Google Antitrust Scrutiny: The Price of Success

The FTC antitrust probe into Google business practices is a sort of badge of honor, and a dubious indication that the company has ascended into the elite ranks of the pseudo-monopolistic tech giants. Today @ PCWorld

Google and MIT Enable Task Transfer Among Devices

An anonymous reader writes “A new software app by Google, developed in cooperation with MIT, enables one-step task transfers between Android Smartphones and PCs. If your are like me, you transfer tasks from smartphone to the desktop the hard way at least once a day, so lets get together and crowd-poll Google to commercialize this [...]

Google Instant Pages Pre-Renders Websites, Saving Seconds

A new Google search feature called Instant Pages promises to shave seconds off the search process by loading Websites before you even click on them. Today @ PCWorld

Google Adds Flight Schedules to Search Results

Finding airfares just got easier. Today @ PCWorld

In Trying to Plant Google Privacy Story, Did Facebook Have a Point?

Facebook has admitted it authorized an effort to raise privacy concerns about a Google product, but says it was not intended as a smear campaign. The social networking giant released a statement acknowledging that it hired PR firm Burson-Marsteller to alert the media about the questionable use of Facebook user information in a little-known Google [...]

Google Storage Is Now Available To All Developers

aabelro writes “Google has announced at I/O 2011 the availability of their Storage service to all developers without the need for an invitation. The service has been enhanced with OAuth 2.0 support, simplified account management through the API Console, a new EU storage region, and a new API version.” Read more of this story at [...]

Google, Facebook Calling Skype About Possible Tie-Up: Report

Google and Facebook have both had discussions with internet telephony pioneer Skype about a possible joint venture, according to a Reuters report. Additionally, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had what Reuters calls ‘internal’ discussions about the possibility of buying Skype outright. Wired Top Stories

Why Google threw Overstock in the penalty box

Web retailer Overstock.com, which never does anything quietly, fired off a press release Monday announcing its release from the “penalty box” Google threw it into after it was caught violating the search engine’s policies. Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

Wael Ghonim to leave Google, start NGO in Egypt

Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who shot to international prominence after being detained for 10 days in Egypt, is leaving the search company to start his own venture. Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

Wael Ghonim to leave Google, start NGO in Egypt

Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who shot to international prominence after being detained for 10 days in Egypt, is leaving the search company to start his own venture. Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

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