Mashable reports that Hugo Barra, Android's VP product management announced an unlocked Google Edition of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone at Google I/O in San Francisco. The user interface of the S4 is the same as the interface that Google offers on its Nexus devices. . Read More

Reuters reports that a U.S. judge has denied class-action status to copyright owners suing Google Inc. over the usage of material posted on YouTube. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in Manhattan rejected a motion to approve a worldwide class of copyright owners in a long-running lawsuit over videos and music uploaded on the popular website. Read More

The Verge reports that Google has sent Microsoft a cease and desist letter demanding that Microsoft immediately remove its YouTube application from the Windows Phone Store and disable all downloads of the app by May 22, . Read More

Mashable reports that Google has updated its Google Play store for Android to version 4.1.6, bringing in a number of design changes and other improvements. The new, colorful home buttons on Google Play are the major visual change in this release. Read More

The Verge reports that Google will unveil its new subscription music services tomorrow at the Google I/O conference, according to sources close to the company. In preparation for the announcement, Google has signed separate licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment for both YouTube and Google Play. Read More

Google has launched version 1.1 of its open-source Go programming language, which was launched in March of last year. Google had released three minor "point releases", which were meant to resolve only critical issues. . Read More

VentureBeat reports that Google has seemingly shut down its SMS search service. The service let users send text message queries to “466453? (GOOGLE), which would send results to your phone. . Read More