Google fans take note: this victory wasn’t of the runaway variety. But a win’s a win, and a new study did indeed find that Chinese users might prefer Google over Baidu.
Google, Apple May Partner On Cloud Computing
As rumors go, this is a pretty solid one: it seems that Google and Apple will partner, and together, the companies are likely to give .Mac a huge cloud-computing boost.
Google’s Street Views Getting Existential Slants
There hasn’t been something this fascinating and disturbing since AOL"s Data Valdez. Google’s Street Views feature on its Maps service raises a lot of questions about privacy, public domain, and humanity itself.
Universal Search Not Universally Good For Google
To some people, the launch of Google Universal Search meant nothing – it’s a good bet that the release went unnoticed by many. Yet to others, it was a big deal, and bits and pieces of Google itself seem to have been affected in major, traffic-related ways.
Street Level Google Flashes The World – Literally
Ironically, you’ll need the latest version of Flash to see this. Google’s latest addition to its Maps service – Street-Level pictures – could cause some folks to get their, um, panties in a twist.
That is, unless they don’t mind showing their thongs to all of creation. San Francisco is pretty well known for its liberal tendencies, so maybe she’s cool with it.
Or maybe it’s an art exhibit. The query was, after all, for a museum.
Google Earth Gains More Detailed Images
Google Earth recently incorporated some images of the seabed around Britain, and the few people who heard about this tended to shrug in response. The introduction of Street View, on the other hand, may have generated a little too much excitement. The latest Google Earth release – detailed images of western America – may hit a happy medium.
Google Use Doesn’t Please Pennsylvania Court
The case involved back taxes and a piece of property. It went through both a county judge and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Now we’ve learned that Google’s a good resource, but, in some people’s eyes, there’s nothing quite like a paper phonebook.
Macmillan CEO Lifts Google Laptops
Richard Charkin is the CEO of Macmillan Publishers, and he recently got into a bit of a tiff with Google. This didn’t involve angry letters or frivolous lawsuits (entertaining as those are); instead, Charkin stole a pair of Google laptops. And blogged about it.
Google Launches Calendar Gallery
Google has improved on their Google Calendar service and has launched Google Calendar gallery.
“Google Launches Calendar Gallery”
Google Exec Helps Nab Gunman
While fiction has its necessary function in society, you approach it the appropriate cerebral distance – it is all made up, you remind yourself. But when the story is true, it tugs at you in a much different way, and this story is true, as told by Google’s Head of Special Initiatives.