During Google’s third quarter earnings call, executives repeatedly touted increases in mobile searches as a new market opportunity for the company. And with 12 Android phones coming to 32 carriers in 26 countries, that market is about to explode.

Google has announced that in 2010 it will be launching its own ebook store.

Google may still be fighting a court battle in the digital books market, but it’s ready for business. The firm has announced its first steps to begin charging for electronic titles.

In the continuing saga between Google and AT&T, the FCC has now stepped in and is asking the search giant some serious questions. AT&T alleges that Google is violating net neutrality rules with its voice service. The allegations made by AT&T have caused the FCC to set in motion a probe into Google’s voice service.

There’s a rumor afoot that Twitter is talking to both Microsoft and Google about licensing the full Twitter feed for real-time search. If so, it could mean that the company starts making money without having to sacrifice the user experience.

While Google PowerMeter may not be a common household name, with the announcement of the first device partner, it could be on its way there.

The cell phone company Verizon co-announced with Google today that two Android-based phones will be on the carrier by the end of the year, and, yes, they will be able to use Google Voice.

Scammers who put together a list of 10,000 stolen Hotmail passwords may also be responsible for collecting 20,000 passwords from other e-mail providers. AOL, Comcast, Earthlink, Gmail and Yahoo are all said to be affected.

The crew behind the Pirate Bay filesharing site have so far defied a barrage of lawsuits and court orders aimed at taking them offline. But they were no match for a group of Big Butt Latin Maids.

While the world continues to change every day due to technological influences, and sometimes for the worse, Google CEO Eric Schmidt remains an optimist, sure that tech is all for the best.

Google is celebrating another landmark in online video having become the first organization to chalk up 10 billion clip views in the United States a single month. The figures come as the firm appears close to ending a nine-month standoff which has kept Warner music videos off YouTube.

Google has launched a new feature to make it easier to find the precise information you want from lengthier Web pages. At the moment it appears to work most prominently with Wikipedia, but the search giant says it could theoretically work with most sites.

Not too long after the resolution of the dispute between Google and AT&T over who is blocking the Google Voice app on the iPhone, the two companies are at it again arguing over a similar issue. Apparently, this time AT&T is throwing the first stone, attacking Google by urging the FCC to investigate Google’s Voice service. AT&T is alleging that Google is breaking net neutrality rules.

It seems that you can now have your email account deactivated due to someone else’s mistake.

Google seems to have an addiction to releasing new products, and the latest may be a direct attack on a favorite of the social media scene, Yelp.

The judge tasked with approving or rejecting Google’s proposed copyright settlement with authors and publishers has delayed a public hearing into the case. His announcement has led to rumors that Google is planning to rewrite the settlement to quell critics.

While no one knows what the cause is as of yet, users of the popular Gmail service from Google are suffering a major outage of the service this morning.