Google’s taking another shot at a question and answer service, and this time the product has appeared in China. Tianya.cn is closely involved with the effort, and in related news, reports indicate that Google may have acquired as much as a 60 percent stake in the company.
Google May Support A Small Electric Car
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have tossed quite a bit of money at Tesla Motors, but they did so as private individuals. Now there’s word that Google itself could get behind another automotive effort.
Google LatLong Looks at New York, Europe
It’s Friday, and odds are that you wish it was Saturday. Or that you weren’t at work – it usually amounts to the same thing. And although the powers of time travel and transportation are beyond me, there are some Google-approved maps that focus on faraway places.
American Airlines Jets Google To Court
The whole keyword-advertising-violates-our-trademark debate has been brought to court more than once and more than once has been unsuccessful. American Airlines, though, is perhaps the largest company to make the claim, filing a trademark violation suit against Google.
Google Gives India Semi-Functional Gifts
Earlier this week, Google promised India a birthday present (the country is celebrating its 60th year of independence). Now two new gadgets have surfaced in Google India Labs, and while they may or not be the gift in question, they’re definitely worth a look.
Google Opens Traffic Quality Center
Google’s debut of the Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center closely follows the arrival of a similar service from Yahoo.
Google Search Results: Your SERPs At Risk
Third parties could hack someone’s place in Google’s SERPs right out of the index with some malicious proxy work.
Empty Edmunds Page Tempts Google
A fuzzy photo, some estimated engine stats, a projected price range – I’ll take anything I can get when it comes to unreleased automobiles. But Edmunds.com has created a vehicle review page based on just a name – and not even a name that’s sure to make it into production – which caused one onlooker to wonder if the site was gaming Google.
Microsoft Shows Google Who’s Daddy
Forget search for a minute because Microsoft’s consistently third place there. As a parent company, Microsoft websites beat Google sites in both unique audience and time per person, says Nielsen//NetRatings.
Google Disappears Facebook Code Blog
When Google-owned Blogger sends you a Digital Millennium Copyright Act take-down notice, at least they’re polite about it and liberally use the word "alleged." But they only ask once, as the person who posted Facebook’s source code on his Blogspot blog learned.