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Google is buying cell phone maker north suburban-based Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash in what is by far the company's biggest acquisition to date. Google Inc.

All those millions of iPads and new iPhones it sold last helped push Apple past Google in the sixth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study.According to the researchers from Millward Brown Optimor, who say they combined companies' financials with more than 2 million interviews of con

Groupon is facing a run for its money in the form of two major rivals. On Tuesday, Facebook launched a daily deals service and Google also recently jumped into the group-buying game.

Chicago-based Groupon is getting some stiffer competition. Facebook has launched a new program that's a direct challenge to Groupon.You can add Facebook to the increasing list of web sites with products similar to Groupon.

Not everyone who uses Google to look up "molten chocolate cake" is looking for an explanation of what the dish is. After all, the name kind of gives it away.

I'm excited to share with you this new thingy.  I've been tinkering away on it for a while... It's called:You. Me. Us.