Google Alert - Google, a new $399 tablet

Google Unveils Nexus 10 $399 Tablet Google unveiled a new $399 tablet made by Samsung, as the Internet giant continues its quest to crack Apple's grjp on the tablet market and keep other rivals at bay. Like Apple, Google Now Has Devices That Come in Three Sizes New York Times (blog) With the addition of its new iPad Mini, Apple offers touch-screen devices in three sizes. Now Google is matching that by introducing a tablet that is meant to compete directly with the larger iPad. Google on Monday unveiled the Nexus 10, a 10-inch ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog) Google is told to pay up or strike a deal in French Internet debacle SlashGear A couple weeks ago, we reported that Google was threatening to exclude French media sites from search results if it passed a law that would require search engines to pay for displaying links to French media sites. Google retorted that such a law would... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear Google Signs Deal With Warner Music Group New York Times (blog) Google got one of the key pieces of its digital music puzzle in place over the weekend when it finally signed a deal to bring the catalog of the Warner Music Group — with Green Day, Madonna, Neil Young, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and hundreds of other ... See all stories on this topic » Google cancels Android event due to Hurricane Sandy Washington Post Google has canceled its planned Monday launch event, citing concerns about Hurricane Sandy. On Sunday, the company sent a message to media outlets saying that it would reschedule the event for a later date. CNET reported that the Manhattan pier where ... See all stories on this topic » Biz Break: Google, Microsoft's new mobile efforts; storm shuts Wall Street San Jose Mercury News Today: Google (GOOG) announces new smartphone, bigger tablet, while Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 in San Francisco. Also, job cuts at PayPal, and Hurricane Sandy forces markets to close for weather for first time in 27 years. Google, Microsoft ... See all stories on this topic » Google Play, Android becoming entertainment powerhouses CNET Google announced today that it now has the licenses to offer movies and TV shows from News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox, which means Google Play can rent and sell material from all the major Hollywood studios. Google also locked up a deal with Time ... See all stories on this topic » Google, eBay side with student in Supreme Court case on resale of books ... San Jose Mercury News The current case has attracted so much attention because it could affect many goods sold on eBay,Google and other Internet sites, and at Costco and other discount stores. The re-sale of merchandise that originates overseas often is called the gray ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco bartender gets visit from Google 'secret police' Fox News A bartender in San Francisco found he had unwittingly crossed paths with Google after one of the search giant's employees left a prototype smartphone at his bar. Jamin Barton, who is affectionately known as “Sudsy” by patrons of the 500 Club in San ... See all stories on this topic » Google Says 700000 Applications Available for Android Businessweek Google Inc. (GOOG) said there are about 700,000 applications available for downloading onto mobile devices that run the Android operating system, challenging Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s lead in the race for software tools. That means Google has matched Apple ... See all stories on this topic » Want Hurricane Sandy Updates? Apple's Clueless, Google Has The Goods Huffington Post On the web, however, Google has leveraged its mapping expertise to create an interactive Hurricane Sandy "crisis map," which combines a wealth of information from multiple sources to display everything from weather radar and cloud imagery, to webcam ... See all stories on this topic »  Google Antitrust Probe Spurs Regulation Debate After nearly two years of investigation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is on the verge of suing Google, according to multiple reports. 32GB Nexus 7 tablet spied at Office Depot for $250 CNET It looks like the 32GB version of Google's Nexus 7 tablet has moved from rumor to reality, at least according to one blogger, who says his local Office Depot has one in stock for $250. The 32GB configuration of the tablet has been talked about for a ... See all stories on this topic » Google Maps, Street View Keep Expanding, From Grand Canyon to Leaf Tour eWeek Google is making its Google Maps more useful to consumers by adding information about terrain, vegetation and more. At the same time, Google is expanding its Street View images collection to the Grand Canyon. And don't miss the New England fall leaf... See all stories on this topic » eWeek Advertising Relearned for Mobile New York Times Coming up with ads that exploit the smaller mobile screen requires inventiveness from many parties — advertisers; digital publishers like Google, Apple and Facebook that sell ad space; and mobile ad networks like Millennial Media. “What we're trying ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times Google Has Set Up A "Crisis Map" For Those Preparing For Hurricane Sandy TechCrunch Google has a fantastic program that prepares the world for major events involving Mother Nature, and it has set up a crisis map for people on the East Coast preparing for Hurricane Sandy. Have a look: This is an extremely helpful tool, which includes ... See all stories on this topic »Court will reconsider Google's Safari privacy deal PCWorld A San Francisco court will hear arguments next month against a proposed US$22.5 million privacy settlement between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, over Google's use of cookies to track the Web movements of users running Apple's Safari ... See all stories on this topic » Google Android Event Cancelled Due to Hurricane Sandy eWeek Search engine giant Google announced the cancellation of a hotly anticipated media event in New York City, originally scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29, at 10:00 a.m. EST, as Hurricane Sandy barrels its way up the East Coast. In a short message sent to ... See all stories on this topic » eWeek Apple iPad mini vs. Google Nexus 7: The Titanic Clash of the Miniatures Tablet PC Review Upon the announcement, it became apparent that the iPad mini is Apple's answer to Google'sNexus 7, an Android-based device that debuted over the summer. So now that the iPad mini has been unveiled and some of the dust has settled; how do these ... See all stories on this topic » Google's Nexus 4 prototype lost and found in a bar Sydney Morning Herald Eventually, the phone wound up with Brian Katz, global investigations and intelligence manager at Google. According to Wired, Katz offered the bartender a free phone if he didn't share photos of the phone — but he did, and they're posted online (Wired ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald Google Is Testing Same-Day Delivery for Shoppers New York Times (blog) Google is now in the same-day delivery business. In San Francisco, some people affiliated with Google can buy a product, using their phones or computers, and have it delivered to their homes in a matter of hours. Plans for the new service have been ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Street View captures Grand Canyon with its new Trekker Los Angeles Times This week, the team at Google Street View sent some of its members down the Bright Angel Trail and then out the South Kaibab Trail to collect 360-degree imagery of one of America's most spectacular, mind-blowing natural wonders. Over the last five ... See all stories on this topic »

Say hello to Google's answer to the iPad CNET (via Android Police). Topics: Google,: Android,: Tablets; Tags: google,: android,: nexus,: samsung · Casey Newton. Casey Newton writes about Google for CNET, which he joined in 2012 after covering technology for the San Francisco Chronicle. He is ... See all stories on this topic »

Windows 8 users: Google wants you back PCWorld (blog) Google agrees, and the search giant's answer is a new website to show you how to “get your Google back” in two minutes—complete with a catchy video including a cover of the Jackson Five's 1963 hit “I Want You Back.” Bringing Google back is two-step ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft, Google to hold gadget events following launches on Windows ... Washington Post But there's more: Microsoft has an announcement Monday on its Windows phone system. Google has one on its Android system for mobile devices. The search company may use that event to announce new gadgets to complement its Nexus 7 tablet computer ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Dresses Up Maps With Terrain, Vegetation Wired Google Maps continues to crank out the updates; the default map view has been updated with new shading detail to convey terrain information, along with color gradations to depict vegetation and labels for natural land formations. The amount of terrain ... See all stories on this topic » Wired

Citigroup Fined $2 Million After Analysts Blab To Press About Facebook, Google Huffington Post The Facebook IPO debacle continues to cost money and scalps. And, once again, as with every Wall Street scandal, dumb emails are involved. Thank you, Wall Street, for never learning your lesson on that one. The other, more serious lesson from this ... See all stories on this topic »

The real mess in Google's earnings snafu Chicago Sun-Times NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 05: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt introduces three new smartphones under Motorola's Razr brand that will become available for Verizon customers on September 5, 2012 in New York City. The new phones, the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's Nexus 4 smartphone found in bar SlashGear After the phone went unclaimed, he gave it a bit more attention, and realized that it differed from other smartphones, bearing a “not for sale” sticker and Google logo on the back. He showed the smartphone to a bar regular named Dave, who identified it ... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

Google App Engine Down With Major Service Disruption As Dropbox and ... TechCrunch Google App Engine has now been restored and users should see service returning to normal. Our team is still continuing to investigate and determine the root cause of the issue. We know that many of our customers rely on App Engine for their mission ... See all stories on this topic »