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FTC Approves Google's Acquisition of AdMob

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It's a go for Google's acquisition of AdMob. On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission concluded its investigation on a 5-0 vote and said the purchase "is unlikely to harm competition in the emerging market for mobile-advertising networks."

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Android 2.2 Froyo May Finally Outdo Apple's iPhone

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Froyo. It's the latest iteration of Android, otherwise known as Android 2.2. The question is, what can it do? The answer is, plenty more than its predecessor.

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Google Takes on Apple TV with Web-Based TV Service

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In yet another move that pits Google against a one-time close ally, the search giant is rolling out a competitor to Apple TV. Given Google's ownership of YouTube,

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Picture-Frame Maker Offers Android-Based E-Reader

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The growing world of e-book readers expanded again on Monday with the debut of a new device from Pandigital, a company previously best known for digital picture frames.

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Tips To Harness the Power of Search Engines

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In the race to be the dominant Web portal, Internet search engines are constantly growing smarter. Although outward appearances may not change much, the algorithms churning behind the scenes are getting better at predicting what users want

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Dell Preps Android-Based Streak Tablet, An iPad Competitor

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The tablet category now has a Streak -- the new entry from Dell. On Tuesday, the computer giant said the five-inch, Android-based device will be available this month in the United Kingdom

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Google Spills the Beans on its Ad-Commission Rates

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Google Inc. has finally revealed one of its financial secrets and spelled out how it splits revenue with other Web sites that show its online ads.

The Internet search leader's partners get 68 percent of the revenue from ads placed alongside articles and other content on Web

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Ad Planner 1000 Lets Google Ad Clients Target Top Sites

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Google gave its online advertising clients a new tool Thursday that gives them the ability to restrict their online marketing campaigns to the world's top 1,000 web domains from Facebook on down, based on unique visitor numbers. Google said it launched the new Ad Planner 1000 filter in response to feedback from a number of customers running branding campaigns.

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Google Begins Integrating AdMob with Mobile Searches

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Six months and a federal investigation later, Google has finally sealed the AdMob deal. On Thursday, Google announced that its acquisition of the mobile advertising company is complete.

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Google Drops Windows in Aftermath of Hacker Attack

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Google is dropping Windows. The search giant will use Mac or Linux operating systems on all employee computers because of security concerns about Microsoft's Windows.

The Financial Times, quoting several unnamed Google employees, reported the story on Tuesday.

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Pedestrian Sues Google Over Walking Directions

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A pedestrian who says she was injured by a motorist while following an online walking route has filed a lawsuit claiming Google Inc. supplied unsafe directions.

Lauren Rosenberg filed a lawsuit seeking more than $100,000 on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Utah. It also names a motorist she says hit her.

Rosenberg, a resident of Los Angeles County, says she used her phone in January to download walking directions from one end of Park City to the other.

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Google Capitulates To Demands for Street View Data

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With class-action lawsuits and government investigations gaining steam, Google agreed Thursday to hand over private data collected by its Street View vehicles to European investigators. Google had previously resisted such demands, saying it was in conversation with government authorities about destroying the data.

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Google Helps Patent Office Put Data Online

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The Patent Office said yesterday that it has signed a two-year deal with Google to provide bulk downloads of patent and copyright data to the public.

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Google Plans Web App Store for Chrome Browser

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Google later this year will open an app store for its Chrome browser, allowing developers to expose and sell applications such as multimedia magazine content and 3-D games for the latest generation of Web browsers.

Google made the announcement at its annual I/O developers' conference,

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Australia Launches Google Privacy Investigation

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Australia announced a police investigation Sunday into whether Google illegally collected private information from wireless networks, becoming at least the second country to probe the Internet giant's "Street View" mapping service.

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