Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

YouTube has won a summary judgment against Viacom regarding a lawsuit filed by the media conglomerate against the video sharing site in 2007 alleging that YouTube willingly and knowingly committed copyright infringement.  The English Premier League via its commercial rights division was also a plaintiff in the case along with Viacom At issue were the [...]

Google today took the beta label off of Chrome for Mac. The popular WebKit-based browser has been in final form for Windows since version 5.0, however, the company encourages users to try out newer, beta builds of the version 5.0 branch. The download is free, and Google continues to offer a beta of 5.0 for [...]

Late last week we received a very terse email from Google, notifying us that we would be denied entry to the Google I/O conference set for next week. This was a complete surprise to PhoneNews.com, and we responded requesting reasons why we were being denied entry. To date, Google has not responded. Read more at [...]

Microsoft has announced that HTC has paid the software conglomerate an undisclosed sum to use the Android operating system and entered into a new licensing agreement, asserting wide-ranging software patents over the Linux base that powers the Google developed operating system and allowing the manufacturer to continue use of the operating system. Microsoft has previously [...]

Google has announced the development of a new document printing solution which will be integrated into Chrome OS and be available across other platforms via its family of web applications. Google Cloud Print will function by handling print jobs via dedicated web application with all of the user requested options and print job handling, with [...]

China is experimenting with several ways to keep freedom out of Google Hong Kong for those in mainland China. As previously reported, Google has ceased operating a Mainland China web search system, after becoming embattled with hacking and censorship issues with the country. Google says they will remain in China, but caution that that hinges [...]

Google has redirected their China search home page to Google.com.hk, their Hong Kong search page. This change ends Google’s offering of censored web search, and Google has set up status pages for Chinese citizens to see which Google services they can currently access. As of this report, Chinese citizens can access the Hong Kong search, [...]

Verizon has formally posted the changelog and update instructions for its forthcoming Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid, its current flagship Android device ahead of the launch of the Nexus One. The update will feature the improved 3D Photo Gallery application, voice-to-text, news and weather widgets, pinch-to-zoom gesture support, improved pattern lock for the [...]

Google has launched its next and long-awaited variant of the Nexus One, this one with support for 3G bands used by AT&T and Rogers in Canada along with 2100 MHz support for international roaming. This version is also being sold solely as an unlocked model with no additional carrier subsidy available. Pricing is set at [...]

Motorola has announced a new deal with Microsoft in China whereby the manufacturer will integrate Bing services such as a pre-loaded Bing bookmark in the mobile browser and a search widget along with Bing Search and Maps capabilities starting later in the first quarter through pre-loaded support for new devices or over-the-air updates for devices [...]