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Google Sued By Rosetta Stone Over Trademarks

Update WebProNews spoke to Eric Goldman, Associate Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law and Director of the High Tech Law Institute about the latest trademark case brought against Google.

Google Improves Universal Results for Locations

Google is now showing images in universal search results for location queries. They have shown maps for some time, but the addition of images enriches the results that much more.

What To Do When Your Site Drops

It's happened to all of us. You wake up one morning feeling like a million bucks, you stretch and if you're like me, you notice the eye-rolling as once again your significant other catches you with a toothbrush dangling from your mouth and a laptop or iPhone in front of you while you check rankings and emails. And then it happens - you start your browser with a search phrase already set to display and you notice that your site no longer holds it's previous position and the move is not in the right direction.

Why It's Not Wise for Your Business to Overlook FriendFeed

If your business didn't have enough reasons to set up a FriendFeed account before, it has a very good one now. Last week, FriendFeed launched its real-time search feature. Results for this roll in when something that fits the query is posted somewhere. Think Twitter Search, only covering a bunch of services.

Intel Apparently A Google Chrome OS Partner, Too

Yesterday, we reported that nine companies had partnered with Google to help develop Google Chrome OS.  This article may be a little short on names by comparison, but it seems important to note that Intel, the chipmaker with a market cap of about $90 billion, is also on the team. 

Google Captures Nearly Three-Quarters Of Searches

Microsoft's Bing accounted for 5.25 percent of all U.S. searches for the month of June, according to the latest data from Hitwise. Google continued to hold on to its dominant position growing 7 percent year-over- year capturing 74.04 percent of the U.S. search market for the month. Yahoo landed in the second position with 16.19 percent of the search market, but saw its growth drop 17 percent year-over-year, while Ask received 3.15 percent of searches with its growth slipping 22 percent year-over-year.

Google Product Search For Mobile Goes To More Devices

People who like to shop from the comfort (or at least convenience) of their cell phones are in luck; Google Product Search for mobile now supports all devices with mobile connections in four different countries.  Plus, people with more advanced phones are getting access to Google Suggest.

Google Maps Receives Two Useful Upgrades

Google Maps just keeps getting more interesting.  Today, two fresh features came to light, and together, they'll make it a lot easier for users to get their bearings in unfamiliar territory and plan multiple-stop outings wherever they may be.

Fake Chrome OS Screenshots Punk Tech Media

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard that Google announced that it would be releasing a new operating system called Google Chrome OS this week. One mysterious blog entry popped up soon after, claiming to have snagged some screenshots of the OS as Google demoed the product to Acer. Here's an excerpt from that post:

Google Image Search Acknowledges Usage Rights

Google Image Search has caught up to - and gone beyond - Yahoo's offering in the same arena.  Users of Google Image Search can now filter results according to usage rights, meaning they can more easily determine what pictures can be reproduced without the creator objecting.