Google Drops Street View in Germany
Google just lost a legal battle for Street View in Switzerland. While that particular battle didn’t ban Street View altogether, it did make the service impractical,...
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Rob has been insatiably obsessed with Google, search engine technology, and the trends of the web-based world since he began life as a webmaster in 2002. His work as an SEO consultant since 2006, and subsequently to content writing for technology and internet-focused publications, has done nothing but fuel this passion.
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Google Gets the Go-Ahead on ITA Acquisition
We’ve discussed the Google/ITA deal several times over the last, oh, year. There’s been plenty to talk about; after all, the merger itself is huge news, and...
Google Tech Incubator “Umbono” Comes to South Africa
Google has helped back companies, research, education, and other major projects around the world. With the help of Google’s advanced technology, property space, and –...
Google Merges Hotpot with Places
In the past I’ve described Google’s Hotpot service as an “evolution to places.” This moniker has been both very accurate and somewhat misleading; Hotpot and Places...
Bing Releases iPad App
Those who know me (or my opinion-based content here) know that I tend to favor Google, the practical monopoly that may or may not be evil. However,...
New Google Grant Awards Researchers with CPU Power
There are very few who would dispute that Google is on the cusp of modern technology, and those who do are probably smoking something. After...
Page Rearranges Google, Adds Social Incentive
We reported just the other day that Page had officially taken the reigns over at Google, and that early shuffling in the ranks had already...
Yahoo Comes Out as a Linux Company
Linux, or GNU/Linux if you take that particular side of the naming controversy, isn’t exactly growing in strength and popularity amongst common users. However, Linux...
Blekko Releases a Road Show Guide
Having just received my Blekko trading cards, it feels as if another entry about everyone’s favorite, tiny search engine is in order – if not quite...
Yahoo BOSS V2 Officially Released
While Yahoo may not be cultivating some of their more traditional search offerings, that doesn’t mean they’ve left search alone. Beyond developing certain niche aspects...
Chrome OS Coming to Tablets – Someday
Those who have been paying close attention to the development of Google’s tablet interface and the development of the Chrome OS have probably heard plenty...
Google I/O, Live on the Web
Once people realized exactly what happens at Google I/O each year – which is to say, all the important announcements of summer releases, not to mention...
Google Rolls Out “Small Tweaks” in Gmail
Right now I have eight tabs open on Google Chrome. Four of these pages are for the content I’m writing now. One page is my...
Google Buys 49% of a German Solar Power Plant
Google has long been committed to renewable energy resources – though how much of that is for environmental as opposed to monetary reasons is difficult...
Google Chrome to Add Malware Download Warning
If the email messages I get from my Grandma who is (despite an inability to travel) in London and lost all her money, my younger...
Page Takes Google’s Reigns, Rosenberg Resigns
Several months ago we announced that Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google who was brought on board to help the fledgling search company back in...
Google Forced to Tweak Instant Suggestions in Italy
Yesterday I talked about the legal battle Google lost in Switzerland. That legal action is mandating that Google Street View do so much manual editing that...
Google AdWords Adds Phone Support, at Long Last
From 2008 to early 2010, I worked as a search engine marketer in a small business development company. One of the major projects I worked...
Will Google TV Merge with Android?
Google TV hasn’t precisely been the stunning success that some, including those in Google, predicted it would be. Reasons cited for that failure have been...
North Korean Delegation Comes to Google
Google is a company that’s all about free and open communication, with their mission statement even reading, “to make [the world’s information] universally accessible and useful.”...
Gmail Motion Made Real by USC MxR Lab
In previous entires we covered some of Google’s April Fools’ hoaxes, including the virtual breathalizer added to Google Voice and finger aerobics added by Google Chrome. Gmail Motion, however, is a different prank in...
AlltheWeb Search Closes Its Doors
Back in December, an image from a Yahoo in-company slideshow warned us that several major sites would be “sunset,” including popular community sites like delicious and search...
Swiss Ruling Forces Google Street View to Manually Blur Faces
Google is constantly fighting legal battles around the globe, and despite the diversity of the legal systems and the exact concerns, the complaints will generally...
Google Crisis Team’s Response to Japan’s Earthquake
Natural disasters have been both immense and frequent over the last two years. From the the 2010 quake in Haiti to the 9.0 earthquake off...
Google Explains Their Recent Patent Bid
Google and patents aren’t necessarily great friends. After all, over the last few years the company has been sued by everyone, their dog, and their...
Bing Becomes a Default Search Option for Firefox
Companies like Microsoft and Google have a major advantage due to their sheer size; they can optimize their extra products (such as IE9 and Chrome)...
Google +1 Released: It’s Not a Social Network
Among the names announced for Google’s rumored social network are “Google Me” and “Google+1.” Well, at the end of March Google announced that Google +1...
Google Starts Gigabit Ethernet in Kansas City
Google develops a lot of new technologies to use internally – including new sources of energy to use in powering its servers and systems, electric...
Google’s Other April Fools’ Pranks
In a few of our previous entries, we touched on some of the more elaborate of Google’s April Fools’ jokes in detail. However, there were so many...
Google Voices Adds “Voice-alyzer” for April Fools’
Google is the king of a great many mountains, with search being just the most obvious. Another area where Google thrives is its triumphant ownership...