A recent blog post by Amy Chang, Google Analytics’ group product manager, has revealed that the Internet search giant is working on a browser plug-in that will enable users to block the collection of their browsing data by the company’s analytics and marketing tool.

The fact that Google’s Internet presence has virtually ‘exploded’ over the years has been recently substantiated by a blog analysis of the search giant’s activities by Arbor Network’s Craig Labovitz, who has reported that the enormity of Google’s growth currently has a considerable effect on Internet traffic flows.

Close on the heels of the eWEEK report that Google, in collaboration with Dish Network, was testing its new TV service which would bring Internet content to TV screens; The New York Times has reported that Google, Intel and Sony are working on the ‘Google TV’ platform that will guide Web applications to the televisions via set-top boxes based on the Google Android operating system.

In an attempt to further its incision into Microsoft domination, Google has launched a new server-side tool - Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange – which will allow companies to move e-mail, calendar and contact data from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps.

During the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Wednesday roundtable discussion about privacy, the agency’s outgoing Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour said that it was “irresponsible” on the part of Google to have introduced its social-networking service Buzz, without conferring with the Gmail users.

In a March 17 confirmation, wireless carrier Sprint said that it will ‘soon’ sell the Google-branded Android-based Nexus One smartphone – however, the carrier refrained from giving further details about the when it would be offering the Google handset and how much it intends charging for it.