Posts Tagged ‘google’
A broadband catapult for America
3/15/2010 11:57:00 AM (Cross-posted from the Google Public Policy Blog) Power. Clean water. The Interstate highway system. It’s easy to forget that the advantages of modern American life result from basic infrastructure investments made by earlier generations. Tomorrow the FCC will release a national broadband strategy. The plan [...]
Google ‘99% certain’ to shut China engine
Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking. In a hardening of positions on both sides, the Chinese [...]
Google and YouTube @ SXSW
3/11/2010 11:02:00 AM Like many of you out there, we’re gearing up for the SXSW Interactive Festival, which starts tomorrow, March 12 in Austin, TX. In just a few short hours, dozens of Googlers and YouTubers will be descending on Austin for a packed weekend of panels, demos and parties. Of course, we’ve also got a few fun things up our [...]
Google gives city bikers bum steer
In an effort to be"fair and balanced".... A helmet may not be enough to protect cyclists from Google Maps' latest feature. The search engine rolled out a "bicycling directions" option yesterday that is filled with potentially fatal flaws, including routes that cut across Central Park's treacherous tranverse roads and steer cyclists to [...]
Google Tests TV Search Service
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV. The service, which runs on TV set-top boxes containing Google [...]
Nuance Rises On Chatter Google Might Make Takeover Bid
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) climbed Friday on chatter that Google Inc. (GOOG) might be interested in buying the company. Nuance, which develops speech-recognition software, has been mentioned as a takeover target in the past, and analysts doubted the validity of Friday's speculation.
Gmail Labs… Hello to some new stuff, and saying bye bye to some other stuff!
When Google launched Gmail Labs over a year and a half ago as a playground where engineers could develop and test new features and let user help decide which are good ideas and which don't quite work out. As it was, Labs started out with 13 features which rapidly grew to 60, and still more are coming. Google received thousand comments and [...]
Some Acquisition News…
FileFront, Gaming Today, the FileFront Forums, and the Network Sites have been acquired by Break Media. Ubroadcast Close To Acquiring Video CMS Company iVu Media. Read more.... Zynga, creaters of the hit FARMVILLE, FISHVILLE, and a number of other games, Buys Social Gaming Startup Serious Business, a social games developer for the [...]
Think big with a gig: Google experimental fiber network
Google Plans Gigabit Fiber Internet for 50000 to 500000 homes Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with [...]
Apple vs. Google (BusinessWeek)
How the battle between Silicon Valley's superstars will shape the future of mobile computing ...When companies start to imitate one another, it's usually either an extreme case of flattery—or war. In the case of Google and Apple, it's both... Read the full article at BusinessWeek.
Google BUZZ
2/09/2010 11:06:00 AM: We've blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we've taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online, the social web has exploded as the primary way to share interesting stuff, [...]
AT&T gets local with Buzz, competes with Yelp and Google Place
These days, everyone is trying to go local. Yelp has cornered the market on local business reviews, Google is attempting to integrate similar functionality in Google Maps with “Place Pages,” and it’s also at the heart of promising services like location-based game Foursquare. Now AT&T wants in with a new service of its own called [...]
Twitter Buys Mixer Labs and Puts Location-Based Services in the Spotlight
Twitter's acquisition of Mixer Labs , a service that helps developers build location-aware applications, shows that the company hopes to make location broadcasting an important part of its service. And the microblogging service isn't alone, either: Google is getting into location-based services with its work on Google Maps and features like My [...]
Google says local services “hugely important” to mobile future
Calling local services "hugely important" to the future of the mobile user experience, Google product SVP Jonathan Rosenberg said Thursday the digital services giant anticipates location-based services will more deeply integrate with mobile advertising and commerce services in the "not too distant future." Read more: [...]
Why Apple May Dump Google
Why would Apple consider replacing the world's most popular search engine with Microsoft's Bing? Apple will probably get more money from Microsoft. But the real advantage of a Bing tie-up for Apple is that it would cut Google off from some of the search data that's the lifeblood of its business... The discussions over search are part of a [...]
