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As relations between Google and the China become even more strained, Microsoft have reached a deal with Motorola that will see Bing search and mapping tools featured on phones that run the Android mobile operating system.

Motorola are set to launch a new range of Android powered handsets aimed at reversing their fortunes in China and will seek to reduce their reliance on Google by offering handset owners search alternatives.

According to NMA, Facebook has approached the UK Government requesting access to data from the sex offenders list so it can take measures to remove and block sex offenders from its social networking portal.

A ReadWriteWeb Guide

Ever since its inception, the Internet has blurred the boundaries between author and audience. Whether you're a blogger, a pillar of the printed word, a podcast coinnaseur or a developer dealing with the latest CMS, navigating the next step in Internet publishing can be a feat.

So, hit up these 10 events at SXSW Interactive 2010 to say goodbye to Gutenberg and hello to the interactive, multimedia, real-time, crowdsourced and community-funded future of online publishing.

For power users, the Twitter website is often just a thing of the past. We've moved on to third party interfaces with multiple columns, special user list navigation, search, and so on. But what about the novice user that wants something more than Twitter.com?

For that, there's Brizzly, a web-based Twitter client that today is announcing the release of its awaited iPhone app, along with a neat feature or two.

It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them?

Online giants Google, Facebook, eBay and Yahoo and a number of UK internet service providers (ISPs) have signed an open letter to the Financial Times objecting to an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, a measure currently being put before parliament.

The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

#twitterfollies

You'd think the Twitter fight with Adam Lambert would've been a trial by fire, but

This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is rapidly approaching.

After days spent preparing their website, their vehicle and their tools, The Startup Bus is rolling, taking the startup weekend format on the road from San Francisco to Austin, in time for the SXSW festival.

The plan is simple – get 25 entrepreneurs on a bus for 2 days and get them to create 5 startups that will be pitched to investors when they arrive in Austin.

The BBC World Service has conducted a poll of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries to answer one primary question: is internet access a fundamental human right? We can skip right past Finland and Estonia who've already made laws to that effect, and take a look at what the other nations thought.