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Google is an American company based in Mountain View, California. It has come to be the most popular internet search engine in the world with the help of its PageRank website relevance tech. It currently runs over 1 million servers worldwide. Google has expanded into a variety of cloud-based areas including email, mapping and video and has aided its own expansion through numerous takeovers and partnerships. The mobile phone OS Android, and Chrome browser and operating system are just a few of the ways in which Google is continuing to cement itself as one of the world's biggest and most influential tech companies.
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Google finally buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
It's official! 22 May 2012 15:22 GMT TweetGoogle has finally signed on the bottom line and finalised the deal that sees the internet giant purchase Motorola Mobility.
The deal is believed to be worth a whopping $12.5 billion and is the first time Google has actually owned a mobile...
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ICANN and the dot anything: do we care about domain names?
FEATURE The web is changing 18 May 2012 12:55 GMT TweetDo we still care about .com and .co.uk? Does anyone even bother with www.? Well thanks to ICANN, a body in charge of licensing new top-level domain names, the way we search for a website might be about to change.
Most people who type Google...
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Google starts to roll-out the Knowledge Graph - instant related information
US first 17 May 2012 10:16 GMT TweetGoogle has started to offer its Knowledge Graph aided-search results to US English users, with a global roll-out on the cards later. It is a new technology that understands and uses associations between people, places, events and "things" in the world...
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Google to take on Apple by giving early Android access to other smartphones
No more Google Nexus 16 May 2012 11:38 GMT TweetGoogle’s next version of Android could arrive on as many as five different manufactured smartphones as it changes its approach to launching new operating systems.
In the past Google has tested the water by partnering with one manufacturer...
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Google lost money on Android in 2010
Court case reveals 4 May 2012 12:32 GMT TweetA court has heard that Google’s Android OS lost the internet giant money in every quarter of 2010.
Google avoids publishing its financial reports on Android, but during the case in which software developer Oracle is suing Google for copyright...
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Gingerbread still most popular version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich still playing catch-up
ICS only has 4.4 per cent share 2 May 2012 13:31 GMT TweetAndroid 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich share has grown to 4.4 per cent in Google's latest platform versions report, showing that the newest version of Android is growing in popularity, but by no means the most popular version of the mobile OS.
That...
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Best Android productivity apps
FEATURE Get organised 27 April 2012 16:35 GMT TweetProductivity apps form the core of every smartphone experience. They are the reason that most of us invest in one, along with mapping and music. The useful apps available are numbered in the hundreds, but these are the ones we think every mobile should...
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Original Google Phone unveiled, and no it wasn't the G1
What might have been 26 April 2012 12:30 GMT TweetImages of the first ever Google Phone have emerged during the court case between the internet company and technology outfit Oracle.
No, not the T-Mobile G1. Housing a Qwerty keyboard and small display, the unnamed handset was in Google’s...
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Apple iCloud vs Google vs Amazon Cloud Drive vs Dropbox vs Microsoft SkyDrive
FEATURE UPDATED: Where to keep your content 26 April 2012 10:23 GMT TweetIt’s been a busy time for cloud storage and music services and Apple’s launch onto the scene with Apple iCloud has officially declared it global war. The lines have begun to blur as to what you own, where you own it and just how much you...
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Google Drive official: 5GB storage, merges into Google Docs, apps, and more
Dropbox competitor launched 24 April 2012 17:55 GMT TweetGoogle’s cloud storage service Google Drive is now official, meaning you’ll be able to pick up and share files on the move on your Android device.
Available now as a desktop app on both PC and Mac, the user interface has been simplified...
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Google doodle celebrates ZX Spectrum 30th birthday and St George's Day at same time
8-bit 23 April 2012 5:55 GMT TweetGoogle used its Google Doodle on Monday to celebrate the 30th birthday of the ZX Spectrum and St George's Day in the UK.
The Google doodle features an 8-bit version of the sainted knight slaying a dragon and links through to a search on the...
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Battlefield 5 Google Project Glass concept shows us future of AR gaming (video)
You-Person-Shooter 18 April 2012 13:41 GMT TweetHalf spoof, half a look into a possible future for the Google Project Glass Project, ThereIsaCanal has released a video on what it believes Battlefield 5 would look like on Google Glasses.
The duo behind ThereIsaCanal - who like making Battlefield...
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Google Drive detailed in leaked documents and app
Coming this week? 17 April 2012 10:01 GMT TweetGoogle Drive, Google's Cloud Storage service that plans to take on Microsoft's SkyDrive, Apple's iCloud, and Dropbox, has been detailed in a leaked document.
According to the documents seen by TheNextWeb.com, the new service will come with...
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Google+ gets new look, new features
Updated design 11 April 2012 15:07 GMT TweetGoogle has announced that Google+, its social network, is getting a major design overhaul with a new user interface to make things easier to share.
The new features and new look is still to be rolled out to the 170m Google+ users, however...
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Google Chrome adds tab syncing for all devices
Live in Beta 11 April 2012 14:51 GMT TweetThe latest version of Chrome, Google’s desktop browser, will now offer tab syncing to multiple machines including your Android smartphone.
The news means that if you use the company's browser on different computers or devices at different...
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