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Google Fined in France Because Google Maps is Free
A Paris court has ordered Google France and parent company Google Inc. to pay €500,000 ($660,000) in damages, after a two year court battle with French mapping company…
Google ‘Search Plus’ and Our Ever Decreasing Circles
Is Google’s latest move bad for users? Is it leading us to a future search experience that replaces pure information retrieval with…
Google Fined $65K in France for ‘Crook’ Autocomplete Suggestion
Google must pay a $65,000 fine for suggesting the search term for “crook” when users typed in the name of France insurance…
Google Founders Offer to Restore NASA Hangar to Park 8 Jets
Google leaders have offered $33 million to restore historic Hangar One. The funds are being offered through an LLC with no affiliation…
Google+ Stream Filtering Upgrade In Works
Google plans to add filtering mechanisms to Google+, allowing users to receive more relevant social content as the company seeks to challenge…
European Commission Readies 400+ Page Document on Google’s Abuse of Dominance
The European Commission will issue a 400-page document early next year, outlining several of its concerns with Google's alleged anti-competitive search practices,…
Google Tests Sources Feature in Search Results
Google has confirmed they are testing a new feature, Source boxes, that appear to the right of organic search results for some…
Keep Calm & Carry On Despite Google SSL Search Term Encryption
Richard Kirk, Head of SEO at Performics, took issue with a recent column on SEW and asked to post a rebuttal. Given…
Steve Jobs Was Ready to Go “Thermonuclear” on Android Threat
In the newly released biography of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson, Jobs is quoted as stating that Android's…
Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, 56, Apple cofounder and former CEO, has died after a long battle with cancer. A visionary and inspiration to millions,…
Facebook and Google Execs Equally Suck at Social Media
Google is catching a lot of flack for their management team’s lackluster performance on Google+. Other execs are standing behind their product,…
Google’s 13th Birthday: 12 Top Stories From the Past 12 Months
Google is officially a teenager. The search engine that is synonymous with search and the “don’t be evil” motto has now been…
Mark Zuckerberg Now Richer Than Larry Page & Sergey Brin on Forbes 400
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rocketed past Google CEO Larry Page and co-founder Sergey Brin on the 2011 installment of the Forbes 400,…
‘The Power of Google’ Senate Hearing is Must Watch TV Today
"The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?" U.S. Senate hearing today will explore Google search and its business practices. Google’s…
Android Patent Wars Continue, Ice Cream Sandwich Coming Soon
HTC is suing Apple with patents transferred from Google as a defense against Apple's lawsuit. Meanwhile, Acer and Viewsonic have signed patent…
Google’s China ICP License Gets 1-Year Extension
Despite a contentious relationship, Google recently received their Internet Content Provider permit from the Chinese government. Google wouldn't comment beyond confirming that…
Real Names: Google+, Government & The Identity Ecosystem
Why is Google motivated to take such a hard line on identifying people by their real name on Google+? The simple answer,…
The Google+ Identity Service Project
How does Google justify its real name policy? Well, Google+ was built primarily as an identity service and will be used to…
Google Buys 12 Patents, Protection for Google Related, Instant Pages
Google has bought 12 patents relating to “cross-referencing information online, techniques for speeding up Web browsing and online advertising,” a move likely…
Google Health Shutting Down Doesn’t Mean Google Has Abandoned Health
Google is pulling the plug on its personal health record (PHR) solution. Here are three reasons why Google Health failed, which companies…
Google+ May Already Have 9 Million Users
Google+ has been out for two weeks, but the number of users has already spiked dramatically. Some estimates put Google+'s current user…
Google Display Network Continues Evolution With 4 New Features
This month the latest features in the evolution of the Google Display Network were rolled out. Here's a look at these four…
Google to Expand Display Ad Business to 20 Billion+
Google may be the big fish of search, but they're still in third place for display advertising. That's about to change, though,…
Google Scoops Up 5 Creative Awards at Cannes Lions Ad Festival
Google, a company that has made its name off search and has famously eschewed brand advertising for over 10 years, have picked…
The Developing FTC Google Search Antitrust Case
The FTC is preparing to launch an antitrust case against Google's search division. The company is facing accusations of unfairly favoring its…
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