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Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt has defended Google’s low tax payments in UK, claiming that Google operates within the law and is responsible for “billions of pounds” of spend in the country. Britian’s  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Google last December of “immorally” minimizing their tax bills. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claimed Google paid [...]

 Google has began shipping units of the first Nexus tablet PC,  Nexus 7 tablet which comes with Android Jelly Bean mobile operating system and starts at $199 and has drawn glowing reviews from major gadget reviewers is now available in the US. Customers who pre-ordered the device online via have received e-mail notification from Google that the tablet has shipped to arrive soon, the tablet PC has [...]

Google The IFA technology show in Berlin saw Google reaffirm it’s plans to release the Google TV set-top box in the U.S. later this year, with launch in the rest of the world coming in 2011. Google TV, which was unveiled at the company’s annual I/O developer conference in May, aims to bring Internet video to the living room. Users will be able to search the web and switch back and forth [...]

Image by niallkennedy via Flickr Ever since Google CEO Eric Schmidt ‘resigned’ from Apple‘s board of directors last year, there’ have been no end of rumours of intense competition between the two companies. Of course they should naturally be competition, being two of the largest tech companies in the world, but up until recently Apple and Google had a well known ‘friendship’. [...]

Image via Wikipedia Apple and Google have made it a habit to cross each other’s roads – Be it over Eric Schmidt, Apple blocking Google Voice on iPhone or the recent showdown of iPhone vs. Nexus One. Now, with Google releasing details of its Chromium Tablet, the Apple Google rivalry seems to be entering a new dimension altogether. Apple iPad is touted to be a game changer for the publishing [...]

Image via Wikipedia We all saw it coming and today Apple confirmed it. Dr. Eric Schmidt (Google CEO), has resigned his 3 year position on the Apple board of directors. Apple PR statement: “Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Unfortunately, as Google enters [...]