After a recent ComScore report indicated that the paid click rates for Google AdSense had dropped 12% year-over-year, and 7% from last December, Google felt the need to comment. According to Google, the decline is intentional and due to some quality initiatives that the company has taken. Not surprisingly efforts to reduce click fraud and …
After detailed, street-level photographs of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas appeared in Google’s controversial “Street View”, the Pentagon acted quickly to have the images removed, calling them a threat to national security. Because of this security threat, Google is no longer permitted to take pictures of military installations. Google takes pictures of locations …
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest person. He lost that title today, after having held onto it for an astounding 13 years. Taking over as the world’s richest person is the American investor Warren Buffett, who increased his fortune by $10 billion in the past year. Comparatively, Bill Gates lost $1 …
This week, Google launched a new application known as “Google Calendar Sync”, which allows you to sync your Google Calendar with Microsoft’s Outlook Calendar. Not only will you be able to view your Outlook Calendar events in Google Calendar, but you can also now view your Google Calendar events in Outlook Calendar. Google and Microsoft …
Yahoo has extended the time allowed for shareholders to nominate directors, in an attempt to bide some time while the company explores alternative solutions amid Microsoft’s unsolicited buyout offer. Yahoo said that in amending their bylaws and extending the deadline, the board can continue to look into alternatives “without the distraction of a proxy contest.” …
According to Core Security Technologies, Google’s Android SDK faces multiple remotely exploitable vulnerabilities. Core Security issued an advisory, indicating heap and interflow overflow issues with Android, and reserved eight CVE identifiers. They’ve also outlined a proof of concept exploit, including technical descriptions. According to Core Security: “Exploitation of these vulnerabilities to yield complete control of …
For the past two and a half years, Google has been asking its employees to make their predictions and bets on everything from their perception of projects, to the predicted number of Gmail users by the end of the year. Googlers make the bets anonymously with fake Google “money”, which allows Google to track the …
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates doesn’t like Google, and never misses an opportunity to take a dig at them. In his latest jab at the Mountain View search giant, Gates bashed Google Apps, stating that they haven’t a clue how to provide enterprise grade software, and that their application suite is proof of that. Bill Gates …
Sheryl Sandberg, the Vice President of Global Online Sales & at Google for six years, has deflected to Facebook where she will serve as their new Chief Operating Officer. Facebook announced the move today, and Sandberg will officially join the Facebook team just after Easter on March 24, 2008. As Facebook’s new COO, Sandberg will …
Continuing their efforts in the mobile realm, Yahoo surprised us today with the launch of onePlace, a mobile application that aggregates and filters content for users. Several have already likened the yet-to-be-released tool to MyYahoo for mobile users. Yahoo’s onePlace fits along nicely with oneConnect, which was revealed last month. onePlace incorporates an RSS reader, …
