Boston is sometimes referred to as “the Hub of the Universe,” and as much as I like the city, that status seems improbable. But Boston may at least become more of a hub within Google, as a local writer has indicated that the search giant could lease land in the area.
Getting Better Employees Than Google
Google offers its employees an amazing collection of perks, but other companies need workers, too, and those companies don’t want to deal exclusively with Mountain View’s leftovers. So Forbes’s Brian Caulfield figured out several ways to compete with Google during the hiring process.
Google Forges Alliance With Airtel
India’s population long ago passed the one billion mark, and Bharti Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services is that country’s largest private broadband and telephone service provider. Thanks to a new deal, the gigantic corporation is also Google’s partner.
Google Maps Makes Use Of Crowdsourcing
Who knows your town better: you or Google? Unless you live in Mountain View, California, I’m betting it’s not Google. So the search giant is experimenting with crowdsourcing as a way of making its maps more detailed.
Google Takes Note Of Minnesota Bridge Collapse
Credit for these developments may not go to Google itself as much as to the company’s Maps users, but in either case, Google appears to be doing what it can; a new post on the Google LatLong Blog highlights various happenings related to the Minnesota bridge collapse.
Hey Google, Where’s The AP Product?
A license to link to Associated Press content last August still hasn’t yielded any further developments from Google. Some say this could indicate Google was shaken down for a payoff.
Google Addresses IM Etiquette
We’ve come to think of Googlers as cool people, as smart people, and above all, as tech-savvy people. I’m not here to challenge that perception, but a new post on the Official Google Australia Blog implies that Google’s employees deal with some of the same crap as the rest of us. The topic of the post? IM etiquette.
Google Phone Speculation Runs Wild
We have speculated before about the potential for a Google phone and an ad-supported network to back it. Google may have an early version of the device ready to go.
Google Tracks Hydrogen Peroxide Terrorists?
This isn’t breaking news in the business or financial sense, but it is, as far as anybody seems to know, new. So here we go: British police have put a sponsored link in Google’s search results, and that ad connects hydrogen peroxide and the anti-terrorist hotline. Confused? So are the rest of us.
Google Leases Land In Chelsea
I’ve always said that, if I got sufficiently rich, I’d start buying land. Land belonging to neighbors, land belonging to businesses – pretty much any land I could see, until I owned my own suburb, city, or state. Now, I’ll never be that wealthy, but Google already is, and the company is leasing a suspicious amount of space in Chelsea, New York.