Tag Archives: Google

Google is set to launch a music service expected to compete with industry pioneer iTunes. Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter. …

What do we have to fear from Google and Verizon?

Google has announced that they are giving up on Google Wave, one of the few products from the internet giant ever to fail. Wave, a real time messaging platform, was unveiled in May 2009 to an enthusiastic crowd of developers at the Google I/O event in San Francisco. It would “set a new benchmark for interactivity,” said Sergey Brin. The …

Google will buy travel software company ITA for $700M. While they claim to have no plan to establish themselves as resellers of airline tickets, the takeover is raising concerns of anti-trust violations. “What we’re going to do is build new flight search tools that focus on end-users,” Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts …

Beginning today Google will cover the added tax charged to LGBT employees whose partners are covered by their insurance plan. “It’s a fairly cutting edge thing to do,” said Todd A. Solomon, a partner in the employee benefits department of McDermott Will & Emery, a law firm in Chicago, and author of “Domestic Partner Benefits: An Employer’s Guide.” Google is …

A California woman is suing Google because their mobile map application lead her onto a Utah street without sidewalks. Where naturally she was hit by a car because she was walking in the road. Lauren Rosenberg says that the Google Maps BlackBerry application told her to use Deer Valley Drive — a highway also called Utah State Route 224 — …

It looks like you’re worth about $18/month to Google. Or is per year? Confusing. I’m also not sure where the Twitter revenue even comes from. (Via – Business Insider)

Viacom’s billion-dollar lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement is yielding some fascinating details. Even as Viacom was sending Google takedown notices for clips from their shows such as the Colbert Report and the Daily Show, their own marketing teams were posting clips from those very shows and many others. According to a trial claim by YouTube: For years, Viacom continuously …

Here’s a clip tracking the various industries currently being invaded by Google. Could you get through a day without using at least one Google product? I couldn’t. It’s a bit scary. I can’t think of one other company in the same position.

If you are a Mac owner using Google’s Chrome browser, a recent update is causing some WordPress and Blogger sites to crash, this one included. I’m told a fix is coming “soon.”

Google has shut down a number of popular MP3 blogs on its Blogger service for copyright infringement. More shutdowns are promised. Over the course of the past day, the Google-owned blogging service Blogger has shut down a number of popular mp3 blogs, including Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, I Rock Cleveland, LivingEars, and It’s a Rap. If you follow the links …

Here’s a take on Google’s now-famous Super Bowl ad about Paris, but from the perspective of a gay man. Nice ending.

Today Google is expected to announce a new Gmail feature that will mimic many of the features of Facebook and Twitter. Via Mashable: Gmail users can already update their statuses — sort of — through Gmail’s chat feature. Currently, this feature is more akin to the traditional IM “away message.” However, with this new social push, Gmail will offer a …

Tefillin.

I was looking for a new and hopefully horrible photo of Peter LaBarabera for a post I’m about to put up and was highly amused by the above Google result. Yes, at the moment the first Google return for “Peter LaBarbera” is an ad for erectile dysfunction. And it links to his URL! If somebody at Google is being funny, …

Is it just me or has Gmail just given up on spam blocking? A year ago I’d get one or two a week, max. Lately, it’s 20 or 30 a day. Annoyed!