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Foursquare Will Find You. No Matter What.

Foursquare Will Find You. No Matter What.

Foursquare's looking for a search suitor, and Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are all on board to whisper sweet nothings into...

Is the Web Finally Ready to Kill Television?

Is the Web Finally Ready to Kill Television?

Ever since broadband internet hit the mainstream around the turn of the millennium, we have been hearing how the web...

Like Farmville? So Does Google

Like Farmville? So Does Google

Pygmies in the Amazonian rain forest are all well aware of the addictive and widespread Facebook game Farmville, so I...

Google And China, Friends Again At Last

Google And China, Friends Again At Last

This might have been a no-brainer for some, but the tension between China and Google has been eased when it...

Google’s Back On In China…Mostly

Google’s Back On In China…Mostly

Today's big thing: Google's lights are back on in China after a longer-than-was-really-necessary-you-guys bruhaha that saw Google damn near shut...

HP Takes On Apple, Google For Handheld Futures

HP Takes On Apple, Google For Handheld Futures

Hurrah - HP’s recently-acquired Palm unit has updated its webOS software, unleashing a whole new world of handheld gaming. Well,...

Google Alters Its Approach To China After Beijing Complains

Google Alters Its Approach To China After Beijing Complains

For those of you following the Google Vs. China melodrama, you know the internet giant is doing its best to...

“Google Me” Creating Some “Buzz”

“Google Me” Creating Some “Buzz”

Remember when Google created Buzz to compete with Twitter and Facebook and um, other social tools? Remember how it basically...

Google Street View Grows A Little Horse

Google Street View Grows A Little Horse

The question on lips across the techi-world this morning has to be “Who is horse-boy?” This image was captured by...

Imagining A World Without Google

Imagining A World Without Google

Google. It is unquestionably one of the most well-known companies in the world. It has empowered everyday people with information...

Doors Open On Google’s iTunes-Killing Music Plan

Doors Open On Google’s iTunes-Killing Music Plan

Google seems set to stick it to iTunes in an attempt to carve out its own slice of the music...

Multiple Google Accounts? Relief May Be On The Way

Multiple Google Accounts? Relief May Be On The Way

I've written about the problems with maintaining Google accounts before. A lot. Sometimes on my bedroom wall, late at night...

Will Google’s Chrome OS Run Mac, Windows Apps? Maybe…

Will Google’s Chrome OS Run Mac, Windows Apps? Maybe…

We all recall Steve Ballmer’s famed ‘Monkeyboy’ chant as he ran round a stage yelling, “Developers, developers, developers,” and despite...

The Skinny on Google TV

The Skinny on Google TV

Now this is more like it. Assuming you exist, you're by now doubtlessly familiar with Google's imminent push into the...

Google Looking To Get Into The Music Biz?

Google Looking To Get Into The Music Biz?

As the big boys in tech continue to eat into each others business models, is it really that surprising to...

Google Put It There. It’ll Go Away Tomorrow.

Google Put It There. It’ll Go Away Tomorrow.

Or: The Pac-Man Call. I... I can't even really explain this video (well, it's just audio, really). Poor Lorainne just...

Google goes football crazy for World Cup

Google goes football crazy for World Cup

The Google home page today celebrates the World Cup all across the planet, except (strangely) in the US, where the...

Google Gets a Caffeine Injection

Google Gets a Caffeine Injection

No one ever knocked Google for not keeping up to date. Despite only indexing, like, one a month, I've always...

Oil Spill Woes Make An Appearance At Your Doorstep Through New Website

Oil Spill Woes Make An Appearance At Your Doorstep Through New Website

While I am not sure how “cool” the content is but this new website is offering a very insightful look...

Google Gives You the Option To Ditch the White Screen

Google Gives You the Option To Ditch the White Screen

A new feature for iGoogle has been implemented allowing users to change the background of their homepage and Google’s iconic...