Family ties: Google invests another $2.6 million in startup launched by co-founder’s wife

October 13th, 2009 Google CEO creates $25M endowment at PrincetonTRENTON, N.J. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife have given $25 million to start an endowment fund at Princeton University.

October 12th, 2009 Google board member steps downMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.

September 30th, 2009 CBS News partners with foreign news startupNEW YORK — CBS News plans to supplement its international coverage with reports from a Boston-based startup that specializes in foreign news. The deal with GlobalPost gives CBS access to the work of 70 correspondents in more than 50 countries.

September 30th, 2009 According to the sources, in a well put up strategic policy, Google has decided to send as many as 1,00,000 invitations to developers all across the world in order to preview "Google Wave", the new communication and collaboration tool that the company plans to officially launch sometime next year. This unusual but yet speculated to be effective move draws top notch developers all across the world to come and test the yet-to-be-released Google Wave and give their expert reviews and views over the tool.

September 21st, 2009 Tesla founders end bitter legal fightSAN FRANCISCO — The co-founders of the electric car company Tesla Motors Inc. have settled their legal battle with laudatory statements of each other's accomplishments.

August 11th, 2009 Judge allows objection to Google Book dealSAN FRANCISCO — A judge has granted The Media Exchange Company Inc. the opportunity to file an objection to a settlement reached between Google Inc.

August 3rd, 2009 Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple boardCUPERTINO, Calif. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors.

July 20th, 2009 Google offers 'guided tour' of the moonNEW YORK — Google Inc. is offering a more wide-ranging view of the Moon, 40 years after humans first landed there.

July 10th, 2009 Google CEO hails company's new PC operating systemSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Eric Schmidt spent his first six years as Google's CEO resisting a push by the company's co-founders to develop their own operating system for personal computers. But Schmidt began to change his mind after seeing the early versions of Google's Web browser.

July 1st, 2009 Google silences news commentary featureMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has quietly dropped a feature that allowed people mentioned in news stories to comment on the articles.

June 25th, 2009 China accuses Google of spreading pornographyBEIJING — China's government accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese Internet users were temporarily unable to gain access to the U.S.

June 22nd, 2009 Mexico signs agreement with Google to push tourismMEXICO CITY — Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History signed an agreement with Google Mexico to promote archaeological and historical sites in a bid to revive tourism following the swine flu epidemic. The plan uses several elements of the Google platform, including placing maps of archaeological sites and directions to them on Google Earth.

June 17th, 2009 Startup car company locating in MonroeMONROE, La. — A startup automobile company plans to assemble a new fuel-efficient vehicle in Louisiana, creating an estimated 1,400 jobs.

May 13th, 2009 ATHENS - Greece's data protection agency has stopped Google from continuing to photograph the country's streets for its Street View service and asked further reassurances on privacy from the US Internet giant, media reports said Wednesday, Street View provides users a 360-degree view of the urban landscape via an icon on Google Maps. The Greek authority wants Google to specify how long it intends to keep its images online and what measures the search engine intends to take to inform residents who may be photographed of their rights.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has named Mythili Sankaran, former CEO of Telecom/Web startup, Koollage, as director of its coast operations to advance US-India commercial ties in western US. The California office is dedicated to advancing US-India commercial ties in the western region of the US, including developing a more robust 'two-way street' that enables US companies to succeed in India, and Indian companies to succeed in the US, the trade lobby announced Monday.