Users of the mobile version of Google Product Search can now see if items are in stock at a local store from select retailers. These retailers include: Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, and West Elm. Product listings from these …

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The office of Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she’s meeting in California with Google officials to encourage them to test their new ultrahigh speed fiber network in her state. Google has asked communities to submit …

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LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. broke a long silence in its clash with China Wednesday as its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said that the Internet search giant was talking to Chinese officials and that he expected “something will happen soon.” Schmidt’s …

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Bike jocks everywhere are testing out Google’s (GOOG) new bicycle commuting function on Google Maps, and so far the verdict is … meh. The biggest goose egg so far is New York City, where reporters at the New York Post tested numerous recommended …

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It’s official: the city of Baltimore is going full-bore after a Google Fiber project . (Not sure what I mean about Google Fiber? Check this out .) I got tied up on another story this morning and couldn’t make it to the press conference at City Hall …

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Hooray for Google adding bicycling directions to Google Maps - too bad it isn’t more useful. I’m not sure this is Google’s fault, however, as many bike routes/lanes/paths are poorly documented and decisions regarding the “rideability” of a particular …

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What is Google hiding? When asked pointedly, “Does Google think the world will end in 2012?” Google’s Matt Cutts ducks the question, simply answering “Google has no official position on that.” The question and answer session went down at Google’s …

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‘Open fiber’ proposal could catch Palo Alto up on fiber to the home and small businesses, backers believe as they push toward a March 26 deadline An informational meeting has been set for 6 p.m. Monday on how residents and businesses can support Palo …

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Now U.S. Senator Al Franken has been enlisted to lobby Google in a bid by two midwestern cities to get free upgrades to gigabit internet connections. Comedy from the funniest man in Congress may give the towns of Duluth and Superior an edge in the …

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A helmet may not be enough to protect cyclists from Google Maps’ latest feature. The search engine rolled out a “bicycling directions” option yesterday that is filled with potentially fatal flaws, including routes that cut across Central Park’s …

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