Google Search version 2.0 is now available in the App Store. The "complete" redesign is much better suited to mobile browsing than its predecessor. According to Google, the app got a big speed boost, but what will likely make people staring down at a 3.5-inch iPhone screen happiest is full-screen image search. No more squinting! The app also makes getting to your desired information easier with swipe navigation and a built-in text finder. [iTunes via 9to5Mac] Read More >

The UK's rush to automatic ISP-level porn filtering is not getting the backing of Google, which would prefer the people were educated in the ways of porn avoidance instead, with more emphasis put on good parenting so children know 14-hour porn marathons are bad and that those women probably aren't having much fun. Read More >

In case you haven't "turned on" Google's homepage, it's basically celebrating Robert Moog's birthday with a fully-functioning analogue synth attached to an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape machine. OH MY GOD, this is incredible. There goes my day. Read More >

This week, IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT's Technology Review that Siri, best pal of Zooey Deschanel and oft-snarky gal-Friday of the iPhone, has been banned from the company's internal networks, over concern that spoken queries might be stored somewhere. Read More >

Even as news spread that Chrome was now the world's most popular web browser, Facebook ended up as the focal point in last night's discussion between Google CEO Larry Page's and Charlie Rose. Rose asked what's on a lot of people's minds: Given Facebook's mammoth IPO, was Larry Page worried? Read More >

Usually with Google Maps you know what you're typing out into the search field, but occasionally there are some times when you've been idly browsing around the map and you want to find out the real location of somewhere you've found. Luckily, Google have implemented a nifty little trick for you. Read More >

Google chief Larry Page has announced that the company's $12.5 (£8) billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is finally official. Read More >

Everyone loves YouTube. You can easily upload your stuff, even right from your phone; watch it back on almost every platform, and best of all it's free. Now YouTube's just turned the ripe old age of seven, and in just 12 months we've uploaded a third more video every minute than last year. Instead of a puny 48 hours every 60 seconds, we now upload a colossal 72 hours of content every single minute of the day -- that's a year of constant viewing uploaded in just over two hours. Read More >

Google's finally been given the go-ahead from the Chinese authorities for its £8 billion absorption of Motorola, marking the last hurdle to Googlerola crossed. Speculation is rife over what Google will actually do with Motorola -- perhaps yet more nuclear patent war, or even its own expanded phone line. Whatever happens, rest assured Android will remain free and open for all for at least five years, so your no-name, cheap and crappy Android tablets will still be there for you. Read More >

In what was meant to have been a peace-keeping move, Google may have inadvertently brought upon itself the wrath of Iran in its entirety. And now the otherwise mighty corporation is facing one rather intimidating lawsuit. Read More >

Schemer is a new app from internet king Google, designed to offer iPhone users some sort of escape from their tedious lives. Read More >

Google has decided that Gmail needs to be even more complex and laden with social features, adding new Contacts display options to its search box and introducing searches for messages sent to specific Circles of people. Read More >

Windows 8 is built on the idea that the web has great functions, but a lousy user experience—and it uses apps to pull everything into a bright, clean parallel world. FastCo Design's Austin Carr shows how Windows 8 will make using the web a better, more pleasant experience. Read More >

Google search has always been about connecting you to information. The new Google Knowledge Graph makes the process faster than ever by delivering a summary of important info on your search results page. Read More >

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will partner up with multiple Android handset manufactures to produce several Nexus-branded phones each year, rather than releasing just one. Read More >