It sounds a bit like the “Bing is copying Google” argument all over again, but Google’s Matt Cutts brings up some very interesting points in a small postvia Google Buzz. In case you missed it earlier,we reportedthat Experian’s Hitwise metric was showing that Bing provided more accurate results than Google. As Cutts points out, Hitwise relies on a metric called “search success rate”. The idea is that a successful search is completed once someone clicks on a search result and leaves the results page....

People around the world have sent countless messages of hope and support to the people of Japan after the country experienced a massive earthquake and one of the worst tsunamis in history a month ago. Relief efforts have been launched to support the country get back up on its feet, but for others, inspiring and encouraging words can be just as helpful. Google, along with otherinitiativesto support the nation, is releasing a newwebsitewhere people can submit messages and have them automatically translated to Japanese using the Google Translate service....

People around the world have sent countless messages of hope and support to the people of Japan after the country experienced a massive earthquake and one of the worst tsunamis in history a month ago. Relief efforts have been launched to support the country get back up on its feet, but for others, inspiring and encouraging words can be just as helpful. Google, along with otherinitiativesto support the nation, is releasing a newwebsitewhere people can submit messages and have them automatically translated to Japanese using the Google Translate service....

As wereportedearlier, in a surprise move today, Google has announced its intention to purchaseMotorola Mobility, the handset manufacturing side of Motorola’s business. So, what is Motorola Mobility and what does the acquisition give Google? Following several years of huge losses and significant drops in market share, the Mobile Devices division of Motorola was spun out of Motorola as a separate company in January this year. Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. has of late focused its mobile handset business exclusively on the Android market....

Today, Google announced that it had entered a formal agreement with Motorola’s smartphone arm Motorola Mobilityto acquire the mobile maker for $12.5 billion, providing the search giant with a platform from which it can finally launch an assault on the smartphone market with its own devices powered by an operating system that it has developed in-house. The company has maintained the Android ecosystem for over four years, with help from some of the world’s top smartphone vendors....