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Google Piling Up Social Network Arsenal to Challenge Facebook

This Google gaming and social network story is really boiling over. In the last month, Digg's Kevin Rose tweeted that Google has a social...

Apple Search Engine Lightning Bolt to Strike Google?

I recently received a lightning bolt e-mail response to my eWEEK story from April 4, in which I explored the idea that Google could...

Google Apps Gets GSA Certification, Runs Late in LA

Google Apps has met security requirements to qualify it for use by the General Services Administration, a big coup as the company seeks to...

Google Must Buy Zynga to Gain Leverage Vs. Facebook

Despite the invitations to play Farmville, Mafia Wars and other "social games" on Facebook, I have stubbornly resisted joining.I don't play games on Facebook...

Does Android Bloatware Weigh You Down?

Android smartphones are mimicking the PC ecosystem by incorporating mucho preloaded applications from carriers and other partners that consumers don't want, according to this...

Google Offers Tags Free for 30 Days to Lure Businesses

When Google launched its Tags local business promotional service earlier this year, I expressed a little skepticism that people want to spend $25 per...

Google Trada Investment Smells of Interest Conflict

Google's venture capital arm invested $4.5 million of the $5.75 million in fundingTrada banked July 21 as part of its plan to expand its...

Droid X Delivery Now Delayed Until Aug. 3

Just days after I reported Verizon Wireless' pledge to deliver the Motorola Droid X by July 23 after discovering that the Android 2.1 device...

Why Google Musn’t Let the Government Peek Under Its Hood

Can you imagine the reaction Google's leadership had behind closed doors to the New York Times' editorial that suggested the company let the government...

Google News Offers Olive Branch with Two-Column View

After two straight weeks of fielding complaints about the revamped Google News, the search engine has finally bowed to the whiners consumers who use...