Latest Microsoft browser challenges Google
Microsoft released a web browser on Wednesday that includes a feature that could affect the advertising model of internet rivals such as Google. The Internet Explorer 8 browser’s InPrivate setting lets users access websites without disclosing their browsing habits, which websites need to be able to do to deliver targeted advertising. This is a business
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Why Google has lost its mojo
Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Put simply, the search giant has lost its mojo. That’s good news for Microsoft, and it could affect how you use Google’s cloud computing services. Google looks as if it’s on top of the world
T-Mobile to launch first Google-powered mobile
T-Mobile said Monday it plans to launch a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, making it the first operator to do so and posing a direct threat to Apple’s popular iPhone. A spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s German parent, declined to comment on the launch date
Ex-Googler, Husband Launch Cuil New Search Engine
From Here: A former Google employee and her husband launched a new search engine Monday called Cuil (pronounced “cool”), aiming to topple Google by indexing more Web pages
Google Walks Away From Digg Deal
From TC: The Google/Digg acquisition negotiations were in full swing as of last Tuesday, had passed the term sheet stage and the two companies were in final negotiations in the $200 million range. But sometime this last
Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines
From Reuters: Google Inc opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity. “We are
Google In Final Negotiations To Acquire Digg For “Around $200 Million”
From TC: Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside and outside of Google. The two
Google Deliberately Sells Fewer Ads — and May Have Gone Too Far
From NYTimes: Listening to Google’s executives on their conference call with investors Thursday afternoon, you’d never know that the company’s second-quarter results fell short
Want to clear your viewing history on YouTube? Good luck
From LATimes: As our Technology blog reported yesterday, YouTube and Viacom have reached an agreement on the controversial user privacy issue of last week. In a stipulation issued by the court, the two parties agreed
Google/Viacom Agree To Preserve User Anonymity In Data Shakedown
From Techcrunch: The Google-Viacom showdown over the handover of YouTube user data appears to be over. The two sides agreed to changes in a previous ruling that would have required Google
Google’s Android cell phone plans hit delays, Journal says
Mobile phones under development by Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and its partners face slipping delivery schedules, with the first phones not likely to arrive until late 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Google had said eight months ago that the first phones to be built
Yahoo Strikes Deal With Google as Microsoft Talks End
Yahoo! Inc. agreed to let Google Inc. sell some of the advertisements it runs alongside Internet search results, seeking to shore up sales after ending talks with Microsoft Corp. about a combination. The deal may add $800 million a year to sales, Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo said today in a statement.
Google CEO ‘occasionally excused’ from Apple board meetings
Google chief executive and Apple board member Eric Schmidt disclosed during a speech on Wednesday that his unique situation atop the leaderships of both high tech firms has periodically required that he step away from portions of the iPhone maker’s board meetings. “It has not so far,”
Disney World in 3D in Google Earth
Frank Taylor of the Google Earth Blog has news that Disney World of Orlando, Florida, is now available in 3D in Google Earth. To view this, enter disney world in the Google Earth search box – you might want to download the latest version, but note when I tried it always crashes Firefox 3 – and tick
Yahoo was opposed to Google partnership
Yahoo originally rejected the idea of co-operating with Google on search advertising, reaching the decision just prior to Microsoft’s failed takeover bid, it has been revealed. Last month Yahoo conducted a two-week trial of running adverts on its search results that were provided by the Mountain
Google Pushes to Make Browser Applications More Powerful
Google has been a leading proponent of Web-based computing — software that is delivered over the Internet and typically runs inside a browser. But most browser applications cannot do many of the things that more powerful PC-based software can. Google has been trying to help close that gap. On Wednesday,
Google Claims Viacom’s Lawsuit Threatens The Net
In a court filing on Friday, Google responded to Viacom’s claim that Google and YouTube are responsible for “massive copyright infringement of Viacom’s entertainment properties” by warning that Viacom threatens the lawful exchange of information online. “By seeking to make
Bringing TV Clips to Blogs, a Site Runs Afoul of Networks
In the bad old days of YouTube — before the site meticulously filtered out unauthorized content — the television and movie studios used to complain vociferously that their work was being posted to the site without permission. Now a similar confrontation is playing out with a start-up called Redlasso.com,
Google co-founder pushes TV “white space” plan. Whatever the hell that means.
Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) co-founder Larry Page was in Washington on Thursday to promote the company’s proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves. Page was scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Congress and officials at
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TiVo and YouTube Plot to Deliver Crappy Web Videos to Your 3K Hi-Def TV
TiVo Inc said on Wednesday that it would deliver videos from Google Inc’s popular Web site YouTube directly to television screens via its digital video recorders. Via Reuters
Google Phone In Action….
Hollywood moguls are already planning on ways to somehow screw writers… “You’re streaming webisode is a promotion, who’s gonna watch a movie on a cellphone? The iPhone? Never heard of it!”