An experimental version of the High Replication Datastore was introduced in January, following a six-month period during which there were reliability issues with the standard storage option. Which Google wanted to solve more fundamentally, it said at the time. The latest version of Google’s SDK (software development kit) for its cloud platform App Engine includes [...]

The United States Department of Justice antitrust division has asked Google for more information about its planned US$12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Potentially slowing the transaction, Google said in a blog post Wednesday. The companies wish to concur entirely with and  reply quickly aDepartment of Justice underneath a carry out of a Motorola proclamation [...]