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Google sued by BT over Android OS

British Telecom has now entered the legal fray over smart phone patent infringement, lashing out at Google’s Android. The telecommunications giant is suing Google for billions of dollars over claims the Android operating system infringes on a number of its key patents, adding to the intellectual property actions already taken by Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, eBay and Gemalto against Mountain View. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for Delaware and relates to six patents, which BT said are infringed by Google Maps, Google Music, location-based advertising and Android Market products on Android. According to the lawsuit, “BT brings this action to recover the just compensation it is owed and to prevent Google from continuing to benefit from BT’s inventions without authorization.” The filing goes on to name a number of US patents BT applied for and, except for one, were granted in the 1990s, which it alleges Android is infringing on. If successful, the suit could mean Google or the mobile’s handset makers will have to pay BT royalties on each Android handset in use and that is produced. That could be expensive business – Android is currently the bestselling smartphone globally, with its handsets making up more than 40 per cent of sales and more than 40 million produced every quarter. Florian Mueller, an independent expert who closely follows international patent litigation, said: “Android already had more than enough intellectual problems anyway. Now Google faces one more large organisation that believes its rights are infringed

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Business Owners Can Now Respond to Google Place Reviews

Google is allowing business owners to respond to both positive and negative feedback from customer reviews. Google announced yesterday that verified Google Places business owners can now openly respond to reviews written by Google Maps users on the Place Page.

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Google Maps Adds Local Suggestions

Google Maps has added local suggestions to its list of services, according to CNET News. On Thursday, the service expanded its beta program of local suggestions within Google Maps from locations such as Germany, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to many new countries including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

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Find Bike Routes with Google Maps

With the help of nonprofit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Google has biking directions in the U.S. to Google Maps with information on bike trails in more than 150 cities.

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MapQuest Dominates, but Google Maps on the Rise

Hitwise Senior Online Analyst Heather Hopkins shares that Google Maps recently came close to matching MapQuest in terms of the number of U.S. Internet visits.

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Google Maps, Deployed by MediaScrape

TV Internet broadcasting company, MediaScrape, has chosen to integrate Google Maps, so that more broadcasters may be added to its portfolio, completing the YouTube Deal, CBC News deal.

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Submit Express Ranked on Inc. List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Submit Express, Inc., the leader among search engine marketing firms since 1998, has been named to Inc. Magazine\

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Northern Light Includes Industry Research Sources, Analyst Direct

Northern Light search engine firm, indexes and analyzes 95% of the billion-dollar database of all of the technology industry analyst research information published annually.

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Google Debuts Maps API Solution

The business and government users of Google Earth Enterprise, will be able to view their organization’s geospatial data in 2D on a browser, behind the firewall, through a special version of the Google Maps API.

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Google Mapping Solutions, Debut at Where 2.0 Conference

Google Maps hosts its new Street View and Mapplets, including online developer tools for creating and sharing geographic content. The new solution, was debuted at the Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose, California’s Fairmont Hotel.

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