There’s no such thing as a portable La-Z-Boy, but there are comfortable camping chairs. And although a 42-inch LCD might be ideal, pocket-sized video devices are also popular. Now, with the formal launch of AdSense for Mobile, Google seems to be getting into the transportability trend.
Google Presents PowerPoint Alternative
The rumored arrival of a Google option for creating and viewing slide-based presentations became fact with the debut of its newest feature on Google Docs.
Google Webmaster Central Adds Subscriber Stats
Late last Friday, Google’s Webmaster Central Blog reported some additional features which included the ability for publishers to see the number of subscribers to their content.
Google, DoubleClick Deal Challenged Again
The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), US PIRG, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), discussed the proposed merger at a National Press Club meeting in Washington. They have filed a supplement to their original complaint about Google’s proposed $3.1 billion buy of ad network DoubleClick.
Iran’s Google Block An “Error”
The rapidly spreading story about Iran’s censorship of Google and Gmail now has to compete with another story: that of Iran undoing the blocking at its ISPs.
Google Maps Adds Over 1/4 Of World’s Countries
The number of countries in the world depends, as you might expect, on your definition of “country.” But for the purposes of this article, we’ll peg that number at 192, and point out that the latest expansion to Google Maps saw nearly 30 percent of them get encompassed.
Google Presently – Presentation App
The Inquirer reports that Google may soon deploy slideshow presentation creation and display software which they’ll call “Presently”. This application was apparently developed out of code that Google got with their acquisition of Zenter and Tonic Systems earlier this year.
The new presentation software will join the other Google Apps suite of products which include Google Spreadsheets, Google Write, and Gmail.
Google Moon Gets Major Updates
When I think of incredible sights, a bunch of bumpy gray rock is not the first thing that comes to mind. But toss in some astronauts and a few lunar rovers, and now we’re talking. And now Google’s showing – an updated version of Google Moon has become available.
Google Cooler Than Ducati?
On a new “coolest brands” list, Google didn’t manage to come in first, second, or third. Gasp! The search giant didn’t rank fourth, either. But Google did get fifth place, and, considering some of the other companies on the list, there’s absolutely no shame in that.
Google Funds Race To The Moon
Google and the X Prize Foundation announced today the Google Lunar X Prize, a contest for private companies to land a privately funded robotic rover on the moon.