Google vs. Apple: Android Takes Smartphone OS Market, Apple Top OEM

The latest comScore shows that although Google's mobile operating system Android continues to dominate the U.S. market, Apple remains the top smartphone OEM.

Watching World Cup 2014: Google Chromecast Gets ESPN App Support

Chromecast, Google's cheap HDMI streaming dongle, has been gaining support for more apps over the past few months than ever before. This week, the TV streaming device added support for WatchESPN - and the timing for World Cup fans couldn't be better.

Android vs iOS: Google OS Expected to Dominate 2014 With Affordability

A new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone tracker predicts that Android will continue to dominate iOS in 2014 and all the way into 2018 due to affordability issues.

Europeans Aren't The Only Ones Who Want The Right to Be Forgotten, Google

Europe says Google needs to let people be forgotten, but it's not just Europe that thinks that way.

Argentine Model Sues Google, Yahoo Over Unauthorized Images: Photos Linked to Pornographic Websites

Argentine model Maria Belén Rodriguez is currently entangled in a lawsuit against Google and Yahoo, which she claimed linked her name and modeling photos to pornographic websites.

Google's Driverless Car Pods and the Inevitable Death of Car Culture

Yes, the "death of car culture" has been prematurely declared so many times, only to see it's still alive and kicking, that close observers might compare the American institution to a protagonist in a comic-book movie. It keeps "dying," only to reappear in tact 30 minutes later.

Google Demographic Statistics: Latinos Make Up 3 Percent of Workforce

Google and other tech companies bemoan the situation they are in without realizing or trying to fix the deeper problem.

Google Diversity Report: US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 'Commends' Google for First Steps Toward Greater Diversity in Its Workforce

Google's workforce is largely male and white. The aforementioned fact triggered mixed signals from diverse organizations, such as the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Google Comes Clean on Lack of Diversity, NHMC Calls on More to Do the Same

Google released information about the diversity of its workforce, and the news isn't very positive. Most of the giant company's workforce is made up of white men. There is a positive side to the story though, as Google is at least acknowledging the problem with full transparency, which the National Hispanic Media Coalition says is the first step towards an "honest conversation" about the lack of diversity in tech.

Apple Removes Marijuana Dealing Game From App Store but Keeps Other Weed Themed Games

A new app game for smartphones where the user plays the role of a marijuana dealer was growing in popularity until Apple reportedly removed the game from the iTunes App Store this week, according to the game's creators.

See Tennis Through the Eyes of Roger Federer With the New Google Glass [Video]

Rare first-person view of Federer playing tennis.

Google Fiber Remains Our Only Hope: Says It Won't Charge for Peering

What's been a side show to the general battle over net neutrality, the possible Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, and the FCC is the more technical issue of network interconnects and "paid peering." Google Fiber -- which has been seen as the only hope for a fair, open internet if the FCC allows "fast lanes" and the largest cable merger in history -- just announced it doesn't and won't charge for peering.

YouTube, Twitch Acqusition Deal: $1 Billion Purchase for Video Game Streaming Company Rumored

Google's YouTube has reportedly eyed on purchasing one of the popular videogame-streaming companies for $1 billion.

Apple vs. Google Patent Disputes Dropped: iOS, Android Companies Reach Lawsuit Truce

Apple Inc. and Google have reportedly issued a truce on their global patent infringement claims against each other.

iOS vs. Android Market Share in North America: BlackBerry's Decline Gives Microsoft Windows Phone 3rd Place

A study with approximately 300 million Canadian and U.S. Internet impressions found Microsoft's mobile operating system topped BlackBerry in Web traffic.

Samsung Could Unveil Gear Glass in September

To compete against the likes of Google, technology manufacturing giant Samsung is poised to release its own version of the Google Glass device as early as September.
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