I’m a Google-phile. Or at least, I was. Lately, my gut’s felt a bit wobbly every time someone mentions the big G. Page, Brin and company have lost their focus. Once, they helped us all find the stuff we needed. Now, they spend...

It often makes perfect sense to refuse to give your customers what they want, or at least what they say they want. The only way to break out of a declining business is to fire your existing customers-and embrace the future.

Leaving corporate America to run a home based business is the ideal situation for many people: There's no boss breathing down your neck, no boring meetings to attend and no 45-minute drives in rush hour traffic.

Google Fellow and SVP Amit Singhal explains how Google Search is evolving from links to entities, attributes and relationships between entities.

According to an eMarketer analysis of time spent with media, TV and mobile saw significant gains vs. 2010 — with conventional TV the winner and still champion. According to the data presented, the average US adult spends about...

Contrary to much of the conventional understanding of how people learn about their communities, Americans turn to a wide range of platforms to get local news and information, and where they turn varies considerably depending on...

The Economist welcomes your views. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers. Review our comments policy. The increase in the amount of data is insane. There is so much being digitized and so much going on in...

We're changing the way Americans connect online with the White House - by launching a platform on WhiteHouse.gov that creates a new way for you to join your ...

Netflix lost 800,000 subscribers in its most recent quarter. Though its earnings met estimates, the stock fell.

Google is betting that its new social network, Google+, will fix what it calls the "awkward" state of online sharing--but Google isn't sharing invitations to its latest project with everyone. Users have been clamoring for...

Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum was named as the most dangerous celebrity in cyberspace, by McAfee. Check out what other stars made the list.

Facebook has announced significant improvements to Facebook Chat: video calling powered by Skype, group chat, and an option to see the friends you...

Social media monitoring service Reppler surveyed more than 300 hiring professionals to determine when and how job recruiters are screening job candidates on different social media sites.

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Google's move to acquire Motorola Mobility puts the Internet giant into direct competition with Asian handset makers HTC, Samsung Electronics, LG and Huawei Technologies.