June 6th will see the limited beta preview of Google’s online spreadsheet program made available from the company’s Google Labs development section.
Ask Seen As Google Threat
Microsoft may not get around to unseating Google from the search engine perch, as Ask.com may complete its turnaround and start seeing its market share rise thanks to a host of features available from IAC’s Search and Media division.
Ten Things Google Should Do
Mark Otuteye writes about ten products that Google should be developing, all based on existing technology that they could leverage to expand their reach (without copying their competitors).
Google Chats Up Investors
During a conference call with investors, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and other executives answered questions about their partnerships, rivalries, and products in the industry.
Google Green Is Made Of Maps
Environmentally friendly vacation spots form the center of the Summer of Green mashup, a project that joins Google Maps with the Earth Day Network.
Google Settlement Brings Unhappiness
A $90 million settlement of claims brought in a class-action click fraud lawsuit against Google has been approved by the courts, but a number of people have filed complaints with the bench about the settlement’s terms.
Google Maps Used To Find Missing Kids
A page that worth bookmarking is MissingKidsMap.com, a mashup that uses Google Maps API and information provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to create a regularly updated map of the origins of missing children in the United States.
Filed As Science Fiction: Google Media, Inc.
In 20 years, we’ll be telling our children, to their astonishment, that Google was once a text-only search engine that made a name for itself by being the best at finding stuff on the vast web of (mostly text) information that was the early Internet. “You had to read?” they’ll ask. “Oh, yes. Incessantly,” we’ll answer. “Type, too.”
Google Graphs World Development
Google has produced a very interesting tool that plots world development indicators on a graph to compare against each other. Part of Google’s Co-op program, the tool is called the Gapminder, a “non-profit venture” that collects information and makes it viewable in visual and animated ways using Flash technology.
Google Builds AdSense API
An application programming interface for AdSense will permit site publishers to offer users the opportunity to perform a variety of AdSense functions without leaving the publisher’s website.