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Google Seen Targeting India With Smartphones, YouTube

Google’s (GOOG) big ambitions in India include increasing mobile Internet users, boosting YouTube users and growing its Google+ social networking service, says Nomura in a report. Google views less expensive smart phones as key to driving Internet adoption in the country, Nomura analyst Neeraja Natarajan wrote in a research report Tuesday. “Low-end devices around … ($65) could be key, and we believe Google has also been working with global OEMs

Google, Yahoo Must Scrub 16 Video Streamers: Reuters

Search engines Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO) and others reportedly have been ordered by a French court to scrub all search results that lead users to 16 websites where videos allegedly are being streamed illegally. A civil court in Paris handed down a Thursday ruling saying that the search engines, along with several Internet providers, should block the sites, according to Reuters. The to-be-blocked sites include allostreaming.com and

Google Voice Search Expands To U.K., France, Germany

If you’re inclined to ask your smartphone questions, now you can do so in French and German. Google (GOOG) on Friday said it’s launched its Google Voice voice-recognition software in Germany, France and the U.K., with language support for French and German. Google representatives have been touring those countries in recent weeks to demonstrate the voice-search technology. The app is similar to Apple’s (AAPL) Siri digital assistant. Users hit a