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Google Drive Coming To Challenge Dropbox, iCloud [Google Said To Be Preparing Cloud Storage Service To Be Apart Of Google Docs, Will It Work With Android & Chrome OS?]

By on Friday, 10. February 2012

Search giant Google has problems taking on established giants in their respective industries. They took on Apple with Android. They’re taking on Microsoft with Chrome OS. They’re taking on Facebook with Google+, and now, they’re setting their sights on another new industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is [...]

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Rooted Galaxy Nexus Can Be Hacked to Retrieve Google Wallet PIN [Hackers Figure Out How to Crack Google Wallet on Rooted Devices, NFC Payment Not As Safe As Initially Believed]

By on Thursday, 9. February 2012

More and more smartphones will be able to offer NFC payments support in the near future, including the next-gen iPhone, but is the technology 100 percent secure? That’s something I always wondered about, since, after all, with NFC payments you’d be trusting a machine to keep your credit cards secure [...]

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Google Working on Music-centered Home Entertainment Device [New Report Says Google Is Ready to Manufacture Own Entertainment Products, Android Not Necessarily Required]

By on Thursday, 9. February 2012

A few days ago we learned that Google is working on a mysterious device, as the company asked the FCC to let it test the undisclosed gadget in the following months at its headquarters and in various other locations in the USA.

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Google-Motorola Deal To Be Approved Next Week By US Government [Google's Purchase Of Motorola Finally To Get Approved, But Some Worry About What The Android Super Alliance Could Mean For Motorola's Patents]

By on Thursday, 9. February 2012

The announcement that Google was buying Motorola Mobility sent shockwaves through the tech industry, and last November, Motorola shareholders voted overwhelmingly 99% in favor of the deal. Now, it’s being reported that the US regulatory agencies will not block the deal, allowing Google to scoop up Motorola and have them [...]

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EPIC Group Sues Google for Upcoming Privacy Policy Changes [Electronic Privacy Information Center Protests Against New Google Terms of Service, Sues to Prevent Them]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Google’s upcoming privacy policy changes are causing more controversy, with various groups taking action against the company’s intention of merging over 60 Terms of Service documents into a single one that should handle all the web services available to a Google Account owner.

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Google Privacy Is Worth $25 in Amazon Gift Cards Paid In Installments [Google Is Conducting New Screenwise Survey to Learn How You Use the Internet]

By on Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Google is getting ready to make an important change to its Terms of Service to cover all its online services, a move that triggered some controversy over the way the Search giant is about to handle the privacy of its customers. Microsoft has voiced its concerns in newspaper ads while EU [...]

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Google Chrome (Finally) Available for Android Smartphones & Tablets [Google Announces Mobile Chrome for Android Beta, But It’s Available Only for Android Ice Cream Sandwich Devices]

By on Tuesday, 7. February 2012

Considering the popularity of the Google Chrome browser on one hand, and of the Android mobile OS on the other hand, it’s surprising that Google has not launched a Google Chrome mobile version for Android tablets and smartphones until today. The company finally announced a Chrome for Android version, but [...]

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Mystery Google Entertainment Device In Testing According to the FCC [Google Prepares Entertainment Product of Its Own, Google TV or an Android-based Device?]

By on Sunday, 5. February 2012

A few days ago we looked at the main cash sources for three of the most important tech companies in the U.S., Apple, Microsoft and Google, remarking that the latter relies heavily on advertising, with around 96% of revenues coming from ads in the last two years. But Google could [...]

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European Regulators Put Google’s Privacy Policy Changes On Halt? [EU Wants to Know More About Google’s New Privacy Policy Before It’s Turned On]

By on Friday, 3. February 2012

In case you did not find out yet, Google is going to replace all its Terms of Service for existing online services with a single one, a move meant to bring users a better Google experience, although some argue that the move is intended to help Google make more cash [...]

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Apple vs Google vs Microsoft: Who Makes More Money & How [Hardware vs Advertising vs Software: Apple’s Q4 2011 Revenues Bigger Than Microsoft’s & Google’s Combined]

By on Friday, 3. February 2012

Apple’s main rivals in the computer and mobile business are, without a doubt, Microsoft and Google, but the Cupertino-based company has managed to surpass them in revenues and profits last quarter in a manner that we’ve hardly witnessed so far. Apple had a record quarter when it comes to total [...]

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