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Facebook, Google tech gurus to design cancer research game Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game aimed at speeding the search for new cancer drugs. The project, led by ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Helped Honor FTC Chairman During Agency Inquiry Bloomberg Google Inc. (GOOG) contributed $25,000 to honor the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission while the company was under investigation by the agency for antitrust violations, Senate records show. Google donated the money to Common Sense Media ... See all stories on this topic »

5 Things Every Publisher Should Know About Google Webmaster Tools Forbes Since I'm a small publisher and my resources are still limited, I tend to place the majority of my focus toward optimizing my site for Google's search engine, which according to research firm comScore holds 67 percent of the U.S. search market as of ... See all stories on this topic »

Google clings to cash for acquisitions, says CFO Huffington Post SAN FRANCISCO — Google plans to cling to its bulging stash of cash to pay for potential acquisitions and other technology investments that might boost future profits, a top executive said Thursday. Patrick Pichette, who oversees Google Inc.'s bank ... See all stories on this topic »

What Is the Point of Google's Chromebook Pixel? New York Times (blog) Google, as you've probably noticed, has become a hardware company. It's designing phones, tablets and even laptops. Its Chromebook laptop concept has some extremely compelling aspects. As I wrote in November, it's a fast, silent, light, beautiful ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

13 Cool Things You Can Do With Google Glass PC Magazine Last June, Google co-founder and chief executive Sergey Brin pulled off what we called the most kick-a** tech demo ever, mixing skydiving, BMX biking, and rappelling all to show off Google Glass, the augmented-reality eyeglasses that Google has been ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Buys Microsoft Atlas Ad-Placement Tool in Google Combat Bloomberg Facebook Inc. (FB) said it will acquire Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Atlas Advertiser Suite business, adding campaign-measurement tools that help it step up competition with Google (GOOG) Inc. for online-display advertisements. The team from Atlas will ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Must Show Ex-Workers Some Documents Only Bloomberg Google Inc. (GOOG) will have to turn over only some of the documents sought by former workers of technology companies suing over claims the employers agreed to not recruit from each other. U.S. District Judge Paul S. Grewal in San Jose, California ... See all stories on this topic »

Google to be summoned over data grab 'excesses' The Guardian An inquiry by European privacy regulators, led by France's CNIL, criticised Google for its "uncontrolled" and "excessive" collection of information about internet users, in some cases without their consent. The statement continued: "DPAs [data ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Google Expands Universal Search to Include Your Calendar Wired Google has expanded the personalized search “field trial” it initiated last year, pulling in additional results from Google Calendar. Your Google Calendar appointments join your Gmail and Google Drive documents alongside traditional Google search ... See all stories on this topic » German Copyright Law Targets Google Links New York Times As originally proposed by the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel last year, the law was seen as a clear attempt by a European government to force big Internet companies like Google to share some of the billions of euros they earn from the sale of ... See all stories on this topic » Google has $48 billion cash hoard USA TODAY Although he didn't identify possible takeover candidates for the future, Pichette cited Google's $12.4 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility last year as a prime example of why the company believes it needs to have lots of money at ... See all stories on this topic » German lawmakers back Internet copyright, Google critical Reuters Google launched an ad campaign in German newspapers and set up a web information site called "Defend your web" to lobby against the proposals, saying they would mean less information for consumers and higher costs for companies. The "ancillary ... See all stories on this topic » Google Scores Copyright Win in Germany Wall Street Journal Google's spokesman in Germany, Ralf Bremer, praised legislators for stopping the bill "in its most damaging form." But, he added, "the best outcome for Germany would be no new legislation because it threatens innovation, particularly for start-ups," he ... See all stories on this topic » Google Reveals Details About Its Plan To Fix Password Security Forbes At a presentation at the RSA security conference on Thursday, Upadhyay described how Google has been testing the use of token-based security to protect its own corporate systems. In addition to typing in a username and password, Googlers trying out the ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes Why Google is the biggest social network: a useless homepage San Francisco Chronicle (blog) On Thursday CNET confirmed that Google was toying with the idea of getting rid of the black bar at the top of www.Google.com that lists the search giant's other services like Gmail, Images or News. That's a good thing; it was ugly and full of bugs. See all stories on this topic » Google mulls spicing up Google Maps Engine with Google Earth Engine imaging GigaOM Google is looking into upgrading its Google Maps Engine with the large supply of satellite images available on Google Earth Engine, according to a company engineer. The move would enable businesses to perform comparative mapping analytics and show ... See all stories on this topic » Google Chrome Bug Plagues Mac Users Wired (blog) Over the past few years, people have flocked to Chrome for its speed, its stability, and the way it dovetails with Google products like Gmail and Google Drive. So facing multiple crashes a day has been particularly annoying for some longtime users. See all stories on this topic » Wired (blog) Google Muscles Into Paid Discovery Of Apps With New Click-To-Download ... TechCrunch The app stores are overrun, and there's little way to get noticed until you break into the charts. So Google just announced it's making it easier to buy an AdWords unit called “Click-To-Download” mobile ads that lead directly to iTunes and Google Play ... See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch Google Explains How Search Works, Complete With Live Spam Slideshow TechCrunch Google today updated its Inside Search site, its homepage for all things search, with a handful of educational and interactive features that explain in layman's terms how Google's Search works. Did you know the web had over 30 trillion pages, by the way? See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch