When Sharing on Facebook Comes at a Cost, Web Privacy, Labor relations

When Sharing on Facebook Comes at a Cost

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Web Privacy Goes From Regulatory Nuisance to Business Imperative

By SOMINI SENGUPTA 2:44 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet companies like Microsoft and Facebook are egging each other on to prove to consumers that data is safe and in their control.

In Germany, Amazon’s Labor Relations Under Scrutiny

By JACK EWING 3:31 PM ET

BAD HERSFELD, Germany — The online retailer has become a symbol for everything that many Germans resent about American-style management.

Does Google mean what it says? CNET (blog) This week, one senior Google exec declared that smartphones are "emasculating," while another said there was no need for physical stores. Yet Google makes smartphones and has pop-up stores. Confusing? Chris Matyszczyk. by Chris Matyszczyk. March 3 ... See all stories on this topic »

Google knows searching is its strength San Francisco Chronicle Google is the most important Internet tool in most people's day. But except to check out the Google Doodle, I can't remember the last time I actually entered w-w-w-.-g-o-o-g-l-e-.-c-o-m in a browser. All my searches - and those of just about every ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle

Google's Chrome and Punishment for PCs Wall Street Journal While Chrome is best known as a browser, Google has also morphed it into a lightweight computer operating system that manufacturers like Samsung, Acer and Hewlett-Packard are now building into cheap laptops for the cloud computing age. Call it the ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Have Google's Self-Driving Cars Hit A Technological Roadblock? Forbes Henry Blodget has an interesting piece at Business Insider about challenges Google is facing in it's quest to create a self-driving car based on conversations with “someone close to the company”. He lists 3 challanges: 1) The cars have trouble ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Google Glass' Women Problems TechCrunch If you build it, they will come. Perhaps. And only if you don't chase them away. Recently Google co-founder Sergey Brin took to the stage at the TED “Ideas Worth Spreading” conference. His idea worth spreading? That cellphones are “emasculating.” ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple and Google Create Massive App Economy Wall Street Journal Apple and Google Create Massive App Economy. How big of a money maker are apps? What country's GDP is the size of the global app economy? How does app use compare to TV in terms of time spent per day? WSJ's Jason Bellini has answers. Up Next ... See all stories on this topic »

Miriam Makeba's birthday commemorated in Google doodle The Guardian The birthday of Miriam Makeba, the late singer and civil rights campaigner, has been commemorated with a Google doodle. Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March, 1932. In 1960, the South African government cancelled her passport to prevent her ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Here Are Some Of The Problems Google Is Having With Its Self-Driving Cars Business Insider It's hard to tell which Google project the world is more excited about--Google Glass(es) or Google's self-driving cars--but this frequent car-driver, anyway, can't wait for the latter. (The Glasses sound cool, too, don't get me wrong.) Google is making ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Stole Apple's Mojo Seeking Alpha It seems that Google (GOOG) has stolen Apple's (AAPL) mojo, and it doesn't have any intentions of giving it back anytime soon. The technology stock world is fast paced, driven largely by unrealistic expectations. If you're one of the "cool" kids on the ... See all stories on this topic »