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• Microsoft knuckles under, yanks YouTube app for Windows Phone

  By Gregg Keizer | 25 May, 2013 16:11

  Microsoft has bowed to pressure from Google and pulled the YouTube app from its Windows Phone Store that earlier this month triggered a cease-and-desist letter from the search giant.

• Google: Weak XMPP support, capabilities led us to proprietary tech in Hangouts

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 25 May, 2013 10:49

  Google is feeling the heat over its decision to build its new Hangouts IM and audio/video chat product with proprietary technology that doesn't support server federation via the XMPP industry standard, but the company is defending its move.

• Google pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says

  By Zach Miners | 24 May, 2013 20:31

  Google has reportedly launched an expansive effort to bring wireless networks and affordable computing to emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, moves that could bring the Internet to a further billion people.

• Is Google trying to swipe Waze from under Facebook's nose?

  By Jon Gold | 24 May, 2013 18:12

  Google may be attempting to snap up social mapping and traffic service Waze, despite long-standing rumors that Facebook is already in talks to buy the company for as much as $1 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg.

• Public cloud shakeup: VMware in, Dell out, and OpenStack in limbo?

  By Brandon Butler | 24 May, 2013 18:12

  It's been a busy week in the cloud. Dell ditched plans to build its own cloud and instead will work with partners, while focusing on private clouds. In an opposite move, VMware revealed its plans for how it will compete in the public cloud market.

• Reports: FTC examining Google's display ads

  By Zach Miners | 24 May, 2013 17:20

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly launched an investigation into Google's display ad business amid complaints from rivals that the company is abusing its power in how it sells online-graphical and video ads.

• Google, Facebook launch bidding war for Waze

  By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2013 16:58

  Google is reportedly bidding for crowd-sourced map app provider Waze, igniting a possible bidding war with Facebook.

• Google ready to start shipping Glass to #ifihadglass Explorers

  By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2013 16:58

  For the 8,000 or so people who signed up this spring to be Glass Explorers, your wait for the computerized eyeglasses may soon be over.

• Google: Concerns over Instant unwarranted

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 September, 2010 03:20

  Google shook the search market last week with the launch of Instant, a new feature that lets the company's search engine refresh results on the fly as people type their queries.

• Google VP Mayer describes the perfect search engine

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 11 November, 2009 08:44

  Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during the company's earnings call that Google had implemented about 120 search quality improvements during the third quarter as it moves toward its ultimate goal: "We want to get to the perfect search engine."

• At 10, Google reiterates commitment to CIOs

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 September, 2008 08:36

  Google, which celebrates 10 years of its incorporation this month, remains strongly committed to its Enterprise unit and to the customers it serves, including IT and business managers and CIOs, although most of the company's revenue comes from online advertising.

• Opinion: What I learned using only Google products

  By Mike Elgan | 25 May, 2013 11:09

  Columnist Mike Elgan spent three weeks using only Google products -- the Chromebook Pixel laptop, the Nexus 10 tablet and the Nexus 4 smartphone. Here's what he discovered.

• Google Glass breaks into business

  By Lucas Mearian | 24 May, 2013 10:12

  Like the tablet market, Google Glass may currently be viewed as a consumer product but it will soon be seen on the faces of IT and mobile employees.

• Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 May, 2013 10:15

  Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year.

• Chinese hackers master art of lying low

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 20 May, 2013 10:14

  China's remarkable success in infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn't be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology, security experts say. They're just very persistent and very good at remaining undetected for long periods of time.

• How Google's I/O moves measure up to what Apple offers

  By Lex Friedman | 17 May, 2013 18:04

  Google had a lot to say during Wednesday's Google I/O keynote--so would you, if you had three-and-a-half hours to fill. And while new features in voice-powered search functionality, Google Maps, and other pronouncements from the search giant were certainly eye-catching, just how much of what was said at this week's developer conference should make iOS device owners sit up and take notice?

• Google woos developers as software becomes more important

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 May, 2013 15:43

  Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements.

• Google weaves Larry Page's social strategy into Maps, Search

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 May, 2013 17:12

  It became clear at Google I/O this week that Google is quietly but assuredly implementing CEO Larry Page's strategy to use Google+ to transform the entire Google experience.

• Opinion: Does Google+ matter for small businesses?

  By Christopher Null | 16 May, 2013 15:36

  Pop quiz for small business owners: When is the last time you updated your company's Google+ page?