Graph Search, which we're going to call Facebook search from here on out because nobody wants to read or write "Graph Search," is a dramatic new way to browse Facebook. But its implications spill over onto its rivals—which companies lose the most? Read More >>

The internet was freaking out yesterday because holy shit! It looked like Google ran over a donkey with a Street View car in Kweneng, Botswana. But no need to call up the RSPCA, because Google says it absolutely did not commit assicide. Read More >>

Sometimes Google Translate doesn't get it quite right. To illustrate that point in the most outlandish way possible, CDZA took the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme, crunched it through Google Translate for all 26 supported languages, then took it back to English. Read More >>

Images captured by Google's Street View car on a dusty road in Botswana appear to show the camera vehicle knocking over a donkey, then driving away. Unconfirmed reports claim the driver was heard laughing about it, too. Read More >>

After Google basically threw LG under a bus, telling the world+dog that all the Nexus 4 shortages and issues were LG's fault, the Korean manufacturer has finally responded. Apparently it's nothing to do with LG, because it's been pumping them out just fine, and still is. Thanks Google. Read More >>

So, not content with merely having our souls, it looks like Lord Zuck wants to rule the world of search as well. By now, you've probably heard that Facebook is holding a big dramatic press conference this evening, at which they've promised to unveil something big. Problem is, Facebook's press conferences are normally dull tedium-fests, so we're not holding our breath on this one. Read More >>

Google Now, arguably the best thing about owning an Android phone right now, has just gotten a boost in the war with Apple's Passbook. It'll now search your email for flight confirmations and grab your boarding passes, plus fire flight notifications at you. Currently it only supports certain airlines, but it's expanding rapidly. Awesome. [Google via Android Community] Read More >>

Voice control has been the trend in phones for a while now, but it's not content to just stay there. The newest Chrome Beta 25 is introducing a Web Speech API, which means a talk-y future is on the horizon, hopefully. Read More >>

Here's a curious one. If rumours are to be believed, LG's actually stopped producing Nexus 4s, and has turned manufacturing efforts to its incoming next-generation phones instead. Does Google have another Nexus right around the corner? Or has LG simply had enough of flogging hardware for next to nothing? Read More >>

One of the clear automotive technology trends at CES this year is cars that drive themselves. From Audi to Lexus to Ford, the world's largest car companies are beginning to follow Google's lead in an effort to produce cars smart enough to drive themselves. Read More >>

No one who's actually found how to change default search provider in Internet Explorer actually uses Yahoo search, but now the Google competitor is trying to win our hearts back...by bunging Flickr Creative Commons photos into its image search. I'm sorry Yahoo, but I don't think that's going to do it for me. Chocolates and flowers traditionally work better for wooing people back [Yahoo] Read More >>

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Eric Schmidt isn't being backward at coming forward during his trip to North Korea. In fact, he's been challenging officials over global Internet access, nuclear-development, and US detainees. Read More >>

North Korea's led the charge in a lot of areas, fictional animal lair discoveries, for one. But South Korea's crazy cousins to the north aren't exactly known to excel at internet culture. So while it's no surprise that their official Twitter account only follows three accounts, as Mother Jones discovered, it is, in fact, very surprising that the only active user in that very small bunch is some American dude named Jimmy Dushku. Read More >>

After Google Maps disappeared from Windows Phone, Google announced it was working hard to solve the problem. Now Maps is back, so WinPho users can find their way with Google once more. Read More >>

Patent wars are still raging in plenty of parts of the tech world, but today there's something of a ceasefire between Google and Microsoft. Google has just filed with the ITC in the US to stop attempts to prevent Microsoft from using certain compression techniques with the Xbox 360. Read More >>