Company Profile for Google
| Founded | Menlo Park, California, U.S. (09/4/1998) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online services Computer software |
| Key People | Larry Page (Co-Founder & CEO) Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman) Sergey Brin (Co-Founder) |
| Products | See list of Google products. |
| Subsidiaries | AdMob, DoubleClick, On2 Technologies, Picnik, Zagat, YouTube, |
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Google Update Begins Transition From Search Engine To 'Knowledge Engine'
By Chris Morran on May 16, 2012 4:15 PM
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Over the last few years, several updates to Google have improved the quality of its search results, and features like page preview have helped cut down on unnecessary clicking. But today the Internet biggie announced the roll-out of what it calls the Knowledge Graph, which supplements search results with information and links that you might also be interested in based on your search. More »
Google's Self-Driving Cars Get License To Cruise Nevada's Highways And Byways
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 8, 2012 4:30 PM
48 Comments
It's not just about heading to Taco Bell anymore — Google has been granted a license in the state of Nevada to test its driverless cars on public streets and highways. Back in March, Google got permission from local police in Santa Clara, Calif. to let a blind man sit behind the wheel of the self-driving car to test it out. More »
FCC Report Says Google Knew It Was Collecting Data With Street View Cars
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 30, 2012 4:05 PM
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Google is all about showing the report the Federal Communications Commission wrote up detailing its probe into the company's Street View cars collecting data from Wi-Fi networks. Which is great, but it seems its claim that it had no clue info was being gathered is kind of suspect. More »
Google Play Store Is Now Selling Devices Directly To Customers
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 24, 2012 1:00 PM
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It's not just about books, apps and audio now — the Google Play store unveiled its "Devices" section today, where it's selling the unlocked GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. This new section of the store will offer hardware directly to customers, something the company tried to do before with "eh" results. More »
Science Figures Out How To Identify Groups Of Fake Online Reviewers
By Chris Morran on April 18, 2012 1:40 PM
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Anyone who has sifted through anonymous "user" reviews of products is likely aware that there's a good chance some of those comments were posted by shills trying to game the system to make the product look much better or worse than it is. While there are already a number of common-sense ways to suss out a bogus review, science has found a way to identify entire groups of review spammers. More »
Brief Gmail Outage Shows Us All How Dependent We Are On One Company
By Chris Morran on April 17, 2012 1:46 PM
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Some time around noon ET today (some say it was earlier; Google says it was later), many Gmail users were unable to access their accounts and instead received a message reading "Temporary Error (500)." As to be expected, the world came perilously close to being engulfed in rioting, looting and other fun stuff. More »
Privacy Watchdogs To Government: Probe Google A Little Harder
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 17, 2012 10:00 AM
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Now that the Federal Communications Commission has said Google didn't do anything wrong while accidentally collecting data with its Street View cars (besides impeding the investigation), privacy watchdogs are pressing for further probes into the company. More »
FCC Fines Google, Says It Was Deliberately Impeding Street View Investigation
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 16, 2012 1:00 PM
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The Federal Communications Commission is going after Google, even though they've officially cleared the company of charges that it had collected WiFi data illegally with its Street View Cars. While they didn't do that on purpose, the FCC says Google was deliberately obstructing the investigation into those charges. More »
Google's Photos Of New Glasses Prove They Really Are Fans Of LeVar Burton
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 4, 2012 3:00 PM
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We just knew Google was aiming for a Geordi La Forge eyewear revolution when rumors first started flying about their new hi-tech glasses, and now there are pictures to prove it. Fans of LeVar Burton's character from Star Trek: Next Generation will now be much closer to realizing their dreams with the ocular gadgetry. More »
A Million People Download Instagram For Android & Annoy All Their iPhone Friends
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 4, 2012 11:00 AM
65 Comments
Just the other day, you might've been enviously watching your roommate flip through his Instagram pictures on his iPhone, shooting your Android sullen glances for its Instagram deficiency. But then, then there was yesterday — when one million downloads of Instagram for Android went flying through space and into eager hands. More »
