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Google Music swapping clean songs with explicit ones; how to fix Los Angeles Times Google's service appears to be suffering from the same problems Apple's iTunes Match went through when it launched in 2011 -- it too was mixing up clean and explicit versions of songs, according to The Verge. Fortunately, if you've recently scanned and ... See all stories on this topic » Apple and Google still in the hunt for control of mobile market The Guardian In one noisy corner is Google, claiming victory for its strategy of free, ubiquitous software, while in the other, there are Apple's eye-watering profits as the world's most valuable company. This is the titanic battle to control the future of the ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian Ray Kurzweil, Google meld minds San Francisco Chronicle Among the stranger things Ray Kurzweil will say to your face is that he intends to bring his father back to life. The famed inventor has a storage locker full of memorabilia - family photographs, letters, even utility bills - tied to his father ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle Google Voice Calls Remain Free in 2013 PC Magazine Gmail users in several other countries can also use Google Voice to make international voice calls at heavily discounted rates, Google said. Callers in India, for example, get a 2-cents-per-minute rate, compared with 9-cents-per-minute from the country ... See all stories on this topic » Google Apps makes gains on Microsoft Office Christian Science Monitor For years, Microsoft Office was widely considered to be the way for businesses to get "serious" work done. Google Apps, the cloud-based office suite, wasn't generally thought of as being stable or full-featured enough for company use. But as Google ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor Report: Google Apps Challenges Microsoft in 2012 PC Magazine Despite Microsoft's recent efforts to counter Google's portfolio of cloud-based productivity applications, the search giant continues to gain traction with business customers who once wouldn't dream of running anything but hosted email and on-premise ... See all stories on this topic » Google Music scan-and-match is swapping versions, report says CBS News Google Music users have been complaining that the search giant's new scan-and-match service is mixing up different versions of songs, a recent report says. Google recently launched a free music scan-and-match service. Like Apple's iTunes Match -- which ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News Google Acts Against Malicious Chrome Extensions PC Magazine Google's latest steps will make it harder for malicious developers trying to exploit Chrome users via browser extensions. Extensions are plugins for Google Chrome and allow developers to add extra functionality to the Web browser. Many Chrome ... See all stories on this topic » Google Apps Challenging Microsoft in Business New York Times Google's software for businesses, Google Apps, consists of applications for document writing, collaboration, and text and video communications — all cloud-based, so that none of the software is on an office worker's computer. Google has been promoting ... See all stories on this topic » Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook vs. Amazon Wall Street Journal Software giants including Google and Amazon are interested in ramping up hardware to boost customer loyalty and to extend control over their software services and the revenues that flow from them. That is heightening their collision course with Apple ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal Google's Mobile Future Is Now TechCrunch Google Now may be one of Google's most underrated new products of 2012, but I think it will turn out to be Google's killer mobile product in the long run. It's the one tool that brings together virtually everything Google knows about you and where you ... See all stories on this topic » Apple's Siri has a rival: Google voice search Christian Science Monitor Apple promises a lot from Siri. The company advertises this "intelligent assistant" as a major selling point for new iPhones and iPads. Ask a question out loud, and Siri digs up an answer; dictate an appointment, and Apple's software will jot down the ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor LG Debuts Google 3.0 HDTV's, We'll Be Previewing The New Units At CES 2013 The Inquisitr According to LG the Google 3.0 HDTV's will come equipped with LG's newly redesigned Magic Qwerty Remote that can perform both Voice and PrimeTime quick guide searches. The TVs will also feature an updated Home Dashboard that allows users to add ... See all stories on this topic » The Inquisitr 'Fracking' overtakes 'climate change' in Google searches Dickinson Press NEW YORK — Not so long ago, fracking was a technical term little known beyond the energy industry. Now it's coming to Hollywood, as the fierce battle between environmentalists and oil firms is played out in several forthcoming films. Hydraulic ... See all stories on this topic » Google Music Scan and Match replaces explicit lyrics with clean versions TechRadar UK Google Music's recently-introduced Scan and Match feature has followed the lead of Apple's iTunes Match, by replacing explicit song lyrics with family-friendly versions. The new functionality, which saves users the trouble and time needed to upload the ... See all stories on this topic » Google Used To Track Drug Trafficking Organizations Ubergizmo mexican drug war Google Used To Track Drug Trafficking Organizations Authorities in the U.S. are already using the Internet and Social Media to fight gangs and crimes. Now, Mexico is doing the same, using what technology has to offer to help fight ... See all stories on this topic » Google Maps For iPhone: 7 Tips And Tricks You Didn't Know Were Possible Huffington Post Many iPhone owners have replaced Apple's half-baked Maps app with Google Maps; and as those iPhone owners are testing out Google's version in the real world, they are already finding several cool new features on the app that might not be too obvious at ... See all stories on this topic »

Google in 2012: Android soars, battles with regulators and a tricky new role Washington Post Google has had a strong year in 2012, watching its Android mobile platform continue grow and taking some interesting steps into hardware. Larry Page celebrated a year as chief executive in April and received generally high marks for his performance. See all stories on this topic »

LG Electronics unveiling two new Google-powered TVs in Vegas The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Google, operator of the world's most popular search engine, is trying to get more electronics makers to adopt its TV software, which debuted to lackluster sales for initial hardware partners Sony Corp. and Logitech International SA in 2010. The ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Where in the world is Santa? Google and Microsoft trackers disagree The Independent Google sponsored NORAD's Santa tracker from 2007 to 2011, but Microsoft took over the project this year, providing mapping technology and cloud services to help power the site. Google responded by creating Santa's Dashboard for this Christmas season, ... See all stories on this topic » The Independent

Google vs. Microsoft: Santa-tracking systems go out of sync NBCNews.com (blog) A woman monitors Santa Claus' progress on Christmas Eve from Washington. The Santa tracker shown on the left-hand screen was set up by Google, while the tracker on the right was set up by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. See all stories on this topic »

Global banking to be joined by 'Google Bank' and 'Apple Bank' RT Conventional banking could soon become a thing of the past with the use of the internet and mobile devices booming. They are gradually replacing usual banking cards as a means to pay a bill, Deutsche Bank warns. Following a technological revolution in ... See all stories on this topic » RT

The Google Of The App Search Era Just Might Be Google TechCrunch Only a few years in, and already the mobile application ecosystem has become an unfathomable jungle of applications – some 700,000-plus in the two top mobile app stores, Apple's App Store and Google Play. And yet, we're still waiting for the Google of ... See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch

Santa's journey differs on Google, Microsoft trackers Washington Post Tech-savvy girls and boys, of both the naughty and nice variety, had two main ways to track Santa Claus online as he began his epic journey across the globe Christmas Eve. But perhaps they shouldn't look too closely as the two Santa trackers ... See all stories on this topic »

Happy Holidays: Google celebrates Christmas break with second colourful doodle Mirror.co.uk Google has been featuring pre-Christmas doodles for over a decade. Last year's was made up of illuminated holiday symbols including a snowflake, snowman and candle. The year before, Google's doodle incorporated a number of interactive pictures of ... See all stories on this topic »