Tags Results for 'google'

Google, Sprint, Others to Build Wireless Data Network (Saturday 10th of May 2008 05:00:06 PM)

Nerdposeur writes "Google has announced that it will partner with several other companies to
build a high-speed mobile data network. In a separate but related deal, Google will also become
the default search isp for Sprint, including having one-click ... (more)

Google's Shareholders Vote Against Human Rights (Friday 09th of May 2008 05:00:04 PM)

Yo_cruyff notes a Computerworld article on Google's recent annual backer meeting, which was
plagued* by tiff over the company's human rights policies. Google's shareholders, on advice
from their board, have voted down two proposals on ascension day that ... (more)

How Social Networks May Kill Search as We Know It (Thursday 17th of April 2008 12:45:03 PM)

Mattnyc99 writes "Recently we discussed a startup that's blending social lead with traditional
Web search. But now high geek Glenn Derene takes it one step further, pronouncing that our
increasingly traceable online footprints will transform Google's ... (more)

Republican lawmakers say Google "gamed" 700Mhz auction (Wednesday 16th of April 2008 09:34:00 PM)

Filed under: WirelessGoogle's plan in the 700MHz auction drama was never much of a secret: it
was always assumed that the search giant would bid enough to trigger the open-access
provisions, but wasn't really interested in winning, and sure enough, the ... (more)

Google Takes Down HuddleChat After Complaints (Thursday 10th of April 2008 04:00:04 AM)

Desmondhaynes writes "There were striking similarities between one of Google's App Engine
demos, HuddleChat (a real-time chat application) and the Campfire app from 37Signals. Google
has taken HuddleChat down from the App Engine app gallery." Google explains: ... (more)

Google StreetView Is In Your Driveway (Wednesday 09th of April 2008 04:00:01 AM)

Hermit_crab writes "Janet and George McKee are the neighbors of the Borings, who we discussed
yesterday as the couple suing Google over StreetView. The McKees own a house that is act in a
much more intrusive set of Google StreetView images. 'The Google ... (more)

Google Mail Servers Enable Backscatter Spam (Wednesday 09th of April 2008 04:00:01 AM)

Mike Morris writes "Google email servers are responsible for a large volume of backscatter
spam. No recipient validation is being performed for the domains googlegroups.com and
blogger.com — conceivably for other Google domains as well, but these ... (more)

Google elaborates on the C Block auction, still happy with the results (Friday 04th of April 2008 08:08:00 AM)

Filed under: Wireless If it wasn't clear going into the auction, it's pretty much obvious now
that the dust has settled: Google wasn't in the 700MHz Block C auction to win it -- though it
was certainly ready to pony up the cash in the event ... (more)

Google Ends Silence On C Block Auction (Friday 04th of April 2008 10:40:53 PM)

Phurge found a post on the Google Policy Blog in which they lift the cone of silence that had
been imposed by regulation over the new concluded FCC electromagnetic spectrum auction. As some
had speculated, Google was in it mainly to force some openness ... (more)

Summer of Code Deadline Extended 6 Days (Wednesday 02nd of April 2008 11:30:01 AM)

Mithro writes "If you thought that you had missed out on treatment to the Google Summer of
Code, you've just gotten a reprieve. The target date for student submissions has been extended
from the original April 1 to Monday April 7, 2008. To quote Leslie ... (more)

Google Patents Detecting, Tracking, Targeting Kids (Sunday 23rd of March 2008 01:45:02 AM)

Theodp writes "A newly-issued Google patent for game plan Advertisements With scoop Having One
or More Topics Using User Topic Interest describes how to detect the subsistence of ditto* by
'using affirmation of sophistication determined using user actions' ... (more)

AT&T, Verizon, and Google chime in on FCC auction aftermath (Friday 21st of March 2008 05:18:00 AM)

Filed under: Features, Wireless Win or lose, all the bidders wrapped up in the self-named
Auction 73 for darling radio-frequency visible spectrum in the 700MHz band are still under
tight FCC-imposed gag orders in an effort to stem any funny business, ... (more)

Google Sky Now Available Through Your Browser (Sunday 16th of March 2008 06:45:03 PM)

Ars Technica brings word that Google Sky, formerly only available as an extension of the Google
Earth software, is now accessible through your web browser. The menu-driven interface of Google
Sky is quite similar to that of Google Maps, complete with ... (more)

Google: Android will outsell iPhone, we still love ya Steve (Friday 14th of March 2008 09:47:00 AM)

Filed under: CellphonesWatching Google tiptoe around its pertinence with Apple as it rolls out
Android is one of the most enjoyable aspects of regimen the traffic notes:the trade is the
movie business and the business is the tube gang these days. This ... (more)

High Expectations For Google Android (Friday 14th of March 2008 02:15:15 PM)

Several readers have pointed out recent equipage discussing the deterioration and mug* of
Google Android. Silicon.com has what is close upon an FAQ for Android, given the relevant
basic whole story* about it. Apcmag cross-examine whether Google can ... (more)

Ads With Your Name On Them (Wednesday 12th of March 2008 12:00:09 PM)

Eldavojohn writes "The NYTimes is running an interesting blog piece on the answers Microsoft,
AOL, Yahoo, & Google gave to the question: Can they show you an ad with your name on it? The
results: 'Microsoft says it could use only a person's first name ... (more)

Google Street a Slice of Dystopian Future? (Tuesday 04th of March 2008 10:30:17 PM)

An anonymous reader writes "According to a recent CNET article, Google Street View 'is just
wrong'. The short piece which makes up part of a larger feature about 'technology that's just
wrong' goes on to explain that Google Street View is like a scene ... (more)

Google to Begin Storing Patients' Health Records (Friday 22nd of February 2008 07:00:05 AM)

Mytrip writes with news that Google's health record archive is about to be tested with the
assistance of the Cleveland Clinic. Thousands of work (who must approve the transfer of
information) will have access to everything from their medical histories ... (more)

Samsung-built, Google-branded Android phones due later this year? (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 05:41:00 PM)

Filed under: Cellphones digg_url =
'http://digg.com/tech_news/Samsung_releasing_Google_branded_Android_phones'; According to
man-about-town, Robert X. Cringely, Samsung is readying not one, but two separate Android-based
phones, one of which is due in ... (more)

Google attacks: Android at Mobile World Congress (Monday 11th of February 2008 02:06:00 PM)

Filed under: Cellphones digg_url =
'http://digg.com/gadgets/Engadget_Google_Attacks_with_Android_at_Mobile_World_Conf'; Seeing as
Mobile World conclave is all about the cellular experience, we weren't too confused to bump
into some Android goodness while ... (more)

Zvents Releases Open Source Cluster Database Based on Google (Saturday 09th of February 2008 10:45:04 PM)

An anonymous reader writes "Local search engine company, Zvents, has released an open source
distributed data storage system based on Google's released design specs. 'The new software,
Hypertable, is designed to scale to 1000 nodes, all commodity PCs ... (more)

Analysts calling it in favor of... Verizon (Wednesday 06th of February 2008 02:53:00 PM)

Filed under: Wireless Get your head out of ballot mode, people, we've got a 700MHz auction
to worry about! Those in the know are saying that Verizon is double-crossing* away with the C
block, and that Google isn't too miffed about it. Plenty of ... (more)

Yahoo Bid shows Microsoft on the Ropes (Sunday 03rd of February 2008 11:45:03 AM)

Ponca City, We Love You writes "One day after the message of Microsoft's plan to buy Yahoo,
there is an stirring piece from the NY Times analyzing the reasons behind Microsoft's bid and
proposing that the bid is a tacit, and difficult, admission ... (more)

700MHz auction set to begin tomorrow, suits in a tizzy (Wednesday 23rd of January 2008 06:51:00 PM)

Filed under: Wireless After months of fevered debate, last minute legal maneuvering, bitchy
press releases, and drastic reversals of course, the most boring part of the 700MHz saga begins
tomorrow: the actual auction. Yep, the pre-battle snipefest between ... (more)

Firm shows off functional Android build on ancient HTC hardware (Sunday 13th of January 2008 08:05:00 PM)

Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsCalifornia-based a la Mobile has crafted a quite faultless
set of phone apps in prototype form -- you know, the most basic kinds of things you'd need on a
smartphone to make it usable -- on top of Android, claiming ... (more)

Google and Facebook Join DataPortability.org (Wednesday 09th of January 2008 09:30:07 AM)

Technirvana sends us to ReadWriteWeb for the scoop on the announcement this morning that
representatives from Google and Facebook are joining the DataPortability Workgroup. Quoting:
"The group is working on a variety of projects to foster an era in which ... (more)

Google Apps Slow to Replace Competition (Friday 28th of December 2007 10:00:02 PM)

Ericatcw brings us a Computerworld article about how businesses are still hesitant to switch to
Google Apps as an another to Microsoft Office. While a Google spokesman claims "millions of
active users", only "several thousand organizations" have paid ... (more)

Quoted in Google News? Post a Comment (Wednesday 26th of December 2007 08:45:02 PM)

An anonymous reader writes "Google News has a feature it calls "Comments From People in the
News." (rude interrupting registration may be required) The idea is simple: if you have been
quoted in an article that appears on Google News, you can post a comment ... (more)

People Were More Likely To Google Themselves This Year (Saturday 22nd of December 2007 03:00:08 PM)

Ponca City, We Love You writes "More than twice as many Americans googled themselves in 2006
than five years former — and many are googling their friends and romantic interests as
well, according to rule to rule to a report released ecently by ... (more)

Microsoft and Google Duke It Out For the Future (Monday 17th of December 2007 12:15:04 PM)

Hugh Pickens writes "There is a long article in the NYTimes, well worth reading, about the
future of applications and where they will reside — on the Web or on the desktop. Google
committee Eric Schmidt thinks that 90 percent of balancing the books* ... (more)

 

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