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Facebook tweaks Android phones to build new Home

Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn’t have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how people interact with mobile technology.

Microsoft raises dividend 25%

Microsoft is trying to lift its stock price by boosting its dividend by 25%, the largest increase since the company started its quarterly payments.

Google braces for $500m in ad probe

Google’s online advertising system is facing a US Justice Department investigation that is expected to cost the search leader at least $500-million.

YouTube adds 3 000 movies to double video rentals

YouTube is doubling the size of its online video store in an expansion that will make more movies available for internet streaming.

Google puts China cellphones on hold amid dispute

Google has delayed the debut of cellphones designed to connect with its internet services in China, widening the void between the company and Beijing.

Google’s search for savings boosts profits

The recession is prodding Google to grow up faster than a lot of people anticipated.

Google sets sights on stories fit for print

Google is trying to expand the newspaper section of its online library to include billions of articles published during the past 244 years.

Google has ‘moral imperative’ to assist newspapers

Google’s chief executive said this week that the internet search leader hopes its recently acquired advertising service will aid newspapers.

Yahoo!’s Flickr website expands into video

Yahoo! will begin showing homemade videos on its online photo-sharing site, Flickr, in a long-anticipated move that may be too late to lure most people away from the internet’s…

Security lapse exposes pictures on Facebook

A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook’s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the website’s…

Facebook lures top exec from Google

Facebook has raided Google to hire a new chief operating officer, providing the popular online social network with more seasoned management and advertising savvy as it strives to…

Ask.com abandons pursuit of Google

In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine internet search leader Google and will instead focus on a narrower market consisting of married women…

Google branches out with website tools

Google, already the world’s most popular spot for finding websites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating websites too. It is taking its first step toward that goal…

Google aims to store patients’ health records

Google will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that is likely to raise more concerns about the volume of…

Next attraction: Unlimited movies over the net

Girding for a potential threat from Apple, online DVD rental service Netflix is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over…

Get ready for Googlepedia

Google is working on a new internet encyclopedia that will consist of material submitted by people who want to be identified as experts and possibly profit from their knowledge.…

Facebook users rebel against ad system

Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing…

Buying ads is not Google’s cup of tea

Like a gourmet chef who rarely eats out, Google feeds advertising services to hordes of other businesses while skimping on its own marketing. The recipe has been extremely…

Yahoo! revs up search engine to defy Google

Yahoo! has retooled its online search engine to make it more helpful and engaging, joining an industrywide wave of improvements that so far haven’t dented Google’s dominance. It…

New search start-up hopes to rival Google

The dozens of entrepreneurs gathered for an exclusive high-tech conference in San Francisco this week all hoped to dazzle the crowd with their ingenuity. But one start-up,…