According to recently released comScore data, Google continued to gain market share and dominate the U.S. search market last month. The comScore explicit market share report for June, which does not include searches from mobile devices, reported the following regarding the major search engines: Google During the month of June, Google increased market share by …
Google and the Federal Trade Commission have reportedly reached an agreement to settle charges regarding Google’s bypassing of the Safari browser’s privacy settings. The settlement, which requires Google to pay a record $22.5 million fine, will have very little impact on Google’s bottom line. However, since Google has a long list of legal conflicts in multiple …
Although the next presidential election is approximately four months away, CNN has already announced its running mate – Facebook. Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s Vice President of U.S. Public Policy, said the following regarding the new partnership with CNN: “Each campaign cycle brings new technologies that enhance the way that important connections between citizens and their elected …
At the annual I/O developer conference, Google announced a major new feature called Google Now that is intended to compete directly with Apple’s Siri. The new feature, which will debut on Android 4.1 (a.k.a. Jelly Bean) later this month, uses a series of “cards” that automatically provide users with information related to weather, traffic, appointments, …
In an effort to provide an unprecedented level of customer service for VIP passengers, British Airways has announced a new program that will use Google Images to identify passengers. The airline is providing approximately 2,000 staff members with iPads that can be used to access the customer’s travel itinerary, complaint history, and a photo via …
On Monday morning, approximately 300,000 computers will lose Internet connectivity due to the DNSChanger malware. The DNSChanger malware, which manipulated DNS settings to replace good DNS servers with rogue servers, redirected unknowing users to webpages filled with advertisements in order to generate illegal profits. Prior to being arrested by the FBI in November of 2011, …
Larry Page, who reclaimed the CEO position at Google in April of 2011, is attempting to strategically position the search engine by instilling a sense of urgency and focus within the technology giant’s workforce. However, only hiring the brightest minds combined with a flat power hierarchy can often make it difficult for Google’s mid-level management …
Google recently released the annual Economic Impact Report, which attempts to estimate the amount of revenue that Google drives to U.S. businesses each year. As a result of AdWords and AdSense, Google claims to have driven a whopping $80 billion of economic activity last year. Margo Georgiadis, Google’s VP of America Sales, posted the following …
On Friday afternoon, a Twitter blog post announced new restrictions related to how third-party developers are permitted to use the Twitter API. Although Twitter’s blog post did not provide specific details concerning the new restrictions, by Friday evening, LinkedIn had announced that Twitter users’ tweets were no longer being displayed on the world’s largest professional …
Even as technology giants Facebook and Google struggle to adequately monetize mobile users, Twitter recently announced it is generating the majority of its total revenues from the rapidly growing mobile sector. Adam Bain, Twitter’s president of global revenue, recently told The Wall Street Journal: “We know that mobile is how people access Twitter. It’s where people …
