Google reported fourth-quarter revenue and profit that missed analysts’ estimates as an economic slowdown in Europe crimped international sales.
Sales excluding revenue passed on to partner sites were $8.13 billion, Google said on its website. That compared with the $8.41 billion average estimate of analysts. Profit before certain costs was $9.50 per share, missing the $10.50 [...]
The human brain has more neural connections than there are particles in the known universe. We are complex, we are magnificent. But what if the destiny of this most marvelous creation is simply to play Fruit Ninja, or Angry Birds, on a smartphone?
Mobile gaming is growing at a staggering clip. It already rakes in more [...]
Google announced it had won a major copyright-infringement case in Spain on Thursday, affirming that the Internet giant is not responsible for copyright violations when users post material on its YouTube website. A federal court in Madrid, Spain, found that it is the responsibility of copyright owners not YouTube, or Google, which owns it, to [...]
Tired of waiting the tenths of a flash it takes to find Google search results?
Google promises it’ll make easier and faster.
The search giant on Wednesday introduced Google Instant, which will produce users suggested results sooner than they’re even not done typing.
“It’s not quite psychic, but it is very clever,” said Othar Hansson, a senior software [...]
The website Google moved into direct competition with Skype last Wednesday, the internet telephony service, as it exposed a feature that will enable its Gmail users to call landlines and mobile phones from their e-mail inbox.
The new feature widens Google’s growing collection of communication products and creates a potent rival to Skype, which is now [...]
The website Google moved into direct competition with Skype last Wednesday, the internet telephony service, as it exposed a feature that will enable its Gmail users to call landlines and mobile phones from their e-mail inbox.
The new feature widens Google’s growing collection of communication products and creates a potent rival to Skype, which is now [...]
Last Thursday, the company said that Google users in China were temporarily blocked from accessing the search engine, but it was once again working a few hours later.
There was a notice posted on Google’s site and it said that all services other than Gmail were partially or fully blocked in mainland China and No further [...]
Google has endowed billions of dollars building dozens of different products across a wide swath of the technology industry, commencing productivity tools to mobile phones to e-commerce.
As a result, many tech companies big and little have to consider about a “Google plan” — what to do if Google suddenly gets into their line of industry/business? [...]
