The current state of the mobile payment industry could at best be called slightly confounding, or, at worst, a complete mess.
But in spite of increased competition from stakeholders like Square, PayPal, Google, Mastercard, Intuit and, most recently, Verifone, the …
Google Apps for Business has earned ISO 27001 certification, an important step that will help Google better convince enterprise customers Apps is secure enough for their needs.
“ISO 27001 is one of the most widely recognized, internationally accepted independent security …
Tim Cook opened the lines of communication between Apple and Washington, DC even further with a visit to the nation’s capital this past Tuesday.
Cook, who follows Steve Jobs as chief executive of Apple, is seemingly more willing to interact …
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Over in the land of slightly crazy lawsuits, a man from Arizona filed a lawsuit Friday to make “Google” a generic word, Paid Content reports.
David Elliot filed the complaint in the United States District Court of Arizona. Elliot is …
YouTube is no stranger to live streaming popular events, such the Coachella Music Festival back in April. But for its upcoming live stream of Australia’s annual Vivid Live music event held at Sydney Opera House, YouTube is showing off a …
The main coders working on HP’s Enyo — the HTML5 application framework first seen in the HP TouchPad — have jumped ship and are headed to Google, the Verge reports.
This puts a huge dent in HP’s plan to open …
Google is rolling out a new section of its Transparency Report today that provides detailed information about copyright infringement removal requests.
“We believe that openness is crucial for the future of the Internet. When something gets in the way of …
Google just made Android an even more compelling option for app developers looking to make a buck. The company today is launching in-app subscriptions on Google Play, more than a year after it first brought in-app billing to Android.
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Google has updated its Google+ app for Android with beautiful new flourishes and the ability to start a video chat Hangout on the go, the company announced today.
The app update makes a lot of sense in light of Google+’s …
Google scored a legal victory today, as a federal jury has decided that the search giant wasn’t guilty of patent infringement claims made by Oracle.
The two companies have been wrapped up in a legal battle since August 2010, when …
Google released an update to its Google Search iPhone app today, adding a few small features and tweaks that should make searching faster and more intuitive. Let’s take a visual tour of what’s new in the app by searching for …
Google Vice President David Lawee said today that two-thirds of Google’s acquisitions over the years have been successful, an important statement following the close of its $12.5 billion Motorola buy this week.
Lawee was being interviewed on stage by CrunchFund …
Google is celebrating the birthdate of Robert Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. How? Oh nothing major, they just converted the logo on the most-used search engine in the universe into a working synthesizer.
Four out of five of the top brands in the world are technology brands, according to a review of the top global brands released Tuesday. The report valued the Apple, IBM, Google, and Microsoft brands at a combined half-trillion dollars.…
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Google+ is succeeding in small bursts, feature by feature. As a social network competing with Facebook it’s a flop, but its video-chat tool Hangouts is a winner. Now photo sharing is poised to be the service’s next breakout hit, thanks …
Google has finally closed its much-talked-about $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google CEO Larry Page announced today on the company’s blog.
“Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile revolution, with a track record of …
Machinima has raised a fat $35 round of funding led by search engine giant Google, the company confirmed yesterday.
News of Machinima’s new funding first surfaced earlier this month. Google’s involvement marks the first time the company has spent money …
Google chief executive Larry Page appears on PBS show “Charlie Rose” this evening at 11 p.m. local time.
In the show, Page addresses a wide range of topics, starting with today’s surprising news that Chrome is now the most popular …
Craig Walker, the inventor of both Google Voice and DialPad, is now reinventing conference calls with his latest venture, UberConference. Teleconferences notoriously suck, but UberConference thinks it’s fixed that, claiming to have created “the best conference calling service ever.”
The …
