Google

Stories 781 - 800 | << Prev   Next >>

Why the Press Loves Apple, Google
 Why the Press 
 Loves Apple, 
 Google 
OPINION
Sep 29, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

Why the Press Loves Apple, Google

Because they're the most interesting companies in tech, that's why

(Newser) - Pew Research recently unveiled a stunningly obvious study concluding that the tech company most written about—and fawned over—by the press was (drum roll, please) Apple. In second place? You guessed it, Google. About 26% of all tech articles are about those two juggernauts. But Farhad Manjoo of Slate...

Massive Meteor Crater Found by Google Earth

10-ton meteor hit only a few thousand years ago

(Newser) - An Italian mineralogist found a massive meteor crater in the Egyptian desert using only Google Earth, the Telegraph reports. The meteor is thought to have hit as recently as a few thousand years ago, and geologists say its impact site is one of the best preserved ever found. The previously...

Court Finds Google Defamed Sex Offender

Suggest function linked his name with 'rapist'

(Newser) - Apparently Google’s auto-suggest function—you know, the one that tries to guess what you might be searching for as you type—can commit defamation. The Superior Court of Paris has convicted Google of “public slandering of a private individual” after a convicted sex offender discovered that typing his...

Words Too Dirty for Google Instant

 Words Too Dirty 
 for Google Instant 


what's 'hedop'?
Sep 28, 2010 8:14 AM CDT

Words Too Dirty for Google Instant

If you're searching for Twinkies ... you're out of luck

(Newser) - Google Instant makes searching faster by automatically completing what you’re typing … unless it’s dirty, of course . The folks at 2600.com put together a comprehensive “Google blacklist” of words the search giant thinks are naughty, from the apparently innocuous (“servitude”) to the downright...

100K Germans Opt Out of Google Street View

Country may be a little blurry when service launches

(Newser) - Planning to use Google Street View in Germany? It may not be very useful: More than 100,000 Germans have requested their homes be blurred out when Street View launches in their country this year. That number could actually be in the several hundreds of thousands, sources tell Der Spiegel...

Snooping Google Engineer Could Face Jail Time

Engineer who spied on teen chat logs may have broken federal law

(Newser) - A Google engineer who abused his access to data to snoop on teenagers' chat logs and harass them could face up to 5 years in jail if government officials decide to prosecute him. David Barksdale's spying on Google Voice and Google Talk accounts definitely wasn't "in the normal course...

Creepy Google Engineer Stalked Teens Online

He was axed after accessing minors' accounts, spying on chats

(Newser) - An engineer has been fired after abusing his position at Google to spy on teenage chat transcripts and access their accounts. David Barksdale, 27, breached the privacy of at least four young teens of both sexes as a member of an elite tech group at the company, Gawker reports. He...

Author: Google Ruins Our Brains

Does 'good' software make us stupid?

(Newser) - Does smart software make us stupid? Absolutely, says author Nicholas Carr. In an interview with the BBC , Carr says we are getting a little too much help from technology—and it's changing our wiring for the worse. We are losing our capacity to store information and our ability to concentrate,...

Google Instant Ignores Naughty Searches

Autofill function switches off if you're looking for, say, sluts

(Newser) - The Google Instant function introduced this week offers search results as fast as you can type—so long as you're not searching for famed NFL linebacker Dick Butkus. The instant search functions switches off when one begins to type certain words, including "penis," "hardcore," "slutty,...

Google Instant Speeds Up Search
Google Instant
Speeds Up Search
Sep 8, 2010 3:44 PM CDT

Google Instant Speeds Up Search

New feature displays results as queries are typed in

(Newser) - Google unveiled its upgraded search function today called Google Instant , which refines searches as you type by predicting what you're looking for. More details at this "user's guide" from Search Engine Land , or see the video in the gallery for a demo. Early reaction:
  • Better, but not a world-changer:
...

Google's Bouncing Dots: Hinting at Search Changes?

Theories abound about the Doodle's message

(Newser) - The consensus on what explains the moving dots on Google's logo today seems to change by the hour. The company has shot down speculation that they're balloons celebrating the company's founding, telling Search Engine Land : "Today’s doodle is not related to a birthday but is fast, fun, and...

Sarkozy Gets Google Bombed
 Sarkozy Gets 
 Google Bombed 
Sep 7, 2010 9:28 AM CDT

Sarkozy Gets Google Bombed

French president apparently not too popular right now

(Newser) - Thousands of Google bombers have made their feelings about French president Nicolas Sarkozy known: He's a "trou du cul." That's "a crude French anatomical phrase," according to the Telegraph ; Urban Dictionary is more to the point: It means "a**hole." Search for the phrase on...

Most Influential of 2010: Zuck
 Most Influential of 2010: Zuck 
vanity fair 100
Sep 4, 2010 10:40 AM CDT

Most Influential of 2010: Zuck

Facebook founder tops Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch

(Newser) - Frighteningly enough, Mark Zuckerberg tops Vanity Fair 's list of this year's most influential people of the Information Age. The top 5 of its 100:
  1. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: His company is valued at around $25 billion, has more than 500 million members, runs 176 billion banner ads a month, and
...

Bedbugs Infest Google Offices
 Bedbugs Infest Google Offices 
Sep 3, 2010 1:00 PM CDT

Bedbugs Infest Google Offices

Manhattan site is trying to get rid of them

(Newser) - Truly no business in New York is safe from the bedbug threat—the pests have been found in Google's posh Manhattan office. The 9th Avenue office is famous for its free gourmet cafeteria and perks such as Lego sets. “Like several other businesses in New York City, we’ve...

Gmail Unveils Inbox Manager
 Gmail Unveils Inbox Manager 
Aug 31, 2010 5:59 PM CDT

Gmail Unveils Inbox Manager

' Priority Inbox' designed to help make email more efficient

(Newser) - Google has a new Gmail tool to help users manage their inboxes. "Priority Inbox" splits the inbox into three categories: important messages, starred messages, and the rest. Priority Inbox's utility lies in the algorithms that determine which messages to automatically flag as "important" to you—it looks at...

YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View
YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View
Aug 30, 2010 7:19 AM CDT

YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View

In talks with studios for movies, TV

(Newser) - Pay-per-You-Tube? Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to watch all the goofy home movies and webcam confessions you can stomach for free, but Google is hoping to launch a new, paid section of its video behemoth by the end of the year, the Financial Times reports. Google executives...

Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Tech Industry

Paul Allen targets Apple, Google, Yahoo

(Newser) - Paul Allen’s licensing company is suing a who’s who of the biggest forces in tech—including Apple, Google, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Yahoo, and Aol—over a handful of patents filed by a now-defunct startup he funded during the Internet bubble. The four patents in question seem to encompass...

Experts Clean Up Your Online Image (For a Fee)

Yes, it's now a career field

(Newser) - Introducing a budding new career choice: Internet Reputation Manager. If you're worried about what people will find when they Google your name, there's a growing number of businesses ready to polish your digital image, the Boston Globe reports. The fees run from $2,000 to $10,000 at one such...

Calls Made Via Gmail: 'Loud and Mostly Clear'
Calls Made Via Gmail:
'Loud and Mostly Clear'
tech review
Aug 26, 2010 2:42 PM CDT

Calls Made Via Gmail: 'Loud and Mostly Clear'

Also, the real target is Facebook, not Skype

(Newser) - With Google rolling out an initiative to allow Gmail users to make and receive calls , Jessica Dolcourt of CNET decided to give it a spin and found that it was ... pretty good. "We were pleased with the call quality, overall, which we tested with other US callers using landlines...

Colbert Rips Facebook/Google for Selling Us Out

'They're mining our privacy for profits'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert managed to get serious yesterday as he blasted the "invasive" personal data mining undertaken by Google and Facebook to "sell our private lives to the highest bidder." The harsh dig came at the end of a long hilarious riff about how Facebook users now must...

Stories 781 - 800 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser