We've had some interesting run-ins with YouTube before over copyright. In December USA Today claimed copyright of a Digg demonstration video we uploaded, and given YouTube seemingly ignores complaints, USA Today to the best of our knowledge ...
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Google has announced that it will be closing Google Print Ads as of March 31st.
The service launched in November 2006 promising to deliver the ease of use, and client base of Google Adwords to the print industry. ...
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Google has unveiled a new search customization tool called "Preferred Sites." The feature lets you give specific sites extra weight so they'll show up more often in your search results.
"The preferred sites feature lets you set your ...
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Feedreaders are for many working in blogging, or following the social media/ web 2.0 space a lifeline into keeping up with the latest news. And yet for many, a feedreader can be a beast that consumes time ...
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Google has joined Levi Strauss, The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and H5 in a joint Amicus Brief supporting a number of cases that are seeking to overturn California Proposition 8.
An Amicus Brief (Amicus curiae) is a ...
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Google has announced that iGoogle now supports user generated custom themes.
The new theme building tool allows users to upload a photo, and crop the image to fit iGoogle, pick color schemes to match, and even share created ...
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As Duncan reported earlier Google is shutting down; or removing any active upkeep and development, from a slew of services that they had paid out millions for. The reason why – money. The problem is that it ...
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Despite earlier reports that the Google owned microblogging platform Jaiku was to completely close, a new post from Google confirms that the service will live on, sort of.
From the post, Jaiku will be ported to the Google ...
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Google has made an unprecedented number of service cuts today as the company continues to reduce development and running costs in the difficult economic environment.
The cuts include the closure of microblogging platform Jaiku, mobile location service Dodgeball, ...
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Google has announced 100 layoffs and range of engineering office closures across three countries.
The 100 positions to be cut come from recruiting, and are on top of a confirmation from Google that "almost all contracts with external ...
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Oh man the funny shit just won’t quit rolling in today. First it was the porn industry looking for a few billion dollar bailout. Then comes word that Joe the Plumber is going to be a ...
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This didn't take long. One day at launching Picasa for Mac, Google has issued an update.
The update addresses a reported problem with right clicking on a photo causing Picasa to crash, a problem I haven't been able ...
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A prank targeting Google has resulted in a 9/11 related symbol query of ✈ ▌▌ become on of today's largest search terms.
The symbols, showing a plane flying into the World Trade Center have been searched for tens ...
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Way to go Google I knew you could do it .. errr wait a sec this isn’t so good after all. It turns out that Google’s free services are being heavily used by spammers according to a ...
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Google has finally released Picasa for Mac.
According to Google, Picasa for Mac brings all of the sharing and sync features of Picasa on Windows and Linux to Mac users. The software offers features including non-destructive editing, and ...
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The Chinese Government has warned Google, Baidu and other popular sites in China that they must do more to block porn.
Porn is banned in China but remains widely available.
The Chinese Government said in a statement that the ...
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The official FeedBurner blog is closing its doors as part of the closure of FeedBurner following its acquisition by Google in 2007.
Users have already for some time been able to swap into the Google version of Feedburner ...
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be preparing large scale job cuts due to declining revenue growth as the recession worsens.
Analysts have already started downgrading performance of MSFT stock in light of the economic conditions. The latest downgrade ...
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Google Earth has given New York City a major makeover, and the difference is impossible not to notice.
The newly updated Big Apple images boast hundreds of new fully textured buildings -- nearly every building in Manhattan ...
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The war between Google and Facebook over social connections continues with a new salvo from Facebook: the Facebook Connect Plugin Directory.
The new directory offers Facebook Connect plugins for a numbers of blogging platforms, and a variety of ...
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The Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe have released their annual list of the most trusted companies when it comes to consumer privacy. The list features the addition of Facebook into the top ranks, and the conspicuous absence of ...
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Twitter has gotten on-board with Google Friend Connect, the Web-wide sign-on system brought out of beta earlier this month.
With the new support, you'll be able to logon to any Friend Connect-supporting site with your Twitter ID. ...
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