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Just in time for Black Friday, Google brings store layouts to Maps Los Angeles Times The indoor floor plan feature has been available to Android device users for some time now, but Google said it is bringing it to the Web browser so that more people can use it for their holiday shopping. "Before heading home for the holidays or out to ... See all stories on this topic » Biz Break: Facebook looks to Google-like privacy policy as stock continues to ... San Jose Mercury News Today: Facebook seeks to abolish user-voting system for privacy policy changes and move to user profiles that cross over into Instagram and other offerings, similar to Google's (GOOG) updated policy; stock hits highest point in almost four months. See all stories on this topic » Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Upstart Internet search engine DuckDuckGo, which promotes itself as a Google Inc rival which does not track users' personal information, says it is being hurt by the search giant which is being investigated by U.S. regulators. See all stories on this topic » Google to challenge Apple with 'open' AirPlay standard ZDNet But Google's plans go beyond simply streaming content. According to Drayson, the protocol that Google is working on allows for data to flow in both directions, which would "enable developers to build second-screen experiences that correspond to what's ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet New app gives Google Maps some competition CNET ... results lickety split, Skobbler's ForeverMap2 may be that app. The navigation technology startup hopes to give Google Maps a run for its money with its ForeverMap2 app that works both online and offline. The company today launched the ForeverMap2 ... See all stories on this topic » Google Maps Is Now Giving Out Profile Badges To The Most Helpful Community ... TechCrunch One of the really interesting things about Google Maps is that there's a huge, thriving community of people who love to help make the product better. Basically, when a road closes, or something is incorrect, there are tools via Map Maker that let them ... See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch Google may avoid FTC anti-trust investigation, report suggests Fox News The crucial issue right now is whether the FTC decides to legally challenge Google on “search manipulation” — that is, whether Google manipulates its search rankings to give preference to its own sites, while also pushing down competitors' rankings. See all stories on this topic » Google plans to fix an Android networking bug... after 2.5 years Engadget Still, Google may be pushing the limits with the solution for a longstanding Android bug that prevents resolving hostnames on some WiFi networks without using the full domain. The company has officially committed to providing a patch -- 2 years, 6 ... See all stories on this topic » It's Not Just Google Glasses That Will Make Us All Cyborgs The Atlantic Wire Google Glass now has a glasses-of-the-future competitor called the Vuzix smart glasses M100, which look about as cyborg-ish as Google's wearable computer invention, giving us pretty much no hope for a non-robotic version of these things, ever. If ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Wire Apple's Big Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design Faster Than Apple Is ... San Francisco Chronicle Apple's Big Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design Faster Than Apple Is Getting Better At The Internet (AAPL, GOOG). Jay Yarow, provided by. Published 10:29 a.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Tweet · Comments (0). Larger | Smaller. Printable ... See all stories on this topic » Reps. Eshoo, Lofgren caution FTC on Google probe #thecircuit Washington Post (blog) Google, FTC: In a letter to Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibotwitz, Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said they believe agency action under competition statute of the FTC act would be “unwarranted, unwise and likely have ... See all stories on this topic »

Google error cancels Christmas (and all of December) CNN But that didn't stop the snarky headlines after it was discovered that a buggy app in the new version of Google's mobile operating system omits the month of December. The People app lets users bookmark friends' birthdays and other important dates on a ... See all stories on this topic »

Google reportedly working on open alternative to AirPlay CNET Google offered an early taste of what it has planned with the debut last week of a new feature for YouTube designed to make streaming to the television easier than it has ever been on Android. The updated app now presents a new button making it ... See all stories on this topic »

Google: Don't Let Trolls Exploit Patent System Flaws Wired Kent Walker is senior vice president & general counsel at Google, responsible for managing its global legal team and advising the board and management on legal and corporate governance matters. Walker has held senior legal positions at a number of ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Takes on Tiny Doogle ABC News (blog) Search engine giant Google is threatening a lawsuit against a tiny South African website named Doogle. The legal fight may threaten the existence of the company, but has been a short term boon for Doogle, creating so much traffic for the site that it ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News (blog)

Google Adding 5.5 Million New Songs to Google Play in Europe PC Magazine Google has inked a deal to bring 5.5 million more songs to Google Play in Europe. In a deal with Armonia — signed Nov. 1 but made public today — the organization will add its songs to the Google Play store across the pond. The first pan-European hub ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Poaches NHTSA Deputy Director Wired That will be rectified come January 7, 2013, when Ron Medford, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's deputy director takes a position at Google as the company's Director of Safety for Self-Driving Cars. Medford held down the number-two ... See all stories on this topic » Wired

TEXT - S&P raises Google corporate credit rating to 'AA' Reuters Overview -- Google Inc.'s revenues have risen 45% (including acquisitions) in the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012, with net income of $2.2 billion, and the company ended the quarter with about $46 billion of cash and securities. -- We raised the corporate ... See all stories on this topic »

Google adds 5.5 million songs to its collection in Europe CNET The Google Play store has expanded its reach, adding 5.5 million musical works to its store in Europe. The deal, which was signed November 1 and made public today, brings new music to 35 countries. It comes via a first-of-its-kind agreement with ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Wireless: Could an Alliance with Dish Make It Happen? TIME According to “people familiar with the discussions,” Google has talked with Dish Network about the possibility of creating a new wireless service. Although Dish is known mainly for its satellite TV offerings, the company is sitting on some unused ... See all stories on this topic » Judge OKs $22.5M fine against Google for Safari tracking CNET It's looking like Google may have to soon cough up the $22.5 million fine it agreed to pay in order to settle Federal Trade Commission claims that it illegally bypassed user privacy settings in Apple's Safari Web browser. U.S. District Judge Susan ... See all stories on this topic » Are Apple And Google Going To Settle Their Patent War? Forbes There's a thought out there that perhaps Apple and Google have seen the waste of enriching only the lawyers by fighting in every courtroom that will allow them time and space to do so. That instead of fattening up legal wallets so they can afford ... See all stories on this topic » Google app bug cancels Christmas, December CNET Sure, the month of December can be expensive and stressful, but Google apparently has an app for avoiding it. Users of Google's recently released Android 4.2 Jelly Bean are finding that the Web giant left the last month of year out of the operating ... See all stories on this topic » Review: Beautiful Google Nexus 4 can't shine without 4G LTE Examiner.com This weekend, CNN compared the Google Nexus 4 with other smartphones such as the iPhone 5, Galaxy S3, and the Lumia 920. They said the phone would definitely be one of the biggest selling smartphones of the season, although this column respectfully ... See all stories on this topic » Review: Nexus tablet showcases Google media play The Oshkosh Northwestern The Play store is Google's version of iTunes for Apple devices. There, you can get a variety of apps, some free and some for a fee. You can buy or rent movies and obtain books, magazines and music. Google isn't satisfied with building search engines ... See all stories on this topic » European Countries Seek More Taxes From US Multinational Companies New York Times Google, Amazon, Starbucks and other American companies facing tax scrutiny say they are doing nothing wrong. They use complex accounting strategies to exploit national differences across Europe in corporate tax rates, which range from less than 10 ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times Google's Android eating Apple for lunch News24 San Francisco - Smartphones and tablets powered by Google's Android software are devouring the mobile gadget market, eating into Apple's turf by feeding appetites for innovation and low prices, analysts say. The Android operating system powered nearly ... See all stories on this topic » Google Shops Abroad With Product Listing Ads EcommerceBytes Google began reaching for new borders earlier in the year, as the company moved the US version of Google Product Search over to the Product Listing Ads platform. Doing this gave searchers access to products available from over one hundred thousand ... See all stories on this topic » EcommerceBytes Google opens its doors to reveal colorful and powerful guts DVICE We all probably do it at least once or twice a day — Googling something. As we get near instant results we probably aren't giving too much thought as to what powers the all-knowing search engine. For the first time, Google has opened the doors to ... See all stories on this topic » The Tablet Market Grows Cluttered New York Times By keeping its tablet prices so high, he said, Apple could lose its place as the biggest tablet seller, just as it did with smartphones when it lost the first-place position to Samsung, which makes less expensive phones using Google's Android software ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times