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It's official: Google Inc. will sell its own mobile phone in an effort to protect its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers.

Surprise. Apple has agreed to purchase mobile advertising startup Quattro Wireless for $275 million, All Things Digital reported Monday. That Quattro would be targeted after Google bought rival mobile ad seller AdMob for $750 million by Google last year is no surprise.

How does Google's own Android phone stack up against the model already on the market? Let's look at the facts (so far). For the past two months, Verizon Wireless's Droid by Motorola has had the privilege of holding the undisputed title of Coolest ...

Is Google simply buying its way into the mobile advertising market via its $750 million acquisition of AdMob? That’s what two consumer groups allege in a letter sent to the FTC today, as the organization continues to review the deal.

Ever since finding myself the happy owner of a Droid (+1 for early Christmas presents), I've found myself increasingly interested in the app market for Android-powered devices.

Just last week, Google finally released official betas for its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux.

Google has designed a cellphone it plans to sell directly to consumers next year.

Last night, we started seeing some Tweets from Google employees and others about a new Android-powered Google phone that was apparently handed out at an "all hands" meeting.

Google turned on real-time search on its main site this morning with little fanfare, after a huge announcement and demo earlier this week.