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- Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google
(AP)
8 Feb 2010 at 1:33pm
AP - Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use.
- Google's First Super Bowl Ad Shows its Softer Side
(PC World)
8 Feb 2010 at 10:51am
PC World - Google doesn't tend to show itself off. Why would it need to? It's a household name, often synonymous with search, the go-to search engine. Even if Google didn't flood the news on an almost daily basis, at this point, it'd be impossible to ignore its influence. Yet still, Google dug deep into the television advertising gambit on Sunday, airing a heartwarming spot during the be-all, end-all destination for ads: the Super Bowl.
- Google's Next Venture: Universal Translator
(PC World)
8 Feb 2010 at 9:38am
PC World - Google wants to pioneer the first smartphone technology to translate foreign languages almost instantly, the search giant told British daily The Times. The technology will be able to convert spoken words into a different language in real time, and could be ready within a few years.
- Time to Rethink Google Books?
(PC World)
6 Feb 2010 at 5:25pm
PC World - Google Books is a wonderful idea that is having a hard time meeting legal requirements. That's the upshot of the latest round in the battle between the world's search leader and the people who actually create the content Google exploits for huge profits.
- After China Pull-out Bluster, Will Google Backtrack?
(PC World)
5 Feb 2010 at 4:40pm
PC World - It has been a long three and a half weeks since Google made the dramatic announcement that it will no longer censor its search results in China, even if that means exiting that huge Internet market.
- Earnings Preview: IAC to report 4th-qtr results
(AP)
5 Feb 2010 at 9:49am
AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp, which is headed by billionaire Barry Diller and runs search engine Ask.com and dating site Match.com, reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Tuesday.
- Facebook Expands Bing Deal, Drops Banner Ads
(PC Magazine)
5 Feb 2010 at 8:54am
PC Magazine - On the heels of its revamped homepage, Facebook will also expand its partnership with Microsoft and its Bing search engine, a deal that involves ditching banner ads on the social networking site.
- Google, NSA to team up in cyberattack probe
(Reuters)
4 Feb 2010 at 4:55pm
Reuters - Internet search firm Google is finalizing a deal that would let the National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
- EPIC Objects To Google-NSA Cyber Partnership
(NewsFactor)
4 Feb 2010 at 3:50pm
NewsFactor - Internet search giant Google has tapped government agencies to help the company find the person or people responsible for a recent cyberattack. But privacy advocates are not happy with the backdoor partnership between Google and government authorities.
- Google Working With National Security Agency, Report Says
(PC World)
4 Feb 2010 at 8:59am
PC World - In a partnership that may inspire some to put their tinfoil hats on, Google has reportedly turned to the National Security Agency for help in improving the company's security infrastructure. The new partnership is still being finalized, but will be aimed at preventing future attacks like the one that hit Google in December, according to The Washington Post. This is not the first time the NSA has been tapped to help a U.S. corporation with cyber security, but the purported partnership would certainly be unique since Google's servers house such a vast collection of user data including search histories, e-mail, and personal documents.
- China Internet CEO laments state-controlled media
(Reuters)
3 Feb 2010 at 5:23am
Reuters - China will never have its voice heard on the international stage unless the government loosens its tight grip over the media and film industry, the CEO of the country's No. 2 Internet portal said Wednesday.
- Microsoft's Bing will make money: executive
(Reuters)
2 Feb 2010 at 7:24pm
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's 10-month-old search engine Bing, which has struggled to make headway against Google, can be a viable runner-up and make money online eventually, according to one of its top executives.
- Tax searches, negotiating a professional reference
(AP)
2 Feb 2010 at 2:54pm
AP - GIVE ME MY REFUND: The economy may have Americans itching to get their taxes done early this year. Online searches with the word "refund" were 80 percent more frequent in mid-January compared to the same period in 2009, according to data from Yahoo Inc.
- Google Reportedly Planning an App Store for Business
(NewsFactor)
2 Feb 2010 at 1:35pm
NewsFactor - Google means business. According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, the search-and-everything-else giant is planning an enterprise app store, with a launch as early as March. The move would be an additional challenge to Microsoft's domination of office and business software.
- Google launches Chinese holiday travel map amid row
(AFP)
2 Feb 2010 at 12:43am
AFP - Google has launched a map search service in China for travellers taking trips during the Lunar New Year holiday season, despite a row over cyberattacks and censorship.
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