We’ve seen this sort of thing before: people complaining that Google Earth has exposed military secrets or put certain structures at risk. Yet of all the nations in the world, Israel may have the most right to worry, and it’s this country that the latest update affected.
Old Guy Smacks Google For Age Discrimination
Google may have thought itself free of Brian Reid and his lawsuit after one court rejected his age discrimination suit, but the appellate court found that rejection was in error.
Google Analytics ‘Coffee Table Book’ Debuts
I’m not sure what constitutes a "coffee table" book in Mountain View, or wherever there might be another high concentration of Internet professionals, but an e-book on Google Analytics wouldn’t make the definition in my house. I prefer my etymological dictionary because I am an entirely different kind of geek.
Google Sees Positive Changes In China
When Google’s U.S. market share changes by a percentage point or two, it doesn’t turn many heads – Google has been ahead, is ahead, and will presumably stay ahead, regardless. But as Google’s Chinese share changes, a lot of eyes are watching to see what will happen.
Google Could Hurt Newspapers’ Websites
More than a month has passed since Google struck a deal with the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the Press Association, and the Canadian Press, but an outcry has continued. One onlooker believes newspapers’ sites will be hurt.
How Well Does Google Translate Idioms?
Google once boasted that their in-house machine translation efforts are award-winning. However, their internal software still hasn’t been released for all the translation language pairs their offer.
Google Transit Graduates, Gets Wrapped Into Maps
Saving people’s time, money, and the environment, it’s Google Transit to the rescue! Only the service appears to have left on its Clark Kent glasses – despite officially graduating from Google Labs, the words “Labs” remains on its homepage.
Aussie Watchdog Growls At Google US
A case against Google’s subsidiaries in Australia and Ireland will be refiled against Google’s US operations instead.
Google Gets Fined, Waves German Flag
Google’s not one to hold a grudge; today, Google.de features a logo celebrating Germany’s 1990 reunification. But yesterday, a German court fined the search giant a little more than $14,000 for using the m.gmail.com domain for mobile search.
Google Gets Office In San Francisco
A mountain view is the thing for me – I’m not a real sun and surf kind of person. But Googlers who are may have reason to celebrate, as the search giant just opened a new office in San Francisco.