Google+ was meant to be an identity service, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend, shedding some light on Google’s reasoning behind Google+’s controversial real-name policy. Read More...

Apples iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is on the way, and now that the iOS5 beta software is available to developers, clues of a partially hidden feature have been uncovered: Nuance speech recognition, rumored to be tightly integrated within iOS 5. Read More...

With this week's launch of a new tool called "Me on the Web," Google wants to help users better understand and manage their online identities, as well as learn how to remove unwanted content from Google search results. Through Google's online dashboard, available to anyone with a Google account, this added section helps you track your online mentions, view your public profiles on various social n Read More...

Google’s first Chrome OS-powered Chromebooks from consumers finally became available today after months of testing through a pilot program with the Cr-48 model Google introduced when it first unveiled the operating system... Read More...

Google has unveiled Instant Pages, a new Chrome-only feature that will reward top ranked sites with what will appear to users as instantaneous page loading. Google touts that this will save between 2 and 10 seconds of time waiting for pages to load.
Beyond making sure your website loads quickly, it doesn't seem like Instant Pages should be a consideration in your Google-friendly SEO strategies. Read More...

A popular Irish hotel has sued Google for defamation because Google’s autocomplete feature suggests to searchers that the hotel is in receivership.
Searchers looking for the Ballymascanlon Hotel — a four-star property that’s reportedly one of the most popular wedding venues in northeast Ireland and is not in financial trouble — see “ballymascanlon hotel receivership” as an autocomplete suggestio Read More...

Google is investing $280 million to create a fund that will allow SolarCity — a company that helps homeowners and businesses starting to use solar energy as a power source — to finance more solar installations across the U.S. Read More...