Google is snapping up a handful of small tech companies as it prepares to launch its new Web-based operating system. The newest buy, online photo editor Picnik, fills some special needs

"Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer went all misty in a speech at the University of Washington, declaring in his strongest statement that cloud computing was mission critical for the software giant."

With major conflicts over data retention, Google executive says the company may stop shooting Street View photos in Europe, but a Google rep downplays those concerns.

Ramon wrote:

I came across this post today and thought I would pass it along.

"Google revealed that Google Apps customers also get disaster recovery as a result of the real-time copying of data to geographically diverse data centers."

Would anyone care to comment on this?

I saw this posted Friday.

Elsie told me about this and I found this story about it at WWW.YOUTUBE.COM on Friday.

I saw this posted Friday.

"China is in consultations with technology giant Google to resolve its dispute with the company, which has threatened to abandon the Chinese market over hacking and censorship concerns, said a Chinese official on Friday."

Christine wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

"Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search through contacts, music or apps."

Would anyone care to comment?

Lawrence told me about this - "When Google introduced its Nexus One phone in January, it unveiled a whole new business model in the mobile phone market."

I read this in the Lexington paper and wanted to share it with you.

"The most important issue may not be what it takes to get Google to bring its gigabit network to your town, but what happens when the company leaves."

Google launches free service called synchronous replication to the Apps suite as a way of boosting more interest of the productivity suite in large enterprise businesses. by Sam Diaz

NEWS.YAHOO.COM writes: "Google recently extended what it describes as highly advanced and sophisticated data backup and recovery to all components of its Apps communication and collaboration suite."