The latter is possible only because Google.org is purposely not structured as a typical foundation.
That's because Google's business model remains primarily the sale of advertising around its free consumer products.
That's because Google's Android powers many of the smartphones and tablets that aim to compete with Apple's products.
The problem was that her car was parked far away because Google had such a growing workforce.
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It is bad news for Google because Google Search, Google Maps, and Gmail are pushed into the background by Home.
Because Google lets device makers customize Android to suit their needs, Samsung and others have been adding their own distinguishing features.
Because Google is reliant on search for its income, this means trouble.
Mitchell says it will be a struggle to find talent of the right calibre because Google and Facebook are the magnets for young developers.
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Because Google Wallet is a mobile app, it will eventually be able to do more than a regular wallet ever could-but without the bulk.
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Tablet vendors complain their Android offerings lack features such as Android Market because Google forbids them to install the marketplace app, forcing them to create proprietary alternatives.
Because Google is the most popular Internet search engine on the internet, its rankings are important to website owners, content developers, and Internet marketers.
These are small, but the point is that because Google is developing around their own platform, they have more room to offer more personal touches.
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Google is taking heat from comparison sites for doing the same thing because Google is perceived to be the most important source for online shoppers.
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The reason the writer becomes important is because Google wants to verify and validate the content, and that you wrote it, to avoid spammy sites.
In the same year, the launch of the Buzz social network tool caused similar problems because Google enrolled millions of people into it without their permission.
There's irony in suggesting that Google may back away from this idea largely because Google has been--and is likely to remain--one of the great beneficiaries of the tenet.
Because Google offers Android for free, including the source code, it makes Google look like a saint, or a company of higher moral standard than Apple or Microsoft.
The latest fine is possible because Google signed a separate settlement, called a consent decree, with the FTC in October, promising not to misrepresent its privacy practices to consumers.
Look at the fun Microsoft is having over YouTube and Gmail support in Windows Phone because Google is putting up obstacles to open access to these web enabled services.
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The additional reason the article is short-sighted is because Google has a track record with these vehicles years ahead of any other and is responsible for pushing the whole field.
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The SEO world is in a frenzy because Google has rolled out algorithm updates, titled Penguin and Panda, which penalize websites that have been overly-optimized to game the older algorithm.
Because Google influencing elections would be a bad thing.
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Google also has a chance to feature maps and location services on other apps, valuable because Google earns ad dollars from the businesses its maps feature, such as whenever a user taps on a featured phone number.
Because Google ranks sites in its search results based on how many other sites link to them, many high-ranking sites will sell links to low-ranking sites, earning cash in return for boosting the low-ranking site in search results.
What we won't know for some time is whether it's going to be a hit or a miss - because Google has deliberately restricted access to around 200, 000 people while it irons out the wrinkles and introduces new features.
This way, just because Google rolls out an awesome new browser doesn't mean you need to wait for HTC, Samsung, or whomever made your phone to roll it into a firmware update, and for your carrier to approve it -- almost all of the juicy user-facing stuff will happen through the Market.
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Google is criticized because services like Google News provide the sorts of stories that in another era you needed to feed change into a newspaper vending machine to get.
"Facebook Home can only reside on Android because only Google was daft enough to allow it, " independent phone analyst Horace Dediu said via Twitter.
"It's a conflict of interest, because now Google is getting into publishing and they're already in the ranking business, " charges search marketer Michael Gray.
This is because the Google index assumes that a link is indicating that the page is useful and or important and thus makes it important inside the index.
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