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Google Shouldn’t Acquire Market Leaders So Its Rivals Can

Google should be prevented from buying leaders in adjacent markets so rivals such as Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo and other companies can acquire them...

Google Body Browser Shows Chrome’s WebGL 3D Modeling

What you're looking at above is Google Body Browser, an experiment from Google Labs that leverages the WebGL graphics standard from the latest Chrome...

Should the Government Stop Google from Acquiring Big Fish?

For the third time in December, Google found itself defending its business practices from allegations of monopolistic and anticompetitive behavior.After refuting claims that it...

Chrome OS to Merge with Android, Pundits Say

There's a fun, potentially contentious debate afoot now that Chrome Operating System has been released on the Cr-48 test flight notebook.Pundits are coming out...

Mark Cuban Underscores Need for Google Anonymous Support Group

So I've had this nagging feeling in the back of my head, like a snake licking the base of my skull. From the inside.I...

Google Places Shunned by TripAdvisor, Underscoring Groupon Miss

So Google missed out on getting local deal provider Groupon one week ago today. I submitted that this was a good thing because of...

Google’s Mayer Touts Contextual Discovery Search at Le Web

Autonomous search. Serendipity engine.Call it what you will, but that's not what Google is calling it anymore. Google's future plans to make its search...

Google + 1 Share Button Exposed, Looks Silly

This goes out to all of you who think I'm an unabashed Google non-basher.There's been a lot of talk in the last two weeks...

Andy Rubin Shows Motorola Tablet Running Android Honeycomb

Google Android chief Andy Rubin graced the stage at Dive: Dive into Mobile Dec. 6, talking all things mobile with Walt Mossberg and Kara...

Google Groupon Failure Follows Yelp as Second Local Miss

Ding dong, the Google Groupon deal is dead, the wicked Google Groupon deal is dead. La la la, la, la, la.Google has purchased 42...