Google is removing the video chat function from Gmail that has been available since 2008 and replacing it with a Hangouts style feature as seen in Google+. Google promises Gmail users this will mean higher reliability and enhanced quality.
Google is nearing a settlement with the Euroopean Commission regarding its search and advertising antitrust probe. Antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia says EU regulators have reached "a good degree of understanding between Google and the Commission."
Sparrow works on iPhone and iPad devices and Mac computers, using simplified interfaces of Twitter clients such as Tweetie or IOS apps as opposed to more traditional email style applications such as Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.
Twitter has announced an advertising tool that will allow companies to target tweets at specific users. Advertisers can now tweet at users based on their geographic location or whether they access the site using mobile devices or personal computers.
Google is being sued by California-based EMG, which alleges that Google's Chrome web browser infringes its patents relating to zooming and scrolling functions. EMG seeks financial damages and to prevent Chrome mobile web browser distribution.
Google is expected to pay a $22.5 million fine – the largest ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission – in relation to the discovery that Google used special code to get around the Safari browser's built-in privacy controls to track users.
Google has finally brought its indoor mapping service to the UK, after launching it in the U.S. last November. Available now on Android smartphones, the feature enables users to get directions while indoors, with 40 venues already onboard
Aided by Nokia, Bing has added thousands of "Venues" to its mapping offerings to help users in North America, Europe, and Asia find and navigate shopping malls, airports, convention centers, museums, parks, racecourses, racetracks, and stadiums.
Day two of the Googles I/O conference in San Francisco saw the introduction of Google Chrome and Drive apps for iOS devices. Google showcased the apps latest features and showed what Google software looks like on an Apple device during the show.
Google has confirmed that the next iteration of its mobile operating system will be known as Android Jelly Bean by unveiling a statue at its headquarters campus in Mountain View, California. Android Jelly Bean is expected to launch as version 4.1.
It takes 16,000 computers working as a brain to tell if a cat is a cat. We know this thanks to an experiment to create a computer brain carried out in Google's X laboratory, where the machine capable of of recognizing felines was created.
Facebook has begun changing all users' default contact details to a @Facebook.com email address without asking for their permission beforehand, it has been uncovered, a move which has sparked a backlash from its social networkers.
Google has slashed the price of its Maps application programming interface (API). In a move to attract more enterprise use of the system, U.S. companies will now pay 50 cents instead of $4 for every thousand map loads, an 88 percent lower rate.
Google is being sued by the Texas attorney general, who alleges that the search giant is withholding documents from the state. Google denies the claim, saying the company has shared "hundreds of thousands of documents" with the Texas AG.
Google CEO Larry Page won't be speaking at the company's I/O Conference in San Francisco next week because he's reportedly lost his voice. Page says "there is nothing seriously wrong" with him and he will "continue to run the company."
One of LinkedIn's premium members claims the website didn't do enough to safeguard users' digitally stored and personally identifiable information, including e-mail addresses, passwords, and login credentials. So she's suing the social network.
Yahoo has asked for a two week extension in its patent lawsuit with Facebook as both parties seek to come to a settlement. Both firms are eager to end the dispute, and it was a Yahoo lawyer who has filed for a two week extension.
Somewhere between 12 million and 14 million Google searches every day trigger warnings about "compromised" sites, while dedicated attack websites built to distribute malware are on the rise, according to a new Google security report.
Large Youtube to MP3 conversion website Youtube-MP3.org has been threatened with legal action, and seen its servers blocked from accessing YouTube because its MP3 extraction procedures convert YouTube videos into downloadable audio files.
