Google has removed popular music applicationGroovesharkfrom the Android Market, pulling the app creators battle with record labels over concerns it is facilitating music piracy. The search giant commented only to reiterate that it “removes apps from Android Market that violate [its] terms of service”, indicating that copyright issues motivated Google to remove the app from its marketplace, something that Apple did inAugust last yearwhen Universal Music Group UK complained to the Cupertino-based company about the app....

Google punches itself in the face by discontinuing the Pixel Slate Someone grab the frozen peas But why are you a sadboy about the Pixel Slate? Simply put, it’s because Google had the potential to make a fantastic, competitive, and affordable machine. Over the past year,I got bang into tablets again— something I attribute to my time with iPad Pro. Long story short,I nowgetwhat tablets are for. I understand their value....

If you’re a fan of Google’sHotpot, then you know how quickly the recommendations systemhas grown. Finding information about a location or restaurant or other venue via your social network has some pretty serious advantages to it. As the service has grown, Google has decided that it’s finally time for it to come into the mainstream. According to theGoogle Blog, you can now have Hotpot recommendations right inside of your normal Google search results:...

Google has just released itsfirst quarter financialsfor 2011, while sales jumped 27%, its earnings per share increase up to $8.08 fell slightly short of Wall Street’s expectations for EPS, though overall numbers surpassed most stated expectations. Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion in the first quarter of 2011, representing a 27% increase over first quarter 2010 revenues of $6.77 billion. Interestingly, Google sees 11% of its revenue from the UK, totaling $969 million....

In March 2010, Google users were undertsandably up in arms about how the search giant curated private data. Instead of being an opt-out service, Google Buzz would opt-in users, automatically followed people for you, also disclosing emails on a very public scale. This resulted in the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and eleven members of the House of Representatives sending acomplaint letterto the chairman of the FTC, critcising Google’s rule as a potential curator of private data....