Apple’s iPad Gets Competition, Readies Smaller Tablet
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — For more than two years Apple has dominated the market for tablet computers. Now it’s feeling the heat from competitors and may be getting ready to introduce a smaller, cheaper version of …
British Airways’ New Customer Program: Helpful or Creepy?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LONDON) — In an airline industry first, British Airways’ Know Me program uses Google images to identiy its best customers even before they set foot in the airport. The airline has equipped its customer service agents and senior …
Galaxy Nexus Android Phone Banned in Apple-Samsung Patent Case
Apple/Samsung/Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While Apple and Samsung’s phones and tablets battle it out on store shelves, the companies (along with Google) have been battling it out in the courtroom in ongoing patent disputes.
Apple has accused S…
Google Design Chief Would Love to Collaborate with RIM
Joanna Stern / ABC New(SAN FRANCISCO) — Take a look at the myriad Android phones on the market today and you’ll notice that most of them no longer have actual keypads — only virtual keyboards on their screens. But Google’s director of And…
Google Glasses: Project Glass Prototypes for Sale
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected glasses, known as Project Glass, are now real enough that prototypes will be sold to developers for $1,500, company co-founder Sergey Brin said on We…
Google Unveils Nexus 7 Tablet, Android Jelly Bean and Nexus Q
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Google executives took the stage today at the company’s annual Google I/O developers conference to announce their newest Android products, including the Nexus 7 Tablet, a new $199 Android …
Google Conference: Android Jelly Bean, Tablet Announcement Expected
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — Apple and Microsoft both had their turns to show off their latest software and hardware this month, and on Wednesday, it’s Google’s turn.
Google executives will take the stage at the annual Google I/O …
Android Jelly Bean Teased on Google’s Front Lawn
Google(SAN FRANCISCO) — The next version of Android is coming, and like the others, it’s going to be very sweet. Google has rolled out a jelly bean statue on its front lawn at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., marking the arrival of the…
Google Announces New and Improved Mapping Products
ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) — Google’s doing a full sweep of its Maps products, looking to improve the experience for its 1 billion monthly active users.At a press event at its downtown San Francisco offices, the company showed a number of new mappi…
Google to Warn Users of Possible State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Google has posted a note on its security blog informing users that there will now be a banner warning you if Google believes that a state-sponsored cyber attacker is trying to compromise your account or computer.Eric Grosse, Googl…
Google Buys Startups Quickoffice and Meebo
KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images(PALO ALTO, Calif.) — In the span of 24 hours, Google has acquired two decently-sized Silicon Valley startups.On Monday the search giant announced that it had purchased the instant messaging firm, Meebo. And now, anoth…
Report: Apple Removing Google Maps from iPhone, iPad
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Apple is reportedly looking to eliminate Google Maps from its devices.Citing current and former Apple employees, the Wall Street Journal says the company plans to remove the maps app, which is currently preloade…
More Google Chromebooks Coming, Advertising Could Help Lower Prices
Sundar Pichai of Google. Joanna Stern/ABC News(RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.) — Google has dominated the smartphone market with its Android operating system, but it also has its Chrome OS operating system, which is built on its Chrome browser. The Chrom…
Google Self-Driving Car License Approved in Nevada
Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles(CARSON CITY, Nev.) — Nevada is putting the pedal to the metal on those autonomous automobiles.It was just two months ago that the state approved and set regulations that would allow self-driving vehicles on the stat…
Corporations Pour Big Money into 2012 Election
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — As Americans begin to divide down party lines over their presidential preferences in the 2012 election, so too are many of the country’s largest corporations.From Google to Marriott and Dreamworks Animation to…
Survey: Many Don’t Understand Facebook’s, Google’s Privacy Policies
LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Image(NEW YORK) — Have you ever read the privacy policies of Facebook and Google? Did you understand what you were reading? Well, it turns out many people don’t.A new survey by Siegel+Gale, a strategic branding firm,…
James Cameron, Google Executives, Billionaires to Mine for Asteroids?
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Film director James Cameron, Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and billionaire Ross Perot Jr. along with a number of other incredible minds plan to take on outer space.
“If you …
Google Drive Cloud Storage Service to Launch Next Week?
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Google has long been rumored to be readying a Cloud storage service, which would allow users to store their personal files, photos and music on its servers for access over the web. Now, online reports…
Google’s Stock Split Plan Will Tighten Founders’ Grip on Company
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Google announced a controversial stock split on Thursday that will allow Sergey Brin and Larry Page lifetime control of the company they invented 16 years ago.The 2 for 1 stock split creates a new class of …
Project Glass: Will You Want Google Tracking Your Eyes?
Google(NEW YORK) — The world was stunned by the first real look at Google’s Project Glass. In a video released by the search giant, we got a captivating look at how its glasses could help you get a weather forecast by looking up at the sky…