amazon puts music in the cloud

Amazon puts music in the 'cloud'

Beating Apple and Google to the punch, Amazon unveiled a service on Tuesday that allows users to store their digital music online and play it on a computer or an Android device.
google keeps tight grip on tablet software

Google keeps tight grip on tablet software

Google on Thursday said it will be keeping a tight grip on its Honeycomb software crafted specially for tablet computers.
yahoo stays in search game with real time results

Yahoo! stays in search game with real-time results

Yahoo! on Wednesday began a US rollout of a feature that delivers real time Internet search results as quickly as people can time queries.
microsoft says android e reader violates patents

Microsoft says Android e-reader violates patents

Microsoft on Monday accused Taiwan electronics colossus Foxconn and US book seller Barnes & Noble of using its patented technology in e-readers running on Google-backed Android software.
youtube helping with search for missing in japan

YouTube helping with search for missing in Japan

Google offered up YouTube on Friday to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami find missing loved ones.
google 20 per cent time going to help japan

Google "20-per cent time" going to help Japan

Legions of Google workers are devoting a fifth of their work time or more to building technology to help to deal with the disaster in Japan.
youtube buys green parrot pictures

YouTube buys Green Parrot Pictures

Google-owned YouTube said Tuesday that it has bought an Irish digital video company whose technology can help improve the quality of amateur footage submitted to the video-sharing site.
google rewards top executives

Google rewards top executives

Google has awarded nearly $9 million in bonuses and another $50 million in equity to four top executives of the Internet giant, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
new chrome browser ready for the world

New Chrome browser ready for the world

Google on Tuesday released a finished version of its speedy new Chrome Web browsing software for desktop or laptop computers.
youtube buys us web television company

YouTube buys US web television company

YouTube announced that it bought Internet television company Next New Networks to improve content for the Google-owned video-sharing website.
google buys british price comparison site

Google buys British price comparison site

Google bought British price comparison site for £37.7 million ($61 million) on Monday.
as google matures startups keep it young

As Google matures, startups keep it young

Google co-founder Larry Page is taking charge of the maturing Internet giant in a move seen as recapturing youthful roots in the face of competition from hip upstart startups like Facebook.
facebook buys group messaging service beluga

Facebook buys group messaging service Beluga

Facebook said Tuesday that it has acquired Beluga, a startup founded by former Google employees which allows users to send group messages to family or friends.
google to restore all gmail accounts after bug

Google to restore all Gmail accounts after bug

Google said Monday it expected to restore all Gmail accounts after a bug in a storage software update wiped out the email messages of a small number of users of the free Internet service.
google backs weather insurance startup

Google backs weather insurance startup

Google on Monday was among investors pumping $42 million into a climate change inspired technology startup that calculates the chances of crops being ruined by weather.