February 9, 2012

FTC said to expand review of Google

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expanding its antitrust probe of Google Inc., the world’s most popular search engine, to include scrutiny of its new Google+ social networking service, according to two people familiar with the situation.

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Can Massachusetts produce the next Google?

writes: The optimistic view is to see Massachusetts as one of the world’s great R&D labs. But I often find myself wondering whether being the R&D lab to the world is enough.

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Chrome overtakes Firefox, eyes up IE

Google’s Chrome has overtaken Mozilla’s Firefox as the world’s second most popular web browser, but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still has a healthy lead. According to figures from StatCounter, Chrome now has 25.69% of the worldwide market,

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Google’s maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google’s maps go indoors with new mobile feature SAN FRANCISCO -; Google’s next frontier in digital mapping will span the world’s shopping malls and airports. An upgrade of Google’s mobile mapping service released Tuesday includes directions within

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Parents turning to Google before naming their children in desire for uniqueness

INCREASING numbers of new parents are turning to Google to help them decide the name of their child. The growing trend for ‘Googling’ a baby’s potential name is happening around the world as parents try and avoid names which bring up an undesirable

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Ex-Google Exec Finds a New Way to Do Payday Lending

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RelayRides Series A.3 Funding Up to $13 Million, GM Ventures Joins Google Ventures, August Capital, Shasta Ventures as Backers

RelayRides, the world’s first neighbor-to-neighbor carsharing marketplace, today announces that General Motors Ventures and RelayRides CEO Andre Haddad are joining previous RelayRides investors Google Ventures, August Capital and Shasta Ventures in

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Visa, Google sign licensing deal to boost mobile payment

DUBAI: Visa, one of the world’s leading payment solution providers and Google on Thursday announced that Google has received a worldwide license to Visa payWave, an innovative NFC-based payment technology. Visa payWave enables consumers to make fast

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BrightEdge CEO Jim Yu to Participate in "Facebook, Twitter & SEO" Panel at Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East

SAN MATEO, CA — (Marketwire) — 09/13/11 — BrightEdge, the world’s first enterprise class SEO platform that helps brands rise above the increasing clutter on the Web, today announced that CEO Jim Yu will participate in a panel discussion on “Facebook,

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