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Did eBay Just Prove That Paid Search Ads Don’t Work?
Before you read the rest of this article, go to Google and try searching for “Amazon.” You’ll probably notice that the top two listings are both for Amazon’s website, with the first appearing on a light beige background.
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Google Reader’s demise is awful for Iranians, who use it to avoid censorship
Google's announcement that it's killing off Google Reader, the company's beloved, if not wildly popular, tool for consuming RSS feeds, was met with outrage from journalists and other, largely American nerds who rely on it to efficiently churn through blogs and other websites. But the real tragedy is likely to be felt in countries like Iran.
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Google Has Started Removing Ad Blockers from the Play Store
Google has always had a pretty lax set of rules when it comes to the apps on Google Play, but today, they've started removing a number of popular ad blockers from the store.
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No, The Death Of Google Reader Doesn't Mean 'Free' Doesn't Work
With the imminent death of Google Reader, I've seen a number of people whose opinions I respect quite a bit, say something about how "this shows why paying for software is important," or, alternatively "why free software isn't a good idea."
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God Damn It, Google
Google said “Don’t be Evil,” and they meant it, but they found what others have found: it’s easier said than done, not because of temptation, but because nobody is quite sure what evil is.
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Will Killing Google Reader Increase Global Censorship?
After Google unceremoniously announced it would be killing Reader later this year, much of the outraged response focused on its use in the U.S. But there's a whole other aspect to the service: for thousands of users around the world, it's one of the few ways they can get around their country's censors.
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Google to Congress: Reform Email Privacy Law Now
Google has a message for lawmakers on Capitol Hill: It's time to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), a decades-old law that governs email privacy.
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Google engineer: DRM has nothing to do with piracy
A Google engineer claims that DRM is not about thwarting piracy, but giving content providers control over software and hardware providers.
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Google's Android unit reportedly building a smartwatch
According to a recent report from The Financial Times, Google might also be getting into the smartwatch game. And unlike Glass, which was developed in the company’s experimental X Lab, the watch (not pictured above) is said to be under development by the Android unit, possibly indicating that Google sees it as a more immediately viable product.
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25 Pictures of Life Captured by Google Street View
Here you will find a small selection of Jon’s various finds on Google Street View; each one a proverbial needle in a haystack of digital data. His painstaking curation and ability to find and frame fleeting moments of life around the world is truly remarkable.
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Anti-Google Glass 'Stop The Cyborgs' campaign launches
A new group named Stop The Cyborgs has started up a campaign against Google Glass to draw attention to the dangers of human/tech collaboration.
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The Police Are Watching Your Google Searches
Google released a transparency report last week that showed that government snooping into your personal data is on the rise.
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A Killer App for Google’s Glasses
What would a "killer app" for Google Glass look like? Tech industry analyst Tim Bajarin offers his input, then asks for yours.
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Google's Google problem
GOOGLE is killing Google Reader. That may not matter much to many of you; use of Google Reader [a tool, by the way, for reading online content via RSS] was concentrated among a small group of relatively intense users. As it happens, that small group includes quite a lot of people who write for or as part of their living.
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What The Future Of Advertising On Google Glass Might Look Like
Advertisers are already salivating.
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What does Google need with a same-day shipping service anyway?
Google has a lot of reasons to start its own same-day shipping service. Here are a few of them.
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Google announces open source patent pledge, won't sue 'unless first attacked'
Google just announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, a new initiative whereby the company has promised not to sue developers, distributors, and users of open source software utilizing Mountain View's patents "unless first attacked.
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YouTube's ready to select a winner and then close it's doors.
Thanks for all your great entries. YouTube finally has enough videos to begin selecting a winner.
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Introducing Google Nose BETA
Coming to your senses: go beyond type, talk, and touch for a new notation of sensation.
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Meet The 10 Celebrities Google Picked To Try Out Its New Computerized Glasses
Google is still announcing the winners of its #ifihadglass contest, but there's already handful of celebrities who have been selected.
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