You can hardly talk about Google Maps Street View without the issue of privacy coming up. There is no doubt the feature is fun to play around with. It’s even useful for checking out trip destinations and landmark spotting, but it still tends to creep people out, particularly when they find their own house at such a close angle.
Google Takes Another Step Toward Mobile Domination
It looks like mobile search is about to be taken seriously. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon Wireless has tapped Google, and the two are close to reaching a deal that would see Google’s mobile search come pre-installed on Verizon handsets.
Google Exposes Android To Security Community
Mobile this and mobile that – the news about Google and cell phone-related stuff just won’t stop. Consumers should benefit, however, as Google is now asking the security community to make sure its Android operating system remains safe.
Google Grabs 1 Billion Searches In India
Google sites received the majority of searches conducted in India according to a study of the online search market from comScore.Google sites in India had more than 1 billion searches conducted in June, representing 81 percent of the market. Yahoo sites ranked a distant second with 117 million searches accounting for 9.4 percent. Ask Network landed in the third spot with 24 million searches representing 1.9 percent of the market.
Google Tops in Customer Satisfaction
Customer satisfaction with e-business Web sites has reached a new high, according to the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) second quarter report out today.
Google Looks To Free the Airwaves
Google has stepped up its efforts to lobby the FCC to free up broadcast white spaces for unlicensed wireless broadband use by launching FreeTheAirwaves.com. The site provides information about uses for white spaces and invites supporters to sign an online petition to the FCC.
Google Defamation Suit Sparks Blogging Controversy
The Wired Blog Network, revealed the mystery behind the Google defamation law suit in India.
Google Tops of Top 50
For whatever kind of internet list, which company do you think is the odds-on favorite to be at the top of it? If you bet on Google, you’d bet wisely. Google sits at the top of Comscore’s Top 50 Internet properties list, reaching 141.5 million US Internet users out of 189 million counted. But that’s not the interesting part. . .
Google’s Android Phone Slated For Autumn Arrival?
Waiting for the Google phone is like waiting for the birth of a child. In fact, the most recent rumors have it arriving about the same time as my daughter, as early as September 17, as late as mid-October. My daughter, currently in private beta, will likely be more exciting, to me at least.
Battelle: Google Ad Planner Underreporting Site Traffic
Google’s keenly anticipated Ad Planner should be delivering an accurate look at traffic going to websites, but as John Battelle learned, Google is a bit on the low side.