Mobiquity

Google to Challenge Pandora and Spotify for Music-Streaming Dominance

Dubbed “All Music All Access,” Google’s new music-streaming service offers customers the chance to listen to their favorite music on demand and design custom “stations.” The service will cost only $9.99 per month after a free 30-day trial, ... Read More

Watch Out Google. Facebook Has Its Sights on Online Advertising

There is a long way to go before Facebook is much of a challenge to Google for online advertising supremacy. But after touting itself for years as a good place to advertise, Facebook now has some nice numbers showing that companies have been listening. In 2012, Facebook had ad revenues of $4.28 billion, a fraction of Google’s $43 billion, but nothing to scof ... Read More

German Regulators 'Penalize' Google

Google has been fined €145,000 ($188,935) by a German privacy regulator for what was deemed the company’s systematic, illegal collection of personal data while creating the Street View mapping service. The fine was close to the $195,000 maximum, but represents only about 0.002 percent of Google’s $10.7 billion net profits.

Google does not intend to appeal the ruling, and Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy counsel, ... Read More

Malware on Mobile: Maybe It Isn’t Just Your PC That Needs Protection

The next time you download a cool new app from the Google Play store, you better check that it’s not actually malware. Lookout, a security firm, has released details about a tricky new malware called “BadNews” that affects Android devices. Apparently, it’s hidden in around 32 apps and has been downloaded somewhere between 2 million and 9 million times. How did Google let something slip through the cracks like t ... Read More

Could It Be? Pop-Ups That Aren’t Annoying

Like the push notifications on your smartphone? Pretty soon, they may be coming to your browser, as well Google’s latest version of Chrome has developer support for rich-browser notifications in Web apps. With this move, it would seem that the company is trying to make its browser a jack-of-all-trades online experience. "Rich notifications" with relevant, real-time information will make Chrome feel more like an operating sy ... Read More