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Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By DAVID STREITFELD / The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's harvesting of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in the United States and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a ...
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 Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop
Wall Street Journal
By AMIR EFRATI and DON CLARK A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after ...
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Google has inadvertently stoked privacy concerns about files uploaded to its newly released Google Drive by issuing poorly written rules that are more apt to confuse than to clarify.

While private files winding up on Google Drive may not be as privacy-protected as the ones on your hard disk, fact is that Google is not granting itself free rein to use personal data. But you'd be hard-pressed to know that given a "toxic brew" of conflicting claims found in the company's omnibus privacy policy, according to a legal expert who has closely reviewed Google's policies.
"The language is not drafted nearly as tightly as we would expect from a company of Google's size and stature," says Eric Goldman of the High Tech Law Institute. He describes the covenants as poorly written and likely to confuse users by virtue of Google mashing licensing and privacy statements together.
Asked for comment, Google offered the following statement:

As our Terms of Service make clear, 'what belongs to you stays yours.' You own your files and control their sharing, plain and simple. Our Terms of Service enable us to give you the services you want -- so if you decide to share a document with someone, or open it on a different device, you can.

Google isn't doing itself favors with its communications, according to Goldman, who calls "that 'plain and simple' bit" a red flag. "You know someone is doing arm-waving," he says.
So what does Google really mean in its terms of service? The section of the agreement that people are complaining about, "Your Content in our Services," starts off clearly. The license grant, which is the first portion of the privacy agreement, sounds good:

Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.

But then Google puts a big question mark over that agreement:

When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps).

At face value, this looks like Google is claiming an unrestricted license to users' files, for purposes up to and including advertising its own services. But that's not what Google means. Google isn't about to make users' private files public. The whole architecture of Google Drive is to either store privately or let users share files. In fact, Goldman notes, it would vitiate the whole nature of Google Drive for Google to treat private files as public. "I don't think Google will do it, and that's not the problem," he says.

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• Your data, your rights: how fair are online storage services? (ZDNet)
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• Judge wants MegaUpload user data preserved for now
• The Google Drive FAQ

However, the problem is that Google's one-size-fits-all-services terms of service agreement is too vague. Legally, it does leave Google with an unreasonable amount of leeway regarding user files. Legal experts note that privacy should trump all licensing issues, and that Google could easily re-draft the agreement to accurately reflect the way the company actually treats user data. For example, the privacy agreement could say we'd never use the data publicly, or for promotional purposes.
Google does give itself some wiggle room in the agreement to allow narrower terms to apply to certain products, but as of yet there are no such terms for Google Drive.
There is real exposure for users: The agreement doesn't protect users if Google -- not the user -- deems it necessary to give litigants or government representatives access to private files, and it won't prevent Google from terminating access to their own files if "Google thinks a file violates someone's rights. The example of what happened to innocent users caught during the MegaUpload saga is still fresh in people's memories.
The conflict between needing access to user data to run a service and user privacy is not limited to Google. But other companies have more thoughtful policies. Dropbox, after suffering through a user backlash over a policy similar to Google's current TOS, updated its terms with very clear limitations:

To be clear, aside from the rare exceptions we identify in our Privacy Policy, no matter how the Services change, we won't share your content with others, including law enforcement, for any purpose unless you direct us to.

Dropbox, Goldman says, "stops at limited rights 'to operate services.'" It's more narrow and more appropriate for a cloud storage service, he says. He thinks Google would do well to emulate this, and step away from the concept that a unified privacy and licensing plan can work across the entire suite of Google services.
While the future points to the cloud, the present may still last quite awhile with many users still avoiding putting personal or sensitive data on Internet services except when he needs their specific features, like real-time collaboration. Despite what Google, Microsoft, and other providers offering limitless storage in the sky will claim, a cloud storage drive does not offer the same privacy protections as a personal hard drive.

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April 24, 2012 -- 3:00 p.m. EDT TECHNOLOGY Google Unveils Drive Storage

Google launched Drive, a long-anticipated storage service that allows people to put photos, documents and videos on the company's servers to be accessible through Web-connected devices, including Apple iPhone and iPad.

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Global Scrutiny of Google Widens and others

US Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Google may soon be fighting antitrust battles on two fronts. The European Commission has been looking for two years into whether the search giant abused local competition laws, and it is expected soon to either file formal charges or ...
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Wall Street Journal
By JOHN LETZING Google Inc. formally disclosed a pair of inquiries under way in Argentina and South Korea this week, adding to global scrutiny of the Internet company's competitive behavior and personal data collection. Google said in a quarterly ...

U.S. Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts

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A potential case by the Federal Trade Commission, which hired a former prosecutor to lead its effort, could embolden European Union officials in their own antitrust investigation.

Global Scrutiny of Google Widens

Google formally disclosed a pair of inquiries under way in Argentina and South Korea this week, adding to global scrutiny of the Internet company. 

US Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer New York Times Federal regulators escalated their antitrust investigation of Google on Thursday by hiring a prominent litigator, sending a strong signal that they are prepared to take the Internet giant to court. The Federal Trade Commission is examining Google's ... See all stories on this topic »

Former Sun CEO says Google's Android didn't need license for Java APIs CNET Jonathan Schwartz testifies that Java APIs were not considered proprietary or protected by Sun, as long as Google didn't use the Java name, countering Oracle's claims that Google infringed on its intellectual property. by Dan Farber April 26, ... See all stories on this topic »

Google: We do not claim intellectual-property rights on files stored to Google ... San Jose Mercury News By Michael Liedtke AP SAN FRANCISCO -- Google (GOOG) is facing suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust personal documents, photos and other content to the company's new online storage service. That became apparent shortly ... See all stories on this topic »

google street view CNET Google released information today that the US Justice Department investigation into the company's use of wireless networks while working on the Street View project closed as of last May. This information comes within a report that the Internet giant ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Bloomberg Google Inc. (GOOG) said the US Justice Department closed an investigation last May into the company's use of specially equipped autos that collected wireless data for its Street View project. Google's disclosure about the inquiry was in a filing with ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

FTC turns up heat on Google in antitrust probe Los Angeles Times By Jessica Guynn The Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether Google has abused its colossal share of the US search market and put competitors at a disadvantage, has unsheathed a new weapon in its year-old probe of the search giant: It ... See all stories on this topic »

5 Reasons Microsoft SkyDrive is Better Than Google Drive PCWorld (blog) By Ian Paul, PCWorld Apr 26, 2012 7:21 AM Amid the excitement over Google Drive, the search giant's new Dropbox competitor, Microsoft recently improved a similar online sync and storage service, SkyDrive. Microsoft added the ability to store files ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Needed License for Java, Sun's McNealy Testifies BusinessWeek By Karen Gullo on April 26, 2012 Former Sun Microsystems Inc. executives disagreed in court on whether Google Inc. needed a license when it used Sun's Java programming language to develop Android software for mobile phones. See all stories on this topic »

Your Google Drive Files Can End Up in Ads Wired News By Casey Johnston The combination of Google's new storage service, Google Drive, and the company's recently unified terms of service and privacy policy, have riled the Internet into demanding to know why Google seemed to be claiming ownership of their ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud wars: How Google Drive's privacy policy stacks up against its rivals' Washington Post The Google Drive cloud storage service launched yesterday to much fanfare, but as with any new Google product, there are important questions about how the company will actually use personal data uploaded to the system. Google sells ads against your ... See all stories on this topic »

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 Seeking Co-Pilots for Self-Driving Car

Google could join with auto makers to bring its self-driving car technology to market, offer it as an after-market product or even give away the technology, a manager at the Internet company said.

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Google Heightens Rivalry With iPad Wall Street Journal By AMIR EFRATI Google Inc., undaunted by a short-lived attempt to market and sell smartphones on its own, is now trying the approach with tablet computers in a quest to capture market share from Apple Inc.'s iPad. The Internet search company will sell ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Report: Google Planning Online Store for Android Tablets PC Magazine By Damon Poeter Google is reportedly preparing to get back in the hardware retailing game with an online store to sell co-branded tablets running its Android mobile operating system that could launch this year. The search giant had mixed results with a ... See all stories on this topic »

Google to Sell Android Tablets Online, Report Says PCWorld By James Niccolai, IDG News Google will open an online store where it will market and sell tablets directly to consumers, with some of the devices potentially being co-branded with Google's name, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. See all stories on this topic »

Investigating Google ... and the future of newsrooms ZDNet (blog) The UK newspaper The Guardian, claims that Google's Android operating system is far less valuable than Google's revenues from Apple devices. Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, if figures provided ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet (blog)

Google may sell its own tablets this summer, perhaps made by Samsung, Asus Washington Post Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last year that the company planned to market its own Android tablets within the next six months, and now the supply chain is rumbling with rumors about who the manufacturer or manufacturers will be. See all stories on this topic »

Report Says Google Brewing Its Own Branded Tablet InformationWeek After Google's Nexus-brand phone, powered by (what else?) Android, word has it they're now prepping a branded tablet as well. Google plans to sell its own co-branded tablets via an unidentified online store, according to a Wall Street Journal article ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Faces Tablet Hurdles Amid Online Store Effort Wall Street Journal (blog) By Amir Efrati and Jessica E. Vascellaro While smartphones based on Google's Android mobile operating software have become meaningful challengers to Apple's iPhone, Android-based tablets show no signs of catching up to the iPad. See all stories on this topic »

Google self-driving car chauffeurs legally blind man CNET Google demonstrates how its high-tech, tricked-out Prius can operate autonomously by bringing a blind man to the shopping center. by Martin LaMonica March 29, 2012 1:15 PM PDT Follow @mlamonica Steve Mahan, who is legally blind, gets a turn behind the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google releases account activity tool Washington Post How do you spend your time on Google? If you're curious, Google has released a new tool that allows those with accounts to look at their monthly activity on Google while signed in to its services. Users can opt to receive the reports by e-mail. See all stories on this topic »

Google's self-driving car takes blind man to Taco Bell Los Angeles Times By Salvador Rodriguez Google's self-driving car has fascinated our minds with its technological promise since being introduced in 2010. But yesterday, the self-driving car touched our hearts. Google posted a video of the self-driving car taking a ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Drive tutorial

by Sharon Vaknin | 25 April 2012 8:28am SGT

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Dropbox, Box, SkyDrive, and other cloud storage services (reluctantly) welcomed a new competitor today: Google Drive. The freemium service, which replaces Google Docs, lets you store files and access them from your computer, phone, or tablet, no matter where you are.

To get started with Google Drive, head to drive.google.com and enable the service. Once you have access to your Drive, you're ready to get started.

Right away, you'll notice that Google Drive looks and acts a lot like Google Docs--you can create files, collections (folders), use the top bar to search, and upload files by dragging and dropping into the browser window.

However, unlike Docs, you can now manage your entire drive from your desktop by installing the Google Drive application. To get it, head to drive.google.com and select "Download Google Drive" in the left sidebar. After a short installation process, a "Google Drive" folder will be added to your desktop. That folder is synced with your Google Drive, so any changes you make to it will be reflected in the Web interface, and vice versa.

So, when you add a file to the Google Drive folder, it will be uploaded to your Web drive (as long as you're connected to the Internet.)

Now that you're synced up, check out these Google Drive features:

• Documents are free: Google gives you 5GB of free storage space, but any docs you create within Drive don't count against your storage.
• Upload up to 30 types of files: Photoshop, movies, photos--you name it. Google Drive supports the storage and viewing of all the popular file types. So, you can upload a movie to your Drive and play it back within your browser, no matter where you are.
• Share files, folders, or your entire Drive: Have a document you want to share? Or a home video stored on your drive? Just like Google Docs, you can share those files. Simply right-click a file or folder, select "Share...," and choose your sharing option. To give someone access to your entire drive, click the button with the person and a plus sign at the top.
• Utilize Google Goggles: With the Goggles technology built into Drive, you can search for a photo using the search bar. Likewise, you can search for text in a scanned document. After some testing, the feature isn't totally reliable, but it's worth trying if you need help finding a file or photo.
• Collaborate on videos, photos, and more: The collaboration feature from Google Docs is now available for any type of file. For example, if you upload a video to Drive and share it with someone else, you'll be able to discuss that video with the comment tool.
• Install third-party apps: Third-party developers have created apps that work seamlessly with Google Drive. Pixlr lets you edit uploaded photos, HelloFax lets you send free faxes, and DocuSign lets you sign official documents, all within Google Drive. To get these apps and more, head to Google Drive > Settings > Manage apps > Get more apps.

If you plan to use Google Drive, couple it with the Android app (iOS app coming soon), and check out our complete hands-on. Dropbox users can back up their storage and move it to Google Drive using this tutorial.

Via CNET News

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Under Scrutiny, Google Spends Record Amount on Lobbying New York Times (blog) By NICOLE PERLROTH | April 23, 2012, 3:12 pm With Congress and privacy watchdogs breathing down its neck, Google is stepping up its lobbying presence inside the Beltway — spending more than Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft combined in the first ...           Google boosts Web bug bounties to $20000 Computerworld By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Google today dramatically raised the bounties it pays independent researchers for reporting bugs in its core websites, services and online applications. The search giant boosted the maximum reward from $3133 to $20000, ... See all stories on this topic » Google's 1Q lobbying bill triples to $5 million USA TODAY By Michael Liedtke, AP Mark Lennihan, AP Mark Lennihan, AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's US lobbying bill more than tripled to $5 million during the first three months of the year amid increased government scrutiny of the Internet search leader's ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY Google Should Stick It to the EU PC Magazine Google has been very amenable to complaints from legal authorities, but now it's time for the company to take a stand. By John C. Dvorak Google goes out of its way to appease the various judicial systems worldwide to minimize the amount of copyrighted ... See all stories on this topic » Google Bumps Its Rewards For Friendly Hackers To As Much As $20000 Per Web Bug Forbes On Monday Google announced that it's now offering as much as $20000 to researchers who find new ways to hack its web services and then report those security vulnerabilities to the company's security team to help them fix the flaws. See all stories on this topic » Oracle counsel quizzes Google's Rubin about Java emails ZDNet (blog) Google trial to testify about licensing discussions regarding Java. SAN FRANCISCO – Google's senior vice president of mobile, Andy Rubin, took the stand on Monday afternoon during the ongoing intellectual property trial between Google and Oracle. See all stories on this topic » In Oracle Trial, Google's Android Boss Confirms Java Talks With Sun Wired News By Caleb Garling Google's Andy Rubin — the man who oversees Android — took the stand on Monday during the company's ongoing legal battle with Oracle. Image: karitsu/Flickr As the trial over Android's use of the Java programming language entered its ... See all stories on this topic » Why Google and Facebook Are Spending Record Amounts On Lobbying Forbes TechCrunch reports that 2012 marks record spending in DC for both Google and Facebook. In the first quarter of 2012, Google dropped over $5 million in lobbying dollars, while Facebook spent $650000 (which is measly by comparison, but is already almost ... See all stories on this topic »

Ex-CEO Schmidt gets $101M pay package in new Google job USA TODAY By Michael Liedtke, AP SAN FRANCISCO – Shifting from Google's CEO to executive chairman proved to be lucrative career move for Eric Schmidt. Google awarded Schmidt a compensation package valued at $101 million last year, according to a Friday ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Google Ordered to Stop Copyright Violations on YouTube New York Times BERLIN — In a provisional victory for musicians, filmmakers and other creators of art and entertainment, a court in Hamburg on Friday ordered Google to install filters on its YouTube service in Germany to detect and stop people from gaining access to ... See all stories on this topic »

Google must do more to police YouTube music use San Francisco Chronicle A Hamburg court partly ruled in favor of a suit brought by German music royalty-collecting society GEMA that argued Google doesn't do enough to monitor YouTube content. Google must implement features to detect violations if a rights holder alerts the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google ex-CEO's salary rises to $1.25 million from $1 Reuters By Alexei Oreskovic | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's (GOOG.O) former chief executive Eric Schmidt received a bump in his annual salary to $1.25 million from the $1 he received in the previous year, after he became the executive chairman of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's Schmidt Gets Pay Raise After Leaving CEO Post Wall Street Journal By JOHN LETZING When former Google Inc. chief executive Eric Schmidt stepped aside to take a new role at the company about one year ago, he also left behind his symbolic $1 annual salary. Google raised Mr. Schmidt's annual salary to $1.25 million from ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Google removes Toyota ad from YouTube video of Camry crash Los Angeles Times By Jerry Hirsch Google said it has removed a Toyota advertisement sponsoring a horrific YouTube video of an elderly Florida women losing control of her Camry and blowing through shoppers at a Publix supermarket, injuring 10 people. See all stories on this topic »

A Quixotic Quest to Mine Asteroids Wall Street Journal By AMIR EFRATI A new company backed by two Google Inc. billionaires, film director James Cameron and other space exploration proponents is aiming high in the hunt for natural resources—with mining asteroids the possible target. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Google execs, director Cameron in space venture Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and billionaire co-founder Larry Page have teamed up with "Avatar" director James Cameron and other investors to back an ambitious space exploration and natural resources venture, ... See all stories on this topic »

Motorola Mobility Triples CEO's Pay Following Google Deal BusinessWeek By Hugo Miller on April 20, 2012 Motorola Mobility Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jha received compensation of $47.2 million last year, when he negotiated to sell the handset maker to Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG), more than triple his pay ... See all stories on this topic »

Google vs. Oracle: Round one MarketWatch Google Inc. lawsuit appears to threaten the phone and tablet OS. Google has too much riding on the Android OS to allow any legal action to damage its position, so this is a non-trivial case for Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) . In the case of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) ... See all stories on this topic »

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iOS: More Profitable for Google Than Android PCWorld By Ben Camm-Jones, Macworld-UK Mobile devices running Apple's iOS are more profitable for Google than Android devices, analysis of data revealed in court shows. Last week the Guardian reported that according to figures revealed as part of a proposed ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Seeks Mona Lisa as Online Art Embraces Van Gogh BusinessWeek By Gwen Ackerman and Marie Mawad on April 08, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) has expanded its virtual tours to more than 150 of the world's major museums, featuring putting high-resolution close-ups of masterworks by Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Botticelli ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Doodle celebrates galloping Eadweard Muybridge SlashGear Hit up Google's homepage today and you'll see the company's colorful logo devolved into a section of equine squares, commemorating the 182nd birthday of Eadweard J. Muybridge. Responsible for the zoopraxiscope in 1879, Muybridge used the stop-motion ... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

Google Readying 7-Inch Tablet for Late Summer Release eWeek Two-and-a-half years after failing with its first connected smart device, Google is doing it again—this time with a tablet PC. This one will be a co-branded Android tablet with Asustek Computer of Taiwan. Well, that one crashed and burned. See all stories on this topic » eWeek

For Google, All Eyes on 'Costs Per Click' Wall Street Journal By JOHN LETZING When Google Inc. reports earnings on Thursday, many pundits might pick right up where they left off one quarter ago: With concerns about prices advertisers are paying to get attention in the Internet giant's dominant search engine. See all stories on this topic »

From Google, a step toward Internet-connected glasses Austin American-Statesman Google's prototype augmented-reality glasses, left, will connect to the Internet and display information on a small see-through screen to let the wearer shop, video-chat and check weather and travel services. ASSOCIATED PRESS Google's prototype ... See all stories on this topic » Austin American-Statesman

Google creates a spectacle with project WSET By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses. Directions to your destination appear literally before ... See all stories on this topic »

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Google money going to law enforcement agencies USA TODAY By Laura Crimaldi, AP PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island law enforcement agencies that participated in an investigation that resulted in Google forfeiting $500 million last year will receive $230 million of that money, federal officials said Monday. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Amazon Dominates Google in App Revenue: Thank Apple? PCWorld (blog) Users of Amazon Appstore, on average, spend three times the amount they're spending on Google Play. Why? That's something Amazon, Apple and its millions of iOS users know - it's all about convenience. Mobile advertising firm Flurry found that the ... See all stories on this topic »

New Google Maps Traffic Features Rolled Out (PICTURES) Huffington Post Within a week, Google rolled out two updates to Google Maps that should make efficient traveling a little bit easier. The service now shows estimated travel times based on real-time traffic data (in addition to historic traffic data) and features ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's $500M Penalty A Windfall For Rhode Island Wall Street Journal By JOHN LETZING Law enforcement officials said Rhode Island will receive the bulk of the $500 million that Google Inc. forfeited as a result of allowing illicit online advertisements by so-called rogue Internet pharmacies into its system. See all stories on this topic »

Record Google fine to be split among law enforcement, Justice Department CNN By David Fitzpatrick, CNN Investigations Unit Providence, Rhode Island (CNN) -- The Justice Department on Monday announced the distribution of a record $500 million civil fine paid by the Internet search engine giant Google in the wake of what the ... See all stories on this topic »

A Google Tablet: 10 Reasons Why the Android Community Needs It eWeek NEWS ANALYSIS: Google needs to release its own tablet. The company's partners might not like it at first, but it could go a long way in putting Android-based tablets on the map. Google was once known solely as a search company. See all stories on this topic »

Google Ads in Australia Searches Misleading, Court Says BusinessWeek By Joe Schneider on April 02, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG), the world's largest Web-search provider, misled Australian consumers in 2007 by including paid advertisements from competitors in search results for businesses, an appeal court ruled. See all stories on this topic »

RI to get $230M from $500M Google forfeiture The Associated Press By LAURA CRIMALDI, AP – 1 minute ago PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — Rhode Island law enforcement agencies that participated in an investigation that resulted in Google Inc. forfeiting $500 million last year will receive $230 million of that money, ... See all stories on this topic »

Asymco: Google makes only $1.70 a year per Android device CNNMoney Dediu's starting point is a settlement offer Google (GOOG) made to Oracle (ORCL) of $2.8 million and 0.515% of Android revenues on an ongoing basis. His assumption is that those numbers represent Google's revenue from Android to date. See all stories on this topic »

LACMA, Getty among 134 museums joining Google's art site Los Angeles Times Google Art Project (www.googleartproject.com), which launched last year with virtual tours and digitized artworks from 17 museums, has added 134 new museums to its site, including four from California. Initially, no museums from the state were included ... See all stories on this topic »