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Google shares drop as declining ad prices hit profits
Eve Troeh Oct 18, 2012
Google's quarterly earnings report was mistakenly released while markets were open, instead of after. A 20 percent drop in profits, as prices of online and mobile ads decline, sent shares down immediately.
Social search gets bigger, and Instapaper's founder Marco Arment starts 'The Magazine'
David Brancaccio Oct 17, 2012
Google has broadened the data it's pulling into its version of what's being called "social search," and famous developer Marco Arment starts his own magazine.
While Apple apologizes, map app competitors show users the way
Mark Garrison Sep 28, 2012
CEO Tim Cook took to the Apple website Friday to say he's sorry for the company's lousy maps and to steer users to the competition -- who are more than happy to supply the panicking masses with map apps.
A new new strategy for Yahoo coming soon
Bob Moon Sep 24, 2012
New CEO Marissa Meyer is expected to use her Google experience to jump-start growth at Yahoo
Google Projected to Beat Facebook in Display Ads, and Why the Tech Giant is in New York
David Brancaccio Sep 27, 2012
You know those online display ads that seem to know where you've shopped on the web recently? Facebook had been making the most money on them, but new forecasts suggest Google will earn the most revenue from display ads this year.
Kansas City gets hooked up with Google Fiber
Jeff Horwich Sep 13, 2012
Today, Google unveils the neighborhoods in Kansas City, Mo., that will get a fiber-optic Internet hook-up the rest of us can only dream of.
In Kansas City, competition for faster Internet service
Maria Carter Sep 6, 2012
Google picked Kansas City to be the test market for its super fast Internet service. Now neighborhoods are competing with one another to see who will get the service first.
Why are police scanning millions of license plates?
John Moe Aug 17, 2012
The ACLU is asking questions about the use of License Plate Reader cameras.
Google hiding 'pirate' sites to make friends in Hollywood
John Moe Aug 14, 2012
As the search giant branches into Hollywood, it takes a tougher stance on copyright issues.
What Google wants with travel guide Frommer's
Kai Ryssdal Aug 13, 2012
Mergers and acquisitions news today as Google adds guidebook company Frommer's to its travel and entertainment quiver. What does the search company want to do with the old-school guidebook?
