Google is famously fond of the brave new world that is HTML5. So, it’s little surprise to see a new toolemergefrom its labs that converts Flash right into the latest version of the Web markup standard. Swiffy, as it’s called, emerged as a summer project from an engineering intern on Google’s mobile advertising team, looking at how Flash animations could be displayed on devices that don’t support Adobe’s format. Simply feed it a ....

You might remember a few weeks ago when Googlereleased an extensionfor Chrome that would allow you to block the display of results from certain sites. While Google is most certainly using that information to better tweak its algorithm, it was limited to the Chrome browser. Today, in ablog post, it appears that Google is laying down the hammer across all platforms. You’ll now start seeing a link that reads “Block all ____....

Microsoft Office teams utilizing theGoogle Cloud Connectfeature will be thrilled to know Google listed to you and responded quickly This update of the Cloud Connect focused on the overwhelming request for multilingual options and a popular request to have the ability to minimize the tool bar to reclaim that precise user interface real estate. Just over a month ago, Google launchedGoogle Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, adding simultaneous collaboration, revision history, cloud sync, unique URLs and simple sharing to the Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications....

According to source knowledgeable with the talks, Google is in negotiations with Spotify for the music streaming giant to power Google’s new GoogleMusic service. The source toldCnetthat Google has been in talks with Spotify for weeks. Apparently this information came to light as Google informed the major music labels, which it has been in troubled talks with, that it is considering using Spotify to power it’s service. This news indicates that Google has yet to achieve an agreement with the four major labels in the US....

Google’s threatto leave China has not been well received by shareholders. The Internet giant had enjoyed a100% growth in share price during 2009, peaking at $629.51 a share in early January. The news of Google’s potential withdrawal from China has seen this share price tumble $49 to its current price [at the time of writing] of $580 per share. This strong growth in share price, cumulating in the 52 week high of $629....