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Google Has Some Thoughts On What You Can Do To Help Stop Bills Like SOPA

Google Has Some Thoughts On What You Can Do To Help Stop Bills Like SOPA

By Zach Walton May 17, 2013

One of the most valuable allies in the fight against SOPA last year was Google. The search giant gave millions of Internet users the tools necessary to contact their representatives to voice their opposition to the bill. Now Google is …

Anonymous Announces #OpPetrol, Targets Oil Industry Anonymous Announces #OpPetrol, Targets Oil Industry

Anonymous has a bone to pick with the oil industry. Via various Anonymous related YouTube channels, the hacktivist group announced Operation Petrol this week. As the name implies, Anonymous will be targeting the oil industry. What’s interesting about this particular …

Dracula Is Already Using Google Music All Access Dracula Is Already Using Google Music All Access
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Yesterday, at the Google I/O conference, Google unveiled their long-rumored subscription music streaming service and opened it up to the public with a free 30-day trial. The service, called Google Play Music All Access, is poised to challenge the likes …

New 'Internal' Microsoft 'Scroogled' Ad 'Leaks' New 'Internal' Microsoft 'Scroogled' Ad 'Leaks'

Microsoft, who just received a cease and desist letter from Google for a separate issue, has now had a new “Scroogled” ad allegedly leak to the public, though it was allegedly meant for Microsoft employees. This one attacks Chrome, saying …

Six Strikes Group Had Its Company Status Revoked Six Strikes Group Had Its Company Status Revoked

Earlier this year, a big hoopla was made about the Center for Copyright Information and its Copyright Alert System, otherwise known as “Six Strikes”. In short, those caught downloading pirated content on BitTorrent would be sent warnings that soon turned …

Google Sends Microsoft Cease And Desist Letter Google Sends Microsoft Cease And Desist Letter
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Google has sent a cease and disist letter to Microsoft for building a native YouTube app for Windows 8, and violating its terms of service in three areas. In the letter, Google explains, “It appears that the application: (1) allows …

800+ Apps Downloaded from the App Store Each Second 800+ Apps Downloaded from the App Store Each Second

As we told you on Wednesday, Apple’s App Store just hit a huge milestone – 50 billion total app downloads (excluding re-downloads and updates, of course). Today, they made it official with a release that mentions a couple other interesting …

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Justice Department Says It Supports Email Privacy Justice Department Says It Supports Email Privacy
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In the debate over email privacy, law enforcement has usually been on the side claiming a warrant requirement when accessing email would impede investigations. It’s a good sign then when the largest law enforcement agency – the Department of Justice …

Watch The Entire Google I/O 2013 Keynote Here Watch The Entire Google I/O 2013 Keynote Here

Google gave an incredibly lengthy keynote to open up Google I/O on Wednesday. This included a number of announcements pertaining to Android, Google Play, Chrome, Google+, Search and Google Maps, yet still didn’t come close to covering all of the …

Apple Hits 50 Billion App Downloads Apple Hits 50 Billion App Downloads

Nearly two weeks ago, Apple announced that they were just about to hit the 50 billion milestone in terms of apps downloaded in the App Store. Today, the company finally hit the mark. Apple hit 40 billion app downloads back …

Google TV Updates To Latest Version Of Android Google TV Updates To Latest Version Of Android

Google announced today that Google TV is being updated to the latest version of Android and Chrome. This is, of course, one of a slew of announcements out of the Mountain View company today, with Google I/O currently in full …

Google Wallet Gets Integrated With Gmail Google Wallet Gets Integrated With Gmail
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Google announced a lot of things today, but some it didn’t all make into the Google I/O keynote. On the Gmail blog, Google announced new Google Wallet integration for Gmail, which comes in the form of an “Attach Money” button. …

YouTube Live Streaming Sees Big Expansion YouTube Live Streaming Sees Big Expansion

Back in April of 2011, YouTube launched YouTube Live, which offered live streaming capabilities to a select number of partners. Today, they’re announcing a massive expansion of the program which will allow tons of new channels to live stream content …

Google Music All Access Goes Live, Early Thoughts Google Music All Access Goes Live, Early Thoughts
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If you’re still looking to add a streaming music service to your collection of services (which, admittedly, could be pretty massive by now), Google wants to throw their hat in the ring. Today, Google launched Google Play Music All Access, …

Google Aims To Simplify Mobile Shopping Google Aims To Simplify Mobile Shopping

According to Google, the abandonment rate of shopping carts on mobile is a whopping 97%. With that, they’re providing an HTML5 autocomplete function in mobile Chrome, and a new Google Wallet “Instant Buy” API to fill out info in three …

Google To Sell Galaxy S4 With Stock Android Google To Sell Galaxy S4 With Stock Android
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At the end of the Android portion of the Google I/O 2013 keynote, Google’s Hugo Barra announced that it will start selling a new Android device on its Play store. Those expecting a Nexus device were in for a surprise …

Chrome Now Has Over 750 Million Active Users Chrome Now Has Over 750 Million Active Users

Earlier, Google announced that Android has seen over 900 million activations. After talking about Android and Google Play for about an hour, the Google I/O keynote shifted to Chrome. Last year Chrome had 450 million monthly active users. Since then, …