The Israeli mobile GPS startup Waze has another mega-suitor in Silicon Valley, with Google reportedly joining the bidding war and topping the $1 billion offer rumored to be coming from Facebook. What is it, really, about this mapping app that's drawing acquisition prices as high as — if not higher than — Instagram and Tumblr?
Google is resurrecting the "+" search feature to make it easier to find new brand pages on Google+, but like many of the other recent changes, repurposing old functionality for Google+ is alienating the search engine's dedicated users.
The quirky developers over at Google headquarters are obsessed with implanting inside jokes or "Easter eggs" in a range of its free software, from Google Earth to Google search to Google Reader.
When Google launched its Facebook doppleganger, Google+, it became clear that the two were in an war to win the Internet.
Worried that Google Reader will fall "victim to fashion," Kevin Fox is willing to drop everything in order to save the product he designed, and his friends want him to fix Gmail while he's at it.
Alongside Google's Reader and Gmail renovations, Google has finally introduced a native iPhone App.
Believe it or not, the outrage over the new Google Reader design is leaking out of the Sharebro circles and becoming rather deafening.
Yesterday the company announced a new feature that not only informs users why targeted ads appear but also provides a little ammo to detonate an unsavory targeted ad.
You aren't the only one using search engines to diagnose your symptoms when you get sick (or have a bout of hypochondria).
After ten days of hemming and hawing, Google is ready to address — but not apologize to — those users upset by the death of Reader's social features.
Google's photographic tour of everywhere on always seemed a little bit limited by the term "Street View," but with photos of business interiors now appearing on Google Maps, it's breaking free of that constraint.
The demise of Google Reader's share features is affecting everyone from RSS-junkies to Iranian freedom fighters, and many of them are very displeased.
Sometime this week, Google Reader will retire its social features many confusing sharing features, forcing their small but passionate community to relocate to Google+.
With all these big Internet names floating around, let's take a look at the chances any of these companies will make it out with Yahoo in hand.
The Wall Street Journal has word from two private-equity firms that Google is interested in purchasing the "core business" of its rival Yahoo--a move that could put it up against other tech giant, Microsoft, in its bid for the company.
After publicly posting a 3,000-plus word tirade "by accident," Google engineer Steve Yegge has become quite an accomplished blog-ranter.
Colombian blogger Carlos Andres Jimenez got ahold of an released video tour of Gmail's redesign, and it looks awesome.
Google's new Good to Know privacy portal, which explains how and why the company collects user data, is a little bit like reverse engineering Facebook's privacy nightmares.
Alongside the new Galaxy Nexus phone, Google unveiled its latest: Ice Cream Sandwich. No, it's not a delectable summer treat, it's a jazzed up name for Google's latest Android update.
The ill-fated Twitter knock-off is gone for good
The search giant's business is booming, but why is it only paying a 19 percent tax rate?
"We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product"
Microsoft announces streaming in Xbox Live, but it can't replace a cable box
That's why Google and Apple are spending lots of money on lobbyists to get one
Timelines.com is mad about Facebook Timeline, but Facebook is rich
Like Google and Facebook before it, Twitter is opening an international office in Dublin
A new survey offers tips on the dark art of SEO
At least the Senators were imaginative during Eric Schmidt's grilling
After long touting its algorithm-run search, the company now says they're also opinions
The company with White House ties has been on a GOP hiring tear
Google added bells and whistles to its shiniest offering
The latest app might work well, but you might not want to throw away your wallet yet
The former Google CEO's testimony will impact more than Google's future
Mark Zuckerberg's love of Spotify is expected to translate into Facebook Music
MasterCard and PayPal are testing phone payment systems that offer more than just
According to rumors, Google is launching a Flipboard copycat after failing to buy it
News Hawks Review is not about hawks, it's P.R. for a California water district
The rough version of flight search shouldn't have competitors too worried
HTC and Samsung are both making moves to operate outside the Google ecosystem
The company got the restaurant review site for a 125 million
Google's not the only Internet company trying to look green
With a renewed focus on locals, Google is getting into the content business
The tech company will integrate Zagat into its local reviews services
But they're being sneaky about it by transferring rights to their partners
Algorithms that ask humans for help don't always work quite right
Plus: Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' is lined up for the Showtime miniseries treatment
The move offline means Google's free programs are more like the software giant's
It makes a ton of business sense for them, but what does it mean for you?
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$500 million isn't all the company's giving up
The social network wants to hold on to its scrappy roots
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