Google has introduced a new privacy policy for Google Books, to try and appease the critics of Google’s enormous book indexing project. The company has also been in communication with the Federal Trade Commission, and has discussed both the new policy and a letter to the FTC on the Google Public Policy Blog.
Google Shares Interesting Malware Stats
Google is sharing some interesting statistics on malware, such as the number of entries on the Google Safe Browsing Malware List that have occurred over the last twelve months, and search results containing a URL labeled as harmful.
"We’re glad to share this sort of data because we believe that collaboration and information sharing are crucial in driving anti-malware efforts forward," says Niels Provos of Google’s Security Team.
Google Shares 6 Ways to Maximize Your AdWords Investment
Google says AdWords’ real-time targeting and reporting are ideal for finding an efficient way to reach customers in the economic downturn. The company has detailed six tactics for maximizing your AdWords investment.
1. Focus your ads on low prices and savings.
Google CEO Shares the Meaning of Life
Eric Schmidt gave a commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday. The full video is below, but I have pulled out some of the good quotes from it (there were quite a few).
He begins with congratulations and talks about how great Penn is, and how there are 250 alumni who work at Google. He says it’s the most desirable place for Google to hire interns because the "quality of graduates is the best in the world."
Google Shares 2 New Labs and New Labs Destination
Google introduced a newly redesigned version of Google Labs today and a couple of new labs to go along with it. They rebuilt Google Labs from scratch with Google App Engine and moved it to GoogleLabs.com.
Google Docs Privacy Glitch Accidentally Shares Documents
On Friday Google contacted some Google Docs users to alert them of a privacy issue. Less than 0.05% of user docs were accidentally shared with people with whom they were not supposed to be.
Darren Rowse Shares AdSense Advice
Darren Rowse is a blogger best known for his work on ProBlogger.net and Digital Photography School. To say that he’s successful would be an understatement – revenue from ads paid his mortgage – and today, Rowse shared some tips for making money with AdSense.
Facebook Shares Custom Tags with Developers
Today Facebook announced "custom tags" for developers for use with FBML (Facebook Markup Language) applications. FBML is the language used to create the Facebook apps you have come to know and love.
Liberty Media Unloading IAC Shares At Rapid Pace
Liberty Media – and/or its chairman, John Malone – may not have a lot of faith left in Ask.com and other IAC properties. It seems that Liberty Media has selling the company’s stock left and right, unloading 193,100 shares in the last week alone.
Netflix Shares Slide, Company Still Setting Records
Netflix shares fell 13% yesterday, but at the time of this writing are up over 5% today. The drop is a result of a trimmed fourth-quarter outlook.