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Google Defeats The Germans. Well, The German Publishers Anyway
Forbes
So it's not quite like the Battle of the Bulge Part II. Rather than the German state falling apart before an oncoming Google, instead we've had the German Parliament decide not to bring in a new law being lobbied for by the German publishers. And if ...
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German Copyright Law Targets Google Links
New York Times
As originally proposed by the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel last year, the law was seen as a clear attempt by a European government to force big Internet companies like Google to share some of the billions of euros they earn from the sale of ...
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Preeminent Cyborg Afraid Google's Glass Design Might Be Wack
Gizmodo
Preeminent Cyborg Afraid Google's Glass Design Might Be Wack Google's been pushing its Project Glass hard lately, with Sergey Brin wearing a pair everywhere, and going so far as to call smartphones "emasculating." The space-age specs do seem pretty ...
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Google Hangouts receive sign language interpreter support, keyboard shortcuts
Engadget
Video chat can be an empowering tool for hard-of-hearing internet citizens for whom sign language is easier than voice. Most chat software doesn't easily bring an interpreter into the equation, however, which spurred Google into adding a Sign Language ...
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Oh, so THAT'S how search works! Thanks, Google!
Digital Trends
When you want to know more about a certain something – anything, really – you Google it almost automatically. To effectively explain why Google is the Internet juggernaut that it is today, the company came out with "How Search Works," an animated ...
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Digital Trends
Google Muscles Into Paid Discovery Of Apps With New Click-To-Download ...
TechCrunch
The app stores are overrun, and there's little way to get noticed until you break into the charts. So Google just announced it's making it easier to buy an AdWords unit called "Click-To-Download" mobile ads that lead directly to iTunes and Google Play ...
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TechCrunch
Google Explains How Search Works, Complete With Live Spam Slideshow
TechCrunch
Google today updated its Inside Search site, its homepage for all things search, with a handful of educational and interactive features that explain in layman's terms how Google's Search works. Did you know the web had over 30 trillion pages, by the way?
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TechCrunch
'Google News Tax' battle: German lawmakers back watered-down Internet ...
RT
Google is relieved after the Bundestag passed a softer-than-feared copyright law that won't automatically force it to pay for links to news articles. But the law's vague wording leaves the search engine open to new financial claims from German publishers.
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RT
Google Scores Copyright Win in Germany
Wall Street Journal
Google's spokesman in Germany, Ralf Bremer, praised legislators for stopping the bill "in its most damaging form." But, he added, "the best outcome for Germany would be no new legislation because it threatens innovation, particularly for start-ups," he ...
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Review: Google's Chromebook Pixel is upscale overkill
Chicago Daily Herald
I'm writing these words on a lovely new laptop. It's thin, light and made of machined aluminum, but it isn't a MacBook. It's got a beautiful touch screen, but it isn't a Microsoft Surface Pro. It's the Google Chromebook Pixel, and the most striking ...
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Google Shows 'How Search Works' With New Site
Mashable
Ever wondered how Google's search works? The company launched a new website Friday, appropriately called How Search Works, to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the process from start to finish. "Here you can follow the entire life of a search query, ...
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How Google And Bing Maps Control The World
BuzzFeed
Google, on the other hand, officially denies that it censors map data, telling BuzzFeed, "in occasional instances in which we receive government requests to blur portions of our imagery, we are always open to discussing those requests with public ...
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BuzzFeed
Why Google is the biggest social network: a useless homepage
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
On Thursday CNET confirmed that Google was toying with the idea of getting rid of the black bar at the top of www.Google.com that lists the search giant's other services like Gmail, Images or News. That's a good thing; it was ugly and full of bugs.
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Google summoned by EU for collecting user data without consent
Times of India
LONDON: Representatives of internet search giant Google are to be summoned to appear before European data protection officials amid concerns over the way the firm collects web users' data. The US search company will be asked to explain why it has not ...
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Times of India
Germany votes that Google can display snippets of news without paying
SlashGear
In a world where news has increasingly gone digital and newspapers are suffering, publishers are arguing that Google and various news aggregating websites should have to fork over cash for the excerpts they show of various websites' content. Google ...
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How Google searches 30 trillion web pages, 100 billion times a month
VentureBeat
When you search, Google tries to figure out not just what you're typing into the box, but what you mean. So algorithms for spelling, autocompletion, synonyms, and query understanding jump into action. When Google thinks it knows what you want, it pulls ...
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Google listing shows Google Play gift cards are UK-bound, will come in £10 ...
The Next Web
Android Central noted the creation of a dedicated but not fully-functioning website back in December, but now the plans appear all ready to go after Google's dedicated gift card help page began listing them as available in £10, £25 or £50 denominations ...
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The Next Web
Germany wants Google to pay for news citations, passes re-printing bill
Ars Technica
The lower house of the German parliament, known as the Bundestag, has approved a new bill that would require search engines to pay a license fee for re-publishing content longer than "individual words or short excerpts." The bill passed by a vote of ...
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Nintendo's Yoshi sneaks on to Google Play in unlicensed game (Updated)
Ars Technica
Mobile gaming boosters who want Nintendo to give up the hardware game and make titles for iOS and Android were probably excited to see a 3D render of Yoshi's smiling face looking up from a Google Play icon this week. Unfortunately, the green dinosaur's ...
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Ars Technica
Google Posts Big 'Search Quality Rating Guidelines' Document, Says It's Just ...
WebProNews
We've seen Google's search quality raters referenced numerous times, but now Google has made available the whole set of guidelines in one giant PDF for your perusal. The document is called "Search Quality Rating Guidelines," and interestingly, it's ...
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Canadian cyborg says Google Glass design is cracked
Register
Wearable computing pioneer and self-proclaimed "cyborg" Steve Mann says it's fine that Google is popularizing wearable technology with its Project Glass, but he's concerned that the online giant may be making serious mistakes with its design. "I have ...
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Google may be winning battles with publishers, but it is losing the war
paidContent.org
Google is clearly trying hard to portray a new German law involving the republishing of news as a victory, and some observers seem to agree, saying the company "defeated" publishers who wanted it to pay for the right to publish excerpts. But if you ...
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Google Glass: A new way to ignore humanity
The Independent
It seems that Google maxi-millionaire Sergey Brin, inset – who is worth hundreds upon hundreds of Yankee dollars and owns six of Saturn's rings, gave a speech to the Technology, Education and Design conference in Los Angeles and moaned about the way ...
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The Independent
Why does everyone want to work at Google? Oh yeah … this is why
Digital Trends
Remember the very first time someone mentioned that Google's headquarters in Mountain View were so awesome, it had an indoor slide? You probably took a gander at your own cubicle and shook your head in resignation and disgust. As it turns out, the ...
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Digital Trends
Are Apple and Foursquare a Potential Google Maps Killer?
Motley Fool
Everybody seems to be going after Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ) lately. First Facebook gave the company a run for its money by unveiling Graph Search. Never one to be outdone, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) has also decided to heat up the competition.
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Blogs10 new results for Google
 
What businesses can expect to see with Google Glass | TechRepublic
By Scott Matteson
Google Glass is coming and it has generated a lot of buzz among the consumer crowd. But what does it mean for businesses?
on TechRepublic
Even Google can't remember that the Samsung - The Next Web
By Matthew Panzarino
Ok, so this is obviously a simple designer's error, but it is one rich in karmic potential. Sharp-eyed writer Kyle Gray picked out an interesting graphic on a section of YouTube's site here. The section is dedicated to YouTube's efforts in unifying ...
The Next Web
German Law Says Google Can Use Snippets Of Certain Size, Fails ...
By Chris Crum
We discussed the proposed law last year, which Google had spoken out about. At the time, it looked like, if passed, it would have required search engines and aggregators to pay to license content from publishers in order to display headlines ...
WebProNews » Legal
How Google Search Works
By EDW Lynch
How Google Search Works. By EDW Lynch on March 1, 2013. How Search Works. Today Google launched an interactive site that explains the life cycle of a Google search query, from crawling to algorithmic ranking to combating spam.
Laughing Squid
Google Geo Developers Blog: Fab Friday is Taking a Shortcut
By Mano Marks
On Tuesday, Android Play Services launched an update, which included new features in the Google Maps Android API v2. Circles, new Polygon features, an OnMyLocationChangeListener, and more than 20 bug fixes top the list of changes.
Google Geo Developers Blog
Google's head of privacy slams Microsoft's Scroogled ad blitz - Neowin
By John Callaham
Keith Enright, the head of Google's privacy division, publicly trashed Microsoft's recent "Scroogle" ad campaign, calling the attempt to question Google's attitude on privacy "misleading"
Neowin
PhotoSphere Installer available in Google Play Store for rooted ...
By Jeff Causey
Although Google has made some pieces of Android 4.2 available as standalone apps that can be installed on 4.1 devices, the camera has not been one of them. This means users that really want the new camera, including PhotoSphere, have ...
TalkAndroid.com
Find all files in Google Drive where a user besides myself is an ...
By Gary
How can I find all files in Google Drive where a user besides myself is an owner? I'm an owner on all documents that I create, and whenever I share with someone, I usually give them at most "editor" permissions. So, I'd like to find all ...
Recent Questions - Web Applications...
Just Because Google Ignores It Doesn't Mean You Should, Too ...
By Patrick Powers
Google more than four years ago made it clear where it stands on descriptions: "Even though we sometimes use the description meta tag for the snippets we show, we still don't use the description meta tag in our ranking." Yet just because ...
Patrick Powers
Google+ Hangouts Sign Language Support - Business Insider
By Dylan Love
Google Inc. is a multinational Internet search technologies corporation. Google hosts and develops numerous Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising. The company was founded by... More » ...
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