Google pushes deeper into Arab world with forum that lets users ask and answer each other

October 9th, 2009 FCC expected to open probe of Google Voice serviceWASHINGTON — Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T that Google's messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. The Federal Communications Commission's probe was described to The Associated Press by people with knowledge of the inquiry.

October 9th, 2009 FCC launches probe of Google Voice serviceWASHINGTON — Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T Inc. that Google Inc.'s free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees.

September 16th, 2009 SAN JOSE - So far, you have been spending time browsing to read news on Internet. But now, top search engine and content giant Google will help you read news, as if you were actually flipping newspapers or magazines.

September 10th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Google is working on a micropayment system that would allow newspapers to easily charge for online content, the web search giant has revealed in a proposal to the Newspaper Association of America. In the proposal, which was released on the internet Thursday, Google said that its micropayment system would be up and running within the year and would enable simple payment of one cent to several dollars.

September 8th, 2009 DUBAI - The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 released by the World Economic Forum places the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar at the top position in the Middle East region, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. A number of countries in the Middle East are in the upper half of the rankings, led by Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Tunisia, with particular improvements noted in the Gulf states, which continue their upward trend of recent years.

September 7th, 2009 Google China confident despite loss of LeeBEIJING — The new managers of Google Inc.'s China arm expressed confidence Monday the business can grow despite the departure of the high-profile executive credited with expanding its share of the competitive Chinese market. Kai-Fu Lee, who led Google China for four years, announced his resignation last week to launch a venture to finance Chinese tech startups.

August 27th, 2009 Antitrust watchdog probes Google ItalyROME — Italy's antitrust watchdog is investigating allegations by Italian newspapers that Google Italy is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site by dropping them from its search engine. Google said the newspapers were free to remove themselves from Google News while still remaining on its search engine.

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 16th, 2009 Google 2Q profit up 19 pct amid slowing ad salesMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's second-quarter profit rose 19 percent despite the slowest revenue growth since the Internet search leader went public five years ago.

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 25th, 2009 BEIJING — Internet users in China were unable to access search giant Google Inc.'s main Web site or its Chinese service, and the company said Thursday it was investigating. The outage came after the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center last week accused Google of providing links to vulgar and obscene sites.

May 14th, 2009 Google glitch disrupts search engine, e-mailMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google says it has fixed the technical problems that have prevented an unknown number of people from using its Internet search engine, e-mail and other services.

April 28th, 2009 Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker LexcycleLOS ANGELES — Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.

April 22nd, 2009 Second Life to let users filter adult contentNEW YORK — Second Life is getting a little less steamy for people who want to use the virtual world for a myriad of PG-rated experiences, such as taking classes, prototyping buildings or designing virtual goods. For those who don't, Second Life is moving adult-oriented content to a new, X-rated "continent" so they can continue to frolic as their heart desires.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two 25-year-old entrepreneurs are among the youngest Indian corporate leaders attending the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Sachin Duggal and Saurabh Dhoot, promoters of Nivio, which has created the world's first online windows desktop, are attending the 2009 WEF as 'Technology Pioneers'.