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Google headquarters in Mountain View Friday Mar. 27, 2010. Despite all the bells and whistles of Android phones, language translation, Gmail, web browsers, cloud computing and its myriad other products, almost everything Google does still comes back to search, which accounted for 97 percent of the company's $24 billion in revenues last year. And what search really comes down to is relevance, which at Google is the province of a small group of engineers, a sort of geek all-star team that has been with Google almost since the beginning. (Photo by Patrick Tehan/Mercury News)
Google headquarters in Mountain View Friday Mar. 27, 2010. Despite all the bells and whistles of Android phones, language translation, Gmail, web browsers, cloud computing and its myriad other products, almost everything Google does still comes back to search, which accounted for 97 percent of the company’s $24 billion in revenues last year. And what search really comes down to is relevance, which at Google is the province of a small group of engineers, a sort of geek all-star team that has been with Google almost since the beginning. (Photo by Patrick Tehan/Mercury News)
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Here s what s going on in the tech world.

Facing regulatory challenges, Google is merging its European divisions into one.

Google expands push into the workplace with Android for Work.

Ads in the Play store: Google to allow developers to pay to promote their apps.

Google reportedly considering investment in fitness-tracker maker Jawbone. Could a wearables battle with Apple be next?

Apple iPad worldwide tablet market share dropped from 32.6 percent in 2013 to 26.1 percent in 2014, according to new Strategy Analytics report. Generic tablet makers, by the way, had 29 percent market share.

Facebook launches suicide prevention and support tools that build on a reporting tool it introduced a few years ago.

Lenovo website defaced, Lizard Squad hackers claim responsibility in protest against the Superfish mess.

Revenge-porn boss wants Google to remove news links that contain his identity related information.

Lytro raises $50 million but cuts jobs.

ICYMI: Google AI program can beat you at video games.

 

Photo by Patrick Tehan/Mercury News