Today, Google’s social strategy took a big step with the launch of Google Buzz — a new FriendFeed-like feature that’s integrated into Gmail, mobile search, Maps, and more (you can see our live notes from the announcement here). Shortly after the event, Google co-founder Sergey Brin fielded questions backstage from members of the press. Our […]
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Google Buzz might have been pushed out too soon, but there are already at least a dozen apps for Google Buzz, most of them unoffical. That’s not a lot, but it’s enough to start BuzzAware, a Google Buzz app directory. BuzzAware is started by the same folks behind Twitdom, a Twitter app directory with more […]
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It was reported in Computerworld that a “highly sophisticated and targeted” attack against Google’s network last month originated in China, and tried to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. In a blog post Tuesday, David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer, said that attacks have forced the company to “review the feasibility of […]
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Google has announced that Google Docs will drop support for Microsoft’s nearly nine-year-old Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser starting on March 1. Ironically, if Google had taken its anti-IE6 advice to heart before hackers broke into its corporate network last year, it might not now be mulling whether to abandon the Chinese search market. “We’re […]
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Google Goggles could violate your privacy without your knowing it. Goggles lets you send photos of a business card, book cover or even bar code from your Android-based smartphone to Google for quick identification and data manipulation. Now if that software is extended to include photos your personal privacy could be impacted. The way it […]
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It was reported in Computerworld that Google apologized after it mistakenly e-mailed potentially sensitive business data last week to other users of its business listings service. The company’s Local Business Center allows businesses to create a listing for Google’s search engine and Maps application, as well as add videos, coupons or photos. Google then provides […]
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Microsoft’s new browser ballot screen, which is supposed to randomly scramble the positions of the top five browsers, instead gives Google’s Chrome the best chance of landing in the preferred first spot, an IBM software architect said today. “This was a rookie mistake,” said a professor, who works for IBM and has a degree in […]
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