Google Purchases Smoke Detector, Thermostat Maker for $3.2 Billion
Nest
Google Launches the Open Automobile Alliance, Will Promote Use of Android in Cars
Will be working with Audi, GM, Honda, and Hyundai
Google Reportedly Partners With Audi To Develop In-Car Entertainment and Info Systems
Will be based on Android
Google Downgrades "Rap Genius" Lyrics Website From Search Results Over SEO Concerns
Searchers will have to settle for pop-up ads for cellphone ring tones
EU's "Competition Commissioner" Rejects Google Offer to Settle Anti-Trust Dispute
Meanwhile Google fined $1.2 million for privacy law violations in Spain
"Mandela" Most Googled Term in 2013
The anti-apartheid leader and former president of South Africa died on Dec. 5
Google Pulls Access to "App Ops" Privacy Control Feature
Interface allowed users to disable access by apps to phone information
Inspector General Investigation Reveals Google Execs Traveled in Private Jets With Cheap Government Fuel
Not like they couldn't afford paying in full
Google Commuter Bus Blocked By Protesters in San Francisco
Some are concerned that technology workers are driving prices up
Google Releases Own Santa Tracking App
Competing with NORAD, whose latest tracker was developed by Microsoft
Google Reveals Purchase of Seven Robotics Companies In Last Six Months, Looking to Develop Own Robot
Staffer who ran Android OS effort will lead robot project
Eric Schmidt Explains in Google+ Post How to Switch From Apple to Android
Says an Android phone is a perfect gift for the Apple fan who has everything
Developers Say They Don't Have Enough Access to Internal Programming of Google Glass
Flying blind, they say
Google's Vint Cerf: Privacy May Actually Be An Anomaly
One of the internet's original architects
Google Introduces Software To Block Child Porn Searches
Outlined by Google's executive chairman
Tech Giants Using Harder-To-Crack Code To Protect Networks From NSA Snooping
Revenge of the nerds
US Requests for Google User Data Have Tripled over Three Years
These are domestic authority requests, not NSA surveillance
Judge Dismisses Authors' Copyright Suit Against Google
Says "all society benefits" from Google Books
Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Wants Google and Apple To Be Partners in the Future
"I wish everybody just did a lot of cross-licensing and sharing the good technology, all our products would be better, we'd go further."
Google's Executive Chairman Slams the NSA
"It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true"
Tech Giants Call For Restraints Following Reporting on NSA
Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL officials have sent a letter to Senate leaders
Google Outraged Over Allegation NSA Illegally Accessed Data
Says it wasn't aware of it
Can Edward Snowden Bring Privacy Back as a Social Norm?
May not have been the trend before
California Woman Gets Ticket For Driving With Google Glass
She says Google Glass was off, cop didn't know what he was writing a ticket for
NSA Chief Questions Reporting From The Washington Post
Says NSA does not have access to Yahoo or Google servers
Google Building Something on a Barge in San Francisco Bay
Maybe a floating data center, or a Google Glass store
Google Unveils Technology To Bypass Censorship and Prevent Cyberattacks
uProxy and "Project Shield" service
