2012年10月1日 星期一

NEWS, Google Pounces on Apple Map Problems


Google's market value outstrips Microsoft's
USA TODAY
Online search leader Google jumped past Microsoft in terms of market value for the first time Monday, another sign of the rise of companies that have found ways to dominate the Internet and mobile computing. Google is now worth $249.1 billion, edging ...
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Google Leapfrogs Microsoft in Market Value
New York Times (blog)
On Monday, a slight bump in Google's share price and a drop in Microsoft's gave Google a market capitalization of $249.19 billion, just ahead of Microsoft's $247.44 billion. Google's market value also edged past that of Wal-Mart Stores, making it the ...
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New York Times (blog)
Iran unblocks Google email again after officials complain
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have reopened access to Google Inc's email service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said on Monday. Iran maintains one of the world's largest Internet filters, blocking access to tens of ...
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Google buying face recognition firm Viewdle
CNET
The move makes sense for Google because Viewdle's technology provides a way for users of Google+, Android, Picasa, and other services on a range of devices to easily (even, automatically) tag photos of friends. Viewdle's SocialCamera app automatically ...
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Google search reveals true identity of suspect in Navy charity scam
CNN
(CNN) -- A bored U.S. marshal using Google connected an alleged scam artist arrested this year under an alias to a lawyer who disappeared decades ago before he was indicted on federal fraud charges. The suspect in a fake charity scam that stole ...
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Google House Cleaning Efforts Continue
eWeek
The latest upcoming service cuts includes a myriad of Google ideas that just didn't catch on with enough users, from AdSense for Feeds to Spreadsheet Gadgets to the Places Directory Android app, according to a Sept. 28 post by Yossi Matias, Google's ...
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eWeek
There Is One Very Important Thing That Apple Maps Is A Lot Better Than Google ...
Gizmodo
Side by side, Google Maps is better than Apple Maps. No matter what anybody says, that's the truth. But unbeknownst to most people, there's actually something that Apple Maps is better at and it's pretty damn important: Apple Maps is a lot more data ...
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Google Analytics Adds Tag Manager Tools
PC Magazine
Google expanded its Web traffic-tracking Analytics site with the addition of the Tag Manager. The free tool is intended to help consolidate website tags with a single piece of code, manageable from the Web. It launched today in English, and is expected ...
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Web Rivals Want What Google Got
Wall Street Journal
To entice Google Inc. to build its ultra-high-speed fiber network there, Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., offered the Internet company sweeteners including several free or discounted city services. Now, Time Warner Cable Inc. and AT&T Inc., the ...
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Wall Street Journal
Google expands analytics toolset with Tag Manager
ZDNet
Supporting both Google and non-Google website tags, the Tag Manager consolidates tags through a snippet of code. This can be managed through web interface where users can add and manage tags without having to rewrite the site code or involve IT.
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Google Pounces on Apple Map Problems
The furor over Apple's faulty mapping software reached the Silicon Valley company's highest echelons Friday, prompting an apology from Chief Executive Tim Cook and opening the way for rival Google to capitalize on the misstep.

Minneapolis hosts Google app launch party
Minnesota Daily
Google celebrated the launch of its new Field Trip app with a tech-infused sightseeing tour in northeast Minneapolis on Saturday. Early adopters explored the city with the latest Android app as their digital tour guide. With the app, facts and reviews ...
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Iran swipe at Web brings angry reply
Boston.com
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran's cyber monitors often tout their fight against the West's ''soft war'' of influence through the Web, but trying to block Google's popular Gmail appeared to be a swipe too far. Complaints piled up — even from email-starved ...
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Google shutting down more services
SlashGear
Google announced on Friday that it will be doing some “spring cleaning” of some of its services. The list includes AdSense for Feeds, Classic Plus, Spreadsheet Gadgets, Places for Android, and +1 Reports in Webmaster Tools. The company also plans to ...
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Google Brazil Chief Arrested Over Political YouTube Video
The New American
After Google's unit in Brazil refused to take down a YouTube video attacking a candidate in local elections, federal police took the search-engine giant's Brazilian chief into custody for questioning. Apparently Google had been ordered by a court to ...
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Hey, Apple: Mapping Takes More Work than You Think
Technology Review
"Google has found a way to integrate active crowdsourcing on a level that Apple has not yet attempted," says Dobson, who estimates that Google has 5,000 to 7,000 people ironing out mapping problems, counting stringers and part-timers. "I don't believe ...
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Alarm sounded over Google 'stranglehold'
WND.com
Google definitely 'sandboxes' websites,” asserts Jeff Ramos, a branding, social media, and public relations expert based in New York City. To be “sandboxed” is to be excluded from organic search results because one uses Search Engine Optimization ...
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WND.com
Google launches Nexus 7 tablet
Business Recorder (blog)
Google said September 25 it was launching its Nexus 7 tablet computer in Japan, aiming to take on Apple's iPad in one of the most lucrative markets in the world. The Nexus 7's 16 gigabyte model, powered by the latest generation of Android software is ...
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Google Says Driverless Cars Could Be on the Road in Less Than 10 Years ...
Patch.com
Google has been at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development, and Brin said that self-driving cars could be on the road in less than 10 years. Throughout the ceremony Brin wore the new Google Glasses, another product in development at the ...
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Google's energy-efficient datacenter facility in Dublin, now active
StudentNewsIE.com
A €75 million-worth data-center facility owned by the Internet giant, Google recently opens in Dublin, Ireland. A year after its construction plans were announced, the said energy-efficient facility is finally operational. The site is located at ...
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