The next version of Google Glass, the wearable computer being developed by Web search leader Google (GOOGL), will be powered by chips made by Intel (INTC), the semiconductor giant now pursuing the wearable tech market, according to a report Monday in the Wall Street Journal. Starting next year, an Intel chip will replace a processor from Texas Instruments (TXN) in Google Glass, according to the paper, which cited people familiar with the
Europe’s antitrust probe of Google (GOOGL) escalated Thursday with a nonbinding vote by the European Parliament on a resolution seeking to break up the Internet search giant. The vote was seen as symbolic political posturing, as the European Parliament has no formal authority to legislate antitrust policy in the 28 member states of the European Union. But it’s likely to put pressure on the European Commission, the executive arm of the European
The European Parliament is preparing to call for a breakup of No. 1 Web search company Google (GOOGL) that would separate its search services from its other businesses, the Financial Times reported Friday. “Unbundling (of) search engines from other commercial services” could temper Google’s growing dominance in the Internet industry in Europe, the newspaper cited the draft motion as saying. While the European Parliament lacks the authority to