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Google to avoid massive legal battle with FTC, sources say
Fox News
Google is close to emerging largely unscathed from a two-year federal probe of its Web-search business, people familiar with the matter said, a result likely to disappoint rivals that were hoping the Internet giant would become mired in antitrust ...
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Come home to Google Maps
CBS News
Google Maps isn't the same app that everyone knew (and loved) in older versions of the iPhone, though. Google has rewritten the app from the ground up, creating a streamlined, elegant app that leverages the same excellent mapping data we've known for ...
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Google Makes BYOD Harder - Personal-tech - Consumer Services - BYTE
InformationWeek
Last Friday Google announced that they will be ending support — on free Google accounts only — for new connections to use Google Sync to synchronize Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts through Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). There are a lot of ...
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Google Said to End FTC Probe With Letter Promising Change
Bloomberg
Google, which has been under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, is preparing a letter promising not to copy content from rival websites without permission and to allow advertisers to compare data from ad campaigns with their performance on ...
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Nexus 4 delays blamed on LG's 'scarce and erratic' supply by Google chief
The Guardian
The Nexus 4, made by LG to Google's specifications, runs a "pure Google" version of Android without any handset maker's alterations. The comparatively low UK price of £239 for the 8GB model of the high-specification handset - which offers a 4.7in ...
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The Guardian
Has Google Finally Found Its Mobile Design Chops?
TechCrunch
Google has never been a hotbed of cool design. Services like Gmail and Google Docs have always been very functional, but few people would describe them as good looking. Google's first mobile efforts were also hit and miss. The first iterations of ...
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TechCrunch
Google Takes 67% Search Engine Market Share
Search Engine Watch
Slowly but surely, Google continues to close in on 70 percent market share, moving up 0.1 percent again this month to take a U.S. record 67 percent of all search traffic in November, comScore reported. It wasn't at Bing's expense though, as they also ...
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Google still faces antitrust scrutiny in Europe, officials say
PCWorld
The European Union's competition chief has said negotiations with Google to settle an antitrust probe have "advanced," but talks are not yet concluded. Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said he could could not anticipate the outcome of ongoing ...
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Iterations: Google Challenges Apple At The iOS Application Layer
TechCrunch
Google, on the other hand, has quietly built and executed on a strong federated suite of mobile and web services that now makes the Mountain View giant a force on Apple's mobile platform. Alongside this post is a screenshot of all the Google apps for ...
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Google antitrust probe in US may be wrapping up
PCWorld
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Google Maps For Apple Violates European Union Law?
Forbes
It would appear that Google's newly released Maps for Apple's iOS falls foul of European Union law. It's over an issue that might seem trivial but it's very important to both parties: both the EU and Google itself. When users install Google Maps on ...
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Onetime Allies in Antitrust Part Ways Over Google
New York Times
Now Google is the subject of major antitrust investigations in the United States and Europe. In the United States, regulators are expected to announce a decision within days to sue or settle, and under what terms. The European decision will come soon ...
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New York Times
With Google's help, Delhi's Chandni Chowk market goes online
NDTV
Google, as part of its 'India Get Your Business Online' initiative launched in November 2011, offers free websites and domains to small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country. "With over 137 million Internet users in the country, an increasing ...
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NDTV
Viral Video Recap Features Google's Year In Review
Mashable
Cats, Felix Baumgartner, Psy and more cats -- this week's most popular and iconic videos feature everything from the inspiring to the adorable to the hilarious. Google compiled a Year In Review video posted on December 12. The nearly three-minute clip ...
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Google exec resigns from HomeAway's board - Austin Business Journal
Bizjournals.com
Google Inc. executive Susan Wojcicki resigned from HomeAway Inc.'s board last week "to focus on her significant responsibilities as senior vice president of product management and engineering for all advertising products at Google," according to an SEC ...
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Google will end mainstream support for ActiveSync in January
tuaw.com
Google has announced that, as part of its "Winter Cleaning" initiative, it will be ending support for Exchange ActiveSync outside of Google Apps for Business, Government and Education on January 30, 2013. ActiveSync will continue to work past that date ...
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7 tips to get the most out of Google Drive
NDTV
The Google Drive rumours had been floating around for many years. In fact, when Google introduced the service via a blog post in April this year, they titled it as ' Introducing Google Drive... yes, really. ' I don't think anyone didn't want the ...
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NDTV
Ray Kurzweil to become Google's top engineer
Register
Google is so far silent on the reasons for Kurzweil's appointment, but the new hire's own account of his new job says he will "work on new projects involving machine learning and language processing". Kurzweil also says he feels Google is his kind of ...
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Are you a journalism student? Google has something for you
IBNLive
New Delhi: Here is an interesting piece of information for students studying journalism. Google has come up with its first ever fellowship program for journalism students. So, if you are a student journalist looking to harness the power of technology ...
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IBNLive
Google Gets Ten Times As Many Takedown Requests As It Did Six Months Ago
Gizmodo
The numbers come with a new transparency feature Google has rolled out which allows anyone to download a big ol' list of all copyright removals in the Transparency Report, the data being refreshed every day. On top of that, Google is also telling how ...
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Microsoft hires Mark Penn to 'bulldoze' Google
Zee News
Sydney: Political operative Mark Penn, who worked for both Bill and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns, has been hired by Microsoft for 'strategic and special projects', which means targeting arch rival Google, says a report. Since Penn was put ...
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Zee News
Google partners with top Japanese writers association to let authors know ...
The Next Web (blog)
The deal, announced via the Google Japan blog, will raise awareness of an author's right to keep their books from Google's Book search, which includes a snippet for copyrighted text to help users identify the book as legitimate. Going forward, both ...
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The Next Web (blog)
Google in a giving mood for Festivus, settling tough content disputes
Quartz
Google is in a giving mood this holiday season, settling a number of long-running disputes in the United States and Europe with concessions that the company had previously resisted. (For your own holiday treat, try searching Google for "Festivus," a ...
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Ray Kurzweil Teams Up With Google to Tackle Artificial Intelligence
Singularity Hub
Singularity Hub reached out to Kurzweil to learn what he and Google aim to accomplish. He told us, "We hope to combine my fifty years of experience in thinking about thinking with Google scale resources (in everything—engineering, computing, ...
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Singularity Hub
Santa Ditches Google For Microsoft
Business Insider
Norad has teamed up with Google to track Santa's progress online for the last five years but this year Microsoft is sponsoring the service for the first time. A NORAD spokesman told Search Engine Land : "NTS [Norad Tracks Santa] and Google mutually ...
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Business Insider
Google debuts hilarious videos about how terrible online shopping can be
VentureBeat
Google has introduced several new videos that show how online shopping sites often frustrate users by not giving them accurate search results, making them input awful captchas, or suggesting items not related to what you're buying. The videos simulate ...
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VentureBeat
Algorithm changed: Google will not show pornographic photos unless you want
News Tribe
London: In an effort to help clean internet, Google has recently changed the algorithm your search keyword analysis, in order to limit pornography will appear in the search results. From 2013 onwards, the Google search algorithm will significantly ...
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News Tribe
Santa Sacks Google For Microsoft
Gizmodo UK
The popular kiddie Santa-tracker offered by NORAD has taken sides in the internet search war, dumping its affiliation with Google in favour of using Bing and Microsoft's maps to track Father Christmas this year. The change would appear to be motivated ...
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Gizmodo UK
Google Working to End Errant Clicks on Mobile Ads
eWeek
Google is helping mobile device users to avoid an aggravating problem: That moment when they accidentally click on a nearby banner ad on their screen and the device calls the ad up in full view. Don't you hate when that happens? So does Google and ...
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eWeek

Blogs14 new results for Google
 
Google Antitrust Case Is Said to Be Nearing End - NYTimes.com
By By STEVE LOHR
A key issue in the talks - accusations of search bias by Google - has been taken off the table, according to two people who have been briefed on the negotiations. A consent decree on patent licensing is likely. Read more...
NYT Bits
Going the Extra Mile Now that Google Maps Have Returned to iOS ...
By Tricia Duryee
Some complaints about Google's new iOS Maps app are simply out of its control.
AllThingsD
Google to reportedly dodge antitrust suit with FTC by making ...
By T.C. Sottek
In 2011, the US Federal Trade Commission launched a formal probe into Google's search practices — an investigation that could have resulted in antitrust lawsuits against the company — but a...
The Verge - All Posts
Google Details Nexus 4 Supply Issues, Offers "Unreserved Apology"
By Matt Brian
"Unacceptable," "Flawed," "Failure" – those aren't typically words you'd see attributed to a Google executive. But this was the case when the company's UK MD Dan Cobley took to Google+ (via Android Central) to explain the issues that ...
The Next Web
Google Apologizes For Nexus 4 Delays - Business Insider
By Megan Rose Dickey
"I know that what you are going through is unacceptable"
Business Insider
Google Maps overshadows Apple Maps on iPhone | SciTech | GMA ...
Google Maps' return came amid continued criticism of Apple for its glitch-ridden iOS 6 Maps solution, which comes pre-installed on its iOS 6 operating system.
GMA News Online
Google Antitrust Investigation Ends Soon - Business Insider
By Sara Forden
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. is poised to offer voluntary concessions that will end a 20-month U.S. antitrust probe of its business practices without any enforcement action being taken, two people familiar with the matter said. Google ...
Business Insider
How-to use Siri directions with Google Maps, no tweaking required ...
By Jake Smith
Luckily, the folks at JailbreakNation showed us how to use Siri to launch directions with Google Maps. A command like "take me to the nearest Apple store" will prompt Siri to launch Apple Maps to not take you to your desired location. However ...
9to5Mac
Reports Confirm Google To Escape FTC Antitrust Wrath
By Greg Sterling
Confirming a report from the New York Post last week, the Wall Street Journal and Politico both published articles that said Google would emerge basically.
Search Engine Land: News & Info...
Best apps and updates: Google Maps iOS, Final Fantasy, Pokedex ...
By AJ Dellinger
Google+ and Facebook both get an overhaul on Android and iOS, Flickr tries to fill in for Instagram with its latest update, Google Maps is back for iOS, Foldify and Pokedex should keep kids happy, Final Fantasy gets its groove on, and more in ...
Google may tweak its search results for TripAdvisor and other ...
By Sean O'Neill
US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google's search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites, say two news reports.
Tnooz
FTC set to drop probe after Google agrees to tweak search | Firstpost
By hidden
Google may not face any major repercussions from the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) two-year-old anti-trust investigation into its web search business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Firstpost
Google Likely To Wriggle Out Of Anti-Trust Probe | SiliconANGLE
By Mike Wheatley
Google is believed to be close to reaching a settlement with US anti-trust investigators that would allow the search engine to escape heavy punishment in return for an agreement not to scrape content for its own sites and indexes, and to ...
SiliconANGLE
Google rumored to make search changes to avoid FTC fine
By John Callaham
Google may be changing some of its search engine practices in order to avoid an antitrust lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, according to newly published rumors.
Neowin

Web2 new results for Google
 
On iPhone – Hello World – Google Maps
Google Maps now available on your iPhone. ... Get the new Google Maps and say hello to Google search, voice-guided navigation, transit directions, Street ...
maps.google.com/help/maps/helloworld/iphone/index.html
Google
Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking ...
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