Google is becoming a wireless carrier
The search giant already makes the most-used mobile software on the planet, it designs and sells phones online, and it has become an Internet service provider with its Google Fiber…
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Zip-Line Through The Amazon Jungle With Google’s Newest Street View Feature
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For its next technological trick, Google will show you what it’s like to zip through trees in the Amazon jungle. The images released Monday are the…
How to end child poverty in America
California’s Silicon Valley is one of the most prosperous places in the United Stateshome to tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple. Yet even this region isn’t immune from…
How to end child poverty in America
California’s Silicon Valley is one of the most prosperous places in the United Stateshome to tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple. Yet even this region isn’t immune from…
Google Unveils Plan for New Corporate Campus
The campus plan, designed by Heatherwick Studio of London and the Bjarke Ingels Group of Denmark, is more than architectural eye candy. If built, it would completely overhaul the sleepy…
The single best stock to own today
Further, I can’t think of anyone I would trust more than Warren Buffett and his team of stock pickers to invest my money wisely. It’s hard to argue with Berkshire’s…
Limited High-Speed Internet Choices Underlie Net Neutrality Rules
The case for strong government rules to protect an open Internet rests in large part on a perceived market failure — the lack of competition for high-speed Internet service into…
Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun
A street sign for Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google’s growth has brought the city loads of tax dollars and a 3.3 percent unemployment rate, but also skyrocketing home…
When The Best Sex Is Extramarital – NYTimes.com
I received a voice mail from a 40-something woman, Cynthia, who requested a late-evening session because she worked long hours at her law firm. She said that I was one…
Google bans porn from Blogger
In July, Google stopped porn from appearing in its online ads. And in 2013, Google decided to remove blogs from its Blogger network that contained advertisements for online porn sites….
How The Obama Administration Is Asking Tech Companies To Help Combat ISIS
WASHINGTON — In response to the Islamic State’s savvy use of social media to spread its messages and publicize its deeds, the Obama administration says it is ramping up engagement…
What Children Think Of The Internet (And Why It Matters)
On a recent late afternoon, my 5-year-old son requested pizza for dinner, as he does pretty much every day. I wasn’t sure if we had one in the freezer. “Let’s…
Hoping Google’s Lab Is a Rainmaker
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s research arm, Google X, is called the company’s Moonshot Factory. One reason the company picked the word “Moonshot” was to remind people to tackle big problems…
Is it cruel to kick a robot dog?
Meet Spot, the 160 lbs dog robot that can run, climb stairs and has an uncanny ability to maintain its balance. Designed by robotics company Boston Dynamics, there were heated…
Google, Mighty Now, but Not Forever
Farhad Manjoo STATE OF THE ART Technology giants often meet their end not with a bang but a whimper, a slow, imperceptible descent into irrelevancy that may not immediately be…
7 top stocks to buy in February
Ultimately, Tesla Motors is a long-term bet that should reward patient investors down the road. For starters, the stock should get a significant boost later this year when Tesla is…
Why Google Glass Broke
This is a story that involves lots of public intrigue, a futuristic wearable technology, a secret laboratory, fashion models, sky divers and an interoffice love triangle that ended a billionaire’s…
Pope Francis Hosts Google Hangout To Chat With Students Around The World
Pope Francis is hosting his second Google+ Hangout from the Vatican on Thursday, giving students around the world the opportunity to speak with him directly. The Hangout was organized by…
Google Is Preparing To Launch Its Own Ride-Sharing Service
Feb 2 (Reuters) – Google Inc is preparing to offer its own ride-hailing service, putting it in direct competition with Uber, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person close to Uber’s…
Google Revenue Is Higher, but Profit Disappoints Investors
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is still trying to tune its advertising machine for an audience on mobile devices. The company on Thursday reported revenue of $18.1 billion in the fourth…
Amazon To Launch An Email Service
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) accelerated its efforts to win over corporate clients on Wednesday by announcing an email and scheduling service that will compete with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and…
Google Apologizes After Translate Offers Anti-Gay Slurs As Suggested Translations
Officials for Google have apologized after the translation services offered on the search engine giant reportedly suggested a series of anti-gay slurs in response to a searches on “gay” and…
Google Fast Facts
They currently employ almost 50,000 people and are headquartered in Mountain View, California. Statistics from October 2014 show that Google has 67% of the world market share for search queries….
Facebook blocks pages insulting Mohammed in Turkey
By comparison, Facebook blocked 4,960 “pieces of content” in India, 29 in Russia, nine in the United Kingdom and none in the United States. Until an epic fight between Google…
Police Urge Google To Turn Off Waze App’s Cop-Tracking Feature
Sheriffs are campaigning to pressure Google Inc. to turn off a feature on its Waze traffic software that warns drivers when police are nearby. They say one of the technology…
Google is becoming a wireless carrier
Related: T-Mobile rejects half of its customers because of bad credit Adding Google to an already competitive field that is in the middle of a major price war isn’t likely…
Marissa Mayer’s Plan for Yahoo Takes Hold. The Question Now Is Time.
Farhad Manjoo STATE OF THE ART When Marissa Mayer was offered the chief executive job at Yahoo in the summer of 2012, she had a script for returning the pioneering…
Google Glass: What went wrong
In reality, of course, it doesn’t work that way. Just because you can build something doesn’t mean you should. Even if you cook up something cool and new and make…
The Problem With David Cameron’s ‘Schizophrenic’ Cyber Security Request
Last week, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron asked for the U.S government’s help in preventing companies like Facebook and Google from encrypting messages, but Defense One technology editor Patrick Tucker…
Google Plans To Offer A Cell Phone Service: Reports
Google is planning to sell wireless phone service directly to consumers using the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile, according to reports published Wednesday. If everything falls into place, Google Inc….