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The Ad Council has launched the “Internet Safety Coalition,” in an effort to educate teens about how to be smart about what they post and share online....

UK Authority Rules Google Breached Data Protection Act

In the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office has concluded its investigation of Google's Street View privacy gaffe, and there's good news and bad news for the search giant.&...

Google Buzz Privacy Suit Settlement Announced

The launch of Google Buzz did not go well, as you may remember. Automatic opt-ins and privacy scares created quite a stir. But Google's putting the matter behind it,...

Google Tests AdWords, Call Metrics Integration

When creating a form for customers to fill out, it's easy for business owners to slip in a question asking who referred them. Finding out how someone got a phone number is...

Bing Activates Facebook Features, Makes Some Changes

Bing announced today that it is completing its deployment of the new Facebook features announced last month. They should be available to all U.S. users. Bi...

Google Street View Debuts In Germany

Google's had a difficult time launching Street View in Germany; over the past two years, there have been random outcries, more formal protests, and a first-of-its-kind opt-out p...

Google Intros API Console, New Custom Search, Translate APIs

Google announced some API news today. "Primarily, we introduced a new dashboard for APIs (APIs Console) to help developers manage their API usage across all their sites and...

NYU Commits To Google Apps

Early last month, we talked about "most or all" of the students in New York being put in touch with Google as the state of New York became a Google Apps partner. ...

Another Video Paints Google and Eric Schmidt as Creepy

If you have a beef with Google's actions, the trendy thing to do these days appears to be making a video about it, and using Eric Schmidt quotes and likenesses, making them as c...

DMOZ Co-Founder “Crowd Sources” Search with New Search Engine Blekko

Rich Skrenta, co-founder & former CEO of Topix and NewHoo (which went on to become The Open Direc...

Google Launches Resource to Prepare Retailers for Holidays

Google has launched a new site called "ThinkHoliday", which counts down the days until Christmas, and provides inform...

Easily Find Local Election Info with Tools from Google

With the midterm elections taking place tomorrow, Google is highlighting some tools it offers to help voters make their decisions. This is not a new concept for Google, but it's...

Flickr Moves To Accommodate Google IDs

Yahoo-owned photo-sharing service Flickr is getting more flexible with regards to how users can sign in. The site has started to support OpenID, and Google is its first pa...

Facebook Places “Deals” Rumor, Facebook Makes Deal with Yandex

Nick O'Neill at AllFacebook has an interesting story, claiming Facebook is testing a new "Facebook De...

F1 Driver Wins Lawsuit Against Google

Orkut, Google's social network that never caught on in America, looks set to cost the company some money in Brazil. Google's lost a lawsuit brought against it by Formula O...

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