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Google-AdMob acquisition 'a good fit'
News Internet giant's purchase of mobile advertising firm will "bring benefits to both sides" but shouldn't be made exclusive on Android platform, say Ovum analyst.
Tags: Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Ovum, AdMob, advertisement, mobile, Mobile Advertising, monetization, Google Android
Mozilla not interested in building Firefox OS
News Does Firefox backer want to turn its open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google's Chrome OS? Not for now at least.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Google Inc., Mitchell Baker, Operating System, revenue, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Microsoft Internet Explorer
New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Alterna-browsers Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes
News Just eight days after a previous update, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 introduces fast fixes for three bugs, one of which was critical. Google Chrome has also been updated for security and stability.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Google Inc., Security, Browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5, Copy Image Feature, Web Browser, Web browsers, Apple Macintosh
Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored data
News A new page off user's Google Account settings lets them review all the data the company has stored regarding that account, and make changes or delete data.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Google Inc., Blogger, Web sites, Internet search, Google Picasa, Dashboard, YouTube Inc., YouTube Video
Google tries its own take on customer service
News Not surprisingly, the search giant thinks automation and innovation are important. But as CEO Eric Schmidt says, everyone wants to wring a neck when things go wrong.
Tags: Customer support, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Services, Google Inc., Phone, sales team, Customer support, Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Sales
Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
News When it comes to the tricky balance between providing comprehensive information and freaking people out, Google says it tries to stay on the good side of the "creepy line".
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., U.S. Government, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Internet search, Eric Schmidt, Privacy, satellite
Closing chapter of Google Books saga near
News Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law
Google plans first-ever share buyback
News If the company's US$750 million acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset impact of issuing US$750 million in stock by buying back an equal amount.
Tags: Internet advertising, Mobile advertising, Google Inc., CEO, Bloomberg L.P., Stock, trader, Eric Schmidt, SEC, shareholder
Google's SPDY protocol could ramp up Web speeds
News Researchers at Google are playing with a new Web protocol that could theoretically decrease the time it takes to load a Web page by a significant amount.
Tags: Programming languages, Protocols and platforms, Google Inc., SPDY, Web Page, Web Browser, Web Server, Google Chrome, Server, TechCrunch
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
O'Reilly: Web is at war, and it's making me sad
News In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the "punditocracy" by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Operating System, Checkout, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly
Google Translate now helps with pronunciation
News It's one thing to translate a word, but it's another thing to know how to correctly pronounce a word written in an unfamiliar character set. Google Translate just added that feature.
Tags: Service level management, Google Inc., Language, English, Service level management
Google set to promote Chrome extensions
News One of the standout features of Chrome 4.0 is customization through extensions. Google appears on the brink of launching a gallery to showcase them.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Extension, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox
Google, Bing continue gains at Yahoo's expense
News Over last several months fewer and fewer searches have been performed on Yahoo's sites, with market leader Google and upstart Microsoft seeing the benefits.
Tags: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S., Internet search, Asia-Pacific, ComScore Networks Inc., Yahoo Search, barrier
