November 5, 2015 Google's Eric Schmidt, ex-gov Richardson pressing North Korea to open Internet A private delegation including Google's Eric Schmidt is urging North Korea to allow more open Internet access and cellphones to benefit its citizens, the mission's leader said Wednesday in the country with some of the world's tightest controls on information.
November 5, 2015 Microsoft calls for crackdown on Google. Again Microsoft is making a last-ditch effort to convince government regulators that they need to crack down on Google to preserve competition on the Internet and in smartphone markets.
November 5, 2015 Google's Eric Schmidt to visit North Korea Google's executive chairman is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea.
November 5, 2015 Italian court overturns Google convictions An Italian appeals court on Friday overturned the convictions of three Google executives who had been held criminally responsible for a video on a Google site that showed a disabled teen being bullied.
November 5, 2015 Google Maps return as app for iPhone The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps as the device's built-in navigation system and inserted its own maps into the latest version of its mobile operating system.
November 5, 2015 The other, other laptop: New $199 Chromebooks a holiday hit Tablets and laptops are great. You already know that. What you might not know, is that Google has been quietly pushing something you might end up using a whole lot more than either of the above.
November 5, 2015 As America votes, America also wonders, 'who's running'? A chart on the Google Trends website shows the skyrocketing popularity of a search for the term, “Who is running for president” -- as if it were possible to miss the omnipresent radio, TV and Web ads for Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
November 5, 2015 Google says 'playground is open' on Oct. 29: What to expect The playground is open. Google just sent out an invitation for an Oct. 29 Android event, and those words are prominently displayed across the top. But what does that mean?
November 5, 2015 Google to pay largest FTC penalty ever for privacy violations Google is close to a deal to pay $22.5 million to settle charges related to its surreptitious bypassing of the privacy settings of millions of Apple users, according to officials briefed on the settlement terms.
November 4, 2015 The most important new Nexus feature that Google didn’t talk about The Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X both look like they’re packed with great new features but one featured that Google didn’t really touch on in its big announcement was the inclusion of LTE-Advanced technology in both phones. OpenSignal points out that the specs sheets for both devices claim that they’re capable of connecting to LTE category 6 networks, which means they can deliver peak speeds of 300Mbps.