After reportedly receiving a mash note from Yahoo, Hulu has decided it’s time to see if it can do better with hunkier suitors. And according to the L.A. Times, it looks like the streaming video site might have found a prospective beau in Google. [More]
Google+ Is Google's Answer To Facebook
By 6.29.11
Google is testing a social networking site of its own, dubbed Google+. A company executive said the site is out to “fix” the rigidity of online social interactions and says the service will place a heavy focus on protecting the privacy of its users. How exactly it intends to accomplish such feats remains to be seen. [More]
Report: FTC Ready To Serve Subpoenas In Google Antitrust Probe
By 6.23.11
More than two months after it was first reported that the Federal Trade Commission was thinking about launching an investigation into antitrust concerns surrounding Google, it looks like the FTC might be ready to start probing in earnest by issuing formal demands for information from the search engine behemoth. [More]
Traditional Texting Slows As Instant Messaging Grows In Popularity
By 6.13.11
Texting? That is just so 2010. The cool thing these days is instant message texting with applications like BlackBerry Messenger, or Apple’s upcoming iMessage, which use the Internet to send texts instead of service carriers. [More]
HP Starts The Tablet Smack Talk, Claiming Theirs Will Beat iPad
By 5.25.11
We can just hear it now: “Your tablet is so stupid, it thought a quarterback was a refund!” Hewlett-Packard hasn’t released their TouchPad tablet computer yet, but already they’re smack-talking iPad and Android devices and claiming it’ll be the best one ever in the whole entire world. So there! [More]
Researchers Discover Security Hole In Android
By 5.18.11
Researchers in Germany recently discovered a small problem with Google’s Android smartphone operating system, one that affects around 97% of Android users and could make their personal info available to evil bastards. [More]
Facebook Fesses Up To Being Behind Google Smear Campaign
By 5.12.11
Earlier this week it was revealed that a top PR firm was, on behalf on an unnamed client, testing the waters of the blogosphere, trying to find writers to post anti-Google items with promises of getting that content linked on bigger sites. Now a new report on The Daily Beast confirms that the folks at Facebook were the ones behind the attempted smear campaign. [More]
Google Teams Up With Samsung & Acer To Release Chromebooks In June
By 5.11.11
After the commercial success of its Android smartphone operating system and the growing number of people using its Chrome web browser, Google has announced that it has made a deal with Samsung and Acer to release a slate of PCs running the Chrome operating system. [More]
Google Music Service: Amazon Cloud With Fewer Features?
By 5.10.11
When Amazon launched its online music service, Cloud Player, some wondered, “What about Google or Apple?” Now, at least one of them seems ready to with an answer. [More]
Google Has Great Services For Customers, No Customer Service
By 5.5.11
If you’re considering porting your mobile phone number to Google Voice instead of to a new carrier, consider this: free or inexpensive phone services have a hidden expense: customer service. When Peter’s number port didn’t work, Google’s customer support structure left him with no real-time support options and no way to get the attention of anyone who could actually help him. [More]
Yahoo To Hold Onto Your Search Data For At Least 18 Months
By 4.19.11
Since 2008, Yahoo has made it a point of pride that the company only retains info about users’ search engine queries for three months, while competitors like Google held onto the data for over a year. But that’s about to change, as the internet biggie announced yesterday that, in a bid to remain competitive, it will retain search history info for at least 18 months. [More]
Report: FTC Considering Giving Google A Good Probing
By 4.5.11
Less than a week after Google reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over its Google Buzz privacy debacle comes a report that the FTC is ready to probe the internet giant once more, this time over antitrust concerns regarding its search engine. [More]
Google Settles With FTC Over "Buzz," Agrees To 20 Years Of Privacy Audits
By 3.30.11
The FTC announced today that Google has settled with the commission over the “Buzz” privacy debacle — agreeing to 20 years of privacy audits. The commission said in a statement that this is the first time an FTC settlement order has required a company to implement a comprehensive program to protect the privacy of consumers’ information. [More]
Google Takes Another Stab At Being Facebookish With +1 Button
By 3.30.11
Remember Google Buzz, the search engine giant’s attempt at trying to become all Facebook-like? It didn’t exactly do much to make Mark Zuckerberg sweat and eventually ended up as the subject of an FTC investigation over privacy issues. But that isn’t stopping Big G from trying to create a more social aspect of its search results. This week, the company announced its new “+1 Button,” which is pretty much the same as Facebook’s Like button, except not on Facebook and not at all private. [More]
Debunking The Creation Myths Behind 5 Huge Companies
By 3.30.11
It might be shocking to you to find out that some companies have lied about their own creation, but hey, who doesn’t like a good story? From eBay to YouTube, tall tales have been spun to consumers for various reasons. Let’s take a walk down liars’ memory lane, shall we? [More]
Senators Call Out Makers Of Drunk-Driving Checkpoint Apps
By 3.24.11
After four senators requested that smartphone software vendors to stop selling apps that allow users to report and find drunk-driving checkpoints, the makers of those applications are defending themselves, saying they actually help police, and not drunkies out on the road. [More]
Student Uses Smart Phone To Beat Speeding Ticket
By 2.24.11
A student describes how he was able to get out a speeding ticket by whipping out his Android. [More]
Google Slaps Overstock.com On The Wrists For Tinkering With Search Results
By 2.24.11
The search engine police at Google have penalized Overstock.com after finding that the online retailer was artificially boosting its prominence on search results by effectively paying for links on .edu sites. [More]
