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Google Social Strategy Staying Home for I/O

Google won't release any social-oriented products at Google I/O this week, confirmed several top tech blogs, which pretty much blows my theory from months...

Google Business Photos Front and Center of Local Strategy

Google has been mostly quiet in this first week of May leading up to the big bangs it will announce at Google I/O May...

Google Voice Search Spotted on Google.com

Google has spent so much time porting Web services functionality from its desktop to its mobile Android services, so it shouldn't come as a...

Google Chrome Ad Sows Seed for Chrome OS

Many publications have called attention to the new Google Chrome Web browser advertisements Google began running on network television May 3.The 90-second ad spot,...

Google Collects Location Data to Drive Location-Based Ads

Google cares about location. A lot. Duh.As congressional inquiries against smartphone software providers' use of location data to improve Web services mount, The Wall...

Google TV Improvements on the Way After Poor Logitech Sales

GigaOm learned that Logitech sales of its Google TV-enabling Revue companion box and its associated peripherals hit only $5 million in the first quarter,...

Motorola Xoom Shipments Follow Android Handset Pattern

Motorola Mobility announced first quarter earnings of $3 billion April 28, up 22 percent from the first quarter of 2010.The company said it shipped...

“Googlization of Everything” Good Primer for Antitrust Authorities

There's a lot to say about Siva Vaidhyanathan's "The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry)," published last month by The University of...

Jaiku Co-Founder Discusses Google Buyout Disaster

Remember back in October 2007 when Google acquired Jaiku, the mobile microblogging tool?Some people, including myself, thought the startup would become for Google what...

Amazon Offers Android Phone Buyers $25 Appstore Credit

Amazon.com's Android activities continue to attract the attention of us media types, as the company quietly offered customers who buy an Android smartphone or...