YouTube faces mounting criticism

Google warns of 'splinter net' fallout from US spying Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Search giant Google Inc on Wednesday warned that U.S. spying operations risk fracturing the open Internet into a "splinter net" that ... See all stories on this topic »	ValueWalk
Google Gets Record Number of User Data Requests From ... ABC News This year has brought the biggest expansion yet of government efforts around the world to gather user data from Google, one of the globe's most-used search ... See all stories on this topic »	ABC News
Google fuels smartphone price war with eye on Asia Hindu Business Line The most amazing thing about two of the latest smartphones to emanate from the house of Google is neither their nifty array of tech tricks — though there are a ... See all stories on this topic »	Hindu Business Line
Google, Facebook and other tech giants object to secret government ... San Jose Mercury News In a potentially landmark dispute, Google (GOOG), Facebook and other tech giants are crying foul over the Justice Department's response to a lawsuit in which ... See all stories on this topic »
Google's Drop in the Smartphone Ocean Wall Street Journal Still, the struggle for Motorola so far under its Google ownership has been to drum up significant sales. The company launched its Moto X handset in late August, ... See all stories on this topic »	Wall Street Journal
Google Now Update Improves Voice Commands InformationWeek (blog) Google made a new version of its Google Search application available to Android devices recently. The updated software adds a handful of new cards to the ... See all stories on this topic »	Ars Technica
Google launches Play Store for Education ZDNet Google has announced an extension for its Android Play Store that is ... primary and secondary educators in the United States, called Google Play for Education. See all stories on this topic »	DailyTech
Google automates wireless networks' use of TV white space CNET By opening a programming interface to its database of free white space, Google promises to make it easier for devices to find unused wireless spectrum. See all stories on this topic »
Google prevails over authors in book-scanning US lawsuit Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc on Thursday won dismissal of a lawsuit by authors who accused the Web search and media group of digitally copying ... See all stories on this topic »
Google Offering Translation Services to Android App Developers eWeek Google wants to help Android developers sell their apps in other countries by ... Google is launching inexpensive language translation services to Android ... See all stories on this topic »	Android Community

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Google Improves Gmail For iPad InformationWeek Google's Gmail app for iPad and iPhone gets new features and iOS 7's design ... Google has made a new version of its standalone Gmail application for Apple's ... See all stories on this topic »	Gizbot
Google Prevails as Judge Tosses Book-Scanning Suit PC Magazine Google today prevailed in a long-running lawsuit over its book-scanning project when a New York judge tossed the case and ruled that the search giant's effort ... See all stories on this topic »
Google Search Adopts iPhone's Most 'User Friendly' Feature NASDAQ Google ( GOOG ) kicked things off in the early days of Android with the ability to search, email, and navigate to a specific destination by voice with a standard, yet ... See all stories on this topic »	NEWS.GNOM.ES
Google Books: Court Dismisses Authors' Lawsuit Wall Street Journal Google Inc. won a major victory in its long-running battle over the company's right to scan tens of millions of books. A federal judge in New York on Thursday ... See all stories on this topic »
Google's Book-Scanning Is Fair Use, Judge Rules in Landmark ... Wired In a 30-page decision (.pdf) Judge Denny Chin of New York ruled that Google's move to digitize millions of university and commercially available books is on its ... See all stories on this topic »
Google Win in Copyright Suit May Bolster Web Search Domin Bloomberg Google Inc.'s (GOOG) victory in a copyright suit challenging its project to digitally copy ... Google Books provides a public benefit and is a fair use of copyrighted ... See all stories on this topic »
Google wins dismissal of lawsuit over digital books The Seattle Times Google Books provides a public benefit and is a fair use of copyrighted material, Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan ruled, dismissing an 8-year-old lawsuit against ... See all stories on this topic »
Google Books case: digitizing 'snippets' of text is ruled 'fair use' Christian Science Monitor “In my view, Google Books provides significant public benefits,” Judge Chin wrote in his decision, citing research and access benefits to students, teachers, ... See all stories on this topic »	Christian Science Monitor
Google's Nexus 5 Smartphone Comes to T-Mobile PCWorld Google's hot-selling Nexus 5 now has a new carrier: T-Mobile. This brings the total number of domestic carriers officially offering the device to two, alongside ... See all stories on this topic »	IBNLive
Bangalore company making Google Glass app Times of India BANGALORE: The man who said no to Google is being pursued by the search giant all over again. Vineet Devaiah, founder of Bangalore-based startup ... See all stories on this topic »	Times of India

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A tribute to the Swiss psychiatrist on what would have been his 129th birthday
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Master of many trades, jack of none.
10. Google's Relentless Campaign to Make Google+ Work Becomes YouTube's Problem
YouTube faces mounting criticism for tying its comment section to the social platform