Google Chrome 9 Is Unleashed
Google makes such frequent updates to Google Chrome that hardly anyone hears about them anymore. As such, when Google decides to make a splash with...
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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 Swarmed with Job Applications
When talking about Google applications, we’re usually talking about the Apple/Android battle and the struggle for a dominant number of applications. After all, not only...
Google’s Honeycomb: Not Just for Tablets
Google has made some stalwart efforts when it comes to breaking into the tablet scene. Here, of course, we mean “stalwart” as in the sort...
Google Hiring Direct App Developers
The application war remains one of the central areas of concern when considering Google’s market position in the mobile device world — and mobile devices...
Google Latitude Joins the “Check-In” Race
Google Latitude was one of the first location-based services to launch, but rather than “leading the race” as Google so often does, the service simply...
Microsoft Accuses Google of Profiting from Spam
Most of the world looks at corporations as unfeeling, sometimes mechanical organizations that act in the interests of shareholders and (we hope) the general public....
Google Backs Up Claims that Bing Is “Cheating”
It’s not often that the major technology companies start accusing each other of cheating directly. In fact, while constantly at each other’s throats, these groups...
Google Revamps Docs Organization
Google Docs has become an especially valuable tool for both personal and professional users over the last year, with its instantly visible collaborator changes, essentially...
Microsoft IE Brags About Market Share Loss
It’s hard to say that things are looking “grim” for a browser that still holds more than half the overall market share in the U.S.,...
Google’s Lobbying Efforts Increased Dramatically in 2010
Sending lobbyists to represent your issues to the U.S. Government has long been seen as a part of the status quo, but it’s never been...
Google Digitally Nabs Over a Thousand Paintings
There have been several famous art thieves throughout history. Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa back in 1911, Martin Cahill stole millions of dollars of painting in...
Google Talks Philanthropy: “Addressing Humanity’s Greatest Challenges”
Google is known for many things, with an interesting dynamic constantly playing out between those who believe the “don’t be evil” motto is hypocritical at...
Google’s “Click-to-Call” Sees Outstanding Success
Android recently earned the top spot in the world of mobility, but what does that mean for actual company income? Google has been very “hush,...
Globally, Google Takes the “Top Smartphone OS” Position
Here in the U.S., the iPhone’s availability on only one carrier allowed Android to move into the number one position for smartphones — with figures...
Blekko Comes to Mobile
There’s been plenty of warring in the world of search, and one of the more important territories can be found in mobile devices. Bing has...
Google Maps Shuts the Doors on Real Estate Search
Back in July of 2009, Google announced a Maps projects that would allow users to search for the details of local property. This included the...
Blekko Beats Google to Content Farm Bans
Blekko’s project is ambitious, aiming to conquer spam and thereby make its way into the titanic clash with Google and Bingahoo. Meanwhile, Google has responded...
Google Aims to Give Egyptians a Web Voice
The conflict within Egypt has been raging on, with a strong sense of confrontation across all levels. One of the major areas of conflict is...
Google Gives Docs “Easy Justification” and More
Google is certainly no stranger to frequent updates, with their “release early, iterate often” perspective creating both loyal followers and vocal dissidents. However, those updates...
Google Offers YouTube Advertising Course
Google retains a massive vice-grip on the online advertising industry, continuing to grow despite the “threat” of Facebook’s enormous user base. While much of Google’s...
Hotpot Adds Location Photo Sharing
There are dozens of different Google product lines — hundreds, if you count products specific to other countries — but we only keep track of...
Another Security Hole Found in Android
When it comes to security, Google Android has long been the weaker contestant. After all, the simple availability of the code through the open source...
Google’s Intrusive Advertising March Continues
Google’s initial concept for search and content advertising was simple but brilliant: to display highly relevant but non-intrusive ads to their users. But, oh how...
Two Neat New Gmail Features
Like a parent who takes their child out for ice cream after a doctor’s visit, Google has paired its “display ad experiment” in Gmail with...
Google Censors “Piratey” Searches
Google has been the voice for an open internet, at least as long as the open internet benefits them (you know — like they pretty...
Google Goes Toe-to-Toe with Apple’s “Daily News” Release
While the competition is a little harder to distinguish on web platforms (especially with the broad and somewhat muddled “online advertising” category), Google’s competition in...
Wadhwa on the Search Engine “Spam Wars”
The name “Vivek Wadhwa” gained a much larger recognition after this writer wrote a feisty piece titled “Why We Desperately Need a New (and Better)...
Twitter Launches in Korea
How many different languages can you Twit?…or is it Tweet? Since the July 2006 launch of the famous micro-blogging platform, Twitter has grown phenomenally in...
Italy Drops Inquiry into Google News
Every country seems to have some kind of problem with Google, but it’s rarely with all of Google. Rather, countries seem to select a specific service...
Upcoming Changes to Google Tasks
Google provides a lot of big-name services — in fact, depending on how you qualify a “service,” there are over a hundred items that you...