Google recently unveiled a new Chromebook. In his latest report, NY1’s Adam Balkin explains what a Chromebook is, how it differs from a traditional laptop computer, and helps you decide whether or not to consider getting one. Chromebooks can be kind of confusing devices and a bit in a category all their own. The brand...Read More
Google is introducing a new $279 laptop based on its Internet-centric Chrome operating system, borrowing many of the high-end features found in a model that costs about $1,000 more. Hewlett-Packard Co. is making the new HP Chromebook 11. Although the price is in line with most other Chromebooks using Chrome OS, the new model sports...Read More
Andrew Kelly / REUTERS Google’s social network, Google+, is more popular than Twitter. Every month, nearly 390 million people worldwide use the service to post messages, make video calls and endorse search results by clicking on a so-called +1 button. And yet, two years after its launch, Google+ is still a work in progress. Yes,...Read More
The tech giant escaped serious antitrust action in the United States early this year, and in April it dodged a hefty penalty in Europe. The third piece of good fortune — from Google’s standpoint, at least — came on Tuesday. The European Union’s antitrust chief, JoaquÃn Almunia, announced that in his inquiry into Google’s search...Read More
Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, has repeatedly said that Google pays the tax it is required to by international law. Sources at the company say politicians should set tax rates, and should consider Google is located in Ireland, in part because of its attractive tax regime. Google points out it has made a £345m property...Read More
Google has updated its core algorithm that controls the answers we get to queries on its search engine in a bid to make them work better for longer, more complex questions. The update, code-named Hummingbird, is the biggest change to the underpinnings of the world’s leading search engine since early 2010, when Google upgraded its...Read More
Factory workers prepare MOTO X smartphones on the factory floor at the Flextronics factory plant in Fort Worth. It is the only cellphone manufacturing plant in the U.S.(Photo: Michael Mulvey for USA TODAY) Story Highlights While search remains its bread and butter, the company is pursuing futuristic projects Its Motorola subsidiary is making the first...Read More
By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK | Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:02pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday appeared to favor Google Inc’s legal defense of its digital books project, which could imperil efforts by authors seeking to block it. Google, based in Mountain View, California, has scanned more than 20 million...Read More
For this week’s TIME cover story on Google’s “moon shot†projects — including Calico, a new company that will research ways to extend human life — I spent a big chunk of time hanging out at the company’s Googleplex headquarters talking to Googlers, including co-founder and CEO Larry Page. I’d visited Google often in the...Read More
Google CEO Larry Page at the 2013 IO conference. Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired Larry Page is on a mission to prolong your life, and the pundits think he’s onto something. Yesterday, when the Google chief exec revealed the startup that will drive his lofty mission, the press coverage was predictably cheerful. But let’s get real. Whatever...Read More
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