Google Wallet adds Visa

Sep 20, 2011
The Google Wallet program did indeed launch yesterday, just as we predicted. And now comes word that the system won't be entirely dependent on...

Google Wallet launching today?

Sep 19, 2011
Looks like it. This is the Near Field Communications (NFC) system that Google first announced last spring. The idea is that you load up your phone...

Google goes to Washington

Sep 19, 2011
On Wednesday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before a Senate antitrust panel. Notably, Yelp will also be there and will likely yelp...

Google spending half a billion dollars for YouTube content?

Sep 16, 2011
We know that Google pretty much biffed it with last year's launch of Google TV because it couldn't get content partners to play along and provide...

Google buys up more patents

Sep 15, 2011
Google = Pac Man. Patents = little white pellets. Google's hope = some of those patents are the big blinking white pellets. Everyone Google's...

Google paid way more than it had to for Motorola

Sep 14, 2011
I don't claim to be a mergers and acquisitions expert but it looks like Google's been buying its groceries at the convenience store. In other words...

Google takes off

Sep 14, 2011
Google launched Flight Search yesterday. It's a Kayak-like service that shows flight information when you type departure and landing points into...

For public good, not for profit.

Authors sue U.S. universities

Sep 13, 2011
Authors from the UK, Australia, and Canada have filed a suit against the University of Michigan, California, and Wisconsin, as well as Cornell and...

More cloud outages. Cloudages?

Sep 9, 2011
Yesterday we told you about Google Docs going down, which meant anything you had stored up on that cloud was not accessible. Not to be outdone,...

Facebook becoming more like Google+ again?

Sep 9, 2011
First we saw changes to Facebook that made sharing more selective in a manner similar to Google+. Now Mashable is reporting on an experimental...