Google and Facebook battle it out in video market
Google and Facebook were facing off for ad dollars here this week, with both companies operating out of huge beachside booths to pitch marketers on ...
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2015年6月30日 星期二
Google and Facebook battle it out in video market; NGoogle AI robot answers the meaning of life
Google AI robot answers the meaning of life and tells humans how to be good - The Independent
Study Suggests That Google Has Its Thumb on Scale in Search;Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Google-Oracle Copyright Fight
Study Suggests That Google Has Its Thumb on Scale in Search
By DINO GRANDONI
Researchers presented 2,690 web users with two different versions of Google and found that the users preferred results that linked to rival sites.
By QUENTIN HARDY
A years-long copyright fight between Google and Oracle will continue. At issue are the bits of code that help pieces of software work together, called Application Programming Interfaces.
2015年6月25日 星期四
Amazon Echo, a.k.a. Alexa, Google Street View scales new heights on El Capitan
Amazon Echo, a.k.a. Alexa, Is a Personal Aide in Need of Schooling
By FARHAD MANJOO
The Amazon Echo is an artificially intelligent personal assistant answering to the name Alexa. It's not yet heavy on the "intelligent," but could one day be useful.
Google can now take you on the breathtaking climb up Yosemite's El Capitan
But now, you can experience the climb from the comfort of your own mobile device, tablet or desktop, thanks to what Google is calling “our first-ever ...
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2015年6月22日 星期一
EU Demands Major Changes to Google’s Search Rankings
WSJ
EU Demands Major Changes to Google’s Search Rankings
Charge sheet says violations concern 12 countries and date back to 2008
The EU’s antitrust chief filed formal charges against Google in April, escalating her agency’s five-year-old investigation. PHOTO:ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON—The European Union has demanded sweeping changes to the way Google Inc.ranks rival comparison-shopping services in its general search results and warned that the company could be fined for alleged past violations of EU antitrust law, according to a formal charge sheet that was sent to the U.S. search giant in April, three people familiar with the matter said.
The charge sheet, which runs more than 100 pages, calls on Google to use the “same underlying processes and methods” when presenting rival shopping-comparison services on its search page, the people said.
That demand for equal treatment of competitors goes far beyond Google’s own proposal last year to settle the concerns of the European Commission, the EU’s top antitrust authority, that Google skews search results in favor of its own specialist search services, like Google Shopping.
The EU’s latest approach has potentially far-reaching implications for how search operators do business in Europe in the future.
At issue is whether Google uses its overwhelming 90% share of online searches in Europe to squeeze competitors in related markets where it also competes.
The EU’s new antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, filed formal charges against Google in April, escalating her agency’s five-year-old investigation. The charges focused specificallyon Google’s comparison-shopping service, but Ms. Vestager said she also continued to examine other domains, such as travel and local services, where Google is accused of favoring its own services.
A redacted version of the charge sheet, which is known as a statement of objections, was sent Thursday to several of the companies that have filed formal complaints in Brussels over Google’s business practices, the people said. News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal, is one of the complainants.
The charge sheet claims that Google’s alleged abuses extend to 12 European countries and date back as far as 2008, the people said. The document warns that the EU could fine Google for the violations, the people said. The European Commission declined to comment.
Comparison-shopping sites such as Nextag say that when users search for products, Google features results from Google Shopping and relegates products featured on rival sites lower, where they may not be seen.
Google has repeatedly denied breaking EU antitrust rules. U.S. regulators closed their own investigation into Google’s search practices two years ago after the company agreed to voluntary changes.
Google couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. The company said in April that it strongly disagreed with the need to issue formal charges, and looked forward “to making our case over the weeks ahead.”
Ms. Vestager’s predecessor, Joaquín Almunia, sought three times to settle with Google, most recently in February last year. Under the latest deal, Google offered to reserve space near the top of its European search pages for competitors to serve specialized search results for things like hotel rooms alongside Google services that do the same thing.
But each settlement ultimately foundered amid criticism from the companies it was designed to protect.
Several of those companies indicated Friday that they would look more favorably on the EU’s latest solution.
Google has at least a few more weeks to respond to the EU’s charges, and can request an oral hearing with regulators to better present its case. The companies that filed complaints against Google have four weeks to file their own responses to the charge sheet.
The news of the charge sheet was first reported by MLex, a specialist news service for regulatory affairs.
2015年6月21日 星期日
FOX CT Google bans revenge porn. After Criticism From Taylor Swift, Apple to Pay Royalties
Google bans revenge porn
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is finally taking steps to remove “revenge porn” from its search results. The company announced a new policy on Friday ...
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After Criticism From Taylor Swift, Apple to Pay Royalties
Less than 24 hours after Ms. Swift complained that Apple was not planning to pay royalties during a three-month trial period of its new streaming music service, the company changed course.
2015年6月20日 星期六
2015年6月17日 星期三
Google Signs Deals with Five Major Orchestras for New Online Music Store
Google and five of the world’s major orchestras announced an agreement Monday that will bring live concert recordings to a new classical music section of the Google Play online store.
2015年6月15日 星期一
Can Amazon Deliver the Goods in Private-label Groceries?
 | MANAGEMENTCan Amazon Deliver the Goods in Private-label Groceries?If Amazon wants its plan to sell private label groceries to succeed, the company has to get things right on product quality and logistics.http://knlg.net/1HnlGwO |
2015年6月8日 星期一
Google on Artificial-Intelligence Panic: Get a Grip
“Whether it’s Terminator coming to blow us up or mad scientists looking to create quite perverted women robots, this narrative has somehow managed to dominate the entire landscape, which we find really quite remarkable.”
2015年6月1日 星期一
谷歌讓你的智能手機更聰明
谷歌讓你的智能手機更聰明
在一年一度的舊金山開發者大會上，谷歌總會亮出其最新想法。通過數據收集進一步改進各種功能。有些功能人們甚至不知道是否用得上。
（德國之聲中文網) 與舊版本相比，新智能手機的操作系統Android "M"的許多應用功能更加完善。例如顯示用戶所在位置以及如何為其提供幫助等功能。該系統的軟件可以自動提醒用戶去洗衣店去取已經洗好的衣服。
智能手機也可以幫助用戶很快找到停車的地方或者及時顯示旅行的飛行時間，也可以將不同的應用程序（Apps)和谷歌服務系統，如搜索功能結合起來。
Android M 版的新支付系統
相對而言，谷歌新的智能程序需要更廣泛的數據來源，使軟件擁有足夠的信息來進行甄別歸類。同時，公司為用戶加強對應用程序權限的管理提供了可能性。對電子郵件、定位或者記事本等服務可以選擇單獨賦予其獲得安卓手機數據權限。
新的移動支付系統可以使用戶既能在商店也能通過手機上的應用程序上進行支付。谷歌同Mastercard 或者Visa等支付系統開發商合作開發了新的支付系統。但使用的前提之一是必須安裝Android 4.4 "Lollipop" 操作系統。
谷歌高管介紹新的應用程序
新的照片管理系統
此外，谷歌還推出一個新的照片管理系統，該系統可自動根據內容將圖片分類，方便搜索。蘋果手機和平板以及普通電腦也可以使用這個新的圖片平台。
新的圖片應用系統可使用戶無限地上傳照片，原始圖片可以保留最高1600萬像素的分辨率。照片可以按時間順序排列。新的照片軟件能自動識別照片中的人物，地點和物品並以此分類，用戶無需自己事先對照片添加關鍵詞。用戶只需選用一個概念詞如"暴風雪"，新的軟件便可搜索出相關的圖片。
任何人都可製作的相機系統
在本屆開發者大會上，谷歌還宣布可折疊的紙眼鏡"Cardboard"虛擬現實眼鏡升級。用戶通過"Cardboard"虛擬現實眼鏡，便可以瀏覽虛擬的3D世界。這個將智能手機變為電腦和屏幕的裝置，銷售量已經超過100萬。新的虛擬現實眼鏡適用於尺寸不超過6英寸的設備，開關係統得到進一步改進。該產品還配備了一個軟件，可以被廣泛用於教育領域，學生和老師的設備能夠同步，使整個班級可以查看其他國家的照片。
然而。虛擬現實（VR）領域的最重要創新是"Jump"相機系統，用戶可以用它自己拍攝VR視頻。通過一個相應的專有軟件，用戶可以很容易地將一個個單一的拍攝鏡頭剪輯成自己的一部電影。谷歌願為所有製造商提供相機的製作資料。
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