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Google Wallet to be pre-installed
Aiming to undercut Apple’s latest hit service, Google is teaming with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet. The counterattack announced Monday is […]
Google working on pill that searches for illnesses
Google's latest "moonshot" project involves detecting cancer by swallowing a pill.
Google settles with FTC over in-app charges
The government says Google has agreed to pay full refunds totaling at least $19 million to consumers who were charged for purchases that children made via apps without parental consent from the Google Play app store.
Google’s health startup forges venture with AbbVie
Google's ambitious health startup is teaming up with biotechnology drugmaker AbbVie in a $500 million joint venture that will try to develop new ways to treat cancer and other diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Google’s pivotal IPO launched a decade of big bets
Google's IPO, a decade ago this week, launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit.
Hopkins to partner with Google
The Johns Hopkins University has joined more than a dozen other prominent research institutions on a partnership with Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group.
Hearing and Speech Agency in Baltimore gets Google grant
Google has chosen five nonprofits for its Giving through Glass grant, and one of them is a Baltimore-based organization.
High court rejects Google appeal in snooping case
The Supreme Court has declined to hear Google's appeal of a ruling that it pried into people's online lives through their Wi-Fi systems as part of its drive to collect information for its Street View mapping project.
Facebook wins suit filed on behalf of ‘Surfbook’ patents
Facebook successfully defended itself against a lawsuit that claimed the social media company infringed on patents held by a Dutch programmer who launched a website called "Surfbook" more than a decade ago.
2nd Circuit affirms ruling in dispute over digitized books
In a victory for the visually impaired and physically disabled, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that universities can digitize more than 10 million published works without violating U.S. copyright law.
Google buying satellite maker Skybox for $500M
Google is buying Skybox Imaging in a deal that could serve as a launching pad for the Internet company to send its own fleet of satellites to take aerial pictures and provide online access to remote areas of the world.
Bill doesn’t limit NSA enough, Facebook, Google say
A group of technology companies, including Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Apple Inc., said the bill U.S. lawmakers plan to vote on Thursday to limit National Security Agency spying doesn’t go far enough.
