The Google Android SDK for developing mobile applications contained a slew of vulnerabilities, including a passwordless root account.
Google Preps For Summer Of Code
Some people will be interested, and some people won’t. But for those who are, it’s time to start getting ready for the 2008 Google Summer of Code.
Google Sacrifices Clicks To Increase Advertiser ROI
Google investors are still at the table eating their losses after comScore’s report that paid click revenues were flat in the month of January. Impending recession was the chief suspect among speculators, but nobody finds any real support for that. More astute observers noticed that revenue flattened very soon after webmasters began reporting on decreases in AdSense earnings.
Citi Still Feels Good About Google
Google may not be as great a bet as it once was, according to a Citi analyst. Mark Mahaney believes the company is in pretty decent shape, though, and despite lowering his target by $25 (to $625), is standing by his "buy" rating.
Obama, Google Tops At Digg
The following results from my little, informal study are hardly definitive, but they are interesting. Someone following up with a more intensive and scientifically rigorous quantitative analysis might find the same thing I did: stories related to Barack Obama are submitted more often to Digg.com than stories about Hillary Clinton, John McCain or Ron Paul.On the tech side, Google takes the prize against Microsoft, and stories about Microsoft outpace Linux.
Google Health Has A Heartbeat
Marissa Mayer talked more about Google Health, but the key piece of news, a launch date, proved absent from the discourse.
Google Health Closer To Reality
The latest round of rumors about Google Health received mention in the Wall Street Journal, which could mean the service may be near an opening.
Google News, Earth Evaluated After Earthquake
In emergencies’ aftermaths, various Google services have become go-to resources. Following an earthquake in the UK, Google Earth and Google News seem to be getting mixed reviews.
Google Headed Back Towards Average?
I don’t usually follow sponsored links when doing research (intentional ad blindness), but people are getting better at getting my attention. Mark Hines at Vestopia targeted GOOG and bragged via AdWords that he sold out at $741. Click and he’ll tell you why.
Open Source Google Apps Provisioning Toolkit Appears
Ever see the animation in which a figure wears down his fingers, arms, and then head while typing quickly? IT admins risk becoming that figure if they’ve got to create too many accounts in Google Apps. Or they can avoid the bloodshed and use the new Open Source Google Apps Provisioning Toolkit.