Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will use email and a message on its home page to notify users about a new privacy policy that will go into effect this March. While Google is framing the changes as a simple housekeeping measure, the company is also using them to achieve larger strategic goals… Tweet This Post

In its first earnings announcement since recently appointing Scott Thompson as its new CEO and the seeing off founder Jerry Yang, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) today reported Q4 revenues of $1.169 billion, down three percent on the same quarter last year… Tweet This Post

Google Docs can now be exported from the Google Takeout menu, thanks to Google’s Data Liberation Front. Previously, users could export and import documents in various formats, but they are now available alongside data from all other Google services in Takeout… Tweet This Post

Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, another, similar-looking competitor has sprung up in the UK: mPowa… Tweet This Post

Google’s self-driving cars have been on the roads and test roads for a couple years now, and autonomous vehicles may not be much farther down the road. For drivers, police officers, insurance agents and government regulators, self-driving cars raises many difficult questions… Tweet This Post

Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on video”, with a view that even properties that come from a print tradition should be producing more video content than they are today… Tweet This Post

Looking for a hotel near the Eiffel Tower, but not too familiar with your Parisian neighborhoods? Google has unveiled a new feature for its “Hotel Finder” tool, allowing travelers to look for lodging near popular landmarks… Tweet This Post

Google has taken social interaction with your friends to another level. The search engine giant has introduced a new Google+ feature that allows you to ask friends about your search results. Google is testing the new “Ask on Google+” feature, which pops up at the bottom of your search results… Tweet This Post

Google must be feeling generous: it donated Sky Map to undeserving armchair astronomers and it’s letting the great unwashed get at its App Inventor development platform. The software toolset was cooked up in partnership with MIT: a web-based interface that lets anyone build Android apps without getting elbows-deep in code… Tweet This Post

Some numbers out today that underscore the challenge telecoms operators have had in attracting customers to their pay-TV platforms, including the newer services like IPTV, against competition from incumbent TV providers and the growing allure of over-the-top services, from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to YouTube… Tweet This Post

VentureBeat has officially made its way over to Google+. We’ve taken our time to curate a Google+ page to offer you the latest and greatest VentureBeat posts throughout the day. Add VentureBeat to your circles and we’ll keep you updated with everything that’s happening in the tech and business world… Tweet This Post

A team of engineers, allegedly drawn from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, have rebuilt Google to “focus on the user” and re-jigger Google’s recent Search Plus Your World changes, which put results for Google+ pages above sometimes more relevant pages like those on other social networks… Tweet This Post