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Google Tests New Search UI, Trademarks Photovine

Google's Inside Search event wrapped less than a week ago, but folks are already finding new stuff the search engine is testing.That includes a...

Android Far From Priceless: Oracle Wants Billions From Google

Google could rue the day it built the Android operating system with Java code and spun it out to the world under an open-source...

Google Maps My Places Tab Groups Honeypot Rated Businesses

Many of us who follow Google closely have noted how the search engine is pushing its Google Places service to the forefront, using Google...

Google’s Instant Pages Busts Speed Limit

Peel off the layers of Platonian pomp -- "the thirst for knowledge doesn't stop when you step away from your computer" and "we're breaking...

Apple iCloud vs. Google Cloud: What’s Better?

One of the hot topics for analysis in the wake of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last week was how iCloud compares to Google's cloud...

Ex-Googler Calls Out Google Infrastructure as Obsolete

In the latest of several thoughtful blog posts from ex-Googlers about why they left, Dhanji R. Prasanna called out Google's infrastructure as, well, dated.Prasanna...

Another Way Android Feels Like Windows?

There's sort of a universally accepted meme that Google's Android platform had become to the mobile ecosystem what Microsoft Windows was to the desktop,...

Nokia CEO Elop Said Apple Spawned Android Army

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop made some interesting comments during his speech at Open Mobile Summit in London today.No, it wasn't that Nokia isn't for...

Motorola’s Jha Criticizes Android Apps, PR Says ‘No He Didn’t’

Are Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha's frustrations with the Android platform his company relies on to survive peeking through?That's the question I ask after...

Google Chrome Phone Rumor Debated

The idea of a smartphone based on Google's Chrome operating system is getting some attention, but analysts don't necessarily agree on the possibility.Anton Wahlman,...