Arizona, California, Utah, and Virginia will partner with Google to make their public information more readily available online.
Google China Given Longer Leash
It’s sometimes best for authority figures to rule from afar – whether it’s a matter of interfering with an efficient routine or just making everyone nervous, direct contact isn’t always a positive thing. Google China may be heaving a sigh of relief, then, as the main corporation takes a few steps back.
Google Nixes Midweek Apps Fixes
Updating software in the middle of the work week during the workday tends to make system administrators much loathed in the eyes of their users. Google decided not to embrace that level of loathing for themselves.
Does Google Police Online Pharmacies Enough?
Recent deaths associated with drugs bought at online pharmacies have brought the issue front and center for many Americans. It’s still unclear as to whose responsibility it is to police them, but the strongest critics are pointing fingers at search engines and comparison-shopping sites.
Google Responds To AdWords Scam Kerfuffle
The practice of establishing AdWords accounts for the purpose of passing clicks through a third-party malware distributor has drawn a blame-the-user response from Google.
Google (Mostly) Wins Search Engine Comparo
It was the equivalent of a bare-knuckle fight – a recent search engine comparison test made the contestants operate without the aid of Boolean commands, quotation marks, and other such common, semi-advanced search strategies. Unsurprisingly, Google won the overall contest, but the search engine giant did suffer some losses.
Google Says OK
Google has plans to set up shop in Pryor, Oklahoma and will build a data center in the MidAmerica Industrial Park (MAIP).
Google Losing Homepage Preferences
Google has apparently lost the personalized homepage preferences of hundreds of users, if not more. Ari commented on this at 8:53 this morning, and over 150 people have posted as having the problem on Google Groups since 6:45 am.
Microsoft & Google Neck in Neck
In the world of search, Google has been number one for several years now, but when it comes to overall site traffic, until recently Google was number two.
Getting Google to Work with Opera
Last December, I posted about a user script for Opera that got several Google services to actually work in the wonderful Opera browser, and its a good time for an update. The script is new as of March 14, fixing Spreadsheets, Calendar, Picasa Web Albums, and Docs.