This morning we brought you news of Google’s Screenwise program. Participants in Screenwise install an extension in their Google Chrome browser that lets Google monitor their internet activity. Participants are compensated with a $5 gift code to Amazon as soon …

Reports are circulating around that Google is testing over 250 “mystery devices” in their employees homes. Supposedly, nobody outside Google knows what these mystery gadgets are. What is known so far is that the devices are operating off of wi-fi …

Google Analytics users know that the product just underwent a transformation to a new version, and now Google is adding even more accessibility features to the service. Today, Google has added functionality for nine new languages to Analytics. The new …

Earlier this month, Google announced a beta release of their Chrome browser that they said would improve its speed and security. Today, they’ve announced the stable release. With this update, Chrome will begin loading your most frequented pages even before …

Facebook’s good, but not that good according to ByteLevel.com’s recent findings. Google passed the social networking giant this year to take the top spot as best global website of 2012. The “Web Globalization Report Card” as the report refers to …

Update: Google responded to my request for comment shortly after this story ran. See here for details. Google has begun accepting email addresses from people interested in participating in their new Screenwise program. The program is designed to monitor participants’ …

Google has quietly rolled out some improvements to the spam control options for their Google+ social network. The new feature allows users to flag comments as inappropriate or abusive, and to block any future comments from the offending user. The …

Greenpeace released version five of their Cool IT leaderboard that rates IT companies on their climate solutions, energy impact and political advocacy. Overcoming Cisco, the winner from the last year, Google has taken the top spot as the leader in …

Six days ago, a Google engineer, who just started with the company this year, posted to Hacker News to ask, “What is so evil about adding social networking features to everyone’s account?” “You have a Docs account and a Picasa …

Statista has come out with some interesting new figures about how much money a company generates per employee based on their reported figures. I know this is the technology age, but these figures are huge! Below are the bar graphs …

As previously reported, Google launched Chrome for Android in beta today. Unfortunately, not all Android users will get to try it out yet. It’s only available in select countries and languages for devices running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s …

Google Offers continues to expand into more cities. This time, as expected, it’s Oklahoma City and Omaha that now have Google’s deals product, and that brings the grand total of markets to 40. Google Offers has been around less than …

Google has announced the beta release of an Android version of their popular Chrome web browser. The Android app promises the same speed and simplicity fans love in the desktop version of Chrome. Features of the app include the same …

It was discovered that Google quietly hosted an event last week called “Solve For X” where smart people gathered to discuss technology and solutions for real world problems. One particularly interesting element to the story was that Richard DeVaul, of …

Hackers have defaced the website of the Muslim cleric who petitioned the government of India concerning “objectionable” content on Facebook, Google, and other search and social networking sites. The website, FatwaOnline, is sponsored by the Islamic Peace Foundation of India …

Today’s Google Doodle represents one of the Victorian period’s finest novelists with a beautiful representation of some of his best-known characters. Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old today. Admittedly a bit stunted on my Dickensian knowledge, I had …

Remember last year when Google did a pilot program for their Cr-48 Chromebook and shipped a bunch of them to people who signed up to test the product in exchange for merely providing feedback? Google might be revisiting that trick, …

Privacy concerns are a common theme on the Internet. Most recently, it is Google’s changes that are in the spotlight as the company prepares to consolidate policies and share data throughout its various products next month. The changes have drawn …

Google announced today that they’re launching a Google+ Developers account in order to help developers stay abreast of news regarding the Google+ platform, events, community goings-on, and other stuff of interest to developers. Chris Chabot, Team Leader of Google+ Developer …

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season …

After months of waiting, Google is now beginning construction of their super fast Internet service in Kansas City. Announced today on the Google Fiber Blog, Kevin Lo said that they will be taking thousands of cables and stretching them across …

Google and Facebook, among others, have begun complying with demands by the government of India that they filter religiously and socially objectionable content from their sites. A court in Dehli gave several internet companies – including Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and …