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Seven months from now, another confrontation between Google and the Chinese government may well occur. The government's indicated that it intends to take legal action agai...

If “Likes” Are The New Links, Content Quality Should Increase

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Subtle Facebook Message to Users Sends Big Message to Google

When you get on the web, where is the first place you go? If you regularly close your browser, it's whatever you have your home page set as. Is the page the destination of the m...

Microsoft Names Principal Architect Of Bing Mobile

A man who fostered a great reputation in the geospatial community by founding OpenStreetMap, "a free editable map of the whole world," has started working for Microsof...

Mobile Users Are Using Their Devices in Your Store. Are You Taking Advantage?

9 out of 10 mobile Internet users have accessed the mobile web while at a store, according to a new study from Yahoo and...

Google Gives $100,000 Toward Bid For Turing Papers

Google has a habit of decorating its corporate offices with interesting, science-oriented objects. Its headquarters in Mountain View sport a model T-Rex skeleton and a Spa...

Retailers Increasing Paid Search Ads Ahead Of Black Friday

U.S. paid search spend from retailers has increased nearly 37 percent ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, compared to last year, according to a new report from SearchIgnite....

Location-Based Services Too New to Know How They’ll Be Abused

Last week, Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence Sr. Analyst Paul Wood shared some predictions for online threats in the coming year with...

Google Cloud Connect May Be Important Piece in Google’s Overall Strategy

Google announced a new feature of Google Docs today, called Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office. The feature comes from...

Growing Amount of Users Turning to People Search When Social Networks Fall Short

While Facebook's numbers continue to grow, it remains a reality that not everyone is on Facebook. So where do you turn to find people that you're looking for online whe...

Google Gets OK To Delete UK Street View WiFi Data

At least in the UK, Google may finally be able to put its recent Street View privacy gaffe behind it. The company's signed a commitment to improve its handling of data, an...

Matt Cutts Calls For “CEO Of Google” Ideas

If you've ever wanted to have a say in what Google does next, a visit to Matt Cutts's blog may be in order. This afternoon, Cutts published a post asking readers what acti...

Google Aids Borders With Local Availability Tool

Early this week, Borders announced a new version of its website on which users could (sometimes) employ Google Books to preview a novel. Now, the two organizations are bui...

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