Tuesday 26 April 2011

News: Google

News10 new results for Google
 
iFive: YouTube Movies, Facebook Deals, Apple Privacy Hearing, Sony's Twin ...
Fast Company
Google's is taking its war with Apple to a new front: video rentals in iTunes (currently the industry leader). YouTube has apparently sealed all the required deals with movie studios to enable on-demand streaming of movies from major studios--an ...
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Fast Company
Madigan wants meeting with Apple, Google about privacy
Chicago Tribune
AP Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants a meeting with Apple and Google to talk about reports the companies' devices are collecting and storing detailed information about user locations. The information includes latitude and longitude ...
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China internet market should not be treated differently: Exec
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's massive internet market should not be singled out and treated differently from other internet markets in the world, a Google China executive said on Tuesday. Google, which partially pulled out of China last year after a ...
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Google replants its garage roots in tech workshops
The Associated Press
(AP) — Amid all the free food and other goodies that come with a job at Google Inc., there's one benefit a lot of employees don't even know about: a cluster of high-tech workshops that have become a tinkerer's paradise. Workers escape from their ...
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Trackergate picks up steam, but is it just a bunch of hot air?
Appolicious
Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) have been under fire because their smartphones are following every move you make. Government on all levels wants a piece of this one. Congressional hearings are afoot as we predicted. Investigations are underway already ...
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Row over favela map of Rio de Janeiro
BBC News
Google has agreed to amend its map of Rio de Janeiro, after city officials said it gave too much prominence to favelas, Brazilian media report. Favelas, sprawling shanty towns which are home to tens of thousands of people, are a defining feature of Rio ...
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BBC News
Google AdWords Instant Previews
Search Engine Roundtable
In November 2010, Google launched instant previews for the search results. The concept behind this feature was not new and many called Google a copycat for launching the feature. Either way, the feature has stuck, and it still works in the search ...
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google loses a $5 million Linux patent verdict
Inquirer
By Lawrence Latif SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has been found to have infringed a patent held by a private firm with code in its Linux codebase. Bedrock Computer Technologies (BCT) managed to wrangle a verdict out of a Texas jury that not only gives it $5 ...
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Google's Egyptian protest hero plans to quit and form NGO
TG Daily
The Google executive who was so instrumental in the protests that led to the overthrow of the Egyptian government has said he plans to leave the company to set up his own Non-Governmental-Organization (NGO). "Decided to take a long term sabbatical from ...
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TG Daily
Google Doodles for John James Audubon
Tech2
Google.com shows a Doodle with an eagle, an owl, a turkey and more. It's in honour of the 226th birthday of noted French American ornithologist, John James Audubon. However, more than just being a noted ornithologist, his embrace of the new land that ...
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Blogs5 new results for Google
 
Simpler file upload in Google Docs - Docs Blog
By Google Docs
The first time you use the new upload method, you'll see a pop-up asking you whether you want to convert files to the Google Docs format and if you want to convert images via Optical Character Recognition (OCR). You can always return to ...
Docs Blog - http://googledocs.blogspot.com/
Google doodles John James Audubon's birthday - Tech News - IBNLive
By IBNLive.com editor@ibnonline.com
The doodle in place of the usual Google logo on Tuesday is inspired by the paintings of the famous French-American ornithologist John James Audubon. The doodle celebrating Audubon's birthday has, like many other Google doodles, ...
IBN Top Headlines - http://ibnlive.in.com/
Google Not Serious About Online Gaming? This Job Offer Suggests ...
By Robin Wauters
Remember back in July last year when we reported that Google quietly invested $100 million in Zynga in preparation for a new product dubbed Google Games? They even recruited gaming industry vet Mark DeLoura (formerly of Ubisoft, ...
TechCrunch - http://techcrunch.com/
Uploading Files to Google Docs Just Got Easier
By Audrey Watters
Last fall, Google Docs users gained the ability to drag and drop files from the desktop to the upload page. Now Google has announced that it will be rolling out a few more features to make that process of uploading even easier.
ReadWriteWeb - http://www.readwriteweb.com/
Email From Jobs: Apple Doesn't Track; Google Does: Apple News ...
By Darrell Etherington
Steve Jobs has allegedly issued one of his typically terse email replies regarding the location tracking database that resides unencrypted on all iOS devices, according to MacRumors. The email told a concerned user that Apple doesn't ...
GigaOM - http://gigaom.com/

Web1 new result for Google
 
Google - Let me google that for you
This is for all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves. ...
lmgtfy.com/?q=fg


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