value-for-money tablet Times of India NEW DELHI: It took a while before Google's first tablet reached India. The Nexus 7, made by Asus for Google, was launched in the US in July last year. In India, it became available to consumers only a few weeks ago. But let's not shed tears over it ... See all stories on this topic » Times of India

Microsoft's new world view: Play nice with Apple, Google USA TODAY But to do so Microsoft, which reports its fiscal third-quarter earnings on Thursday, must demonstrate that it knows how to play well on the wildly popular mobile devices sold by rivals Google and Apple. "Microsoft is a superpower in the technology ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Enters test Phase Businessweek Google Inc. (GOOG), operator of the world's largest search engine, has reached a draft agreement with the European Commission over steps it will take to curb anti-competitive behavior, the Financial Times reported, citing several people familiar with ... See all stories on this topic »

Call it coincidence. Google announces that their fiber project was coming to Austin, Texas. Shortly afterward, AT&T said they were doing the same. Heard on the Street's Miriam Gottfried discusses.
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Google Project Glass Gets Venture Funding InformationWeek At some point before or during the Google I/O conference next month, Google is expected to release its first Project Glass product, Google Glass Explorer Edition, an eyeglass frame packed with a Wi-Fi-enabled wearable computer and display. See all stories on this topic »

Google launches tool to help users plan for digital afterlife The Guardian Called Inactive Account Manager – which Google's Andreas Tuerk accepts is "not a great name" – it will let users decide whether to trigger it if they haven't logged in for three, six, nine or 12 months, and then either delete their data or send all or ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Google in peace deal with Brussels Financial Times In its peace agreement with Brussels, which would be legally binding for a period of five years, Google promises to make users in Europe “clearly aware” when promoting its own specialist search services – such as those for restaurants, finance and ... See all stories on this topic »

Google to offer superfast Internet service in Texas Hindu Business Line Google announced today that its experimental superfast Internet service will spread to Austin, the Texas home of a South By Southwest festival beloved by technology trendsetters. Google Fiber should start connecting its so-called gigabit Internet to ... See all stories on this topic »

'Chinese Google' Opens Artificial-Intelligence Lab in Silicon Valley Wired (blog) Much like Google and Apple and others, the company is exploring computer systems that can learn in much the same way people do. “We have a really big dream of using deep learning to simulate the functionality, the power, the intelligence of the human ... See all stories on this topic » Wired (blog)

Facebook Home goes live in Google Play Computerworld Users with compatible phones should update their Facebook apps and then go to Google Play and search for "Facebook Home." After the install, users will be asked to pick a launcher. Once it's installed, they'll experience their smartphone through a ... See all stories on this topic » Computerworld

Google Searches for Malaysian Voters Wall Street Journal (blog) A paradox in Malaysia – the government exerts tight control over traditional media but pledges to leave the Internet alone – means many voters will get much of their news and campaign-related information off the Internet. And Google aims to make a big ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Chennai-born Sundar Pichai to head Google Android division Hindu Business Line Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world. Google has a global partnership of over 60 manufacturers and over 750 million devices have been activated globally. Around 25 billion apps have now been downloaded from Google Play, ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Bing delivers five times more malware than Google, but should you care? ZDNet AV-Test claims to have evaluated a number of searches on search engines including Google, Bing, Russian search engine Yandex, start-up Blekko, peer to peer search engine Faroo, Ask Jeeves' Teoma and China's local search giant Baidu over the 18 ... See all stories on this topic »

Google releases tool to deal with your data after death Washington Post You may be a stickler for keeping control of all the data in your many online accounts, but what will happen to that data after you die? It's a question that Google's addressing with the announcement of a new tool, the Inactive Account Manager, that ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Reports: Google to ship early Glass edition this month Computerworld "This month, Google hopes to ship Glass Explorer Edition, designed for the first people to examine the potential uses of Glass," a Google spokesperson reportedly told ABC News. "Developers can tinker with Glass and consumers can try it out in the real ... See all stories on this topic » Computerworld

Google offers concessions to European commission The Guardian After nearly a year of negotiation, Google has submitted a package of concessions to the European commission to head off an antitrust investigation that has ground on for two and a half years. The search company is understood to be offering to label ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Google Fiber, Aereo and why you're going to love the gigabit future Washington Post (blog) Google's Vice President ofAccess Services Milo Medin speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (AP) While Google Fiber may not get a national rollout, there are plenty of other players who might be willing to take the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google tool allows users to plan for digital afterlife Belfast Telegraph This undated photo provided by Google shows a Google data center in in Douglas Country, Ga. Google is opening a virtual window into the secretive data centers that serve as its nerve center. The unprecedented peek is being provided through a new ... See all stories on this topic » Belfast Telegraph

Google Babel will have an iOS app, cross-platform sync: Report NDTV New details about Google Babel, Google's forthcoming unified messaging service, have emerged. According to a report by Droid Life, the service will offer cross-platform conversation experiences, a new User Interface, photo sharing, quick access to live ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Sued By British Street Mapping Service InformationWeek Google's actions have made Streetmap's products "harder to find," the Milton Keynes-based company says -- and that its charges reflect on-going European Union antitrust probes into whether Google favors its own services over competitors in search results. See all stories on this topic »

Google Maps help find tax dodgers Irish Independent Lithuanian officials said they were unaware of any other country where revenue collectors had used Google's Street View, saying they did not draw on anyone else's experience. Still, tax authorities across the world are turning to high-resolution maps ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Map Maker edit tools extended to cover the UK BBC News The browser-based software allows users to add details about buildings, hiking trails, vegetation and other features to its maps of the country. Suggested additions and amendments are reviewed by other users and the firm's own staff before going live. See all stories on this topic » BBC News