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Google sets global advertising effort for its online software

Business | Information industry
2009-10-20

GOOGLE Inc said more than 2 million businesses now use its online office software, and the Web search leader was scheduled to go global yesterday with an advertising campaign to lure customers away from Microsoft Corp...

Google Editions set to launch

Business | Information industry
2009-10-16

GOOGLE Inc is launching a new service for booksellers next year called Google Editions, which will let readers buy books and read them anywhere on gadgets ranging from cell phones to possibly e-book devices. It's...

Digital book rights deal stifles competition, says US agency

Business | Lawsuits and scandals
2009-9-21

THE United States Justice Department advised a federal judge on Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive...

New Google service to mimic old media

Business | Information industry
2009-9-16

GOOGLE Inc is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine, a shift that eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers. ...

Google New Managers Predict Growth

Business | Information industry
2009-9-8

THE new managers of Google Inc's China arm expressed confidence yesterday the business can grow despite the departure of the high-profile executive credited with expanding its share of the competitive Chinese market. ...

Google tries to calm Europeans

Business | Information industry
2009-9-8

INTERNET search leader Google Inc said yesterday it is trying to placate European publishers about worries over its Google Books project, which aims to put many hard-to-find books online. Google plans to sell in...

Google embraces compression

Business | Information industry
2009-8-6

GOOGLE Inc is planning to acquire On2 Technologies Inc, a provider of digital video compression technology, in an all-stock deal valued at US$106.5 million. On2 helps shrink video files so they can be sent more...

Google tackles MS with its new operating system

World
2009-7-9

GOOGLE Inc is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to diminish Microsoft Corp's longstanding control over people's computer experience. The new operating system, announced...

Google enters music download market

Business | Information industry
2009-3-31

GOOGLE Inc launched yesterday its free music download service in China as it battles against domestic market leader Baidu.com, whose music service began nine years ago. China is the first and only country for...

Google launches controversial Street View in United Kingdom

World
2009-3-20

GOOGLE Inc has launched its controversial street-level photo maps in 25 cities in Britain, with new technology to address people's fears of being captured in the Internet search leader's images. The service,...