Google Probe: Meet the FTC’s Secret Weapon

San Francisco — The Federal Trade Commission has hired an outside litigator to lead its antitrust probe of Google, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said Thursday during a visit to the agency’s‘s Western Region office here. The...

8 New Apps You Don’t Want To Miss

Keeping up with all the new apps to hit the scene is a tough job. But you’re in luck: You don’t have to, because each week we round up our favorite apps and app updates from the week in this handy roundup. This week was...

Spanning Stats Has Scanned 25,000+ Google Drives

Spanning, which already offers a backup service for Google Apps, is now riding the coattails of Google Drive, promising to help people see, “What’s in your Google Drive?” Two days after the Drive announcement, Spanning released...

Yahoo Escalates Patent War With Facebook

Yahoo just took its war of lawsuits with Facebook to the next level, adding two more patent-infringement claims to the 10 it filed for back in March. The company also accused Facebook of not having a good-faith belief in...

Google Drive Arrives In ChromeOS Developer Channel

Ever since Google released its cloud storage service Google Drive earlier this week, there has been some speculation as to what its integration with ChromeOS, Google’s cloud-centric operating system, would look like. Today,...

Facebook’s Patent Acquisitions? They’re More About Google Than Yahoo

In the past few months, Facebook’s patent portfolio has grown exponentially as a result of acquisitions of patent portfolios from IBM and Microsoft. After acquiring 650 AOL patents and patent applications from Microsoft,...

Justin Bieber Confronts Baby Accuser on Twitter

Although it’s been nearly six months since Justin Bieber was falsely accused of impregnating a fan backstage at a concert, the pop superstar hasn’t quite forgotten the incident. Bieber took to Twitter on Saturday to call...

How Does Google Drive Compare to the Competition?

Now that Google Drive is finally a reality, how does it stack up against the cloud competition?Google’s new cloud-based document and storage solution is priced aggressively and boasts best-in-class integration with other...

U.S. Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer

Federal regulators escalated their antitrust investigation of Google on Thursday by hiring a prominent litigator, sending a strong signal that they are prepared to take the Internet giant to court. The Federal Trade Commission...

Google Actually Sells a Service: Sketchup is Going to Trimble

Google announced Thursday that it was selling 3D modelling tool SketchUp — an unusual event for the tech giant known more for aqcuiring companies than for selling them. Trimble Navigation is purchasing the platform for an...

Facebook App Fosters Community for Breast Cancer Patients

A new Facebook app, Circle of Support, provides a rare support community for people living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). This secure Facebook community allows people suffering from MBC to share their struggles and...

Google Translate Draws 200 Million Users Each Month

Google announced on Thursday that its popular language translator service Google Translate now boasts 200 million monthly users, many of whom are accessing it outside the U.S. and via mobile devices. The news — which comes...

Google Adds a ‘Share’ Button for Google+

Lost amid the hysteria over Google‘s powerful new Drive cloud-storage service was another product introduced by the Mountain View tech giant on Tuesday — a Google+ “Share” button. The new button enables website operators...

SketchUp Is Google’s First Divestment Ever, And It Made A Profit

Google’s sale of a previously purchased arm of the company this morning, 3D modeling software SketchUp to Trimble, isn’t just something it does “every now and again”. It’s actually Google’s first divestment ever, according...

Did Samsung Stage ‘Wake Up’ Protest at Australian Apple Store?

A group of black-clad protesters recently gathered outside an Apple store in Sydney, Australia, and shouted — apparently to the customers inside — to “wake up.” The stunt is suspected to be part of Samsung‘s campaign to...

Facebook Share Suspension Sets IPO Rumours Running

Facebook has suspended trading of its shares on the private secondary market until the end of the week, raising expectations that it will shortly file for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). Shareholders...

US Marine Discharged After Trashing Obama On Facebook

Marine Corps Sgt. Gary Stein received an “other-than-honorable” discharge on Wednesday after he criticized United States President Barack Obama on Facebook, according to Capt. Brian Block, a Marines spokesman. On the Armed...

When You Put Everything on Facebook, You Have a Consequence

When Denise Abbott’s 13-year-old daughter Ava wouldn’t stop talking smack and stirring up drama on Facebook, the Ohio mother decided to employ a punishment to fit the crime. Abbott replaced her daughter’s profile picture...

Mom Uses Facebook to Epically Put 13-Year-Old Daughter in Check [VIDEO]

When Denise Abbott’s 13-year-old daughter Ava wouldn’t stop talking smack and stirring up drama on Facebook, the Ohio mother decided to employ a punishment to fit the crime. Abbott replaced her daughter’s profile picture...

Twitter, Times Square Billboard Call for an End to Malaria

In honor of World Malaria Day, April 25, advocates for the end of the disease are campaigning on the social web with the hashtag #endmalaria — the very hashtag responsible for propelling Ashton Kutcher (@AplusK) to become...