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Google (GOOG) Rages Ahead In Social Ads With Wildfire Buy
iStockAnalyst
(By Mani) Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has its extended its foothold in social media advertising by acquiring Wildfire, which helps firms deploy marketing campaigns on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). The deal comes as ...
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Google's product pruning continues unabated
GigaOM
It's been over a year since Google CEO Larry Page promised to get his teams more focused on fewer projects. And boy has he: in the last 12 months Google has shut down several dozen products. He's not done either. On Friday afternoon the axe was ...
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Consider Google Wallet Before Buying a New 'Droid
PC Magazine
Having tried the Google Wallet mobile app, I'm very nearly considering giving up my iPhone in favor of one of the Android smartphones that works with the app to turn your phone into a touch-and-go credit card. Install Google Wallet on a Galaxy Nexus (Sprint, ...
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Google Fiber gets a fast start in Kansas City
CNET
Google announced its fiber-to-the-home network last week, which offers speeds of up to one gigabit per second and a new TV service. Google said it would prioritize construction of the network in neighborhoods -- so-called "fiberhoods" -- in which residents ...
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Google Expands Finland Data Center - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
Google Inc. ( GOOG ) recently announced the expansion of its data center in Finland to meet the fast-growing demand for Internet usage and data storage capacity. The expansion will involve an additional investment of €150 million ($177 million).
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Google Should Pay $750 a Book, Authors Say in E-Book Suit
Businessweek
Google is being sued over its plan, announced in 2004, to scan millions of books from public and university libraries to provide snippets of text to people who use its Internet search engine. A Manhattan federal judge in May rejected Google's argument that ...
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Google should pay $750 a book, say authors in copyright case
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authors suing Google over the digitization of their books have asked a New York court to order the Internet company to pay $750 for each book it copied, distributed or displayed. The authors' filing was lodged in federal court in the ...
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Google Gets 4% Of All Homes In Kansas City To Sign Up For Super Fast Internet ...
Business Insider
You can't just call Google and get a new account like you can with other ISPs. Google hasn't rolled out the high speed network to Kansas City neighborhoods yet. It has divided the city into districts it calls Fiberhoods. It asked each Fiberhood gather up lots of ...
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Google Ad Tool Targets Voters by District
Wall Street Journal
This new tool from Google's political unit marks the latest evolution in online advertising. For years, candidates have been able to target online ads by ZIP Codes and even street addresses, but this tool makes it easier for campaigns and interest groups to ...
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American Express Interested In Google Wallet, But Not Committed
eWeek
Google's relationship with American Express is a bit more nuanced than the search company suggested in an Aug. 1 blog post. While Google shared that its Wallet app now "supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and ...
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Google Fiber takes off quickly during first week
Digitaltrends.com
Google Access general manager Kevin Lo stated "For example, houses that are spread out (like in the suburbs) require more time, fiber and labor, and therefore are more difficult to connect than homes in a dense urban environment. So, in those fiberhoods ...
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Another Round Of Google Shutdowns: Google Apps For Teams, Google Listen ...
TechCrunch
Google just announced yet another batch of services it plans to discontinue in the near future. Most of these are relatively obscure products that probably didn't have a large amount of traction. In this round, Google is shutting down three products, as well as a ...
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TechCrunch
Google kills its Listen podcast app in latest round of product cuts
VentureBeat
The most surprising member of the latest set is Listen, the podcast app that Google introduced in 2009. Google's reason for the move is simple, if a little odd: Android users have so many options for podcast apps that it didn't make any sense to keep updating ...
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Google Wallet Installable on All of Verizon's NFC Phones, Getting It to Work ...
Droid Life
After the FCC ruled that Verizon could no longer block tethering apps, as it violated the "C Block rules" attached to their purchase of the C-Block spectrum that their 4G LTE network now runs on, we wondered if other non-tethering apps would be a included in ...
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Google Play updates policing and policy on its app developers
Examiner.com
Google and Google Play are sending a new message to spammers, counterfeit appers and malware makers. And that message is: "Get out of Dodge". Yes, Google and Play are putting on their white hats and sheriff's badges with renewed policies to enforce ...
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Google offers panoramic views of Kennedy Space Center
Register
Reg readers not fortunate enough to have been able to travel to Kennedy Space Center in Florida can now get a closer look at some of the most historic locations in the history of the US space program, thanks to a new collaboration between NASA and ...
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Google Fiber Is A Hit: 1 Week In, 46 Neighborhoods Signed Up
TPM
Google Fiber appears to be connecting with residents of Kansas City. Just over a week after Google launched its ultra high-speed (1 gigabit) Internet service, at least 46 neighborhoods — or fiberhoods, as Google calls them — have signed-up to receive the ...
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Google mulls expanding Google Fiber to more markets
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Google Fiber. Unnamed sources have told the Wall Street Journal that Google has been having internal discussions about possibly expanding its super-speedy Google Fiber service into markets that aren't currently being served by Verizon's FiOS network.
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Apple executive: Steve Jobs was open to making a smaller iPad
NBCNews.com
Steve Jobs was receptive to Apple making a smaller tablet, a senior executive said in a 2011 email revealed on Friday, fanning speculation it plans to make a mini-iPad to take on cheaper gadgets from Google and Amazon. An Apple mini-version of the ...
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NBCNews.com
Google Wallet Launches Minus American Express, Sort Of
RedOrbit
It was soon after the internet reacted to Google's news that American Express came out and said it never officially signed off on the deal. The credit card company is taking a wait-and-see approach. "We want to make sure Google's mobile wallet product meets ...
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With Key Filings in, Trials Loom In Google Book Cases
Publishers Weekly
After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Google's ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed ...
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Mars rover Curiosity: Anticipation grows as landing nears (Google+ Hangout)
Los Angeles Times
Anticipation is building for Sunday night's landing of the rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars. In a Google + Hangout, Times reporters Scott Gold and Amina Kahn talked about the mission with Ashwin R. Vasavada, a deputy project scientist at the Jet ...
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Why Are Google, Tumblr, and Now Facebook All Making Video 'Stories'?
The Atlantic
Google may have been the first tech company to find the romance in an algorithm and turn something as basic searching the Web into a human interest story. The company made a splash airing "Parisian Love," below, during the 2010 Super Bowl, though the ...
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Google Intros Congressional District Targeting In AdWords
Search Engine Land
In a blog post, Charles Scrase of the Google politics & elections team said the company was dedicating substantial resources to courting political campaigns: "We've built a sizeable team that is working around the clock to help all candidates get the most from ...
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Google Wallet revamped to address security and usability concerns
QR Code Press
Google Wallet is no stranger to criticism. Since the mobile payment platform was released a year ago, it has been the target of harsh criticisms concerning its inability to accommodate consumers and its lackluster security measures. Google has invested ...
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Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson To Star As Google Interns In 'The Internship'
Huffington Post
The two will play recently laid-off fortysomethings who hatch a diabolical scheme to land coveted internships at Google. "We get free food, we get to play ping pong and take naps," Vaughn said of the role in a recent interview with The Huffington Post. "We find ...
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How Social Media Startup Wildfire Was Bought By Google for $250 Million
Terra.com
The market for social media marketing is heating up, and among the first big winners are two entrepreneurs whose four-year old software company, Wildfire, was just bought by Google for a reported $250 million. Instead of placing ads triggered by keywords in ...
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Google Takes Political Online Ads Local, Allows Campaigns To Target ...
TechCrunch
Google's tools for tracking the upcoming U.S. election later this year mostly focus on the presidential election. It's no secret that Google – thanks to its various advertising services – also makes a good amount of money from the various political campaigns that ...
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Google Listen Quietly Pulled From The Play Store, Previous Users Can Still Find It
Android Police
Listen, the relatively popular, if neglected, podcast app from Google has been surreptitiously pulled from the Play Store recently. It's unclear just how long ago Google pulled it (though it appears to be within the last week or so), and users are looking ...
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Google Shows Off Some Drive API Secrets
WebProNews
There were a lot of conferences and workshops during Google I/O this year. One of the newcomers to I/O – Google Drive APi – actually got some of the best workshops this year. That doesn't mean that everything was covered during the weeklong event of all ...
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Blogs14 new results for Google
 
Giving you a better Google | Official Google Blog
By A Googler
We work every day to create a more seamless, beautiful user experience—to give you a better, easier-to-use Google. This means continuously improving the products we offer, and recognizing when users of one product might have a better ...
Official Google Blog
Google providing AdWords geotargeting for specific congressional ...
By Dieter Bohn
Google has long offered specific geographic ad targeting, but this election season it's getting even more local by allowing users to target ads to specific congressional districts. Instead of...
The Verge - All Posts
Google Expands Finland Data Center - Zacks.com
By Zacks Equity Research
Google Inc. (GOOG) recently announced the expansion of its data center in Finland to meet the fast-growing demand for Internet usage and data storage capacity.
Zacks Investment Research - All...
Google Buys Wildfire - Business Insider
By Alyson Shontell
When it couldn't buy Buddy Media, it settled for second best.
Business Insider
Study finds that Google's Nexus 7 commercial is more effective than ...
By Bogdan Petrovan
A study by Ace Metrix, a company that specializes in measuring the effectiveness of ads, has found that Google's Nexus 7 commercial has been received better than Apple's campaign.
Android Authority
Google's Nexus 7 commercial found to be more effective than - BGR
By Dan Graziano
Apple (AAPL) was once the king of advertising, from its iconic 1984 Macintosh advertisement to its simplistic iPhone commercials. The Cupertino-based comp.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Google pulls plug on Google Listen app | TalkAndroid.com
By Jeff Causey
Yesterday on the Google Official Blog, Max Ibel, Director of Engineering, announced several changes to Google products. Included was the news that Google is officially pulling the plug on the Google Listen app. Launched in August 2009, ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
What You Should Know About Google Bots and SEO | SiliconANGLE
By Guest Author
Ad clicks aren't the only pressing issue for websites when it comes to online marketing and bots – since tools like Google analytics don't provide granular insight into site traffic, it can be very tricky to differentiate between human and ...
SiliconANGLE
Better Value Tablet: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ ...
By David Woodburn
There is an argument in favor of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad over the Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nexus tablet, and there seems to be 10 arguments (in this case) for the iPad as the better buy. A couple of the top reasons stated ...
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Google axes Google Apps for Teams, Google Video for business ...
By Dakota Torres
Every now and then Google decides to do a little spring cleaning with its outdated or irrelevant products and gets rid of them. Last month, Google switched Google Video over to Youtube and also got rid of iGoogle. Now, Google has [...]
Ubergizmo
Google Discontinues 'Listen' Podcast App | Pocketnow
By Anton D. Nagy
Google Listen has been discontinued. Those who have it installed on their devices will still be able to use the app but the search function will stop as of November 1.
Pocketnow
Google Listen put out to pasture: Here are some other Android ...
By Brad Linder
Google Listen is a free podcast manager for Android phones and tablets. Or at least it was. Android Police noticed that Google has removed the app from the Play Store, although if you've downloaded it in the past you may still be able to find it ...
Liliputing
Google to sunset even more projects and some official blogs - Neowin
By John Callaham
Google has announced it will closed the doors on a few more of its projects, including Google Apps for Teams and more. It will also shut down some of its official blogs.
Neowin
Anther Round Of Google Shutdowns Announced
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Google just announced yet another batch of services it plans to discontinue in the near future. Most of these are relatively obscure products that probably didn't have a large amount of traction.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Web1 new result for Google
 
Google unveils ultrafast Internet/TV in Kansas City - Technology ...
(Reuters) - Google Inc made its foray into the market for bundled Internet and television services on Thursday, promising access speeds more than 100 times ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../google-unveils-ultrafast-internettv-ka...


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