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Google Nexus 7 takes over non-essential functions from my smartphone
ZDNet
Google Nexus 7 takes over non-essential functions from my smartphone. Summary: The Nexus 7 is a fantastic mobile tablet and while I used to think tablets were convenience devices I am starting to change my mind. My Nexus 7 is taking over functions I used ...
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Google Asked for Street View Data by French Privacy Agency
Businessweek
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office said that day it would coordinate a response to Google's failure to delete the information. CNIL, like the ICO, asked the Mountain View, California-based company to retain the data while it conducted the review.
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Google wants WebM not H.264 for HTML5 video chat
ZDNet
Summary: Google wants its WebM/VP8 codec to be made a mandatory standard for real-time communications on the web, and has recommended against the use of the H.264 codec. While this is fine in theory, H.264 is already entrenched, and Google itself ...
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Google: Oops, Didn't Delete Street View Data
CIO Today
Mea culpa: Google has admitted to a British regulatory agency that it did not remove all Street View data it had promised to delete two years ago, when the company's mapping cars scooped up passwords and other data from unsecured wireless networks.
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CIO Today
Google adds Google+ video Hangouts to Gmail
Computerworld
Computerworld - Google is adding the Google+ Hangout feature to Gmail, the company's popular cloud-based email service. The Google+ Hangout feature, which allows users to video chat with up to nine people, replaces Gmail's older peer-to-peer video ...
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At Last, Google Maps Shows Subway Alerts
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google Maps will now not only show subway riders where they can catch a train, but where they can't. Google announced Tuesday that it has begun publishing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's service advisories for the city subway system on its ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google Deepens Integration Between Plus and Blogger
PCWorld (blog)
Google has extended the integration between its Blogger publishing service and its Google+ social network. Since October of last year, Google has allowed people to replace their Blogger profile page with their Google+ profile. However, that only works for ...
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Judges Call Apple, Google Lawsuits 'Ridiculous,' 'Silly,' 'Arrogant'
NPR (blog)
This week's Apple-Samsung case is just the latest battle in a global war over high-tech patents. As we've reported before, the big tech companies have amassed huge patent portfolios and are suing and countersuing each other all over the planet. Lots of ...
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Google Maps Now Shows Planned NYC Subway Changes
PC Magazine
Beginning today, Google Maps will display planned service alerts for New York City subways. The alerts will show up when you click on any of the 468 NYC subway stations labeled on Google Maps, or when you use Google's mapping service to search for ...
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Google must turn over Street View data to French authorities
ZDNet
The CNIL (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés), fined Google €100000 in 2011 over the collection of personal data, including passwords and the content of electronic messages. Google was supposed to have destroyed the information, but ...
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Google backs open codecs for WebRTC
Computerworld
For Google, the need to use open technologies was paramount in this effort, because it would allow anyone to use the technology without prior approval. "This approach has worked wonders for the [W]eb, and we hope for the same result with WebRTC," ...
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Apple forces Google employee off jury in Samsung case
SlashGear
After some arguments and the forced removal of a Google employee, the jury for the Apple vs. Samsung trial has been selected, with the ten people now facing opening statements when court reconvenes today. Of the 74 individuals pared down, the final list ...
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SlashGear
Microsoft to Google: Enough With The Diversionary Tactics, Let's Hug It Out
All Things Digital
"With its phones and tablets now subject to injunctions in the U.S. and Germany, Google can no longer doubt the relevance of Microsoft's patent portfolio to Motorola's products," Smith and Gutierrez wrote. "Google can take one of two paths: It can choose ...
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All Things Digital
Microsoft's Google Glass rival
CNNMoney
Microsoft's project, which doesn't have a snazzy name like Google's, is a wearable projector that utilizes technology similar to the Kinect to shine a multitouch display pretty much anywhere. The company simply calls it the "Wearable Multitouch Projector." ...
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Ross Levinsohn departs after Marissa Mayer gets Yahoo CEO post
Newsday
Inc.'s Ross Levinsohn, who was interim chief executive officer, is leaving today after the board passed him over for the top job and unexpectedly recruited Marissa Mayer, a former Google Inc. executive. Levinsohn stepped into the position in May after former ...
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Google deepens integration between Google+ and Blogger
InfoWorld
Since October of last year, Google has allowed people to replace their Blogger profile page with their Google+ profile. However, that only works for people who blog using the same name on their Google+ profile. Now Google will let people link their Blogger ...
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Google Plays Down London Olympics Buffering Issues
Wall Street Journal
To prepare for surges in demand and other unexpected issues, Google YouTube created three redundant pipelines to support the 50 feeds of sporting events it is streaming online, said Jason Gaedtke, director of software engineering at Google, who oversees ...
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Google Finally Integrates Google+ Into Blogger
WebProNews
Google has been integrating Google+ into everything these days. Surprisingly, one part of the Google empire that has not yet felt the touch of Google+ has been Blogger. Despite my assumption that Google would integrate their social media platform into their ...
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Google-Backed 23andMe Asks FDA to Clear DNA Evaluation Service
Businessweek
23andMe Inc., the Google Inc.-backed DNA analysis company co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, sought U.S. regulatory approval for a genetic testing service that may help people assess their risk for developing cancer and Alzheimer's. The submission with the ...
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Microsoft Says It Wants Patent Peace With Google's Motorola
Businessweek
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (MSFT), embroiled in patent litigation with Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit, said it's open to reaching a comprehensive settlement of disputes that have limited sales of Motorola Mobility products in the U.S. and ...
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iPad 3 vs Google Nexus 7
TrustedReviews
Weirdly enough, the Google Nexus 7 makes a good account of itself, while costing half the price. We don't know quite how its maker Asus managed it, but the finish of the Nexus feels more like leather than ropey old plastic. It has a pleasing tactile quality that's ...
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TrustedReviews
16GB Google Nexus 7 Tablet Back in Stock
PC Magazine
A week ago, The Guardian reported that Google initially thought users would gravitate towards the $199, 8GB version of the Nexus 7 rather than the more expensive 16GB option. But the search giant underestimated customers' desire to store things on their ...
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Google Launches Handwrite for Mobile & Tablet Search - Tips & Tricks
Search Engine Watch
A new mobile browser beta feature called Handwrite allows mobile and tablet users to "write" their search query into the browser, rather than typing on the keyboard when they're on the go. Once activated, Handwrite is enabled with a tap on the accompanying ...
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Google SEO: Exact Match Domain Or Not?
Search Engine Roundtable
We've probably covered it here a few times before. But since SEO and Google's algorithms change over the years, it is good to revisit the topic. The question is, if you want to rank for [blue widgets] and you are starting a new site, should you go with a domain ...
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Search Engine Roundtable
Ross Levinsohn leaving Yahoo
San Francisco Chronicle
FILE - JULY 30: It was reported that Yahoo exec Ross Levinsohn, who served as interim CEO, is leaving the company after former Google exec Marissa Mayer was made CEO July 30, 2012. BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 17: Panelist Ross Levinsohn attends ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Google-backed device maker advancing genetic testing service
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
23andMe Inc., the Google-backed DNA analysis company, is seeking approval from federal regulators for a genetic testing service that may help people assess their risk for developing cancer and Alzheimer's. The submission with the Food and Drug ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Microsoft relaunches Hotmail as social-friendly Outlook
Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a revamped, Facebook-friendly version of its free, online email service on Tuesday in an attempt to reverse market share losses to Google Inc's fast-growing Gmail. The world's largest software company is ...
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23andMe asks FDA for some test approval
San Francisco Chronicle
The private company attracted additional interest to the emerging field because it received early backing from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who is Wojcicki's husband. Panelist Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23and Me Inc., which is a web-based service that ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
The Nexus 7 Review: Google's First Tablet Gets Benchmarked
Tom's Hardware Guide
Up until now, Google's many hardware partners have been the ones actually doing battle with Apple for market supremacy. This works out well for Google, though, freeing the company to focus on a more robust software ecosystem (fragmented as it might be) ...
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Blogs14 new results for Google
 
Google Fiber in the real world: Here's what's good and what needs ...
By Dave Greenbaum
Our reporter visited a vegan bakery in Kansas City that was one of the first places to get Google Fiber. He offers speed tests via wired, Wi-Fi and a sense of the problems that Google Fiber will have to overcome to sign up customers.
GigaOM
Google Maps Adds Service Alerts for New York City Subways
By Samantha Murphy
Google is rolling out planned service alerts for New York City's subway system within Google Maps.
Mashable » Tech
Google brings NYC subway alerts to Maps, makes public transit a ...
By Brian Heater
Google has offered up New York City subway information via Maps for some time now, but as anyone who's navigated the 100-plus-year-old transit system.
Engadget
Y Combinator-Backed Hiptype Launches A Google Analytics-Style ...
By Anthony Ha
Hiptype's co-founders, James Levy (CEO) and Sohail Prasad (CTO), describe the product as "Google Analytics for e-books." They say they were collaborating on an e-book of their own about big data, and they were surprised to find that the ...
TechCrunch
Google Nexus 7 Google Now video tutorial released
By Chris Smith
Google has released a new Nexus 7 video tutorial in which it explains how Google Now works.
Android Authority
Google Will Spend $200M To Market YouTube Channels: WSJ ...
By THE DEADLINE TEAM
Google's $150 million YouTube experiment seems to be going well. The company says it will spend another $200 million to market the channels on its Web ser.
Deadline.com
Google Earth Time Machine
By Jason Kottke
The Google Earth Time Machine blog uses Google's historical satellite maps to make now-and-then comparisons of interesting places around the world. Like the transformation of this Texas river bend into an oxbow lake over 60+ years: ...
kottke.org
Google Fiber review from early adopter interview: 'Pretty stellar'
By Brad Reed
Gizmodo on Monday hosted a chat session with Max Ross, a former software developer and current co-owner of the Fric and Frac restaurant in Kansas City w.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Google Nexus 7 overclocked with custom kernel | Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee
Asus is the manufacturer of the highly sought after Google Nexus 7 tablet, where it already comes with a rather zippy NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, although it must be noted that this particular version of the Tegra 3 comes with [...]
Ubergizmo
Tech Report: Google Street View Takes On California Parks « CBS ...
By Andre Torrez
In a move that may promote enthusiasm for exploring the outdoors, Google's Street View function will now include virtual tours of five of California's state parks.
CBS San Francisco
Google adds subway alerts to Google Maps | AndroidSPIN
By Leonardo Benveniste
Google has just updated the transit information for Google Maps, and is now showing alerts for the subway in New York, which is incredibly useful for people who use the subway everyday when commuting to work or the way back home.
AndroidSPIN
Futurity.org – Google Earth Engine adds time-lapse video
By Byron Spice-Carnegie Mellon
One example of Google Earth Engine's new capability is time-lapse video of Las Vegas growing in the desert. The developers say the new capability could change conversations about deforestation, urbanization, and land use. (Credit: ...
Futurity.org
THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: JUL 31 - Business Insider
By Heather Leonard
The Google Investor is a daily report from SAI. Sign up ... That's almost a complete reversal from two years ago, when 24% of participants said they began researching their last online purchases at Google, versus 18% on Amazon. The stat ...
SAI
16GB Google Nexus 7 Back In The Google Play Store | Geeky ...
By Roland Hutchinson
Last week we heard that Google had run out of the 16GB Nexus 7 tablet in their Google Play Store, as the device had sold out due to its popularity, if you have been waiting to get your hands on one it is now back in stock in the Google Play ...
Geeky-Gadgets

Web2 new results for Google
 
This Week in Google 156 | TWiT.TV
Twitter TV, Google+ hangout shows, Android expert, and more.
twit.tv/show/this-week-in-google/156
Introducing Google Fiber: The Next Chapter of the Internet - YouTube
The next chapter of the Internet starts here. Google Fiber starts with Internet speeds 100 times ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHLIZh0PHg


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