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Google on Thursday said it is testing using drones to deliver items bought online, putting its own spin on similar efforts by Amazon.com.

South Korea's Samsung and LG unveiled new smartwatches with upgraded functions and design.

Google announced that it had bought Zync Render, a service that trims costs of special effects by pushing the work into the Internet "cloud."

Google confirmed that it bought Gecko Design to bolster its lab devoted to technology-advancing projects.

US giant Amazon is preparing to take on Google in one of its core businesses, Internet advertising, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Google confirmed it has bought the startup behind a Jetpac application that creates travel guides by analyzing pictures from social networks.

Google's new company aimed at addressing problems of health and aging has taken a step forward - with its own website and mission statement.

A federal judge rejected a plan to compensate employees affected by an "anti-poaching" agreement involving Silicon Valley tech giants.

Google has agreed in a court settlement to spend at least $250 million to help fight illegal online pharmacies selling to US customers.

Google reported that its quarterly profit rose with a jump in revenue and released word that its chief business officer was leaving the company.

More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit.

Zharas Alimkhanov, a student of Nazarbayev Intellectual School, and his team have won Through Glass international contest in Spain.

South Korea's Samsung and LG launched rival smartwatches powered by Google's new software as they jostle to lead an increasingly competitive market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's next growth booster.

Google's Nest Labs said it was buying video monitoring startup Dropcam for a reported $555 million in cash.

Google has taken down a blog that listed ways to harass Singapore's Filipino population, drawing praise from Internet users appalled by growing racial tensions in the city-state.

Amazon unveiled its "Fire Phone," a high-end handset boasting "breakthrough technologies" and a move aimed at challenging market leaders Apple and Samsung.

Google announced plans to buy the satellite group Skybox Imaging for $500 million, in a move to improve mapping and other services using geospatial data.

Several Google websites have been blocked in China, a monitoring service said Tuesday, as authorities step up arrests and censorship before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Google began late Thursday letting people in Europe formally request to be "forgotten" by the world's leading Internet search service.

The US Product Safety Commission on Wednesday issued a recall notice for 440,000 smoke and carbon monoxide alarms by Nest, a tech-driven start-up acquired by Google earlier this year.
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