Google Nears Microsoft Value After Hot Quarter

Apple Maps vs. Google maps: Which is better for DC navigating? Washington Post (1) I like Google's multi-colored indicators of traffic congestion. The roadway goes from green to black, depending on the flow of traffic. Apple Maps shows me a much more limited spectrum of pain, with a dotted red line and a slightly lighter, orangey ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Performs More Spring Cleaning for Lesser-Used Features PC Magazine Google's grabbing its digital broom and starting up another round of spring cleaning for the features, services, and apps its patrons no longer use with great frequency. On the chopping block this go-around: Spreadsheet gadgets, the Android app "Places ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Field Trip shows the most interesting things around you NBCNews.com (blog) Google's new Field Trip app is a virtual local tour guide that's always running in the background. It pops up interesting local information — from local history and architecture to the best restaurants and shopping — without you having to ask for it ... See all stories on this topic »

Google adds movie trailers to search results Digital Trends Detailed on Google's official Google+ account this week, the search company has added links to movie trailers when a user searches for information regarding showtimes at local theaters. In order to bring up these listings, the user uses a search term ... See all stories on this topic » Digital Trends

Google EMD Update: Exact Match Domains No Longer Rank As Well Search Engine Roundtable Late Friday afternoon, Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts, dropped a bomb on some webmasters and SEOs. He announced on Twitter that Google is going after "low quality" exact match domains (EMD) to ensure they do not rank well in the Google ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Brazil head's arrest stirs YouTube debate Newsday RIO DE JANEIRO - The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of attempts to stifle digital content. Legal ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday

Google and Asus may be building a $100 Nexus tablet Digital Trends If you're wanting to buy a Nexus 7 then now is the time to do it because Google's still offering a $25 credit for Google Play with tablet purchase. But if you can wait until Christmas there may be a brand new, even cheaper Nexus tablet to get your ... See all stories on this topic » Digital Trends

Pink UFOs Show Up On Texas and New Mexico Google Street Views Huffington Post If you use Google street view to get directions to Jacksonville, Texas, a glance into the sky reveals none other than...a good old fashioned pink UFO. That's what Andrea Dove recently discovered when she signed on to the popular online address tool to ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's self-guided car could drive the next wave of unemployment The Guardian Governor Brown signed the bill at Google's HQ in Mountain View. This was good PR on his part, but it also made sense because Google has led the charge into autonomous (aka driverless) vehicles. For several years, Toyota Prius hybrids that have been ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Nears Microsoft Value After Hot Quarter

Google headed toward its biggest quarterly rally in seven years—up 30% through Thursday, or nearly five times the surge in the S&P 500. It is now within striking distance of unseating Microsoft as the third-largest U.S. company by market value.

Google Pounces on Apple Map Problems Wall Street Journal Within hours of Mr. Cook's act of contrition, Google—whose mapping software Apple had kicked off its iPhone and iPad devices—published a blog post explaining how consumers can still use Google Maps on the iPhone through the Web browser. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Google can't enforce German Microsoft injunction: ruling Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Relents, Takes Down Controversial Video in Brazil Fox News Google does not agree with the judge who found the video clips violate Brazilian election laws that forbid personal criticism of candidates during an election, the Washington Post is reporting. While the offensive video was reportedly removed by the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Is Nearing Microsoft's Value Wall Street Journal Google headed toward its biggest quarterly rally in seven years-up 30% through Thursday, or about four times the surge in the S&P 500. It is now within striking distance of unseating Microsoft as the third-largest U.S. company by market value. Photo ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Forget Facebook: Google shares on a tear, gaining on Microsoft Los Angeles Times While shares of rival Facebook continue to struggle, Google's stock has taken off this quarter, up about 30%. Analysts say investors are shrugging off concerns about a decline in how much advertisers are paying every time users click on their ads, and ... See all stories on this topic »

Taking Google's Field Trip app for a spin: Watch out for the potholes PCWorld With a new Android app called Field Trip, Google wants to be your tour guide for all things local. The app runs in the background on Android devices (an iOS version is coming soon) and suggests things to see and do based on your location. Field Trip ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple IOS 6 moves toward a Google-free future Bluefield Daily Telegraph Gone from iOS 6 are two formerly built-in Google apps that were integral to previous versions of the operating system: Google Maps and YouTube. (The latter, at least, can be reinstalled from the App Store.) Google's search capability is still there ... See all stories on this topic »

Wolverton: Sony's Google TV device is better but still not good enough San Jose Mercury News Sony's new Google TV device is better than its predecessors, but it still leaves a lot to be desired. Google TV is the search engine giant's software for smart TVs and digital set-top boxes. Based on the same Android operating system used in many ... See all stories on this topic »

UFO Sighting in Texas? Does Google Street View of Jacksonville, Texas Show ... ABC News Published on Sep 28, 2012 by ABCNews. People in Jacksonville, Texas, are trying to figure out what Google street view captured in the sky. For more on this story, click here: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/ufo-lens-flare-google-street-view-decide. See all stories on this topic »

Samsung looks to acquisitions to better take on Apple, Google CNET Reuters reported Thursday that the Korean electronics giant will be buying its way into a better competitive position with Apple, Google, and Amazon in the digital-content space, particularly in the music market, which is worth nearly $9 billion. "The ... See all stories on this topic »