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There's No Avoiding Google+ Wall Street Journal The result is that people who create an account to use Gmail, YouTube and other Google services—including the Zagat restaurant-review website—are also being set up with public Google+ pages that can be viewed by anyone online. Google+ is a Facebook ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Google to settle FTC antitrust probe tomorrow, report says CNET (blog) Google is expected to settle the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's long-running antitrust investigation tomorrow by agreeing to voluntarily change some of its business practices, Bloomberg reports. The FTC has been investigating a wide range of Google's ... See all stories on this topic »

APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google's executive chairman is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. Eric Schmidt will be traveling to North Korea on a private, humanitarian mission led by former New Mexico Gov. See all stories on this topic »

Google motivates users with New Year's resolutions map CNET (blog) Google is aiming to harness people's motivation to carry out their New Year's resolutions and then use that to help others achieve their goals. Be it lose weight, make more money, learn a new language, or travel more, users can see what people around ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Glass: Vision For Future Unclear InformationWeek In interviews in the January issue of IEEE Spectrum, Babak Parviz, head of the Google Glass project, notes that the Google Glass feature set "is still in flux" and Steve Mann, a computer scientist who has experimented extensively with wearable ... See all stories on this topic »

APNewsBreak: Google's executive chairman to visit final frontier of cyberspace ... Washington Post The trip would be the first by a top executive from U.S.-based Google, the world's largest Internet search provider, to a country considered to have the most restrictive Internet policies on the planet. North Korea is in the midst of what leader Kim ... See all stories on this topic »

Google, Yahoo accused of funding piracy CNET Google told CNET that it hadn't seen the report but that it was a mistake to suggest the company's ads are a major source of funds for pirate sites, saying: "The complexity of online advertising has led some to conclude incorrectly that the mere ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's Eric Schmidt to visit North Korea on private trip Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO -- Eric Schmidt, Google's ambassador in chief, is going where few Internet executives have gone: North Korea. Google's executive chairman will take part in a private trip led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, sources told The ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft repeats YouTube gripe as Google probe winds down CNET You might think that Google would be on its best behavior given it's under the bright lights of regulatory scrutiny on two continents, particularly as it seeks to assure antitrust enforcers in the U.S. and Europe that it can be trusted on the basis of ... See all stories on this topic »

Kia to Integrate Google Maps and Places Into Its Cars ABC News The first vehicle to get the Google treatment will be Kia's 2014 Sorento, with the first new features being driving directions and POI location powered by Google Maps and Google Places. PHOTO: Google Maps App. Google. Google Maps App View Full Size ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's arty after-party New Year's Day doodle CNET Having presented a charming doodle for New Year's Eve (below), featuring so many of the characters from the doodles of 2012 (you can see all Google's doodles here), today it presents the cleanup. Reality has chimed. The cleaners have arrived. Robert ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's Attack on Apple Is Good News for Apple TIME A wealth of good Google apps on iOS provides consumers with yet another reason to buy Apple hardware. It also reduces what would otherwise be a strategic advantage for phones based on Google's Android operating system. All in all, it's good for Google, ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Google Glass development charges ahead CNET (blog) Google first debuted the titanium-framed glasses headset during its Google I/O conference in June. At the time, the wearable platform had video and audio capability, along with a built-in compass and accelerometer, and it was controlled by head movements. See all stories on this topic »

Google Is Attacking Apple From The Inside Out -- And It's Working Huffington Post After years of hammering away at Apple's share of the smartphone market with cheap-to-free Android phones, Google has lately adopted a new tactic to win mobile. Call it "the worm strategy"--because Google is attacking Apple from the inside out. Read ... See all stories on this topic »

Google tracks the world's New Year's resolutions on an interactive map NBCNews.com (blog) A combination of Google's celebrated mapping and translation technologies, wrapped in a charming design, the new tool encourages users to write down those goals and show the world what improvements 2013 may bring. Advertise | AdChoices · Advertise | ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's new Asia data centers to up speed of services ZDNet Google started construction of the new data centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan since late 2011. The Singapore facility is expected to be complete early this year, while the Taiwan one will be complete by the second half of this year. Google has ... See all stories on this topic »

Yes, Google Is Attacking Apple From The Inside: But Google's Still Got A Problem Forbes An interesting little theory for the New Year: Apple is being eaten away inside by Google. I think it's slightly over egged this theory, myself, but there's certainly some truth to it. Essentially, by writing the apps for various Google services they ... See all stories on this topic »

What's the real problem with Google Now? The Guardian (blog) Google Now is a feature of modern Android phones that supplies you with personalised information based on all the things you have already told Google through your mail accounts, your calendar, your address book, your present location, and all the other ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Google and the £6billion Bermuda tax shelter: Web giant's haven revealed as ... Daily Mail Major firms such as Google, Amazon and Starbucks were described as 'immoral' by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee following revelations about the legal loopholes they exploit to reduce their corporation tax liabilities in this country to almost nothing. See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Google Glass lead says project is still a work in progress The Verge Google's Project Glass product, the company's venture into wearable computing, was officially unveiled over half a year ago at the Google I/O conference. Since then, we haven't heard much from Google about the device, but today IEEE Spectrum published ... See all stories on this topic » Too nearsighted for Google Glass? Prescription lenses spotted in NY NBCNews.com (blog) A new variant of the Google Glass augmented-reality headset has been spotted in New York — one with prescription lenses, which should be welcome news to nearsighted gadget-lovers around the world. The device (in Google muted red) was photographed ... See all stories on this topic » How Google turned employees into philanthropists in 2012 CNET Pop quiz: How did Google get its employees to donate nearly 800,000 meals to charity this holiday season? The answer, it turns out, was a quiz. The company distributed a 10-question quiz to as many of its 30,000 employees as it could reach, designed to ... See all stories on this topic » Google Is Attacking Apple From The Inside Out – And It's Working (AAPL, GOOG) San Francisco Chronicle In the interview, Bongort talks about all the apps Google has launched on iOS of late, and then concludes: "Needless to say, there are similar opportunities to create and design new experiences for all Google apps on the iOS platform." Google's tactic ... See all stories on this topic » Doodle Party! Google Rings in 2013 in Style Mashable Google has released its final Google Doodle of 2012 and its first of 2013 -- a before-and-after party picture. The search giant is known for crafting exceptional New Year-centric logos, and this year's is no exception. In countries where it is still ... See all stories on this topic » Birth Of The Google Phone Houston Chronicle Google has been at the forefront of the technology sector in the western hemisphere for over a decade now. The name has become synonymous with innovation and their offices boast one of the greatest collections of intellectual talent in the world. The ... See all stories on this topic » Google: What you need to do in mobile in 2013 ZDNet Google set the groundwork in 2012 for a big year in 2013 across its major mobile tech offerings. Android surged in popularity this year and will continue with big growth in 2013. Partnering with Samsung and Acer to bring cheap Chromebooks to market ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet Here's Samsung's Plan To Free Itself From Google And Apple Business Insider It's a bold move that could let Samsung lessen its dependence on Apple, a major customer for parts that has nonetheless sued it for patent infringement, and Google, which makes the Android software has been a big part of Samsung's smartphone success ... See all stories on this topic » Google Will "Win" 2013, but Apple's the Stock to Buy Motley Fool Could you imagine someone telling you at the start of 2008 that over the next five years Google would grow its sales three-fold over the next half decade, disrupt Microsoft's Web browser, and create an operating system that would challenge the company? See all stories on this topic » Google Directed Users to Apple Stock When They Typed 'Sell' in Google Finance Mashable For at least a brief period this week, when users typed in "sell" in the search bar on Google Finance, Google automatically directed them to the page for Apple's stock, as pointed out in several blogs and a thread on Reddit over the weekend. Google ... See all stories on this topic »