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Google's drunk e-mailing device is nice, but won't save you

Think Google's new program to prevent you from drunk e-mailing will save you from saying something you'll regret in the morning? Think again.

Google in Attack.

The web is crazy! A new war has just starts. A browser war, a clash of the titans, Google and Microsoft, the battle of the browsers. Finally, Google has unveiled their very own web browser they called it Chrome. It designed to take on Industry leading Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and also one time Google web allies Mozilla ( Goodbye Mozilla.). With chrome Google has just declared war not just on Microsoft but also to the Mozilla folks. Google is known to support open source community and Mozilla is one of those but the games has changed Google got no choice but to drop Mozilla.The competition has just started to get hotter. What exactly Google wants here? World domination? Google got greedy here. First they got Google Apps to take on Microsoft Office then they unveiled Chrome to take on Microsoft internet Explorer.

Google Android: The dude? Or big dud?

Today's the day Android strutted its stuff to the world. Is Android the game-changer for the SmartPhone industry, a real contender to the iPhone or just another cell phone OS? It's definitely not just another cell phone OS, as evidenced by all the attention around today's launch. Google has technology that other phones use but Google Android will exploit. Google search, of course is the 800-pound gorilla in search. Add Google maps (including a compass feature Google demonstrated in the T-Mobile [HTC] G1 phone), Google Webkit and the Chrome Web browser (a Chrome Lite comes on Android), Google Talk, YouTube, Google Apps, and so forth. This has allowed Google to layer in a single sign-on for all Google apps, and Android syncs data with your Google account for contacts, calendar, chat and likely other applications in the future.

Google's drunk e-mailing protection is nice, but won't save you

There's a flaw in Google's new program designed to keep you from e-mailing something you'll regret in the morning.

Google Now Allows Sites to Serve Content to Them While Showing a Registration Box to Non-Google Users

There once was a time when Google search tried to be a neutral bystander, watching the web without getting too actively involved. There once was a time when Google instructed webmasters to serve their Googlebot the same thing served to a site’s human users. Now, Google is officially telling webmasters they can serve one thing to people coming from Google web search, and another thing to people coming from elsewhere. Think of it as Google now offering publishers to hand Google a special key to the publisher’s content. Google calls this “first click free� and they say they do this in order “to help users find and access content that may require registration or a subscription�, to “include highly relevant content in Google’s search index� and to “to provide a promotion and discovery opportunity for publishers with restric

Could You Google Bomb Google Flu?

Google got a lot of attention recently for the launch of Google Flu Trends, which looks at aggregate data on searches related to the flu, to see if it can act as something of an early warning system for where there are flu problems. It's an interesting use of the data, and it will be worth watching what else can be done with this sort of data over time. However, Ed Felten raises an interesting question: can Google Flu Trends be manipulated? The idea is that, right now, it may be accurate, but the very fact that people know Google is tracking this information, could create incentives to game that info -- in the same way people have tried gaming Google in other ways for years, using tricks such as Google bombing. While you might not think there would be that many reasons to manipulate Google Flu Trends, there could be reasons to do so.

Yahoo- Google inc. : A threat to Microsoft?

Yahoo, a major prize for Goliaths such as Google and Microsoft that wants to build a web empire with a major audience, sizable revenues, and good brand. By making a deal to Yahoo, Google gets a vastly bigger audience to go with its formidable resources. Google won’t be able to bid for Yahoo because of antitrust concerns. Yahoo has already surrendered some of its advertising space to search leader Google. The deal will allows running Google ads on yahoo search result pages. Google ad partnership with Yahoo could boost revenue and extend its online reach, making it the sole master of online advertising. Does Google deserve Yahoo? Google ad partnership with Yahoo would keep Yahoo out of Microsoft sight. Yahoo so desperate to stay away from Microsoft.

Borders.com Goes Live with Google Preview

Borders has enabled Google Preview on their site. Google Preview, unveiled in September, is a widget-like tool that allows retailers or anyone handy with Web site code to embed a preview of 20% of any book in Google’s database onto their site. Borders joins Books-A-Million and the U.K. retailer Blackwell Bookshop in using the service. The deal between Google and its retail partners stipulates that retailers will enable Google Preview for any book being sold that is also available in Google’s database, in exchange for an enhanced version of the Preview software. The big advantage for retailers of Google Preview is that it allows consumers to brows books scanned by Google without leaving the retailer’s Web site. Click the “Google Preview� button beneath the jacket art on Borders.

Google phone: It's nifty, but ...: REVIEW: As a smart phone, the T-Mobile G1 with Google software gets the job done. But don't expect it to stand out in a crowd.

TMCNet: Google phone: It's nifty, but ...: REVIEW: As a smart phone, the T-Mobile G1 with Google software gets the job done. But don't expect it to stand out in a crowd.

Google's Antitrust Problems Not Just In The US

As Google not-so-eagerly awaits the US Justice Department's word on whether or not it's violating antitrust laws, it appears that the fear of Google-as-a-monopoly is not just a domestic US issue. There are a bunch of headlines about how Russia's antitrust agency has rejected Google's purchase of an ad agency in that country. Technically, the claim is that Google didn't file the proper paperwork, but the agency made it clear that it's worried about Google becoming monopolistic. Of course, as with the Google-Yahoo deal, it's unclear what the "monopoly" is that's being dealt with here or how people are harmed. It seems like this might just be a general "must fear Google" position, than anything based on an actual problem.

Gmail and Google Talk Users Access Online Collaboration through Yuuguu

Yuuguu announced the integration of the Google Talk Instant Messaging (IM) network into its real-time collaboration and web conferencing service. Yuuguu users can now share screens, hold web conferences, and work collaboratively with anyone on the Google Talk IM network all via the Yuuguu application. The Google Talk IM network is accessible via the downloadable Google Talk client, and the purely browser based GMail, iGoogle, and Google Apps services. Yuuguu has an integrated buddy list and chat system. Yuuguu users can link to their existing Google account and any contacts they have on the Google Talk IM network will automatically appear in their Yuuguu buddy list. Yuuguu users can chat with friends or colleagues on the Google Talk IM network.

Gmail outage underscores Google's trust problem

Back in August, when Google's Gmail experienced three big outages in a row, administrators that depend on the service were quickly rethinking their strategy. Since the service was hosted, they had no recourse but to sit and wait for Google to fix it, leaving them wide open to huge criticisms from not only front-line employees, but CEOs as well. Google had a big PR problem on its hands at the time, but its response seemed on target. The company vowed to address outages better in the future, improving its problem notification methods as well as reimbursing affected paying customers (those who use Apps Premier). Well, that was then and this is now. Gmail was once again hit with a prolonged outage this week, but affected organizations saw little improvement in Google's response.

Google releases Google Earth for Apple iPhone and iPod touch (with video tour)

"Even before we introduced Google Earth back in 2005, the team had long dreamed of being able to carry the Earth around in your pocket. Well, today that dream becomes a reality as we introduce Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch. With just a swipe of your finger you can fly from Peoria to Paris to Papua New Guinea, or anywhere in between. It may be small, but it brings all the power of Google Earth to the palm of your hand, including all of the same global imagery and 3D terrain. You can even browse any of our 8 million Panoramio photos or read Wikipedia articles," Peter Birch, Google Earth Product Manager, reports for The Official Google Blog.

Google shows its frienemy side

Google collects friends easily, but it also turns on them just as fast. It played the white knight to Yahoo, when big, bad Microsoft came knocking uninvited. And it also aided Microsoft arch enemy Sun in its anti-Microsoft crusade, not only by distributing Office competitor StarOffice with the free Google Pack, but also by creating a deal to distribute the Google Toolbar with every Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) download. But things change. It looks like that now both Yahoo and Sun are weakened players in the online marketplace, Google has no further use for them. And Yahoo and Sun, who are both now turning to Microsoft, have to be left wondering: Who's the friend, and who's the enemy?

Google's Android Opens Up; What's Next?

The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android platform is officially free and available by making it available to the open-source community. Google pledged to open it up once the first phone was off the ground, and it has held to its promise, as T-Mobile USA gears up to launch the G1 in stores tomorrow. The Open Handset Alliance, which oversees the Google Android operating system, made the announcement today. But the big question now, is what’s next? In a blog post, Android wrote: “You’ll be hearing a lot about Android devices....But one device is just the beginning...This is an exciting time for Android, and we’re just getting started. It takes a lot of work to keep up with the changes in the mobile industry. But we want to do more than just keep up; we want to lead the way, to try things out, to add the new features that everyone else is scra

Get a Website with Google Sites

Google Sites is the website builder that's going to replace Google Page Creator. For bettor or worse Google has made up their mind, so here's your change to learn all about Google Sites and start your own Google Sites website. Google Sites is pretty easy to use, once you start using it and get used to it, I'm sure you'll soon find it almost as easy as Google Page Creator was.

Google Muscles Into HopStop's Corner

In New York City Mapquest directions mean nothing, and Google Maps are great for locating what block an address is on, but not so good for directions. I practically live and die by HopStop, and love the mobile version when I'm on the go. It gives directions for New Yorkers, and those in Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. Google this week released a map to plan trips using public transit in and around New York City. It looks like there are some rough edges to be worked out, but Google Maps might just give HopStop some stiff competition for commuting around town, and in the tri-state area since both layer metro New York commuter trains into the mix. I gave Google a few sample routes a try, and will continue to do so, but there are still a few loose ends I want filled in.

Google Mobile App 0.3.142

was strong on searches, but weak when it came to Google’s peripheral applications. Not that Google’s search supremacy was ever in doubt, but with the recent introduction of voice search, the updated Google Mobile App is a quantum leap beyond its predecessor. The secondary Google products are still poorly implemented here, but you will be too absorbed with the voice search too care.

Google: Heres a new feature to help you serve us better

Part of Google’s genius is its Tom Sawyer ability to get users to do some of its work. The beauty of the strategy is the way Google does this — by providing free tools and features that are of actual value to users even as they supply more content or more behavioral data for Google to monetize. So when you post on Blogger or upload video to YouTube or write an article for Knol or build a Google map mashup, you’re having your own fun while serving the search sovereign as well. This works well as long as users, even those who know they’re being used, feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal — that any benefits to Google are a byproduct of a feature or service, not the primary purpose. But the quid pro quo balance of Google’s latest addition to its core search function strikes me as a little out of whack, on first l

Google: Here?s a new feature to help you serve us better

Part of Google’s genius is its Tom Sawyer ability to get users to do some of its work. The beauty of the strategy is the way Google does this — by providing free tools and features that are of actual value to users even as they supply more content or more behavioral data for Google to monetize. So when you post on Blogger or upload video to YouTube or write an article for Knol or build a Google map mashup, you’re having your own fun while serving the search sovereign as well. This works well as long as users, even those who know they’re being used, feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal — that any benefits to Google are a byproduct of a feature or service, not the primary purpose. But the quid pro quo balance of Google’s latest addition to its core search function strikes me as a little out of whack, on first l

Four Google Officials Facing Charges in Italy For Errant Video

mikesd81 writes to tell us that four Google employees may be facing charges of defamation and failure to control personal data simply because they didn't remove a video of a boy with Down's Syndrome being harassed and eventually hit over the head with a box of tissue, from Google Video. The video was posted in September of 2006 and was removed by Google within a day of receiving the initial complaints, but apparently that isn't fast enough. "Google maintains charges against the employees are unwarranted, Pancini said. Europe's E-commerce Directive exempts service providers from prescreening content before it is publicly posted, he said. Also, the video was technically uploaded to a Google server in the U.S., not in Italy, Pancini said. 'It was a terrible video,' Pancini said, adding that Google is concerned about the case's impact on cens

Was Google Lively DOA?

google_Lively.jpgOver the summer Google released Lively by Google, its version of a virtual or persistent world. Though it got early support by participants and brands such as National Geographic, there was insufficient momentum to sustain the Google Labs venture. This morning the Official Google Blog posted Google Lively will shut down at the end of the year. "Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it's the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people's lives. But we've also always accepted that when you take these kinds of risks not every bet is going to pay off," it said on the blog. Additionally the Lively.com Web site urges users to create memories of their virtual experiences by recording videos and screenshots.

Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth

waderoush writes "There's a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article promoted on Digg, 'Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps,' revived this notion. But the article has been widely criticized, and I did some fact-checking this week on the six Boston-area locations mentioned in the IT Security list. As it turns out, not one of the allegedly blurred locations has degraded imagery in Google Maps, as my screen shots demonstrate. My post looks into the sources of the misleading IT Security piece, and of other mistaken rumors about Google Maps."

When it comes to Google Docs, there are no good numbers

No matter which set of numbers you believe, Google Docs has a lot of market share ground to gain, not only against Microsoft Office but also OpenOffice.org's free office suite. Google's Matt Cutts takes issue with a recent study by ClickStream Technologies, which found that Google Docs was used by just 1% of Internet users, vs. 5% using OpenOffice and 51% using Microsoft Office. Cutts did some research on his own and found Google Docs with 5%, Open Office with 12.4% and Microsoft Word with 49.6% share. But either way you slice it, Google Docs isn't really a big factor in terms of office productivity suites--at least yet.

ASUS P565 - 800Mhz Windows Mobile 6.1 Device Official

The Taiwanese company, ASUS, has finally unveiled the fanfare Windows Mobile device for the year, the ASUS P565. What makes this device worth noticing is the fact that it'll be the first Windows Mobile device to sport a Marvell 800Mhz processor. We did say that device specifications won't play as important a role as the user interface, but it'll be still interesting to see how a Windows Mobile device will fare on this high-end processor, and if it'll be adopted by other manufacturers in the near future.

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