Sources: Reuters
Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit. 2014-01-30
The U.S. Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence reach a preliminary joint agreement, likely resolving a lawsuit with the major American Internet provider companies (Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, and LinkedIn), about the information the companies can release to customers regarding requests by the intelligence agencies for information. 2014-01-27
Google expands its Google Maps map data coverage of North Korea for what has been blank on most of that country satellite images on its search engine. 2013-01-29
Google announces Google+ now has more than 500 million user accounts, 235 million of which actively use Google+ features. 2012-12-6
After six years, Google reaches a deal with a publishing group that opposed its scanning and publishing of books online. 2012-06-11
The European Union and United States approve Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of smartphone maker Motorola. 2012-02-13
Reuters cites sources "familiar with the matter" as saying that Google will soon receive approval from both the European Union and the United States for its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. 2012-02-10
Google launches Google Music, an application that will enable users to upload their music libraries to company servers. 2011-05-10
Google agrees with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to have an independent privacy audit every couple of years as a result of problems with the Google Buzz social network. 2011-03-31
The Organization of American States urges Nicaragua and Costa Rica to withdraw their security forces from an island in the San Juan river. Google is blamed for the dispute and revises its maps. 2010-11-14