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Google’s Schmidt, Mohan Champion Mobile, Display Ads

The last day of February 2011 could be known as Google Ad Evangelism Day, as key company executives touted the might of the mobile...

Google Open Access Moves Threaten Verizon 4G iPhone

If you're a Google Watcher, you remember how the company tried to throw a wrench into Verizon Wireless plans by bidding for 700 MHz...

Apple iPad 2 Promise Blankets Motorola Xoom in FUD

The Motorola Xoom launch Feb. 24 was exciting enough, but Apple helped work us media types up into a lather by announcing it was...

Google Search Gets Recipe View Refinement

Google has added Recipe View, a neat new refinement for its search engine that helps users find food recipes on the Web.Previously, users who...

Google Nexus One, Nexus S Get Gingerbread Bump

Listen up, all you die-hard Google fans: Google tweeted last night that Android 2.3.3 would be zipping over-the-air to the Nexus One and as...

Google Chrome 11 Will Have an Omnibox (Fear Not)

Google isn't jettisoning the Omnibox, the URL address bar/search box combination the company introduced at the product's inception in 2008.At least, the Omnibox isn't...

AAI Antitrust Group Argues Against Google’s ITA Bid

It's hard to find too many supporters of Google's $700 million bid for travel software company ITA Software these days.The FairSearch.org coalition of online...

Obama Talks Innovation, Stumps for Donations During Doerr Dinner

Oh what I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall at this meeting of the President Barack Obama and high-tech heavyweights at...

Texas Attorney General Uses Google as Political Platform

What is it about Google that attorney generals with no technology background smell blood in the water and decide they want to use the...

Salesforce.com Isn’t Sole Reason Google Won’t Enter CRM

Software Advice analyst Lauren Carlson rekindled an oldie but a goodie topic in a blog post last week: Will Google Enter the CRM Market?That...