CA Dems: Scrutiny of Yahoo-Google deal threatens competition
ZDNet Government — September 30th, 2008 CA Dems: Scrutiny of Yahoo-Google deal threatens competition Posted by Richard Koman @ September 30, 2008 @ 7:01 AM Categories: Justice , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Agreement , Computer Associates International Inc. , D , Richard Koman Seeing as how Google and Yahoo are both California companies, California House members have taken it upon themselves to tell the Dept. of Justice to butt out of the advertising swap between the two Internet honchos. In a letter of Attorney General ...

Sen. Kohl: Justice should look closely at Yagoogle deal
ZDNet Government — October 3rd, 2008 Sen. Kohl: Justice should look closely at Yagoogle deal Posted by Richard Koman @ October 3, 2008 @ 2:16 PM Categories: Congress , Google Tags: Sen. , Google Inc. , Advertisement , Antitrust , Yahoo! Inc. , Corporate Law , Business Operations , Richard Koman Update: Google and Yahoo agree to “briefly” delay the deal to give Justice time to look into it. ( New York Times ) Congress continued its poking around in the Google-Yahoo deal with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) calling on the ...

Silverlight 2: Google Chrome support, yes; iPhone, no
All about Microsoft — ... 2008 Silverlight 2: Google Chrome support, yes; iPhone, no Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:39 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Development tools , Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) , .Net Framework , Windows Mobile , Expression Studio , Silverlight (wpf/e) , Apple , Linux , Channel , System builders , OEMs , Resellers , Google , PDC 2008 Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Microsoft Silverlight , Microsoft Corp. , Google Chrome , ...

Google will appeal German copyright decision
ZDNet Government — October 14th, 2008 Google will appeal German copyright decision Posted by Richard Koman @ October 14, 2008 @ 7:47 AM Categories: Courts , International , Copyright Tags: Google Inc. , Web Site Development , Web Technology , Internet , Richard Koman In a decision that directly conflicts with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ interpretation ( Perfect10 v. Google , PDF), a German court has ruled that Google’s display of a thumbnail image of a photographer’s work violates his copyright. “It doesn’t matter ...

Ballmer: It’s ok to wait until Windows 7; Yahoo still ‘makes sense’; Google Apps ‘primitive’
Between the Lines — October 16th, 2008 Ballmer: It’s ok to wait until Windows 7; Yahoo still ‘makes sense’; Google Apps ‘primitive’ Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:53 am Categories: General , Software Infrastructure , Web Technology , Gartner Symposium , Google , Microsoft , Cloud computing , Gartner Symposium 2008 Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Microsoft Windows 7 , Steve Ballmer , Yahoo! Inc. , Microsoft Windows Vista , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft ...

Google beats for Q3, Wall Street looks ahead
Between the Lines — October 16th, 2008 Google beats for Q3, Wall Street looks ahead Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:12 pm Categories: General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Wall Street , Sam Diaz updated: In after-hours trading, shares of Google shot up more than 11 percent within 20 minutes after the company reported strong quarterly earnings. In regular trading, shares initially declined early in the day but rallied late in the day to close up more than 4 percent at $353.02. Early headlines used words like “Blockbuster” to describe the company’s quarter and some ...

Gartner ITxpo 2008: The top 10 IT products
Between the Lines — October 20th, 2008 Gartner ITxpo 2008: The top 10 IT products Posted by Jason Hiner @ 1:45 am Categories: Gartner Symposium 2008 Tags: Information Technology , Gartner Inc. , Strategy , Management , Jason Hiner , Google Inc. , Dell Computer Corp. , Phone , Hewlett-Packard Co. , Mobile This article was co-authored by Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic’s Head Technology Editor. Over 100 IT vendors did their dog-and-pony show for the 2008 ITxpo at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando on October 13-16. ...

Score one for Washington as Google gets schooled
Between the Lines — October 20th, 2008 Score one for Washington as Google gets schooled Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:30 pm Categories: General , Government , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Washington , Business Structures , Finance , Sam Diaz In the ongoing arm-wrestling match between Washington politicians and Silicon Valley techies, chalk one up for Washington. A New York Times story about the fate of the Google-Yahoo ad deal takes note of Google’s continued schooling in the ways of Washington. There ...

T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battle
Between the Lines — October 22nd, 2008 T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battle Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:37 am Categories: General , Open Source , Hardware Infrastructure , Mobile , Apple , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Research In Motion Ltd. , T-Mobile G1 , Mobile , T-Mobile , Apple Inc. , Advertising & Promotion , Smart Phones , Marketing , Consumer Electronics Let the smartphone wrestling match begin. In this corner - wearing a touch screen, ...

Suit claims Google makes millions on typosquatting
ZDNet Government — October 23rd, 2008 Suit claims Google makes millions on typosquatting Posted by Richard Koman @ October 23, 2008 @ 9:54 AM Categories: Courts , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Ben Edelman , Cybersquatting , Richard Koman , Class Action bank1.jpg Harvard Biz School prof Ben Edelman is suing Google over a deal with typosquatters to place ads on those sites. There are some 10,000 cybersquatting domains out there, according to Citizen Hawk . That sounds wildly low. Edelman estimates there are a million or more. And ...

Russia blocks Google’s ad company acquisition
Between the Lines — October 23rd, 2008 Russia blocks Google’s ad company acquisition Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:43 pm Categories: General , Government , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Acquisition , Wall Street Journal , Advertisement , Russia , Mergers & Acquisitions , Corporate Law , Investment , Finance , Business Operations Google’s $140 million acquisition of online ad firm ZAO Begun has been blocked by regulators in Russia, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . ...

Russia rebuffs Google on purchase of Begun search engine
ZDNet Government — October 24th, 2008 Russia rebuffs Google on purchase of Begun search engine Posted by Richard Koman @ October 24, 2008 @ 10:54 AM Categories: International , Google , Antitrust Tags: Google Inc. , Search Engine , Russia , Mergers & Acquisitions , Corporate Law , Search , Investment , Finance , Business Operations , Richard Koman begun.gif Russia has blocked Google’s proposed $160 million acquisition of Zao Begun, a search-and-contextual-advertising company owned ...

Google is oddly silent about Grand Central
Between the Lines — October 28th, 2008 Google is oddly silent about Grand Central Posted by Sam Diaz @ 7:00 am Categories: General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Telecommuting , Telecom & Utilities , E-mail , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Online Communications , Sam Diaz Google is being very quiet about Grand Central , the virtual phone service it acquired in July 2007 but hasn’t really done anything with since. In my opinion, Grand Central is already a good service. There are a few ...

Google settles book scan suit for $125 million
Between the Lines — October 28th, 2008 Google settles book scan suit for $125 million Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:00 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Settlement , Agreement , Litigation , Operational Accounting , Business Operations , Finance , Larry Dignan Google and The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers said Tuesday that they have settled a book scanning lawsuit for $125 million. The agreement ends a two-year class action suit over ...

Will Google book settlement solve orphan works?
ZDNet Government — October 28th, 2008 Will Google book settlement solve orphan works? Posted by Richard Koman @ October 28, 2008 @ 1:34 PM Categories: Google , Copyright Tags: Google Inc. , Settlement , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman Google settles with book authors Is this the solution for orphan works ? Google has reached a $125 million settlement with book authors, which will create a Book Rights Registry to ensure authors get paid royalties from advertising on Google Book Search . According to ...

Online Office: Microsoft keeps promising while Google delivers
Between the Lines — October 28th, 2008 Online Office: Microsoft keeps promising while Google delivers Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:46 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , Cloud computing Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Microsoft Corp. , Foley , Microsoft Office , Microsoft Excel , Office Suites , Software , Sam Diaz No one really expected Microsoft to completely abandon the idea of desktop software, did they? Today, at the Professional Developers Conference, the company ...

Motorola picks Android in mobile phone shakeup. Ammunition for smartphone war? [Video]
Between the Lines — October 29th, 2008 Motorola picks Android in mobile phone shakeup. Ammunition for smartphone war? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:29 am Categories: General , Mobile , Apple , Google , Motorola , RIM Tags: Google Inc. , Research In Motion Ltd. , Phone , Mobile , Smart Phone , Cell Phone , Video , Motorola Inc. , Smart Phones , Telecom & Utilities Motorola is tapping Google’s open-source Android operating system to inject new life into its ...

Viacom perks up at Google Books settlement
ZDNet Government — October 30th, 2008 Viacom perks up at Google Books settlement Posted by Richard Koman @ October 30, 2008 @ 9:25 AM Categories: Google , Copyright Tags: Google Inc. , Permission , Settlement , Books , Agreement , Viacom Inc. , Advertising & Promotion , Marketing , Richard Koman Google’s settlement with authors could be good news for Viacom, the New York Times’ Miguel Helft says. That’s because the authors at least think Google has conceded that it needs prior ...

Mission accomplished: Google’s ad deal with Yahoo has already worked
Between the Lines — October 31st, 2008 Mission accomplished: Google’s ad deal with Yahoo has already worked Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:12 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Yahoo! Inc. , Larry Dignan Google and Yahoo are reportedly close to walking away from their search ad deal after meetings with the Department of Justice. According to the Wall Street Journal : The two companies met Thursday with the Justice Department, part of a ...

Dreamforce: Taking SaaS and the cloud in new (and old) directions
Between the Lines — November 3rd, 2008 Dreamforce: Taking SaaS and the cloud in new (and old) directions Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:30 am Categories: General , Web Technology , SaaS , Business Intelligence , Salesforce.com , Enterprise 2.0 , Cloud computing Tags: Salesforce.com Inc. , Google Inc. , Web , Software-as-a-service , Sales Force , Software As A Service (SaaS) , Sales Force Management , Cloud Computing , Emerging Technologies , Sales Since its inception, ...

Google, Yahoo cave a bit to save ad deal
Between the Lines — November 3rd, 2008 Google, Yahoo cave a bit to save ad deal Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:27 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Government , Google , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Yahoo! Inc. , Larry Dignan Yahoo and Google will cap the amount of revenue an ad deal can generate in an attempt to win over the Department of Justice. According to the Wall Street Journal , Google and Yahoo have added “a number of new provisions designed to limit the scope” of the deal. The ...

Handicapping the neutered Google-Yahoo ad deal
Between the Lines — November 4th, 2008 Handicapping the neutered Google-Yahoo ad deal Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:40 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Yahoo! Inc. , Operational Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan With the advertising deal between Google and Yahoo now in the Department of Justice’s lap with restrictions two things are becoming clear. Yahoo will reap less revenue and Google is hanging in with a non-material deal to keep Microsoft ...

FCC opens up wireless ‘white spaces;’ Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards
Between the Lines — ... 5th, 2008 FCC opens up wireless ‘white spaces;’ Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:35 am Categories: General , Hardware Infrastructure , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Government , Google , Microsoft , Intel , Motorola , Telecommunications , Broadband , Verizon , Innovation , AT&T , WiMax Tags: FCC , Google Inc. , WiMAX , Broadband , Spectrum , Federal Government , ...

Google calls it quits on the Yahoo ad deal; Will Microsoft enter the picture?
Between the Lines — November 5th, 2008 Google calls it quits on the Yahoo ad deal; Will Microsoft enter the picture? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:11 am Categories: General , Security , Web Technology , Google , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Yahoo! Inc. , Agreement , Larry Dignan In a move that’s not terribly surprising, Google said Wednesday that it is scrapping its search advertising deal with Yahoo. The move puts Yahoo’s search business back in play and may bring Microsoft back into the picture. In a blog ...

Google withdraws from Yahoo ad partnership. Will Microsoft rebid?
All about Microsoft — November 5th, 2008 Google withdraws from Yahoo ad partnership. Will Microsoft rebid? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:56 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Search , Google , Advertising , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Partnership , Yahoo! Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Business Structures , Finance , Mary Jo Foley , Agreement Google announced on November 5 that it has decided to back out of its proposed ad partnership with Yahoo rather than defend it in court. Yahoo ...

Larry Brilliant outlines Google’s giving strategies [video]
Between the Lines — November 5th, 2008 Larry Brilliant outlines Google’s giving strategies [video] Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:07 pm Categories: General , Google Tags: Strategy , Google Inc. , Video , Corporate Communications , Sales Force Management , Investment , Financial Services , Marketing , Sales , Finance At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org, declares that Google ripped off Salesforce’s 1/1/1 model–and the company is proud of it. The model ...

Google’s favorite penny stock: Nexicon
Between the Lines — November 6th, 2008 Google’s favorite penny stock: Nexicon Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:29 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Entertainment , Hollywood on Demand , Google , Search , Broadband Tags: Google Inc. , Stock , YouTube Inc. , Video , Nexicon , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Larry Dignan Google is hoping to perfect YouTube’s video identification system with the help of a company that hasn’t filed financials with the Securities and Exchange ...

Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn’t understand us
Between the Lines — November 6th, 2008 Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn’t understand us Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:38 am Categories: General , Government , Legal , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo , Innovation Tags: Google Inc. , Internet Search Advertising , Advertisement , Search Engine , Washington , Yahoo! Inc. , Industry , Search , Sam Diaz Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang made an interesting comment during his appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit this week. When asked what caused ...

Microsoft aims to poach Verizon Wireless from Google
Between the Lines — November 6th, 2008 Microsoft aims to poach Verizon Wireless from Google Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:58 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Mobile , Google , Microsoft , Search , Verizon Tags: Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Verizon Wireless , Advertising & Promotion , Search , Wi-Fi , Wireless , Marketing , Larry Dignan Microsoft is reportedly wooing Verizon Wireless in an effort to derail the wireless carrier’s ...

Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft
All about Microsoft — November 10th, 2008 Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:01 am Categories: Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Channel , System builders , OEMs , Resellers , Search , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Alliance , Sun Microsystems Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , StarOffice , Blogging , Strategy , Office Suites , Software , Internet Which came first — Google dropping StarOffice from its Google Pack or ...

Schmidt says no to CTO job
ZDNet Government — November 10th, 2008 Schmidt says no to CTO job Posted by Richard Koman @ November 10, 2008 @ 3:17 PM Categories: Energy , Obama Tags: Job , Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , CTO , Schmidt , Recruitment & Selection , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Richard Koman schmidt3.jpg Photo by WorldWidePhotography Fresh from his stint on Barack Obama’s economic transition team, Google CEO Eric Schmidt made an appearance on Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” , where he put to ...

Google helps CDC track flu clusters
Between the Lines — November 11th, 2008 Google helps CDC track flu clusters Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:55 pm Categories: General , Google , Innovation Tags: Google Inc. , Influenza , Drudge Report , Games , Government , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan Google will work with the Centers for Disease Control to track flu trends. The game plan: Capture data on searches related to flu, chest congestions and colds and report back to the CDC. Google made the announcement in a blog post . The Drudge Report ...

Money talks: Microsoft edges closer to Verizon search deal
Between the Lines — November 12th, 2008 Money talks: Microsoft edges closer to Verizon search deal Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:16 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Google , Microsoft , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Microsoft Windows Mobile , Mobile , Verizon Communications Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Verizon Wireless , Microsoft Windows , Operating Systems , Handhelds , Advertising & Promotion Microsoft is reportedly close to ...

Google earnings estimates cut (again); Search marketing budgets scrutinized
Between the Lines — November 12th, 2008 Google earnings estimates cut (again); Search marketing budgets scrutinized Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:46 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Earnings Estimate , Search Engine Marketer , Marketing Research , Marketing , Larry Dignan Wall Street is busy cutting its estimates for Google’s fourth quarter amid multiple signs of a slowdown. However, analysts note that Google is a black box and the company could still prove to be recession ...

Google voice search coming to iPhone
The Apple Core — November 14th, 2008 Google voice search coming to iPhone Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 4:38 pm Categories: Software , iPhone , Google , 3G , App Store Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Voice , Search , Keyboards , Telecommunications , Hardware , Peripherals , Jason D. O'Grady [image] Google is close to releasing a new iPhone application that will allow you to speak search terms into the iPhone and get search results. The application will be convenient for use ...

Microsoft vs. Google Web-based office battle heats up again
All about Microsoft — November 17th, 2008 Microsoft vs. Google Web-based office battle heats up again Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:55 am Categories: Office Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Google , Office 14 , Office Live Workspace Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Microsoft Corp. , Channel Management , Marketing , Mary Jo Foley , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software After a few months of relative quiet, the war of words and customer wins is on again, with Microsoft and Google ...

Google voice search app due today
The Apple Core — November 17th, 2008 Google voice search app due today Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 8:30 am Categories: iPhone , Google , App Store Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Voice , Telecommunications , Telephony , Networking , Jason D. O'Grady [image] According to TechCrunch ’s Michael Arrington, Google’s voice search iPhone application was delayed from Friday and should arrive in the App Store today (Monday). Google’s voice recognition search application for the iPhone, originally ...

Google launches personalized searches via SearchWiki; Scale, data equals fine experiment
Between the Lines — November 21st, 2008 Google launches personalized searches via SearchWiki; Scale, data equals fine experiment Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:03 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Personalized Search , Productivity , Search , Engineering , Larry Dignan Google has launched an effort it calls SearchWiki, which allows folks to customize searches and move results. An example: Say you disagree with a ranking of a result. You can move it up. You can also add notes to the ...

iPhone 2.2 firmware released
The Apple Core — November 21st, 2008 iPhone 2.2 firmware released Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:56 am Categories: Software , iPhone , Software Update , Firmware Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Google Maps , Firmware , Podcasts , Internet , Jason D. O'Grady iPhone 2.2 firmware released As expected , Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2 today. The 246MB update includes the following published features: Other features include: What else have you noticed?

Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?
Between the Lines — November 21st, 2008 Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:03 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , PC , Web Browser , Google Chrome , Web Browsers , Internet , Sam Diaz Google is reportedly thinking about cutting deals with PC makers to have its Chrome browser pre-installed on new computers, a move that could position the Internet giant to not only boost its presence in search but also put some of its ...

Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
Between the Lines — December 2nd, 2008 Google Chrome and the extension conundrum Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:06 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Web Browser , Google Chrome , Extension , Web Browsers , Internet , Larry Dignan Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora’s box. In an extensions document ( via Stephen Shankland and Aaron Boodman ) Google outlines its plan to build extensions for Chrome. ...

Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
Between the Lines — December 2nd, 2008 Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:59 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Board , Trip Chowdhry , Contacts , VC , Corporate Governance , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Larry Dignan Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google’s revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board ...

Google Calendar now supports iCal
The Apple Core — December 2nd, 2008 Google Calendar now supports iCal Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 7:06 am Categories: Software , Apple , Google , iCal Tags: Google Inc. , Apple Inc. , Google Calendar , Productivity , Blogging , Internet , Jason D. O'Grady Google Calendar now supports Apple iCal In a blog post by Engineering Director David Besbris Google announced its support for the CalDAV protocol. This means that you can now use iCal with Google Calendar, allowing you to work offline, sync ...

Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search
All about Microsoft — December 5th, 2008 Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:17 pm Categories: Windows client , Corporate strategy , Channel , OEMs , Resellers , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Dell Computer Corp. , Microsoft Live Search , Microsoft Corp. , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft and Dell have signed a deal via which Dell will be shipping new PCs with the Live Search toolbar preinstalled, according to sources familiar with the arrangement between the two ...

Office-for-Web: More waiting from Redmond
Between the Lines — December 5th, 2008 Office-for-Web: More waiting from Redmond Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:25 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Apple , Google , Microsoft , Cloud computing Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Channel Management , Office Suites , Software , Marketing , Sam Diaz It looks like it may take longer than expected for anyone to start trying out the Web versions of Microsoft Office. Wait. Here’s another way to say it: It looks ...

Survey: Google takes prize as IT dream job (with Microsoft, Cisco close behind)
Between the Lines — December 8th, 2008 Survey: Google takes prize as IT dream job (with Microsoft, Cisco close behind) Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:00 am Categories: General , Google , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Cisco Tags: Job , Google Inc. , Information Technology , Job Satisfaction , Microsoft Corp. , Survey , Cisco Systems Inc. , Recruitment & Selection , Marketing Research , Human Resources A third of you view a stint at Google as the Holy Grail, you’re more likely ...

Salesforce joins Google for more cloud morphing
Between the Lines — December 8th, 2008 Salesforce joins Google for more cloud morphing Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:45 am Categories: General , Google , Salesforce.com , Amazon , Facebook , Cloud computing Tags: Salesforce.com Inc. , Google Inc. , Sales Force , Sales Force Management , Sales , Sam Diaz The clouds keep morphing into each other, creating megaclouds that are being positioned to spark innovation and offer businesses new ways to interact with customers. This morning, at an event in New York, ...

Google’s AdWords everywhere. Now optimized for iPhone.
Between the Lines — December 8th, 2008 Google’s AdWords everywhere. Now optimized for iPhone. Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:04 pm Categories: General , Mobile , Google Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Advertisement , Mobile , Google AdWords , Chowdhry , Advertising & Promotion , Marketing , Sam Diaz If you cast a large enough net, you’ll eventually snag a fish or two. In some ways, it feels like that’s what Google is doing with its AdWords program. The company said today that it’s ...

There is an e-mail revolution underway; Google raises stakes against online Outlook
Between the Lines — December 9th, 2008 There is an e-mail revolution underway; Google raises stakes against online Outlook Posted by Sam Diaz @ 8:30 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo , Cloud computing Tags: Google Inc. , Google Gmail , Microsoft Outlook , Contacts , E-mail , E-mail Providers , Cloud Computing , Online Communications , Internet , Sam Diaz As I was hammering out this post about Yahoo yesterday, a team over at Google was crafting a blog ...

MSFT says it will reduce data retention if Google will
ZDNet Government — December 9th, 2008 MSFT says it will reduce data retention if Google will Posted by Richard Koman @ December 9, 2008 @ 4:58 PM Categories: International , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Data Retention , Microsoft Corp. , MSFT , Richard Koman Microsoft offered to dramatically scale back its data retention policies — if Google and Yahoo do the same, PCWorld reports. Microsoft proposed to adopt European guidelines that search query data not be kept longer than six months. John Vassallo, vice president of E.U. affairs ...

Hey Sergey: Where’s my Mac version of Chrome?
Between the Lines — December 10th, 2008 Hey Sergey: Where’s my Mac version of Chrome? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:15 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Apple , Google , Cloud computing Tags: Google Inc. , Larry Dignan , Apple Macintosh , Desktops , Hardware , Sam Diaz Three months after launching its Chrome Web browser, Google is taking it out of beta and releasing a full version, according to TechCrunch . That’s all fine and dandy - but where’s my Mac version of Chrome? If I recall correctly, it was ...

Google exec joins LinkedIn
Between the Lines — December 10th, 2008 Google exec joins LinkedIn Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:04 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Social networking Tags: Google Inc. , LinkedIn , Advertising & Promotion , Strategy , Middleware , Marketing , Management , Enterprise Software , Software , Larry Dignan Dipchand “Deep” Nishar, a top Google executive, is leaving the search giant to become vice president of product strategy at LinkedIn. According to the Wall ...

Chrome loses beta label, tackles privacy
Between the Lines — December 11th, 2008 Chrome loses beta label, tackles privacy Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:00 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Team , Privacy , Beta , Web Browser , Google Chrome , Chrome , Bonus Feature , Web Browsers , Team Management Google has made it official: Chrome is out of beta. As for the answer to my earlier question - Where is my Mac version? - the short answer is next year, probably the first half but no solid date, the ...

Handicapping cloud computing: The big picture
Between the Lines — December 12th, 2008 Handicapping cloud computing: The big picture Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:17 am Categories: General , Software Infrastructure , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , IBM , Sun , Amazon , Cloud computing Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Google Apps , Web Service , Amazon.com Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Jeffrey Lindsay , Cloud Computing , Larry Dignan Cloud computing isn’t going to dominate the tech landscape, but will raise a ...

Chrome’s EULA changes: Feels like Hotel California
Between the Lines — December 12th, 2008 Chrome’s EULA changes: Feels like Hotel California Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:51 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google Tags: Google Inc. , EULA , Web Browser , Chrome , Web Browsers , Internet , Sam Diaz Has Google become the new Hotel California? You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave! The folks over at Read Write Web sifted through the End User Licensing Agreement tied to the now-out-of-beta Chrome browser and found a few deletions ...

Google ditching network neutrality?
Between the Lines — December 14th, 2008 Google ditching network neutrality? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:09 pm Categories: General , Government , Google , Telecommunications , Net neutrality Tags: Google Inc. , Network , Network Neutrality , Internet , Networking , Larry Dignan Google has reportedly approached network providers to get a so-called fast lane for its content over the Internet. Yes folks this is the same Google that historically had been one of the biggest proponents of network neutrality–the concept ...

10 most influential biztech leaders of 2008
Between the Lines — December 15th, 2008 10 most influential biztech leaders of 2008 Posted by Jason Hiner @ 2:00 am Categories: Apple , Google , Microsoft Tags: Software , Steve Jobs , Xerox Corp. , Google Inc. , Business Technology , Hewlett-Packard Co. , Smart Phone , Leader , Mark Hurd , Citrix Systems Inc. 10. Bill Gates, Microsoft At the end of June, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates stepped down from his full-time job at the world’s largest software company (he remains chairman and still spends ...

Google turns on net neutrality (not!)
ZDNet Government — December 15th, 2008 Google turns on net neutrality (not!) Posted by Richard Koman @ December 15, 2008 @ 10:06 AM Categories: Google , Net neutrality Tags: Google Inc. , Broadband , Net Neutrality , Internet Service Providers (ISPs) , Network Technology , Broadband Internet , Telecommunications , Internet , Networking , Richard Koman Has Google — and other supporters — turned its back on it net neutrality? The Wall Street Journal charges no less in an article today: Colo tower ...

Ou: Google hypocritical on neutrality
ZDNet Government — December 16th, 2008 Ou: Google hypocritical on neutrality Posted by Richard Koman @ December 16, 2008 @ 5:52 AM Categories: Google , Net neutrality Tags: Google Inc. , QoS , Prioritization , Broadband , Net Neutrality , Internet , Richard Koman George Ou , who has longed railed against net neutrality, offers a different perspective on whether Google’s content caching deals are hypocritical, as a Wall Street Journal article argued ( reported here . Google has always been hypocritical, George ...

Google launches Apps Engine dashboard
Between the Lines — December 16th, 2008 Google launches Apps Engine dashboard Posted by Larry Dignan @ 11:12 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Dashboard , Larry Dignan Google on Tuesday announced a dashboard to detail system status for the Google App Engine. The move is that latest by a cloud provider to improve transparency in the event of an outage. On the Google App Engine blog , the company said that it has launched the App Engine system status site and a quota dashboard to detail items like bandwidth usage ...

Yahoo will purge user data after 90 days; Ups privacy ante
Between the Lines — December 17th, 2008 Yahoo will purge user data after 90 days; Ups privacy ante Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:28 am Categories: General , Security , Google , Yahoo , Vonage Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc. , Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Privacy , User Data , Larry Dignan Yahoo said Wednesday that it will makes its user logs anonymous within 90 days as it ups the ante on data retention policies. In a statement , Yahoo said it would also make user data on page views, page clicks, ad ...

Yahoo to anonymize data in three months, putting Microsoft’s 18-month policy to shame
ZDNet Government — December 17th, 2008 Yahoo to anonymize data in three months, putting Microsoft’s 18-month policy to shame Posted by Richard Koman @ December 17, 2008 @ 6:51 AM Categories: Privacy , Microsoft , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Yahoo! Inc. , Policy , Microsoft Corp. , Richard Koman Yahoo will anonymize user data after only three months, the company announced today. That’s three times faster than Google’s nine-month retention policy. Microsoft remains old school with an 18-month policy, ...

YouTube overtakes Yahoo, Microsoft in U.S. search
Between the Lines — December 19th, 2008 YouTube overtakes Yahoo, Microsoft in U.S. search Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:59 pm Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Yahoo , YouTube Tags: Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , YouTube Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Search , Sam Diaz It’s not just Google that’s beating Yahoo, Microsoft and all of the other Web search engines out there. Now, Google-owned YouTube is seeing more queries that the others, increasing Google’s overall lead in search. According to a ...

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler
Between the Lines — December 22nd, 2008 Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:50 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo , Innovation Tags: Google Inc. , America Online Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Chrysler LLC , Microsoft Corp. , General Motors Corp. , Ford Motor Co. , Jeffrey Lindsay , Internet , Portals Could Google, Microsoft and Yahoo be the equivalent of Ford, GM and Chrysler more than 60 years ago? That ...

AAPL, MSFT, GOOG sued over doc previews
ZDNet Government — December 26th, 2008 AAPL, MSFT, GOOG sued over doc previews Posted by Richard Koman @ December 26, 2008 @ 12:56 PM Categories: Patents Tags: Google Inc. , Apple Inc. , Cygnus Inc. , Icon , MSFT , Richard Koman Interesting patent claim from a small company in Indiana: Apple, Microsoft and Google have violated a patent on the use of document-preview icons in operating systems, as Macworld reports. Indiana-based Cygnus Systems claims: A method of accessing one or more computer files via a graphical icon, ...

Google Chrome 2.0 pre-beta surfaces
Between the Lines — January 9th, 2009 Google Chrome 2.0 pre-beta surfaces Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:35 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Google Chrome , Google Chrome Development , Cloud Technology Resource Site , Web Browsers , Operating Systems , Internet , Software , Larry Dignan Google Chrome development is on the speedy side. The latest: There’s a pre-beta of Chrome 2.0 just a few months following Chrome’s introduction. Chrome 1.0.154.36 is the latest. Google ...

Signs of Armageddon: We’re worrying about CO2 emissions of a Google search
Between the Lines — January 12th, 2009 Signs of Armageddon: We’re worrying about CO2 emissions of a Google search Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:35 am Categories: General , Hardware Infrastructure , Web Technology , Google , Search , Datacenter , Green Tech Tags: Google Inc. , Carbon Dioxide , Google Search , Cloud Computing , Larry Dignan Take some interesting science statistics. Mix in a well-known company such as Google. Stir well. And you have a bunch of malarkey about how searching the Web is killing the ...

Google recruits resellers to land more business users for Apps
Between the Lines — January 14th, 2009 Google recruits resellers to land more business users for Apps Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:33 am Categories: General , Software Infrastructure , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , SaaS , Enterprise 2.0 Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Reseller , Cloud Computing , Larry Dignan Google Apps is getting a few salespeople in a bid to gain more market share. Google said Wednesday ( blog , statement ) that it will allow authorized resellers to sell, ...

Google lays off recruiters
Between the Lines — January 14th, 2009 Google lays off recruiters Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:42 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search , Economy Tags: Google Inc. , Recruiting , Recruitment & Selection , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Larry Dignan Google confirmed that it has been cutting contractors and now it’s paring back its army of recruiters. In a blog post , Google said it “is still hiring at a reduced rate.” The company’s first step was to wind down ...

Google grows up; Restructuring tweaks signal end of adolescence
Between the Lines — January 15th, 2009 Google grows up; Restructuring tweaks signal end of adolescence Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:42 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search , Cisco , Earnings , Economy , Layoffs Tags: Google Inc. , Larry Dignan Google is growing up and tweaking its business on many fronts: It is closing up shop in some engineering centers, laying off recruiters, ending deals with contractors and killing projects that aren’t delivering. Simply put, Google is acting like a real company. ...

Yesssss! Grand Central survives Google’s cuts
Between the Lines — January 15th, 2009 Yesssss! Grand Central survives Google’s cuts Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:30 am Categories: General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Phone , Mobile , Telecom & Utilities , Sam Diaz For a moment this morning, my heart sank when I heard that Google was cutting out some of its underperforming and duplicative services - Dodgeball, Mashup Editor and Notebook among them. I took a deep breath as I scanned the list in search of Grand Central , the virtual phone number service (for lack of ...

How Microsoft blew the keyword business; And how you still can’t count Redmond out
Between the Lines — January 16th, 2009 How Microsoft blew the keyword business; And how you still can’t count Redmond out Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:21 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Overture Services Inc. , Cannibalization Worry , Search , Channel Management , Marketing , Larry Dignan Microsoft had its Google killer in 2000, but killed the project before it got rolling. Why? Worries about cannibalization. ...

Amazon, Netflix, Priceline: Are they really recession resistant?
Between the Lines — January 20th, 2009 Amazon, Netflix, Priceline: Are they really recession resistant? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:00 am Categories: eBay , Amazon , E-commerce , Earnings , Economy Tags: NetFlix Inc. , Google Inc. , Recession , Amazon.com Inc. , Priceline.com Inc. , Larry Dignan With Google and eBay kicking off a round of Internet earnings this week analysts seem to be on a hunt to find the most recession resistant Web  companies. The early line: Amazon, Netflix and Priceline appear to be able to ...

BlackBerry Application Storefront to challenge App Store
The Apple Core — January 20th, 2009 BlackBerry Application Storefront to challenge App Store Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:36 am Categories: Mobile phone , Software , Smartphone , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Palm Inc. , Storefront , RIM BlackBerry , Handhelds , Hardware , Jason D. O'Grady http://www.onenet.co.nz/Portals/0/OneNet%20Images/BlackBerry_Logo_Vertical_Color.jpg Blackberry’s eagerly-anticipated application storefront is now accepting submissions from software developers looking to distribute ...

Google can’t save newspapers; smart to dump print-ad project
Between the Lines — January 20th, 2009 Google can’t save newspapers; smart to dump print-ad project Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:24 pm Categories: General , Google , Blogging , Economy Tags: Google Inc. , Newspaper , Branding , Blogging , Marketing , Internet , Sam Diaz A couple of days ago, I posted a link on my Facebook page to an article titled “ Ten things every journalist should know in 2009.” Almost immediately, several newspaper types in my Facebook network started to post comments about the list. But it ...

Inside the GPS Revolution: Top 10 GPS apps
The Apple Core — January 21st, 2009 Inside the GPS Revolution: Top 10 GPS apps Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:00 am Categories: iPhone , Google , GPS , App Store , iPod touch , Android , Android Market , Blackberry Storefront , Blackberry Tags: Google Inc. , Wired Inc. , Apple iTunes , GPS , Handhelds , Digital Music , Digital Media , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Hardware [image] In the 17.02 print issue of Wired magazine the ...

Google beats for Q4; announces employee stock option exchange
Between the Lines — January 22nd, 2009 Google beats for Q4; announces employee stock option exchange Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:12 pm Categories: General , Google , Earnings Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Employee Stock Option , Stock Options & Grants , Stock Options , Operational Accounting , Benefits , Human Resources , Finance , Sam Diaz Search giant Google today reported fourth quarter income of $$5.10 per share on revenue of $5.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s estimates of $4.96 ...

Google’s search juggernaut: Recession resistant after all
Between the Lines — January 23rd, 2009 Google’s search juggernaut: Recession resistant after all Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:12 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Advertisement , Recession , CPC , Larry Dignan Numbers don’t lie. And Google’s numbers are indicating that the company’s search business is holding up much better than expected amid a recession. Google reported fourth quarter pro forma earnings of $5.10 a share on net revenue of $4.22 billion ( ...

Google opens Gmail to offline access
Between the Lines — January 27th, 2009 Google opens Gmail to offline access Posted by Sam Diaz @ 8:39 pm Categories: General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Google Gmail , E-mail Providers , Cloud Computing , Internet , Sam Diaz Gmail is headed offline. Well, sort of. It’s actually a cached version of Gmail that Google is talking about today. That version is what appears when you point your non-connected browser to Gmail. From there, you can read, label, archive, forward or reply to messages without an Internet ...

Google GDrive clues surface; Is this really a big deal?
Between the Lines — January 30th, 2009 Google GDrive clues surface; Is this really a big deal? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 11:37 am Categories: General , Google , Storage , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Online Backup , Storage , Backups , Hardware , Larry Dignan Clues about Google’s GDrive, an online storage backup service, have surfaced and the blogosphere is going nuts. Am I missing something here? It’s an online backup service, one of many.  Brian Ussery made a nice find and now the speculation is ...

Google goes nuts with the “This site may harm your computer” warnings
Hardware 2.0 — January 31st, 2009 Google goes nuts with the “This site may harm your computer” warnings Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 7:00 am Categories: Thoughts Tags: Google Inc. , Nut , Computer , Productivity , Search , Cloud Computing , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes I’m getting reports that Google search is going nuts with the “This site may harm your computer” warnings and displaying this beneath all entries. [image] I’m seeing it no matter what I search for, which is a real pain because you can’t get to sites that you are ...

Google’s flub: Do we have a Web monoculture too?
Between the Lines — February 2nd, 2009 Google’s flub: Do we have a Web monoculture too? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:11 am Categories: General , Google , IT Management , Security Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Monoculture , Screw-up , Microsoft Windows , Spyware, Adware & Malware , Cyberthreats , Channel Management , Viruses And Worms , Security Google had a rough weekend and a human error caused the search giant to list the entire Web as malware for an hour or so. The screw-up is ...

An updated Google Earth changes the learning game
Between the Lines — February 2nd, 2009 An updated Google Earth changes the learning game Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:22 pm Categories: General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Google Earth , Corporate Communications , Productivity , Cloud Computing , Games , Channel Management , Marketing , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz If Google Earth had been around when I was a kid, I might have done better in science, geography or even history classes. The Web app - which released version 5.0 this morning - ...

Want a G1? Now, you can make payments
Between the Lines — February 2nd, 2009 Want a G1? Now, you can make payments Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:23 pm Categories: Google , Mobile Tags: Google Inc. , Payment , T-Mobile , Operational Accounting , Smart Phones , Finance , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz Now, here’s a nifty little way for T-Mobile and Google to beef up the numbers on the G1 , the first smartphone built on Android, Google’s mobile operating system - an installment plan. [image] If the $179 is too much for you in the ...

Google on trial in Italy: Should it prevent video publication without consent?
Between the Lines — February 3rd, 2009 Google on trial in Italy: Should it prevent video publication without consent? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:59 am Categories: General , Google , Government , Privacy Tags: Google Inc. , Video , Prosecutor , Italy , Cajani , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Larry Dignan Four executives from Google are about to face criminal charges in Italy and privacy violations.  The lawsuit, noted by the New York Times’ Saul Hansell and the International ...

What if there was no Google? A lesson in monoculture
Between the Lines — February 3rd, 2009 What if there was no Google? A lesson in monoculture Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 11:04 am Categories: General Tags: Google Inc. , Monoculture , Next Web , Gchat Protocol , E-mail Providers , Cloud Computing , Microsoft Windows , Security , Internet , Operating Systems [image] What if there was no Google ? Now now, stop laughing — seriously! What if Google and all of its products and services ceased to exist tomorrow? How would you operate? The Next Web’s Devid ...

Google Latitude launches; Social networking meets maps
Between the Lines — February 4th, 2009 Google Latitude launches; Social networking meets maps Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:25 am Categories: General , Google , Social networking , Web Technology Tags: Social Networking , Google Inc. , Network , Google Maps , Dell Latitude , Location , Notebooks , Hardware , Notebooks & Tablets , Larry Dignan Just in case you have ever wanted to know the precise movements–every location, every right turn, every trip to Starbucks–Google has ...

Google to challenge Loopt with Latitude
The Apple Core — February 4th, 2009 Google to challenge Loopt with Latitude Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 10:49 pm Categories: Google , iPhone Tags: Google Inc. , Dell Latitude , Notebooks , Text Messaging/SMS/MMS , Hardware , Notebooks & Tablets , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Online Communications Google has announced a new location-based service similar to Loopt called Latitude . With it you can: A FAQ notes that the service is ...

Android chips away at iPhone with G1 firmware update
The Apple Core — February 5th, 2009 Android chips away at iPhone with G1 firmware update Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 5:36 pm Categories: Android , Android Market , Firmware , Google Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , T-Mobile G1 , Firmware Update , Firmware , Chip , Jason D. O'Grady latitude-nyc T-Mobile G1 users are receiving notices that a new firmware update (version R33) is available to be pushed to their devices over-the-air. This is in contrast to Apple’s approach which requires firmware updates be ...

In Apple’s footsteps: Google licenses Microsoft ActiveSync
All about Microsoft — February 9th, 2009 In Apple’s footsteps: Google licenses Microsoft ActiveSync Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:46 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Google , Mobile services ("Pink"/"Rouge") , Network service providers , OEMs , Windows Mobile Tags: Google Inc. , Microsoft ActiveSync , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Advertising & Promotion , E-mail Servers , Groupware , Marketing , Enterprise Software , ...

Google wants to tap into your electric meter; Enters smart grid fray
Between the Lines — February 10th, 2009 Google wants to tap into your electric meter; Enters smart grid fray Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:28 am Categories: General , Google , Green Tech , Hardware Infrastructure , IBM , Innovation Tags: Google Inc. , Grid , Larry Dignan Google is developing home electricity dashboards for the future smart grid.  The effort , which dubbed the Google PowerMeter , is being tested by Google employees. Google is just the latest player interested in part of the smart grid pie.  While ...

Google becoming all about location, location, location
Between the Lines — February 11th, 2009 Google becoming all about location, location, location Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:35 am Categories: General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Location , E-mail Providers , Cloud Computing , Internet , Larry Dignan Google is going ga-ga for location–locating you, telling folks where you are and broadcasting your whereabouts to people in your network.  Traditionally, three items make a trend, but why wait? Google is telegraphing that its future tools are all about location.  The ...

Former Softies aim to make Office work like Google Docs
All about Microsoft — February 11th, 2009 Former Softies aim to make Office work like Google Docs Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:29 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace Tags: Google Inc. , Google Docs , Microsoft Corp. , DocVerse , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Two former Microsoft employees have started a company aimed at making Microsoft Office more like Google Docs — at least on the ...

Google: Selling old media sucks
Between the Lines — February 12th, 2009 Google: Selling old media sucks Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:31 pm Categories: Advertising , General , Google , Media Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Media , Radio , Advertising & Promotion , Marketing , Sam Diaz Google said today that it’s jumping ship on the radio ad business, less than a month after it pulled the plug on a print-ad project. It said that it will phase out the existing Google Audio Ads and AdSense for Audio products, has ...

Google spreadsheets now editable on iPhone
The Apple Core — February 13th, 2009 Google spreadsheets now editable on iPhone Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:08 am Categories: Google , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Spreadsheet , Productivity , Jason D. O'Grady A post on the (unofficial) Google Operating System blog notes that Google spreadsheets are now editable on the iPhone . If you navigate to the Google docs mobile interface for iPhone you’ll have the ability to edit spreadsheets. You can add rows, edit an existing row, filter the columns by value and ...

Google wins Boring lawsuit; but that doesn’t make it right
Between the Lines — February 18th, 2009 Google wins Boring lawsuit; but that doesn’t make it right Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:00 pm Categories: General , Google , Legal Tags: Google Inc. , Lawsuit , Privacy , Intrusion , Plaintiffs , Security , Sam Diaz A judge has ruled in favor of Google in lawsuit that was brought against the company for publishing a Street View image of a Pennsylvania home that’s located on a private road. The court actually kind of scolded the plaintiffs - a couple named Aaron and Christine ...

Yahoo 2.0: Richer ads and a tiny piece of Google’s audience
Between the Lines — February 19th, 2009 Yahoo 2.0: Richer ads and a tiny piece of Google’s audience Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:12 am Categories: Advertising , General , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Yahoo! Inc. , Pedigree , Esurance , Corporate Communications , Search , Marketing , Sam Diaz Yahoo is getting ready to throw richer advertisements - think video - into its search results page, bringing a much-needed facelift to the boring ads that are made ...

Where’s Bin Laden? New theory, Google Earth offer clues
Between the Lines — February 19th, 2009 Where’s Bin Laden? New theory, Google Earth offer clues Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:40 pm Categories: General , Google , Government Tags: Google Inc. , Osama Bin Laden , Professor , Theory , Google Earth , Sam Diaz A couple of geography professors at UCLA have done some legwork that just might help the U.S. get closer to capturing Osama Bin Laden. [image] The professors, John A. Agnew and Thomas W. Gillespie, today published a theory on the MIT International Review site (PDF) ...

Gmail outage not a cloud deal-breaker
Between the Lines — February 24th, 2009 Gmail outage not a cloud deal-breaker Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:21 am Categories: Cloud computing , General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Google Gmail , Outage , Manufacturing , E-mail , Online Communications , Sam Diaz The Great Gmail Outage of February 2009 - as the bloggers are already referring to it - left users unable to send or receive mail for about four hours earlier today. I agree that, at a time when the company is trying to lure ...

Google seeks to join Internet Explorer antitrust complaint
All about Microsoft — February 24th, 2009 Google seeks to join Internet Explorer antitrust complaint Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 3:14 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , Internet Explorer , Legal Tags: Google Inc. , Antitrust , Microsoft Internet Explorer , Microsoft Corp. , Web Browser , Web Browsers , Corporate Law , Microsoft Windows , Internet , Business Operations Microsoft’s competitors are continuing to pile onto the Opera antitrust complaint against Microsoft over ...

Cloud wars: Microsoft-Google scrum isn't zero sum
Between the Lines — March 3rd, 2009 Cloud wars: Microsoft-Google scrum isn't zero sum Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:09 am Categories: Cloud computing , General , Google , Microsoft , SaaS , Software Infrastructure Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Online Services , Cloud Computing , Larry Dignan Microsoft Online Services’ GlaxoSmithKline win is a nice victory for the software giant, but it may be a bit premature for too much chest thumping over Google Apps. On the other side of ...

In recession, Google execs still make $1.6 million
Between the Lines — March 3rd, 2009 In recession, Google execs still make $1.6 million Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 10:03 am Categories: Google Tags: Google Inc. , Recession , CFO , CEO , Andrew Nusca Bonuses for CEOs and Wall Street types may have been slashed or even killed in light of the bruising global downturn, but executives at Google seem to be faring just fine. In an SEC filing today , Google lists 2008 bonuses for some of its senior executives. The bonuses were down slightly from last year . As in previous years, founders Sergey ...

Yahoo's Bartz: Search data critical to us; I use Google Maps
Between the Lines — March 3rd, 2009 Yahoo's Bartz: Search data critical to us; I use Google Maps Posted by Larry Dignan @ 12:06 pm Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Web Technology , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Google Maps , Search , E-mail Providers , Internet , Larry Dignan Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz on Tuesday gave no indication that the company was going to punt on the search business. She said the data the search business provides is “extremely important” to Yahoo and ...

Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor man's e-mail system'
Between the Lines — March 3rd, 2009 Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor man's e-mail system' Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 2:04 pm Categories: Google Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Advertisement , Twitter , CEO , E-mail , Venture Capital , Online Communications , Finance , Financing Startups [image] Google CEO Eric Schmidt just finished up his Q&A at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference with some choice words. First, about overseas opportunity:“The obvious prize would be China, ...

Legislator wants to smudge online maps
ZDNet Government — March 3rd, 2009 Legislator wants to smudge online maps Posted by Richard Koman @ March 3, 2009 @ 7:42 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Image , Twitter , Terrorist Attack , Communications Infrastructure , Corporate Insurance , Homeland Security , Business Security , Business Operations , Government [image] You might think that online mapping services are a good thing. You know, never ask for directions, see what a neighborhood really looks like, and see what amusing ...

Wolfram Alpha: 'A new paradigm for using computers and the web'
Between the Lines — March 8th, 2009 Wolfram Alpha: 'A new paradigm for using computers and the web' Posted by Larry Dignan @ 12:29 pm Categories: General , Google , Innovation , Search , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Knowledge , Computer , Dan , Nova Spivak , Channel Management , Strategy , Marketing , Management Another week another Google killer. Last week, it was Twitter as Google killer. This week it’s Wolfam Alpha. The difference with Wolfram Alpha is that it has ...

Google reprices employee options
Between the Lines — March 9th, 2009 Google reprices employee options Posted by Larry Dignan @ 9:38 am Categories: Earnings , Economy , General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Financial Accounting , Investment , Stock Options , Finance , Human Resources , Benefits , Stock Options & Grants , Larry Dignan Google is allowing employees to swap underwater stock options for new ones price at the $308.57 closing price Friday. The company detailed the move in a regulatory filing with ...

The cloud bites back: Google bug shared private Google Docs data
Between the Lines — March 10th, 2009 The cloud bites back: Google bug shared private Google Docs data Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 8:20 am Categories: Google Tags: Google Inc. , Google Docs , Tools & Techniques , Software As A Service (SaaS) , Internet , Managed Hosting , Management , Emerging Technologies , Andrew Nusca Google has confirmed that a software bug in its Google Docs online applcation service exposed documents thought to be privately stored. The problem was fixed by the weekend, and ...

Google ads go behavorial; Is it more 'interesting'?
Between the Lines — March 11th, 2009 Google ads go behavorial; Is it more 'interesting'? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:57 am Categories: General , Google , Search , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Larry Dignan Google said Wednesday that it will show ads to people based on their habits. This behavioral targeting is designed to make ads more “interesting” according to Google. In a blog post, Google said ( Techmeme ): Google has worked hard to create technology that makes the advertising on our own sites, and those ...

If Facebook, Twitter gain on Google for referrals, will marketing dollars follow? [Poll]
Between the Lines — March 11th, 2009 If Facebook, Twitter gain on Google for referrals, will marketing dollars follow? [Poll] Posted by Sam Diaz @ 6:30 am Categories: Facebook , General , Google , Links , Social networking , Twitter , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Facebook , Twitter , AdAge , Marketing Research , Marketing , Sam Diaz Ironically, I came across this Advertising Age piece via a link posted on Facebook and this Mashable piece on Twitter. Armed with data ...

AOL names Google's Tim Armstrong CEO
Between the Lines — March 12th, 2009 AOL names Google's Tim Armstrong CEO Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:27 pm Categories: AOL , General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Time Warner Inc. , America Online Inc. , Business Structures , Development Tools , Internet , Finance , Software Development , Software/Web Development , Larry Dignan Time Warner revamped AOL’s management team Thursday naming Google senior vice president Tim Armstrong CEO of its struggling Internet unit. Time ...

Reporters Without Borders lists repressive regimes
ZDNet Government — March 12th, 2009 Reporters Without Borders lists repressive regimes Posted by Richard Koman @ March 12, 2009 @ 11:08 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Borders Books & Music , Internet , Government , Vertical Industries , Enterprise Software , Software , Richard Koman [image] The “Enemies of the Internet” – according to a Reporters Without Borders report are Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, ...

Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target
Between the Lines — March 16th, 2009 Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:04 am Categories: AOL , Facebook , General , Google , MySpace , Social networking , Twitter , Web 2.0 , Web Technology , YouTube Tags: Monetization , Google Inc. , Acquisition , Network , Twitter , Social Networking , Web 2.0 , Online Communications , Marketing , Advertising & ...

Google Chrome: Still value in a "beta"
Between the Lines — March 17th, 2009 Google Chrome: Still value in a "beta" Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:49 pm Categories: General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Beta , Google Chrome , Sam Diaz Google is putting the beta label back on some versions of its Chrome browser - well, sort of. The company said today that it’s re-introducing the beta channel so it can get some feedback from people who are willing to be guinea pigs for new features. It originally removed the “beta” label from Chrome in December. On the plus side, users who ...

Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe
Between the Lines — March 17th, 2009 Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:05 pm Categories: Cloud computing , General , Google , Government , Legal Tags: Google Inc. , Privacy , FTC , Cloud Computing , Security , Sam Diaz A Washington-based privacy group wants the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation of the cloud-computing services offered by Google - including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and others - to ensure that they are as secure as Google ...

Could Facebook could surpass Google? Not with Twitter around
Between the Lines — March 18th, 2009 Could Facebook surpass Google? Not with Twitter around Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:14 am Categories: Economy , Facebook , General , Google , Microblogging , MySpace , Social networking , Twitter Tags: Google Inc. , Facebook , Twitter , Social Media Type , Sam Diaz An analyst report this morning predicts that Facebook - which has been reporting impressive growth numbers - could surpass Google in traffic within the next 2-3 years. That’s a prediction that could use a ...

Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!!
Hardware 2.0 — March 19th, 2009 Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 5:51 am Categories: On the test bench Tags: Google Inc. , Beta , Google Chrome , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes I’ve just loaded Google’s latest Chrome beta (2.0.169.1) onto my browser test bed in order to do some benchmarking and it turns out to be the fastest browser I’ve tested so far. I ran two tests; SunSpider JavaScript benchmark and the V8 Benchmark Suite. The performance of this latest Chrome beta is truly staggering in both. SunSpider ...

Kumo, Yah: Microsoft Planning a 'Set Change' in Search
Between the Lines — March 19th, 2009 Kumo, Yah: Microsoft Planning a 'Set Change' in Search Posted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld @ 8:42 am Categories: Advertising , General , Google , Innovation , Microsoft , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Search , Channel Management , Sales Strategy , Marketing , Sales , Tom Steinert-Threlkeld Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer acknowledged Thursday that Microsoft was working on a new version of its search service. ...

Google Street View launches in U.K.
Between the Lines — March 19th, 2009 Google Street View launches in U.K. Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 10:00 am Categories: Google Tags: Edinburgh , Google Inc. , Car , Glasgow , London , Information Commissioner , Andrew Nusca [image] Google today launched its controversial Street View service in Britain , offering Internet users panoramic street-level images of 25 cities, including London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. Captured by cameras mounted on cars driven along British roads last summer, Street View offers ...

Sony adds over half a million books to Reader devices through Google
The Mobile Gadgeteer — March 19th, 2009 Sony adds over half a million books to Reader devices through Google Posted by Matthew Miller @ 12:14 pm Categories: Gadgets , ebooks Tags: Sony Corp. , Google Inc. , Public Domain , Sony Reader , Public Domain Book , E-books , Personal Technology , Matthew Miller [image] While I have the new Amazon Kindle 2, see my review , I also still own the Sony Reader PRS-505. I just received an email from the Sony eBook Store that informs me that over half a million free public ...

Sony partners with Google to battle Amazon for eBook readers
Between the Lines — March 19th, 2009 Sony partners with Google to battle Amazon for eBook readers Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:19 pm Categories: Amazon , Digital Media , General , Google , Sony Tags: Sony Corp. , Google Inc. , Amazon.com Inc. , E-books , Business Structures , Hd Dvd , Digital Media , Personal Technology , Finance , DVD Google and Sony are expected to announce a non-exclusive digital books partnership today, a move that goes directly at Amazon and its new Kindle ...

New Gmail features gives users a chance to Undo Send
Between the Lines — March 19th, 2009 New Gmail features gives users a chance to Undo Send Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:38 pm Categories: General Tags: Google Inc. , Google Gmail , E-mail , E-mail Providers , Cloud Computing , Online Communications , Internet , Sam Diaz As Gmail gets ready to celebrate its fifth birthday (on April 1), Google rolls out yet another feature that goes to show that they really have learned a thing or two about e-mailing habits. Today, the company is announcing Undo Send , an experimental feature in ...

Former Google CIO Merrill out at EMI
Between the Lines — March 23rd, 2009 Former Google CIO Merrill out at EMI Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:08 pm Categories: Apple , Digital Media , General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Lawsuit , EMI Group Plc. , Douglas Merrill , Digital Media , Digital Music , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz Not quite a year ago, Douglas Merrill left his position as Google’s Chief Information Officer and went on to try something crazy challenging - and maybe even just plain crazy. [image] ...

Memo to Google & Amazon: ‘Cloud Computing’ Really Is Time-Sharing. Next: Will Punch Cards Make A Comeback?
Between the Lines — March 23rd, 2009 Memo to Google & Amazon: ‘Cloud Computing’ Really Is Time-Sharing. Next: Will Punch Cards Make A Comeback? Posted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld @ 6:41 pm Categories: Amazon , Business Intelligence , Cloud computing , Datacenter , General , Google , Hardware Infrastructure , IT Management Tags: Google Inc. , Card , Server Farm , SAS Institute , Amazon.com Inc. , Cloud Computing , Servers , Hardware , Tom Steinert-Threlkeld ...

Google's first quarter guessing game underway; Is international a buffer?
Between the Lines — March 24th, 2009 Google's first quarter guessing game underway; Is international a buffer? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:09 am Categories: General , Google , Search , Web Technology Tags: Game , U.S. , Google Inc. , CPC , Search , Larry Dignan Google controls 64.4 percent of the worldwide search market and that international effort could offset any turbulence in the U.S., according to Piper Jaffray.  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster makes that international point in a research note. Google’s February ...

Twitter improves SEO; may become your top hit on Google
Between the Lines — March 24th, 2009 Twitter improves SEO; may become your top hit on Google Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 10:05 am Categories: Twitter Tags: Search Engine Optimization , Google Inc. , Twitter , Wauters , Search , Marketing Research , Internet , Marketing , Andrew Nusca [image] An eagle-eyed Robin Wauters over at TechCrunch points out that Twitter subtly optimized its title tags yesterday for an SEO solution that may just put your Twitter page at the top of your Google results. Wauters: Notice ...

Google's search upgrades: Good or evil?
Between the Lines — March 24th, 2009 Google's search upgrades: Good or evil? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:06 pm Categories: General , Google , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Results Page , Blogging , Search , Keyboards , Internet , Hardware , Peripherals , Sam Diaz Google announced two new enhancements to its core search engine, specifically what you see in the results pages following your search. The first involves longer summaries of the Web sites listed in the results pages when users type in longer ...

Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto without Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Microsoft?
Between the Lines — ... Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Microsoft? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 9:01 pm Categories: AMD , Amazon , Cisco , Cloud computing , Datacenter , EMC , General , Google , Hardware Infrastructure , IBM , Juniper Networks , Microsoft , Open Source , Oracle , Salesforce.com , Software Infrastructure , Web Technology Tags: Salesforce.com Inc. , Google Inc. , Cloud Computing , Amazon.com Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , ...

Disney, YouTube eye distribution pact
Between the Lines — March 30th, 2009 Disney, YouTube eye distribution pact Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:48 pm Categories: Entertainment , General , Google , Hollywood on Demand , YouTube Tags: Google Inc. , Disney Corp. , YouTube Inc. , Video , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Larry Dignan Google’s YouTube is reportedly talking to Disney about a video content deal.  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that YouTube and Disney are close to a deal to distribute video from ABC and ESPN on ...

WSJ: Details of Google's VC fund expected soon
Between the Lines — March 30th, 2009 WSJ: Details of Google's VC fund expected soon Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:20 pm Categories: General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Venture-capital Fund , Wall Street Journal , Venture Capital , Investment , Strategic Planning , Strategy , Finance , Financing Startups , Management Google is expected to announce today that it plans to commit about $100 million to launch a venture capital fund of its own, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . The newspaper, ...

Google's VC fund: Would you rather have a dividend?
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Weather report: Slow-moving cloud for government IT
ZDNet Government — April 1st, 2009 Weather report: Slow-moving cloud for government IT Posted by Richard Koman @ April 1, 2009 @ 1:43 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Agency , Information Technology , Government , Vertical Industries , Cloud Computing , Enterprise Software , Software , Richard Koman [image] With federal spending advancing far beyond the trillion-dollar level (although a huge amount of that is going to the states), government purchasers have no shortage of friends hailing from ...

Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move.
Between the Lines — April 3rd, 2009 Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move. Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:10 am Categories: Facebook , General , Google , Microblogging , Twitter Tags: Google Inc. , Twitter , Mergers & Acquisitions , Corporate Law , RSS , Investment , Finance , Business Operations , Internet , Sam Diaz Yesterday, Twitter announced that it was incorporating search and trends features into its home page - a move that allows users to dig ...

Opposition to Google's book deal: Just Microsoft?
ZDNet Government — April 4th, 2009 Opposition to Google's book deal: Just Microsoft? Posted by Richard Koman @ April 4, 2009 @ 9:35 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Settlement , Microsoft Corp. , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman [image] Last fall, Google announced a breakthrough deal with book authors — a $125 million fund from which authors would be compensated in exchange for Google being able to scan and display book images. I noted at the time that the deal offered a way out of the orphan ...

AP cracks down on aggregators. Watch out, Google.
Between the Lines — April 6th, 2009 AP cracks down on aggregators. Watch out, Google. Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:06 pm Categories: Google , Media Tags: Google Inc. , Associated Press , Portals , Web Technology , Internet , Sam Diaz The Associated Press said today that it will sue news aggregators - read: Google - that use its content without permission, another effort to save what’s left of the newspaper industry. The news cooperative didn’t specifically name Google in its statement but resentment has been brewing against ...

Google's Schmidt carefully scripted at newspaper powwow
Between the Lines — April 7th, 2009 Google's Schmidt carefully scripted at newspaper powwow Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:00 pm Categories: General , Google , Media Tags: Google Inc. , Journalist , Eric Schmidt , NAA , Internet , Sam Diaz Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared his love for newspapers today in front of an audience at the Newspaper Association of America’s annual convention in San Diego. You know: freedom of speech, in-depth reporting, policing government and the elite and so on. For just about an hour, Schmidt talked about ...

Google sidesteps Korean identity law
ZDNet Government — April 13th, 2009 Google sidesteps Korean identity law Posted by Richard Koman @ April 13, 2009 @ 8:27 AM Categories: Censorship , Google , International Tags: Google Inc. , Hankyoreh , Internet , Business Ethics , Leadership , Management , Richard Koman As Google tells it, the reason it did an end-run around South Korea’s Big Brother law , was a matter of principle. Hankyoreh relates this statement from global comms veep Rachel Whetstone: Google thinks the freedom of expression is ...

Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009
Between the Lines — April 14th, 2009 Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009 Posted by Jason Hiner @ 3:00 am Categories: Adobe , Apple , Cisco , Dell , EMC , Google , IBM , Microsoft , Oracle , Palm , Red Hat , Salesforce.com , Skype , VMware Tags: Software , Adobe Systems Inc. , Google Inc. , Acquisition , Dell Computer Corp. , Data Center , Oracle Corp. , Mobile , Skype Technologies S.A. , Apple Inc. ...

Google first quarter earnings on deck: What to watch
Between the Lines — April 15th, 2009 Google first quarter earnings on deck: What to watch Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:41 am Categories: Earnings , Economy , General , Google , Search , Web Technology Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Advertisement , YouTube Inc. , Earnings , Laura Martin , Operational Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan Google’s first quarter is expected to be roughly in line with expectations and some analysts say Wall Street may be too pessimistic about the search ...

Google search share ticks up in March
Between the Lines — April 15th, 2009 Google search share ticks up in March Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:21 pm Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Web Technology , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , ComScore Networks Inc. , Google Search , Earnings , Financial Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan Google’s search market share in March ticked up to 63.7 percent in the U.S. with other competitors staying largely flat, according to comScore.  ComScore’s stats will be closely watched ...

Twitter's big day: Revenue plan? Google deal? Oprah's touch?
Between the Lines — April 16th, 2009 Twitter's big day: Revenue plan? Google deal? Oprah's touch? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:48 pm Categories: General , Google , Microblogging , Twitter Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Oprah Winfrey , Twitter , Operational Accounting , Finance , Sam Diaz Twitter co-founder Evan Williams sent out the cryptic tweet earlier today - and now, some tidbits of information have trickled out, giving us some things to ponder as it relates to this news. [image] Of course, the big ...

Fuming S. Korea looking for way to punish Google
ZDNet Government — April 18th, 2009 Fuming S. Korea looking for way to punish Google Posted by Richard Koman @ April 18, 2009 @ 4:06 PM Categories: Google , International , Privacy Tags: Google Inc. , South Korea , Internet , Portals , Web Technology , Government , Richard Koman Google Korea After Google issued an official raspberry to South Korea - by sidestepping its “real name” law by simply disabling comments and uploads - the Korean government has taken to pounding the table and turning beet red. ...

Antitrust investigation into Google book deal?
ZDNet Government — April 28th, 2009 Antitrust investigation into Google book deal? Posted by Richard Koman @ April 28, 2009 @ 8:06 PM Categories: Google Book Deal Tags: Google Inc. , Antitrust , Corporate Law , Litigation , Security , Business Operations , Richard Koman The Justice Department is “in contact” with Google and its critics over a proposed settlement that essentially gives Google monopoly control over thousands of books that may belong in the public domain. The Wall Street Journal reported today that antitrust ...

Authors get extension in Google Books Settlement
ZDNet Government — April 28th, 2009 Authors get extension in Google Books Settlement Posted by Richard Koman @ April 28, 2009 @ 9:58 PM Categories: Google Book Deal Tags: Google Inc. , Settlement , Author , Books , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman A victory for authors in the Google Book Deal: Judge Denny Chin has extended the deadline ( court order ) for class members to opt out four months, until Sept. 4. That makes the representatives and heirs of John Steinbeck, Philip K. Dick and Woody Guthrie very happy. ...

Google, Sony, Amazon and Microsoft lead tech industry in Harris reputation rankings
Between the Lines — April 29th, 2009 Google, Sony, Amazon and Microsoft lead tech industry in Harris reputation rankings Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:17 am Categories: AT&T , Amazon , Apple , Dell , Google , IBM , Microsoft , Sony Tags: Sony Corp. , Google Inc. , Reputation , Industry , Harris Interactive , Amazon.com Inc. , Strategy , Management , Larry Dignan Google, Sony, Amazon and Microsoft pace the technology pack in Harris Interactive’s 2008 reputation ...

Google replies to cloud computing concerns
Between the Lines — April 29th, 2009 Google replies to cloud computing concerns Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:34 am Categories: Cloud computing , General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , McKinsey & Co. , Data Center , IBM Corp. , Cloud , Data Centers , Cloud Computing , Storage , Hardware , Data Management A post on this blog last week asked the question: Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake? After all, a McKinsey & Co. study called “Clearing the Air on Cloud Computing” ...

Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart
ZDNet Government — April 29th, 2009 Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart Posted by Richard Koman @ April 29, 2009 @ 11:04 AM Categories: Google Book Deal Tags: Google Inc. , Book Search , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman With the Google Book settlement showing signs of coming apart at the seams, Google has taken to its blog to make its case for the deal. Background: The settlement, reached in October between Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, would create a $125 million ...

Google wins floating data center patent
Between the Lines — April 30th, 2009 Google wins floating data center patent Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:30 am Categories: Datacenter , General , Google , Hardware Infrastructure Tags: Google Inc. , Patent , Data Center , Data Centers , Storage , Hardware , Data Management , Larry Dignan Google has been awarded a U.S. patent for its floating data centers that are powered by waves and cooled by sea water. The patent award was spotted first by SEO by the Sea . As noted previously , ...

Google, Books and the Nature of Evil
ZDNet Government — April 30th, 2009 Google, Books and the Nature of Evil Posted by Richard Koman @ April 30, 2009 @ 12:43 PM Categories: Google , Google Book Deal , Government technology , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Books , Litigation , Financial Accounting , Business Operations , Finance , Richard Koman [image] The proposed class-action settlement between Google and the authors’ and publishers’ groups would create a wholly new way of dealing with copyright and royalties. For some years, Google has been ...

Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google
ZDNet Government — May 2nd, 2009 Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google Posted by Richard Koman @ May 2, 2009 @ 3:24 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Safe Harbor , Web Site , Web Site Development , Web Technology , Internet , Richard Koman [image] Two of the interesting tidbits from Ars Technica’s review of the Pirate Bay verdict were of particular interest to me: the comparison of Pirate Bay to Google and the question of Safe Harbors. It’s certainly true that Google has ...

NYT: FTC launches antitrust inquiry into Google's, Apple's boards
Between the Lines — May 4th, 2009 NYT: FTC launches antitrust inquiry into Google's, Apple's boards Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:50 pm Categories: Apple , General , Google , Government , Legal Tags: Google Inc. , Antitrust , Board , Apple Inc. , FTC , Corporate Governance , Corporate Law , Security , Business Operations , Sam Diaz The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into both Google and Apple, exploring whether “close ties” among the boards amounts to a violation of ...

FTC investigating Google-Apple ties
ZDNet Government — May 5th, 2009 FTC investigating Google-Apple ties Posted by Richard Koman @ May 5, 2009 @ 7:13 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Antitrust , Apple Inc. , FTC , Corporate Law , Security , Business Operations , Richard Koman It was back in 2006 that Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined Apple’s board at Steve Jobs’ behest. At the time, the pundits were full of speculation about the meaning of this appointment . The speculation ranged from some sort of integration ...

Is Twitter, instead of Yahoo, the better buy for Microsoft?
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Google to Congress: We can help news publishers - if they embrace opportunities
Between the Lines — May 6th, 2009 Google to Congress: We can help news publishers - if they embrace opportunities Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:35 pm Categories: General , Google , Government , Media Tags: Google Inc. , U.S. Congress , News Industry , Strategy , Management , Sam Diaz When did the news industry become like the music industry - a group of finger-pointing businesses trying to find someone else to blame for their woes? In both the music and news industries, the adoption of new technology completely disrupted a ...

Murdoch's plan to fix Web news is a good start but it needs aggregators
Between the Lines — May 7th, 2009 Murdoch's plan to fix Web news is a good start but it needs aggregators Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:10 pm Categories: General , Google , Media Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Rupert Murdoch , News , Murdoch , Channel Management , Strategy , Marketing , Management , Sam Diaz News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has vowed to fix the “malfunctioning” business model for news within a year. His solution: charge for access to the content. ( Techmeme ) It seems to work for the Wall ...

Google: Looking over shoulder at Wolfram|Alpha?
Between the Lines — May 7th, 2009 Google: Looking over shoulder at Wolfram|Alpha? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:14 pm Categories: General , Google , Search , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Sergey Brin , Wolfram|Alpha , Engineering , Channel Management , Search , Marketing , Larry Dignan Google’s Sergey Brin, co-founder and president of the search giant, on Thursday delivered its annual “ Founders’ Letter ” and apparently is keeping a watchful eye on Wolfram|Alpha. If you recall, Wolfram|Alpha is a ...

Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace
Between the Lines — May 8th, 2009 Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:45 am Categories: General , Google , MySpace , Search , Web Technology Tags: Paid Search , Google Inc. , America Online Inc. , Google AdSense , MySpace , Lindsay , Search , Operational Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan Are the days of silly AdSense deals with the likes of MySpace and AOL over for Google? Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay seems ...

Schmidt doesn't see problem with Apple board seat
ZDNet Government — May 8th, 2009 Schmidt doesn't see problem with Apple board seat Posted by Richard Koman @ May 8, 2009 @ 2:30 PM Categories: Google Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Board , Apple Inc. , Corporate Governance , Government , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Richard Koman [image] Google acknowledged that it’s in talks with the Federal Trade Commission over CEO Eric Schmidt’s position as a director of Apple, The New York Times reported. Schmidt said it shouldn’t be a concern. “From my ...

Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared
Between the Lines — May 12th, 2009 Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Posted by Larry Dignan @ 11:05 am Categories: General , Google , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Productivity , Search , Instant Messaging , Mobile Applications , Wireless And Mobility , Internet , Online Communications , Larry Dignan Google executives argued that “understanding people, health, communication, education and knowledge” is the next frontier of search. At its annual ...

Google outage isn't reason enough to avoid a cloud strategy
Between the Lines — May 14th, 2009 Google outage isn't reason enough to avoid a cloud strategy Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:30 am Categories: Cloud computing , Google , IT Management , Infrastructure Tags: Strategy , Google Inc. , AT Corp. , Outage , E-mail , Manufacturing , Online Communications , Sam Diaz I realize that emotions can run high when things like e-mail suddenly stop working. This morning, the twittersphere blew up with reports of widespread troubles with GMail and other ...

Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go
Between the Lines — May 14th, 2009 Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:29 pm Categories: Advertising , Google , MySpace Tags: Google Inc. , Payment , MySpace , Operational Accounting , Finance , Sam Diaz Assuming MySpace meets its page view requirements, Google writes a $75 million check to News Corp. every quarter as part of a multi-year, $900 million AdSense deal the two hammered a few years ago. In a post today, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington detailed the payment schedule in the ...

Can an algorithm stop Google's brain drain?
Between the Lines — May 19th, 2009 Can an algorithm stop Google's brain drain? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:13 am Categories: General , Google Tags: Algorithm , Google Inc. , Engineering , Larry Dignan Google has turned to an algorithm to crunch data on its employees to prevent brain drain.  The Wall Street Journal reports : The Internet search giant recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula Google says can identify which of its 20,000 employees are most likely to quit. In the ...

Internet Archive's Kahle: Stop Google's book grab
ZDNet Government — May 19th, 2009 Internet Archive's Kahle: Stop Google's book grab Posted by Richard Koman @ May 19, 2009 @ 11:01 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Internet , Settlement , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman Disclosure: I have a personal friendship with Kahle and I’m doing some pro bono work with the Internet Archive [image] As a U.S. District Court prepares to either approve or scuttle the massive proposed Google Books settlement, Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and ...

Schmidt: Google aims to avoid Microsoft's antitrust mistakes
Between the Lines — May 21st, 2009 Schmidt: Google aims to avoid Microsoft's antitrust mistakes Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:10 am Categories: General , Google , Government , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Antitrust , Microsoft Corp. , Corporate Law , Security , Business Operations , Larry Dignan Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that large companies are always worried about antitrust issues, but the search giant is working to “not make the mistakes, which in my view were quite tragic, that ...

The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy
ZDNet Government — May 22nd, 2009 The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy Posted by Richard Koman @ May 22, 2009 @ 3:40 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Network , Radio , Library , Digital Library , Library Network , GDPLN , Content Industry , Copyright War , Richard Koman By Bill Kallman [image] This guest blog is penned by Bill Kallman, CEO of Scayle, a direct, unlimited secure email solution, a longtime VC and real estate investor. He was a founding director of ...

News to know: Social media screwups; Microsoft's search; iPhone; Google
Between the Lines — May 26th, 2009 News to know: Social media screwups; Microsoft's search; iPhone; Google Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:00 am Categories: General , News to know Tags: Apple AirPort Express , Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Apple Airport , Social Media , Microsoft Corp. , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know  vi a e mail al ert  and  RSS daily .  For continuous ...

Will a Microsoft ad blitz woo you from Google?
Between the Lines — May 26th, 2009 Will a Microsoft ad blitz woo you from Google? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:09 am Categories: Advertising , General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Web Technology , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Search Engine , Microsoft Corp. , Ad Age , Search , Larry Dignan Microsoft is hoping an $80 million to $100 million ad campaign can get you to try its search engine over Google’s. Will it work? According to Advertising Age , Microsoft is putting ...

Google I/O kicks off with bigger push into Android, Web apps and more
Between the Lines — May 27th, 2009 Google I/O kicks off with bigger push into Android, Web apps and more Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:25 am Categories: Google , Web Technology Tags: Developer , Google Inc. , I/O , Web Application , Corporate Communications , Cloud Computing , Marketing , Sam Diaz At Google I/O, the company’s developer’s conference being held in San Francisco today and tomorrow, the company is pushing HTML 5 as a standard that can redefine web applications. What the company hopes to do is unleash the power of ...

Google: Programming for the Web is the way to go
Between the Lines — May 27th, 2009 Google: Programming for the Web is the way to go Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:31 pm Categories: Google , Google I/O , Innovation , Mobile , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Programming , Channel Management , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Marketing , Hardware , Sam Diaz At the Google I/O Developer’s conference today, the message has been clear: programming for the Web is the way to go. Sure, native apps are still important but the future is on the ...

Sergey Brin: Newspapers can still prosper but need time to "figure it out"
Between the Lines — May 27th, 2009 Sergey Brin: Newspapers can still prosper but need time to "figure it out" Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:58 pm Categories: Google , Media Tags: Google Inc. , Newspaper , Sergey Brin , Strategy , Management , Sam Diaz Google co-founder Sergey Brin was cornered with a hot-topic question at the tail end of a press conference at the Google I/O Developer’s Conference. A “mainstream media” reporter from Australia wanted to know his thoughts on the fate of newspapers, especially since many of those outlets are ...

Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate
Between the Lines — May 28th, 2009 Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:49 am Categories: Google , Google I/O , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Conversation , E-mail , Blogging , Online Communications , Internet , Sam Diaz The second day keynote address at Google I/O was sure to be full of surprises. After all, at yesterday’s keynote, the company gave attendees an unlocked Google Android phone so developers could start tinkering immediately. Then, a buzz filled the ...

Google Wave: It's still a work in progress.
Between the Lines — May 28th, 2009 Google Wave: It's still a work in progress. Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:00 pm Categories: Google , Google I/O , Microsoft , Web Technology , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , E-mail , Team Management , Online Communications , Management , Sam Diaz At a press conference at Google I/O, the development team behind the new Google Wave product was bombarded with a bunch of forward-looking questions: Is this an e-mail killer? How does it integrate with other Google services? Who are the ...

With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark?
All about Microsoft — May 29th, 2009 With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:25 am Categories: App Compatibility , Apple , Corporate strategy , Development tools , Google , Live Mesh , Office , Utility/cloud computing , Web 2.0 Tags: Google Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Web 2.0 , Microsoft Project , Collaboration , Groupware , Open Source , Internet , Microsoft Office , Office Suites Is Google Wave a threat to Microsoft ...

The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads
Between the Lines — June 1st, 2009 The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:15 am Categories: General , Google , Web Technology , YouTube Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , YouTube Inc. , Business Model , Video , Jeffrey Lindsay , Hulu , Corporate Communications , Strategy , Marketing Business models that revolve around “free” are never free since someone always foots the bill. Meanwhile, far more companies think they have more growth and scale to lower ...

Google drops the other shoe, plans to sell online books
ZDNet Government — June 2nd, 2009 Google drops the other shoe, plans to sell online books Posted by Richard Koman @ June 2, 2009 @ 10:34 AM Categories: Google Book Deal Tags: Google Inc. , Publisher , E-books , Search , Branding , Personal Technology , Marketing , Richard Koman [image] And so the Googlization of the world continues. Google announced it would enter the e-book market by letting publishers sell online-access only to their books via the great search engine, as the Wall Street Journal reports. This is key: ...

Google Chrome for Mac: Still not ready
Between the Lines — June 2nd, 2009 Google Chrome for Mac: Still not ready Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:08 pm Categories: Apple , General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Apple Macintosh , Google Chrome , Desktops , Hardware , Sam Diaz If you’re like me (and Sergey Brin) and you’ve been waiting patiently for a Mac version of Google’s Chrome web browser, it’s a good thing you’re patient [image] In a post on Google’s Chromium Blog this week, software engineer Jeremy Moskovich went into great detail to ...

Businesses gain access to Google data through Local Business Center
Between the Lines — June 2nd, 2009 Businesses gain access to Google data through Local Business Center Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:24 pm Categories: Advertising , Business Intelligence , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Business Owner , Google Local Business Center , Web Site Development , Web Technology , Marketing Research , Telecom & Utilities , Internet , Marketing , Sam Diaz Starting today, Google is putting valuable information in the hands of local business ...

Google's new data tools: it's all about business
Between the Lines — June 3rd, 2009 Google's new data tools: it's all about business Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:00 am Categories: General , Google , Mobile , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Tool , Business Owner , Internet , Financial Planning , Productivity , Channel Management , Search , Finance , Marketing For just a moment, forget about what Google’s motives might be with the new analytics features that it’s giving to users of the company’s Local Business Center. Instead, think about ...

Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that one
Between the Lines — June 3rd, 2009 Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that one Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:06 am Categories: Apple , General , Google , Government , Microsoft , Yahoo Tags: Talent , Hiring , Google Inc. , Antitrust , U.S. Department Of Justice , Exec , Recruitment & Selection , Corporate Law , Human Resources , Workforce Management The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether tech titans such as Yahoo, Apple and ...

Can a startup challenge Google on the re-invention of e-mail?
Between the Lines — June 4th, 2009 Can a startup challenge Google on the re-invention of e-mail? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:00 am Categories: Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , E-mail , Online Communications , Sam Diaz The two co-founders of a small Silicon Valley startup had a “Holy Crap!” moment last week when Google unveiled Waves, a online tool that’s looking to reinvent e-mail, IM and other forms of online communications. For the past several months, Michael Cerda and Ben Dean, co-founders of a Palo Alto company called Cc:Betty, have been ...

Google: Enterprise business profitable; Says email migration 'proof points' building
Between the Lines — June 5th, 2009 Google: Enterprise business profitable; Says email migration 'proof points' building Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:17 am Categories: Enterprise 2.0 , General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Migration , Google Sites , Cloud Computing , E-mail , Online Communications , Larry Dignan Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard said the search giant’s corporate apps business is small potatoes relative to advertising, but has “a few 100 million dollars” ...

PR firms battle over Google's inside track to White House
ZDNet Government — June 5th, 2009 PR firms battle over Google's inside track to White House Posted by Richard Koman @ June 5, 2009 @ 10:04 AM Categories: Antitrust , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , White House , Public Relations , Corporate Law , Marketing , Corporate Communications , Business Operations , Richard Koman The Washington Post takes a look at Google’s complex relationship with Washington. For starters, CEO Eric Schmidt was closely tied to the Obama campaign, and is part of Obama’s ...

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?
Between the Lines — June 9th, 2009 My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:30 am Categories: General , Google , Life Without Google , Microsoft , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Brand , Search Engine , General Motors Corp. , Bing , Allentown , Search , Branding , Marketing , Larry Dignan Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that it’s easy to switch search engines so the company really has no power that should upset regulators. ...

Google Apps: With Outlook sync, feel free to dump Exchange
Between the Lines — June 9th, 2009 Google Apps: With Outlook sync, feel free to dump Exchange Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:40 pm Categories: Enterprise 2.0 , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Microsoft Outlook , Cloud Computing , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software , Sam Diaz Google today announced a feature that allows Google Apps customers to sync their mail, calendar and contacts directly into Outlook, allowing the users to keep ...

Schmidt: Bing Has Not Changed What Google Is Doing
Between the Lines — June 9th, 2009 Schmidt: Bing Has Not Changed What Google Is Doing Posted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld @ 2:03 pm Categories: General , Google , Life Without Google , Microsoft , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Arrival , Corporate Communications , Search , Leadership , Strategy , Marketing , Management , Tom Steinert-Threlkeld No big surprise here, but the arrival of Bing is not causing Google CEO Eric Schmidt to lose any sleep. [image] When asked by Fox Business ...

Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Google Android G1
Between the Lines — June 11th, 2009 Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1 Posted by Jason Hiner @ 2:14 pm Categories: AT&T , Apple , Google , Mobile , Sprint , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Google Android , Palm Inc. , Apple iPhone 3G , Smart Phones , Handhelds , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology Many original iPhone adopters have their contracts ending this summer and many others are simply looking to ...

Google missed a marketing turn with the 'decision engine' thing
Between the Lines — June 14th, 2009 Google missed a marketing turn with the 'decision engine' thing Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:31 pm Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Search Engine , Sergey Brin , Search , Marketing Research , Marketing , Larry Dignan Does Google have Bing envy? Is the search giant running scared over Microsoft’s search marketing blitz? The New York Post seems to think so . In a report the Post blares: You’d think nothing would ...

Dimdim's interactive tools: a game-changer in web conferencing
Between the Lines — June 15th, 2009 Dimdim's interactive tools: a game-changer in web conferencing Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:00 am Categories: Business 2.0 , General , Web 2.0 , Web Technology Tags: Developer , Google Inc. , Web , Tool , Dimdim , Web Conferencing , Internet , Sam Diaz For what they are and what they do, services like GoToMeeting and WebEx have become critical business tools for conducting virtual meetings, especially during these days of scaled-back travel budgets. But there’s always been ...

Why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to run your data center
Between the Lines — June 15th, 2009 Why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to run your data center Posted by Jason Hiner @ 7:32 am Categories: Amazon , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Data Center , Information Technology , Utility Computing , Server , Amazon.com Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Server Capacity , Data Centers , Storage The race for your data center has already begun. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are the leading players in a global data center build-out that has not ...

Google, Virgin America host web event to push in-flight WiFi
Between the Lines — June 15th, 2009 Google, Virgin America host web event to push in-flight WiFi Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:02 am Categories: General , Google , Web Technology , WiFi Tags: Google Inc. , Wireless LANs , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Wi-Fi , Cloud Computing , Channel Management , Wireless And Mobility , Hardware , Marketing , Sam Diaz As a way of promoting cloud computing in the skies, Google and Virgin America area teaming up for “A Day in the Cloud” event ...

Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's search
Between the Lines — June 17th, 2009 Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's search Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:48 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Plug-in , Chances , Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software Installing the Google Apps Sync plug-in apparently prevents Outlook to search your email data. According to Microsoft’s Outlook blog , Google’s much ballyhooed effort to sync Apps and ...

Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?
Between the Lines — June 17th, 2009 Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 10:47 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Search Engine , ComScore Networks Inc. , Bing , Search , Larry Dignan ComScore said that the Bing boost continues for Microsoft’s revamped search engine. According to comScore , Bing has continued to increase its market share two weeks after it launched. Microsoft’s search share hit 12.1 percent from 9.1 percent before ...

Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google
Between the Lines — June 25th, 2009 Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:37 am Categories: Advertising , General , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo Tags: Shareholder , Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Corporate Governance , Financial Accounting , Government , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Finance , Sam Diaz Yahoo’s Carol Bartz took the stage at her first annual shareholder’s meeting as CEO this morning. The first half of the meeting ...

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1
Between the Lines — June 25th, 2009 JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1 Posted by Jason Hiner @ 3:00 pm Categories: Android , Apple , Google , Palm , Smartphones , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Desktop , Google Inc. , Performance , Operating System , Palm Inc. , JavaScript , Apple iPhone 3G , Palm Pre , Web Browser Workers have a keen interest in the speed of the new generation of smartphones, primarily because they are using these little handheld ...

Google Voice invitations, with vanity phone numbers, coming soon
Between the Lines — June 25th, 2009 Google Voice invitations, with vanity phone numbers, coming soon Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:00 pm Categories: General , Google , Telecommunications Tags: Google Inc. , Phone , Telecom & Utilities , Sam Diaz First, Facebook allowed users to grab a vanity URL for their profile pages. Now, Google is giving people a chance to choose a vanity phone number. [image] The invitations for the long-awaited Google Voice service are coming soon, Google said in a blog post today . And this time, ...

Google, Yahoo agreed to IM deal a year ago; Apparently, it quietly died with ad deal
Between the Lines — June 30th, 2009 Google, Yahoo agreed to IM deal a year ago; Apparently, it quietly died with ad deal Posted by Sam Diaz @ 6:00 am Categories: General , Google , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , IM , Yahoo! Inc. , Instant Messaging , Internet , Online Communications , Sam Diaz It all started when I was reorganizing my iGoogle pages over the weekend and added a GoogleTalk widget. Some time back, I added AIM messaging into Google Talk so I could chat with the different friends I have on ...

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Could Nokia and Android be just what each other needs?
Between the Lines — July 6th, 2009 Could Nokia and Android be just what each other needs? Posted by Jason Hiner @ 7:00 am Categories: Android , Google , Nokia , Smartphones Tags: Google Inc. , Google Android , Nokia Corp. , Smart Phone , Symbian Inc. , Mobile Operating Systems , Smart Phones , Cellular Phones , Handhelds , Consumer Electronics I’ve been an outspoken critic of Google Android, doubting Google’s fitness for producing smartphone software and wondering if Android ...

DOJ confirms Google Books investigation
ZDNet Government — July 6th, 2009 DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Posted by Richard Koman @ July 6, 2009 @ 11:20 AM Categories: Antitrust , Google Book Deal Tags: Google Inc. , Settlement , U.S. Department Of Justice , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman Is the Justice Department actually investigating the Google Books deal? Yes, the department confirmed to the federal judge reviewing the class action settlement. It is looking into whether the deal violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, The New York Times ...

Gmail loses beta label; Google "removes doubt" that Apps are enterprise ready
Between the Lines — July 7th, 2009 Gmail loses beta label; Google "removes doubt" that Apps are enterprise ready Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:22 am Categories: Enterprise 2.0 , General , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Google Gmail , Beta , Cloud Computing , E-mail , E-mail Providers , Online Communications , Internet , Sam Diaz It’s one little word - but its presence can make all the difference in the world. In the tech world, that single word - Beta - suggests that a ...

Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS
Between the Lines — July 7th, 2009 Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:42 pm Categories: Android , Cloud computing , General , Google , Microsoft , Operating Systems , Windows 7 , Windows Vista , netbooks Tags: Google Inc. , Operating System , Google Chrome , Netbook , Computer , Chrome OS , Productivity , Microsoft Windows , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Operating Systems Google said late Tuesday ...

With the Chrome OS, Google's software stack is revealed; Shrapnel everywhere
Between the Lines — July 8th, 2009 With the Chrome OS, Google's software stack is revealed; Shrapnel everywhere Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:21 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Operating Systems , Software Infrastructure Tags: Google Inc. , Operating System , Microsoft Corp. , Google Chrome , Netbook , Chrome OS , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Linux , Operating Systems , Hardware Google is planning to launch lightweight operating system dubbed the Chrome OS ...

CNET: It's time for Google's CEO to resign from Apple's board
Between the Lines — July 8th, 2009 CNET: It's time for Google's CEO to resign from Apple's board Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:05 am Categories: Android , Apple , Board of Directors , Chrome OS , General , Google , Operating Systems , iPhone Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , CNET Networks Inc. , Board , Apple Inc. , Krazit , Corporate Governance , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Sam Diaz In an open letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt , CNET’s Tom ...

Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips
Between the Lines — July 9th, 2009 Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:58 am Categories: Chrome OS , General , Google , Intel , Microsoft , Software Infrastructure , netbooks Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , ARM , Operating System , Analyst , Google Chrome , Intel Corp. , Chip , Cloud Computing , Operating Systems Google’s Chrome OS, which generated an extreme amount of hubbub, is a defensive move as much as it ...

Video of the day: Prankster mocks those who linked to fake Chrome OS images
Between the Lines — July 9th, 2009 Video of the day: Prankster mocks those who linked to fake Chrome OS images Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:57 am Categories: Chrome OS , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Prankster , Video , Blogosphere , Image , Blogging , Corporate Communications , Internet , Marketing , Sam Diaz Here in the tech blogosphere, we love our news scoops. And when we can’t get them ourselves, we’re quick to link to those who do get them. Apparently, that’s not always the smartest move. At some point ...

Sun Valley roundup: Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and more
Between the Lines — July 10th, 2009 Sun Valley roundup: Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and more Posted by Sam Diaz @ 6:55 am Categories: Apple , Board of Directors , Chrome OS , Google , Media , Microsoft , Twitter Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Sun Microsystems Inc. , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Google Chrome , Twitter , Corporate Governance , Operating Systems , Business Operations There’s plenty of high-profile buzz coming from Sun Valley, ...

Google Images to identify free-to-use pics; Confirm on your own
Between the Lines — July 10th, 2009 Google Images to identify free-to-use pics; Confirm on your own Posted by Sam Diaz @ 8:29 am Categories: Google , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Image , Sam Diaz You know the drill. right? You come across an image on the Web that would go great with your blog post - but you don’t know if your violating someone by stealing an image that doesn’t belong to you. How are you supposed to know what’s OK to use? Google is rolling out a new feature in Google Images today that allows you to search for images that have been tagged ...

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing
Between the Lines — July 10th, 2009 Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:45 am Categories: Chrome OS , Cloud computing , General , Google , Microsoft , Operating Systems Tags: Google Inc. , Operating System , Microsoft Corp. , Google Chrome , Computing , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Operating Systems , Hardware , Software , Sam Diaz When it comes to Google’s entry into the Microsoft-dominated computer ...

Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equation
All about Microsoft — July 11th, 2009 Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equation Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:51 am Categories: .Net Framework , App Compatibility , Channel , Corporate strategy , Google , Internet Explorer , OEMs , Research , Resellers , System builders , Windows 7 , Windows Mobile , Windows XP , Windows client Tags: Google Inc. , PC , Operating System , Google Chrome , Netbook , Miller , PC Operating System , ...

Renegotiated MySpace deal to give Google an earnings boost next year
Between the Lines — July 13th, 2009 Renegotiated MySpace deal to give Google an earnings boost next year Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:42 am Categories: General , Google , MySpace , Search , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Earnings , MySpace , Financial Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan Google reports its second quarter earnings on Thursday, but a few analysts are already looking ahead to the back-half of 2010 and a renegotiated deal with MySpace. Google inked an obscene $900 million guaranteed ad deal with ...

Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android
Between the Lines — July 15th, 2009 Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:04 am Categories: General , Google , Mobile , Smartphones , Wired & Wireless Tags: Google Inc. , Phone , Voice , RIM BlackBerry , Wireless , Google Voice , Android , CNet News , iPhone App , Telecom & Utilities Google Voice is coming to the BlackBerry and Android phones in a move that could make the search giant your ...

Google Voice only gets better with launch of mobile app
Between the Lines — July 15th, 2009 Google Voice only gets better with launch of mobile app Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:44 am Categories: Android , Communications , Google , Research In Motion , Telecommunications , iPhone Tags: Google Inc. , Phone , Mobile , Voice , GV , Telecom & Utilities , Sam Diaz Google Voice was already a game-changer when it re-emerged a few months ago with a new look and some new features. Now, with the addition of mobile apps for Blackberry ...

The Twitter hack: Let's not start blaming Google or the cloud
Between the Lines — July 15th, 2009 The Twitter hack: Let's not start blaming Google or the cloud Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:49 am Categories: Cloud computing , Google , Twitter Tags: Google Inc. , Document , Password , Twitter , Security , Sam Diaz updated below: Have you been following this controversy surrounding some confidential documents swiped from Twitter and sent to the folks at TechCrunch ? The site’s editors have been engaging in a discussion over ethics, specifically whether or not to post these ...

Microsoft gets its edge back
Between the Lines — July 16th, 2009 Microsoft gets its edge back Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:02 am Categories: Apple , General , Google , Life Without Google , Linux , Microsoft , Open Source , Operating Systems , Search , Software Infrastructure Tags: Google Inc. , Advertisement , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Bing , Linux , Retail , Operating Systems , Software , Larry Dignan Is it just me or is Microsoft a little more competitive than it ...

Google beats for Q2 but shares initially tumble
Between the Lines — July 16th, 2009 Google: Nice quarter, but... Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:18 pm Categories: Earnings , General , Google Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Operational Accounting , Financial Accounting , Finance , Sam Diaz Google’s expense management enabled the company to handily top its earnings targets, but there were Wall Street worries about the company’s lack of revenue growth. Revenue per click was also a worry. The company today reported second quarter revenue of $4.07 billion, beating Wall Street’s estimates of ...

Google moves to show YouTube has 'a very credible business model'
Between the Lines — July 17th, 2009 Google moves to show YouTube has 'a very credible business model' Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:44 am Categories: Entertainment , General , Google , Hollywood on Demand , Web Technology , YouTube Tags: Google Inc. , YouTube Inc. , Video , YouTube Monetization , Munster , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Larry Dignan Google on its second quarter earnings call went out of its way to say it was pleased with YouTube’s “trajectory” and indicated that the ...

Twitter hacks gives L.A. cold feet over Google plan
ZDNet Government — July 21st, 2009 Twitter hacks gives L.A. cold feet over Google plan Posted by Richard Koman @ July 21, 2009 @ 6:00 AM Categories: Government technology , Security Tags: Google Inc. , Password , Twitter , Security , Richard Koman Los Angeles is considering a multimillion-dollar plan to adopt Google’s cloud services, but in the aftermath of a hacker accessing Twitter’s internal docs based on weak passwords on Google Docs, some city leaders are getting cold feet, AP reports. Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles ...

Google gets Bing'd in Australia (video)
Between the Lines — July 22nd, 2009 Google gets Bing'd in Australia (video) Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:15 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search Tags: Google Inc. , Video , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Larry Dignan It’s a peaceful morning at the Sydney Googleplex. The sun is shining and birds are singing. But wait a second: why are all those people wearing Microsoft Bing T-shirts? ZDNet Australia investigates.

Apple and Google's native vs. Web app iPhone game: Get used to it
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Groups demand privacy for Google Books
ZDNet Government — July 24th, 2009 Groups demand privacy for Google Books Posted by Richard Koman @ July 24, 2009 @ 7:46 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Privacy , Security , Richard Koman A coalition of privacy and civil liberties groups are saying that Google Books could become “one-stop shopping” for law enforcement to track people’s reading habits. The ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Samuelson law clinic at UC Berkeley sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt demanding privacy ...

Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million
Between the Lines — July 27th, 2009 Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:43 pm Categories: AOL , General , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Time Warner Inc. , Internet Search Advertising , Advertisement , America Online Inc. , Agreement , Master Plan , Search , Larry Dignan Time Warner on Monday said that it bought back Google’s 5 percent stake in AOL for $283 million. The deal, disclosed in regulatory filings, was part of a ...

FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps (full text of letters)
Between the Lines — July 31st, 2009 FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps (full text of letters) Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:04 pm Categories: AT&T , Apple , General , Mobile , Wired & Wireless , iPhone Tags: FCC , Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Section , AT Corp. , Apple Inc. , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry over AT&T and Apple’s ...

Google's campaign for Apps doesn't address the IT data elephant in the room
Between the Lines — August 3rd, 2009 Google's campaign for Apps doesn't address the IT data elephant in the room Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:51 am Categories: Cloud computing , General , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Information Technology , E-mail , Cloud Computing , Strategy , Online Communications , Management , Larry Dignan Google has launched a “Go Google” marketing push for Google Apps touting cost savings and recruiting users to spread the word. The campaign—modeled after Mozilla’s Firefox ...

Google's Schmidt resigns from Apple's board; Jobs: It would be recusal city
Between the Lines — August 3rd, 2009 Google's Schmidt resigns from Apple's board; Jobs: It would be recusal city Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:23 am Categories: Apple , General , Google Tags: Job , Google Inc. , Board , Apple Inc. , Corporate Governance , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Larry Dignan Apple said Monday that Google CEO Eric Schmidt will resign from the board of directors since the two companies increasingly compete. In a statement , Apple CEO Steve Jobs said (emphasis mine): “Eric has been ...

It's official: Google-Apple are competitors (especially in mobile)
Between the Lines — August 3rd, 2009 It's official: Google and Apple are competitors (especially in mobile) Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:22 am Categories: Android , Apple , General , Google , Mobile , Wired & Wireless Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Mobile , Apple Inc. , Android , Browser App , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan The resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple’s board of directors merely confirms ...

Schmidt's departure does nothing to stem scrutiny of Apple
ZDNet Government — August 3rd, 2009 Schmidt's departure does nothing to stem scrutiny of Apple Posted by Richard Koman @ August 3, 2009 @ 4:35 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Board , Apple Inc. , Schmidt , Corporate Governance , Federal Government , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Government , Richard Koman [image] A few months back, when it was announced that the Federal Trade Commission was looking into Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s role on Apple’s board, Schmidt said Google ...

FTC: Our probe of Google-Apple boards continues
Between the Lines — August 4th, 2009 FTC: Our probe of Google-Apple boards continues Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:37 am Categories: Apple , General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Board , Apple Inc. , FTC , Corporate Governance , Business Operations , Corporate Law , Larry Dignan Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple’s board but that won’t be enough to curtail a probe by the Federal Trade Commission. In a terse statement , FTC bureau of competition director Richard Feinstein ...

Soldiers get priority for Google Voice
ZDNet Government — August 4th, 2009 Soldiers get priority for Google Voice Posted by Richard Koman @ August 4, 2009 @ 10:35 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Voice , Google Voice , Service Member , Sweetnam , Internet , Workforce Management , Training And Certification , Telecommunications , Human Resources [image] Thinking about joining up but the New GI Bill’s promises of college tuition aren’t enough to sway you? Maybe Google Voice will seal the deal. In a guest post on Google’s ...

A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
Between the Lines — August 5th, 2009 A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it Posted by Larry Dignan @ 10:30 am Categories: General , Google Tags: Adobe Systems Inc. , Google Inc. , On2 Technologies , Video , H.264 , Corporate Communications , Marketing , Larry Dignan It’s not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective “who?” But that’s what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, ...

A faster Chrome for Windows but still nothing for the Mac
Between the Lines — August 5th, 2009 A faster Chrome for Windows but still nothing for the Mac Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:14 pm Categories: Browser technology , Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Apple Macintosh , Microsoft Windows , Google Chrome , Chrome , Desktops , Hardware , Sam Diaz Google today released a beta upgrade to its Chrome browser for Windows users. a version that’s 30 percent faster than the previous version, filled with a handful of new features and other blah blah blah stuff I ...

Smartphone battleground: Apple and Google head to China
Between the Lines — August 6th, 2009 Smartphone battleground: Apple and Google head to China Posted by Sam Diaz @ 11:37 am Categories: AT&T , Android , Apple , General , Google , Mobile , iPhone Tags: China , Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , China Mobile Ltd. , Apple Inc. , Smartphone , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz The Apple vs. Google smartphone race is coming to China - and from early reports, it looks like Apple is eyeing the ...

Google to make Web app to replace rejected iPhone app
Between the Lines — August 9th, 2009 Google to make Web app to replace rejected iPhone app Posted by Jason Hiner @ 7:54 am Categories: Apple , Google Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Web Application , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Jason Hiner According to the New York Times , Google is now developing an iPhone Web app for its Google Voice service, which had its iPhone app famously rejected by Apple for inclusion in the iPhone App Store in July. [image] This ...

Are Google's 'Caffeine' search results more like Bing's?
All about Microsoft — August 11th, 2009 Are Google's 'Caffeine' search results more like Bing's? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:42 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , Search , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Search Result , Corporate Communications , Blogging , Cloud Computing , Marketing , Internet , Mary Jo Foley It’s hard to imagine big, bad search monopolist Google quaking in its boots over Bing (or even Bing+Yahoo). Yet just a couple of months after Microsoft launched Bing , Google announced it ...

Google Caffeine and the perception game
Between the Lines — August 11th, 2009 Google Caffeine and the perception game Posted by Larry Dignan @ 9:16 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Web Technology Tags: Game , Google Inc. , Search Engine , Search , Larry Dignan Google is asking for your help checking out its tweaks to its search engine—not that you’ll notice much difference. These Google search changes would usually happen behind the scenes without much fanfare. So what’s this about? Perception. In a blog post , Google wrote: For ...

Google Notebook discontinuation a loss for iPhone users
The Apple Core — August 12th, 2009 Google Notebook discontinuation a loss for iPhone users Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 7:28 am Categories: App Store , Google , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Database , Google Notebook , Notebooks , Hardware , Notebooks & Tablets , Jason D. O'Grady  [image] A guest blog post by Ryan Kaplan I’m not a complainer and I don’t like to be around people who complain.  I prefer to be around problem solvers, people who can look at a situation and come ...

Google goes social but not in a Facebook kind of way
Between the Lines — August 12th, 2009 Google goes social but not in a Facebook kind of way Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:34 pm Categories: General Tags: Google Inc. , Facebook , Gadget , Games , Corporate Communications , Personal Technology , Marketing , Sam Diaz It’s no Facebook. And it’s certainly not Twitter. But Google today introduced a social element of its own - called Social for iGoogle. [image] The company introduced 19 new social gadgets as part of the launch. In a sense, the only difference between the previous ...

Microsoft to replace Entourage with Outlook. Nice idea but kind of too late
Between the Lines — August 13th, 2009 Microsoft to replace Entourage with Outlook. Nice idea but kind of too late Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:21 am Categories: Apple , Enterprise 2.0 , Google , Microsoft , Productivity Software , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Apple Macintosh , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Desktops , Microsoft Office , Apple Mac OS X I should have been excited to hear that Microsoft is finally replacing its ...

Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google
Between the Lines — August 18th, 2009 Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:25 am Categories: Google , Microsoft , Search , Yahoo Tags: U.S. , Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , ComScore Networks Inc. , Search , Larry Dignan Microsoft’s Bing search engine maintained momentum in July and gained a bit on both Google and Microsoft. According to comScore data ( Techmeme ), as relayed by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Google wound up with July search share of 64.7 percent, down from 65 ...

IT skills top the in-demand list at online freelance marketplace
Between the Lines — August 18th, 2009 IT skills top the in-demand list at online freelance marketplace Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:45 am Categories: Economy , IT jobs Tags: Google Inc. , Skill , Information Technology , Site , Recruitment & Selection , Desktop Publishing , Strategy , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Software When it comes to the tech job market, we’ll take good news where we can get it - even if it’s a big demand for IT skills in a booming online marketplace for ...

Lawyer files a full-throated attack on Google Books deal
ZDNet Government — August 19th, 2009 Lawyer files a full-throated attack on Google Books deal Posted by Richard Koman @ August 19, 2009 @ 10:37 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Class Action , Attack , Gant , Litigation , Business Operations , Richard Koman Lawyers and the New York Times are sitting up to take notice of a new “sweeping” objection to the Google Books deal. The objector is Scott E. Gant , an author and partner at the Washington law firm of Boies Schiller & Flexner. In an interview, ...

WSJ wrongly blames AT&T for Google Voice iPhone app rejection
Between the Lines — August 19th, 2009 WSJ wrongly blames AT&T for Google Voice iPhone app rejection Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:32 pm Categories: General Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Wall Street Journal , Voice , AT Corp. , Exclusivity , App , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology A guest opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this week is getting some attention. In a nutshell, it alleges that AT&T was behind the death of a Google Voice app for the iPhone and suggests ...

Goldman goes ga-ga for Google, cites YouTube, Europe and display ads
Between the Lines — August 20th, 2009 Goldman goes ga-ga for Google, cites YouTube, Europe and display ads Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:42 am Categories: General , Google , Search , Web Technology Tags: Revenue , Google Inc. , Advertisement , YouTube Inc. , Goldman , Operational Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan Goldman Sachs figures Google will come out of the downturn with revenue growth rates in the mid-teens in 2010. Goldman Sachs added Google to its “conviction buy list” with a 6-month target of ...

Can Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon help scuttle Google's book settlement?
Between the Lines — August 21st, 2009 Can Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon help scuttle Google's book settlement? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:37 am Categories: Amazon , General , Google , Government , Microsoft , Yahoo Tags: Google Inc. , Yahoo! Inc. , Settlement , Amazon.com Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Litigation , Business Operations , Larry Dignan Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon are reportedly joining the Internet Archive and other non-profit groups to dismantle Google’s book settlement with ...

Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part
Between the Lines — August 21st, 2009 Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:07 pm Categories: AT&T , Apple , General , Google , Government , Mobile , Telecommunications , Wired & Wireless , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , AT Corp. , Apple Inc. , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan Apple, AT&T and Google have responded to an Federal ...

'Skank' blogger talks, sues Google for $15m
ZDNet Government — August 23rd, 2009 'Skank' blogger talks, sues Google for $15m Posted by Richard Koman @ August 23, 2009 @ 8:39 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Google Inc. , Duty , Lawyer , Port , Blogging , Internet , Richard Koman [image] Now the world knows: the “skanks of NYC” blogger is one Rosemary Port, a 27-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and she is one pissed-off young lady. She not only has strong words for model Liskula Cohen, whose legal action outed her as the blogger, she’s ...

The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone?
Between the Lines — August 24th, 2009 The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:00 am Categories: AT&T , Apple , Apps , Google , IP Telephony , Mobile , Smartphones , VOIP , Vonage , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , VoIP , AT Corp. , Apple Inc. , App , Google Voice , Smart Phones , Telephony , Consumer Electronics I was out of the loop last week when Apple, AT&T and Google ...

Google vs. Bing: The global battle
Between the Lines — August 25th, 2009 Google vs. Bing: The global battle Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:00 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft , Search , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Data Centers , Marketing Research , Financial Services , Storage , Hardware , Data Management , Marketing , Larry Dignan Google controlled 67.5 percent of search market share on a global basis, according to comScore. That’s an all-time high and up from 67.1 percent in June. One analyst reckons that ...

RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now
Between the Lines — August 25th, 2009 RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:40 pm Categories: Google , RSS Tags: Google Inc. , Google Reader , Twitter Inc. , Blog , RSS , Blogging , Internet , Sam Diaz The Google Reader team posted a blog entry today with some results of a survey it conducted. The team wanted to know what an elite group of “Power Readers” were reading online - presumably using their Google Reader account - and so they asked them and have highlighted ...

Open Book Alliances opens up assault on Google's book settlement
Between the Lines — August 27th, 2009 Open Book Alliances opens up assault on Google's book settlement Posted by Larry Dignan @ 5:56 am Categories: Amazon , Copyright issues , General , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Alliance , Settlement , Class Action , Open Book Alliance , Litigation , Business Operations , Larry Dignan The Open Book Alliance, a group of library associations, Amazon, Yahoo and Microsoft, have officially unveiled an effort to derail Google’s $125 million class action ...

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Between the Lines — August 27th, 2009 Need a quick translation? Google puede ayudar Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:47 am Categories: Google , Web Technology Tags: Google Inc. , Wall Street Journal , Google Docs , Apple Inc. , Productivity , Smart Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz Technology is supposed to simplify business, right? Today, Google released a new feature within Google Docs that could help break down language barriers in a global economy. The feature allows you to take ...