In a move that could represent a gauntlet in a battle for mobile office suite share between Google and Microsoft, the former company acquired document, presentation and spreadsheet editor Quickoffice, which is available for most smartphone platforms.
Meebo technology might be integrated into the Google Plus social network, and also gives Google a foot in the door to competitor Facebook’s chat service, which Meebo supports.
New code on the Chinese version of Google will alert users who are about to search for a query that is likely to run afoul of Chinese censorship efforts, in a move that could stir up new tensions between the multinational search giant and authorities in the communist nation.
Google Places is being incorporated into Google Plus — in hopes, perhaps, of enticing more users to join and actually use the fledgling social initiative.
After announcing the slew of new features coming to the Microsoft search engine a few weeks back, the all-new Bing has been rolled out to users in the United States this week.
A Google-backed innovation community in Nairobi, Kenya, plans to build the first African supercomputer outside of South Africa, which backers hope will be a step toward a more self-sufficient technological infrastructure and community in the region.
Researchers tested four leading mobile anti-virus brands, and found that some were starkly more effective than others. Lookout and Trend Micro performed well, identifying nearly 80 percent of infections, with AVG trailing at 54.7 percent. The clear loser was Norton, which found just 20.0 percent of malware.
Hackers wasted no time in releasing S Voice for other current-generation Android phones, casting a shadow on Samsung’s day in the sun while potentially opening up the functionality to a much wider range of users.
Inspired by his childhood dream of riding a rocket around the world, Giacomo Miceli takes a breath-taking road trip through five contents at supersonic speeds – using Google Street View as his rocket.
Linguistic conventions and trademark law are being put to the test by a lawsuit in which Phoenix, AZ resident David Elliott is suing to have Google’s trademark on its own name canceled
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