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Google Getting Closer To Space

Google Getting Closer To Space

Google has sealed a deal to build a new high-tech campus at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. The two organizations signed a 40-year lease that'll give Google 42 acres of land on the space agency ... continue
Google Breaks Real-Time Stock Barrier

Google Breaks Real-Time Stock Barrier

Google is now offering real-time stock quotes on its Finance service. The G-Team announced the launch of up-to-the-second updates on NASDAQ securities at its official blog this afternoon. Engineers say real-time data has historically been limited to ... continue
The Race To Social Network 2.0

The Race To Social Network 2.0

October 2009: Matthew logs onto his social aggregation service. In front of him appears everything his friends have been doing across every different social networking service. He decides that he needs to write a few blog posts, ... continue
Google Grabs New Australian Agreement

Google Grabs New Australian Agreement

Google is gaining new ground in Australia. The search engine has signed an agreement with Netregistry and Devnet to bring a specially tailored version of Google Apps to the country. The customized suite will be ... continue
fbCal Gives External Access To Facebook Events

fbCal Gives External Access To Facebook Events

fbCal is a Facebook application that allows users to export date specific information from Facebook to external calander services including Apple iCal, Mozilla Sunbird, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook. To setup, users add the fbCal application via the ... continue

Android Shaping Up Well: First Demo

Google has demonstrated their Android Mobile Operating system and Android Community was there. One video above but they have a range of shots and other videos on their site. The demo of streetview with built in directional ... continue
AOL Embraces OpenSocial

AOL Embraces OpenSocial

AOL is joining Google in its efforts to develop a standard for social networking tools. Our friends over at TechCrunch reported the announcement from today's Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. Google VP of Engineering David ... continue
Google’s “Gears” Is Growing

Google’s “Gears” Is Growing

Google is revving up its "Gears" open source project, with new features and new partners on-board. Google has announced Gears will be integrated into MySpace's mail service starting today. The site, according to the Official Google Blog, ... continue
Google Sued Over News Content

Google Sued Over News Content

What a day for lawsuits. First, Citysearch. Now, Google. A group of Belgian newspapers is suing the search engine for displaying and storing its content. A copyright organization called Copiepresse says Google is violating Belgian ... continue
Google Mini Grows New Features

Google Mini Grows New Features

The Google Mini application for businesses is getting a major upgrade. Google just announced the addition of four new features to the Mini: The ability to crawl and utilize shared servers. The ability to rank items within an intranet to ... continue
Social Networking Cold War: FB To Open Source Platform

Social Networking Cold War: FB To Open Source Platform

Too little, too late? TechCrunch reports that Facebook is about to open source its platform as developers flee the service for the open source Google led Open Social initiative. Bebo already licenses access to the Facebook Platform so ... continue
Microsoft Changes Direction On Search

Microsoft Changes Direction On Search

An interesting announcement from Microsoft today: they've decided to close their Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects. There would be few people who'd actually remember that Microsoft had Google competitors in this space, but the ... continue
Google Introduces Safe Searching Solution

Google Introduces Safe Searching Solution

Google has launched a new tool to help you avoid dangerous web sites. The Google Safe Browsing feature flags sites that may feature malicious content either in their coding or available downloads. It uses information obtained by ... continue
Google Responds To Cash Back Concept

Google Responds To Cash Back Concept

Google is taking a shot at Microsoft over its new Live Search "Cash Back" program. The company's director of business product management, Nicholas Fox, ridiculed the idea of Google following suit. "We have no plans to pay ... continue
Google Fights For Open Airspace

Google Fights For Open Airspace

A battle is brewing over who should control soon-to-be-unused space on America's television airwaves. Google co-founder Larry Page met with lawmakers today to push his plan to let new wireless devices use the so-called "white space" spectrum. ... continue

Google Sites (nee JotSpot) Now Open For All

Google has announced that Google Sites, the wiki focused service that was originally JotSpot, is now available to the public. Google notes that the service can be used "to share all types of information -- team projects, company ... continue
Microsoft Offering Money To Searchers

Microsoft Offering Money To Searchers

Microsoft is launching a new program that'll actually pay you to use its search site. "Microsoft Live Search Cash Back" will work with eBay and PayPal to offer users cash for searching for products on Microsoft Live, then ... continue
Google Launches New Health Initiative

Google Launches New Health Initiative

Google is teaming up with the healthcare industry to help you keep on top of your medical records. Engineers announced the launch of Google Health this afternoon. The site gives you a secure place to collect and ... continue
Google Considers Meaning Of Microsoft Talks

Google Considers Meaning Of Microsoft Talks

Google is now considering a response to news of Microsoft's reignited talks of a Yahoo buyout. Google head honcho Eric Schmidt and founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin told the BBC they needed some time to think about ... continue
Gmail May Get Makeover

Gmail May Get Makeover

You may soon be able to customize your Gmail viewing experience without any third party programs. Google Blogoscoped says Google's engineers are working on a set of 12 themes for the Gmail web client to let you step ... continue
New Rumors Of Microsoft-Facebook Purchase

New Rumors Of Microsoft-Facebook Purchase

Microsoft may have Facebook in its sights, according to rumors moving through Silicon Valley this morning. John Furrier first reported the idea on his site. Now former Microsoft man Robert Scoble says he's heard the same thing: ... continue
Google Expanding AdWords

Google Expanding AdWords

Google is expanding its advertising program and hopes it'll put extra dollars in developers' pockets. The G-Team announced this morning that it's opening its AdWords network to third party providers for the first time. That means advertisers ... continue