On Tuesday afternoon, the courtroom battle between Google and Oracle took yet another unexpected turn. U.S. District Judge William Alsup indicated that he is “concerned” the technology giants or their lawyers may have compensated reporters, bloggers, and journalists to influence what was published by the press. Even though the trial is currently winding down, the …
Although Google Maps initially launched its live traffic feature in 2008, until recently the program was limited to larger metropolitan areas. However, yesterday Google launched a massive expansion of the feature adding 130 new locations including the smaller towns of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In addition to adding 130 new cities, Google also noted …
Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, recently told an audience that he believes our dependence on the cloud is going to result in “horrible problems” in the near future. Since he currently works as the “chief scientist” for Fusion.io, which according to the company website is working to improve the cloud’s performance, his criticism of …
On Friday, Google announced the new AdWords Congressional District targeting feature. The new feature, which is already live, allows Congressional candidates to easily launch search, display, mobile, and video ad campaigns that pinpoint their exact target audience. While Google AdWords already allowed targeting by zip codes, the Congressional Districts often contain multiple zip codes that …
Since Facebook went public three months ago, the social media giant’s stock price has nearly been cut in half. Unfortunately, investors and analysts are likely to continue to be underwhelmed by the stock as a slew of bad news continues to come out. To put this loss in perspective, Facebook has now lost nearly $50 …
Although social media companies are still struggling to figure out how to monetize users, Google recently entered the crowded space by acquiring the advertising startup Wildfire Interactive. Wildfire, which initially launched four years ago, helps brands seamlessly manage social efforts across a variety of websites including: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Wildfire’s clients, …
After having his Twitter account suspended on Sunday for allegedly violating Twitter’s privacy policy, The Independent’s Guy Adams’ Twitter account has been reinstated. Adams’ infamous Friday Tweet that included the e-mail address of NBC’s Olympic Coverage President Gary Zenkel was initially considered by the social media outlet to be in violation with Twitter’s privacy policy. …
Guy Adams, an LA-based writer for Great Britain’s national newspaper The Independent, had his Twitter account suspended on Sunday after tweeting out the e-mail address of NBC’s Olympic Coverage President Gary Zenkel. The news correspondent’s Olympic Tweets have centered around criticizing NBC’s use of tape delays, broadcasting Olympic events on prime time television in America …
On Friday, Google sent a letter to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) admitting that they had broken their 2010 promise to delete certain Street View data. The data, which included information related to users’ private email addresses, passwords, and web/picture search history, was illegally collected by the Google Street View vehicles from unprotected wireless networks. …
Recently, Google announced the addition of indexation data within Webmaster Tools. To see the newly revealed indexation information, simply log in to your Google Webmaster Tools account and select Index Status under the Health menu. After clicking on Index Status, you will see a graph that displays the total number of pages indexed by Google: …
