Google took a surprise $500 million charge in its first quarter to cover potential charges related to resolving an investigation by the Department of... read more »
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I am beginning to think that Google should put its doodlers in charge of the whole company. It seems as if they have an instinct for inspiring real, ... read more »
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Think of it as an old-fashion circulation war in the digital age, substituting tablets for tabloids. Google is trying to raise support from new... read more »
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What can one say about Charlie Sheen that hasn't been said already By Charlie Sheen. It seems that there is still more. For Sheen himself today, perh... read more »
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(Credit: Matthew Moskovciak/CNET) The Google TV platform was already struggling after Hulu and every major TV network started blocking its devic... read more »
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It's obvious that Facebook sees serious potential in mobile check-in service Foursquare: it tried to buy it for $125 million. That didn't work. So... read more »
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Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota woman who has been fighting the recording industry over 24 songs she illegally downloaded and shared online four... read more »
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Google is planning to spend as much as $100 million to develop original content for YouTube as part of a site redesign around channels based on ca... read more »
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Google today said that a settlement for a class action suit by Gmail users over privacy violations related to Google Buzz has been granted prelimina... read more »
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Visitors to dozens of Web sites purportedly linked to illegal file sharing and counterfeit goods were greeted by this message. The U.S. governme... read more »
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Facebook has agreed to acquire Snaptu, an Israeli start-up that makes apps for feature phones, for an estimated $70 million. Facebook recently ... read more »
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Soccer players tend not to be of the highest intellectual caliber. They are, after all, too busy playing soccer. However, I wonder if one particular ... read more »
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(Credit: Netflix) In filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Netflix just released a graph that looks at how the company's stock has... read more »
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I don't know about you, but my first thought is that it must have been Eminem. He appeared in a highly visible (and, to some, risible) Super Bowl ad... read more »
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There are few things we love more here at Springwise than seeing a good idea spread. So we couldn''t resist mentioning CASHurDrive, a new carvertising... read more »
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It's always dangerous to have an emotional relationship with a business. Businesses change, often driven by innovation. Or merely the desperate desir... read more »
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Turkey's ban on YouTube has ended two years after the government cut off access because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder. The ... read more »
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(Credit: TiVo) TiVo has struck a multiyear deal with Charter Communications to bring its Premiere set-top box and interface to the fourth-largest ... read more »
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When it comes to Google lagging in social networking, former chief executive Eric Schmidt said the buck stops with him. "Four years ago, I wrote memo... read more »
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Facebook will soon begin testing a service that will provide its members local discounts, a move that will put it in direct competition with daily-d... read more »
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