Saturday, September 29, 2012

Google

  • Apple Maps vs. Google maps: Which is better for DC navigating?

    (1) I like Google's multi-colored indicators of traffic congestion. The roadway goes from green to black, depending on the flow of traffic.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Google Performs More Spring Cleaning for Lesser-Used Features

    Google's grabbing its digital broom and starting up another round of spring cleaning for the features, services, and apps its patrons no longer use with great frequency.

    www.pcmag.com

  • Google Field Trip shows the most interesting things around you

    Google's new Field Trip app is a virtual local tour guide that's always running in the background. It pops up interesting local information - from local history and architecture to the best restaurants and shopping - without you having to ask for it ...

    www.nbcnews.com

  • Apple IOS 6 moves toward a Google-free future

    Gone from iOS 6 are two formerly built-in Google apps that were integral to previous versions of the operating system: Google Maps and YouTube. (The latter, at least, can be reinstalled from the App Store.) Google's search capability is still there ...

    www.dailyherald.com

  • Google adds movie trailers to search results

    Detailed on Google's official Google+ account this week, the search company has added links to movie trailers when a user searches for information regarding showtimes at local theaters.

    www.digitaltrends.com

  • Google can't enforce German Microsoft injunction: ruling

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone ...

    www.reuters.com

  • Google EMD Update: Exact Match Domains No Longer Rank As Well

    Late Friday afternoon, Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts, dropped a bomb on some webmasters and SEOs. He announced on Twitter that Google is going after "low quality" exact match domains (EMD) to ensure they do not rank well in the Google ...

    www.seroundtable.com

  • Google Brazil head's arrest stirs YouTube debate

    RIO DE JANEIRO - The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of attempts to stifle digital content.

    newyork.newsday.com

  • Google and Asus may be building a $100 Nexus tablet

    If you're wanting to buy a Nexus 7 then now is the time to do it because Google's still offering a $25 credit for Google Play with tablet purchase. But if you can wait until Christmas there may be a brand new, even cheaper Nexus tablet to get your ...

    www.digitaltrends.com

  • Google Relents, Takes Down Controversial Video in Brazil

    Google does not agree with the judge who found the video clips violate Brazilian election laws that forbid personal criticism of candidates during an election, the Washington Post is reporting.

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Pink UFOs Show Up On Texas and New Mexico Google Street Views

    If you use Google street view to get directions to Jacksonville, Texas, a glance into the sky reveals none other than...a good old fashioned pink UFO.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Google's self-guided car could drive the next wave of unemployment

    Governor Brown signed the bill at Google's HQ in Mountain View. This was good PR on his part, but it also made sense because Google has led the charge into autonomous (aka driverless) vehicles. For several years, Toyota Prius hybrids that have been ...

    www.guardian.co.uk

  • Google tweaks travel search site for tablets

    Google has updated its flight search engine to make it easier to use on tablets, as more and more people use those devices to book their travel, the company said in a blog post Friday.

    www.pcworld.com

  • Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook: Please, Will The Regulators Stop Worrying ...

    One of my favourite economists, Lynne Kiesling, has written on why the regulators and bureaucracies really should worry a great deal less about the possibility of monopolies in the tech space.

    www.forbes.com

  • Google Is Nearing Microsoft's Value

    Google headed toward its biggest quarterly rally in seven years-up 30% through Thursday, or about four times the surge in the S&P 500.

    online.wsj.com

  • Google's Schmidt Horses Around With Psy

    By Evan Ramstad. Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt came to South Korea to meet executives at the biggest makers of Android smartphones - Samsung Electronics Co.

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Brazil Detains Google Chief over Anti-Islam YouTube Clip

    The arrest of Google executive Fabio Jose Silva Coelho was announced in Säo Paulo. A press release issued by the federal police said he was not expected to remain in jail and should be released later in the day after signing a document promising to ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Google Autonomous Cars Get Green Light In California

    At Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters Tuesday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that allows driverless cars to operate on the state's roads.

    www.informationweek.com

  • Google Street View dives into the deep blue sea

    Google Street View has taken us on virtual trips to the South Pole, the Amazon forest, inside some of the world's greatest museums, and to the Kennedy Space Center -- but it has never taken us underwater, until now.

    www.latimes.com

  • Google Turns 14, Was Initially Called 'BackRub'

    Though the company's official history makes no mention of September 27, the birthday cake Google Doodle - complete with 14 candles and hovertext that reads "Google's 14th Birthday" - seals it. (MORE: Google Doodles: A Photo History). Some highlights ...

    techland.time.com

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