Category Archives: Google News

Google just dropped a metric ton of Google on us. Sorting through it all, it’s clear that the company’s not just trying to put new goodness into the world; it’s trying to blow plenty of existing products and services out … Continue reading →

Google is preparing to launch Google Offers, the search giant’s Groupon competitor Google Offers looks and operates much like Groupon or LivingSocial. Users receive an e-mail with a local deal of the day. They then have the opportunity to buy that … Continue reading →

Internet search engine giant Google announced Tuesday that it is investing in a mammoth project to build an underwater “superhighway for clean energy” that would be able to funnel power from offshore wind farms to 1.9 million homes without overtaxing … Continue reading →

Google Editions, the Internet giant’s book store business promised for last summer, is set to launch before the end of 2010, the Wall Street Journal reports. via Google book store is coming soon – CNN.com.

Earth to drug dealers — Google is watching!Three brazen heroin dealers were captured in Google Street View images working their favorite Brooklyn drug corner, where they peddled their product to hipsters and other dope fiends, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. via … Continue reading →

A caravan owner whose vehicle was stolen has spotted a potential suspect while looking at his house on Google Street View. via Caravan theft victim spots potential suspect on Google Street View – Telegraph.

This holiday season, Google Chrome has teamed up with AirTran Airways, Delta, and Virgin America to offer free Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on every domestic flight from November 20, 2010 through January 2, 2011. These participating airlines have outfitted their entire … Continue reading →

Google further honed its local search Thursday, introducing Place Search, a new program that organizes information around specific locations so users “can more easily make comparisons and decide where to go,” and should snip about two seconds off such searches. … Continue reading →

So much for the war on Googler entitlement. Amid heated competition for engineers, Google is trying a remarkable new perk: free use of “runners” to clean apartments, take out trash, cook dinner, run errands—whatever is needed. via Google Is Now … Continue reading →

When Google Instant launched this past September, we were told that it would launch for mobile phones sometime this fall, and it seems that the Google Instant feature may be hitting select Android phones right now. If you’re holding onto … Continue reading →