YouTube Unveiled
Posted on July 3, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Viacom, YouTube | 1 Comment
You probably know of the lawsuit Viacom has against Google for a billion bucks. They are claiming copyright violations due to Viacom owned videos uploaded to YouTube.
As a result of the disclosure part of the proceedings, a federal judge has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos […]
What’s behind….
Posted on July 1, 2008 - Filed Under Adobe, Google, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
…all those flash files? Adobe has announced it is providing optimized Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo to help them better index dynamic content and applications that include the Shockwave Flash file (SWF) format.
This assistance is to help the search engine spiders be able to find and index SWF content, including items such […]
iGoogle
Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Site News | Leave a Comment
iGoogle has started rolling out its new look to a few users in June and will continue to do so in July, though we’re uncertain how fast and to how many.
But of course you don’t want to wait in line to see the changes after a lot of other folks, you want to check it […]
Calendar Spam
Posted on June 20, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Microsoft, Spam | Leave a Comment
Stupid smart spammers!
So you think you’ve beaten the spammers because you disabled previews in your email and never open messages from anyone you don’t know or have reason to expect would be sending you email? Time to rethink. They are stupid to us because they are intrusive and at the same time they’re definitely smart.
Google Expansion
Posted on June 7, 2008 - Filed Under Google | Leave a Comment
For Google to expands its Internet empire, it will need from time to time to expand in the real world also. You can’t grow by leaps and bounds in market share and not put on employees, lots of ‘em. So you better have a place to put them and that’s what Google is looking at.
Read More..>>No Google
Posted on June 1, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Google Maps | Leave a Comment
You can look at almost anything on Google. Just don’t try to sneak a peek of the homes in the private community of North Oaks, Minnesota.
There has recently been a small furor over the faces being seen on Google’s Street View mapping, resulting in Google beginning to blur the faces of people along the way.
Google Sites
Posted on May 24, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Apps | Leave a Comment
Google this week opened up and announced that the Google Sites app was available for use. Though it was first launched about three moths ago, it was initially limited to use by companies and organizations.
Sites is yet another tool incorporated into Google Apps and owes its existence to the Google purchase of JotSpot last year. […]
Book Search
Posted on May 23, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Microsoft | Leave a Comment
Microsoft announced it is ending a project to scan millions of books and scholarly articles and make them available on the Web. This comes shortly behind them saying they would focus search efforts on certain areas where they find opportunities to compete with Google. Good luck on finding those.
Read More..>>Google Health
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Google | Leave a Comment
Google has officially launched yet another product, this one designed to help you take control of health matters, especially record keeping.
While it remains to be seen whether entrusting your personal health records to Google is ultimately a good idea, the service does offer some value as a convenient online place to store and manage your […]
The New Leader is…
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
Google has passed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the US, according to rankings by the number of unique visitors on a monthly basis.
Google Inc. has been the leader in searches for some time, but has been behind Yahoo when counting other services such as e-mail and photo sharing.