Posts Tagged ‘Google’

“This is pretty cool”, which is why we give a +1: Google is now offering a tool for small businesses that allows them to create a mobile internet site quickly – for free. Whoever visits http://sites.google.com/mobilize can create a mobile landing page with just a few clicks in just a few minutes. Read the rest of this entry »

For quite some time, the Google recommendation button with which users could rate websites or search results with “this is cool” was only available on the English version of google.com. As of this week, the search engine giant is making the +1 button available worldwide, starting with google.de, google.co.uk, and google.fr. More countries should be made available soon, according to the Google-Webmaster-Blog. As if that weren’t enough: at pretty much the same time, the company started up its social network project Google+ as an alternative to Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

Even though the total number of users has gone down, according to US media reports, Facebook’s winning streak is holding up: the social network is expecting to double its 2010 profits through display advertising, launching the site to become the largest advertiser on the net, according to the research of eMarketer. Yahoo, the previous front-runner, will fall to second place, followed by Google in third. Read the rest of this entry »

Google just continues in the direction of Twitter and Facebook. The search engine has now integrated in addition to the two other social communities like Quora and Gowalla in its real-time search. User questions, answers, posts and ratings – all food for the lagging Google feature. However, with a “lucky” algorithm, the posts can also show up in the universal search.

Oh boy…it’s not really that much of a surprise, right? But the outrage is still quite prevalent. At a conference in the USA, IT specialists revealed that iPhones and iPads with UMTS interface save the locations of their users using mobile networks. What really gets the blood boiling is that this data is not encrypted and can be viewed by just about anyone with the help of some special software. Read the rest of this entry »

While Microsoft is worrying about dealing with German data protection agents for its geodata-service Streetside as part of the local search engine Bing Maps, Google’s panorama view service is worrying about much different things. Media reports have reported that the company will be putting a stop to its project Street View in Germany. This isn’t the case, however. The quote from a Google representative was misinterpreted. Read the rest of this entry »

We all know it from Facebook: now Google’s trying for a one-up. +1 is the search engine giant’s own personal “like” button. After all, just because results are quick, doesn’t always mean they are relevant. With the +1 button, Google is aiming to improve its accuracy, according to the official Google Blog. Read the rest of this entry »

The French data protection agency CNIL has issued a fine of 100,000 Euro against Google. The reason is that Google Street View vehicles did not only record French streets, but also gathered data from WiFi networks, .
Investigations began at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 into the allegations that Google had violated data protection laws. In May 2010, CNIL demanded that the internet giant terminate all collection of data without explicit permission from individuals, as well surrender the gathered information from France. Read the rest of this entry »

The micro-messaging service Twitter is now being appraised at a fat 8 to 10 billion dollars, at least in the eyes of Google and Facebook. The finance branch appraised Twitter’s worth to be around 3.7 billion dollars last December. Read the rest of this entry »

The Finnish mobile provider Nokia wants to win back its power in the world of cellular devices with help from Microsoft: Last week, the companies announced their collaboration in the making of a new smartphone, which they hope to have as a major competitor of Apple and Google. Read the rest of this entry »