Google Wants to Let Us Say: 'The Check Is in the Email'
If you use Google Wallet, you'll soon be able to send people money using Gmail, attaching a dollar amount to a message just as you might a photo or a PDF.
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Will Peer-To-Peer Payments Save the Mobile Wallet?
For all the hype about the rise of mobile payment technology -- use-your-smartphone-to-pay systems -- the reality is that it has been slow to catch on. But there is one place where it's starting to gain real traction: peer-to-peer exchanges.
How to Find a Work-From-Home Job -- or Turn Your Job Into One
Telecommuting's popularity in the U.S. is surging -- up 66% in just seven years, to 2.9 million people. If you want to join them, you probably can -- but beware of the scams.
5 Signs Google Is Selling You Out
Google built its empire on innovations that served consumers well, but it's building its future on serving those consumers, and their personal data, up to advertisers. Not only that, but Google's new focus has the company pursuing projects that may actually be harmful to users.
Android Is Soaring, So Why Are Google Shares Sinking?
Google's shares have fallen 15% in the last three months while the S&P 500 has traded flat. This share price decline seems odd when contrasted with the spectacular success Google has been experiencing with its Android mobile OS. But there are good reasons Wall Street isn't impressed.
Facebook Launches Hybrid Email Messaging Service
Facebook unveiled on Monday a messaging service designed to incorporate email, SMS, chat and messages under one system, a move that could potentially erode the markets of a host of other high-profile email providers from Google's Gmail to Yahoo's Yahoo mail. But Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg downplayed the potential affect on email providers, saying in a Webcast: "This is not an email killer. This is a messaging system that includes email."
Google Buzz Class Action Settled for $8.5 Million
Google plans to pay out an $8.5 million settlement as part of a privacy class action lawsuit against its Gmail Buzz feature, the Internet giant said Tuesday.
Google Rolls Out Gmail 'Priority Inbox' to Fight Email Overload
Google has announced an upgrade to its popular Gmail service called "Priority Inbox," which aims to learn which emails are most important to you, and surfaces those to the top of your email queue. As email arrives, you can mark it more or less important. Thus, over time Gmail will "learn" which emails are most important to you.
Why Skype Should Skip IPO, Take a Buyout Deal
Earth to Skype: Forget those lofty IPO plans. If Cisco Systems or a telecom company comes knocking on your door with a multibillion dollar buyout offer, take the money and run, say institutional investors and Wall Street soothsayers.
Taming the Inbox: Can Google Sort Your Email?
You've got gigabytes worth of email, but how do you sort through it all? Google hopes to help with a new tool, called "Priority Inbox," that will highlight important messages in Gmail. At least now you'll have another excuse for ignoring those less-important emails.
Three Reasons Why Google's Valuation Could Vault
The conventional wisdom gaining strength these days is that Google is past its hot-growth prime. But unnoticed by many investors are at least three businesses that could give the search giant's stock the kick it's looking for.
