* Google Pac-Man consumed 4,819,352 hours of time (beyond the 33.6m daily man hours of attention that Google Search gets in a given day) * $120,483,800 is the dollar tally, If the average Google user has a COST of $25/hr (note that cost is 1.3 – 2.0 X pay rate). * For that same cost, you could hire all 19,835 google employees, from Larry and Sergey down to their janitors, and get 6 weeks of their time. Imagine what you could build with that army of man power. * $298,803,988 is the dollar tally if all of the Pac-Man players had an approximate cost of the average Google employee.
Google services, Blogspot and Blogger, housing many different blogs, including several with a focus on music. Lately, the Internet giant, however, removed a number of popular blogs that have existed for several years.
At Google, it is thought that these blogs breaking copyright laws because they have received complaints about the material which can be downloaded on the sides, known as DMCA complaints (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
Complainants, however, according to the people behind the various blogs unfounded, as they have been allowed to reproduce the material, typical of the music companies' PR agencies or the artists themselves.
The announcement gives Google does not have much and calls for bloggers to come up with a DMCA modklage. It is however problematic, since many do not know the procedure for how to do this, and even if they do, they often do not know what specific music file has complained.
Verizon Wireless and Google today made a strategic partnership that will leverage the Verizon Wireless network and the best of the Android(TM) open platform to deliver leading-edge mobile applications, services and devices. Both companies view this agreement as an opportunity to offer consumers an array of products that combine the speed of the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network with the flexibility of the Android mobile platform.
Integral to this agreement is a commitment by the companies to devote substantial resources to accelerate delivery of leading-edge innovation that will put unique applications in the hands of consumers quickly. The two industry leaders will create, market and distribute products and services, with Verizon Wireless also contributing the breadth of its nationwide distribution channels. Consumers will be able to purchase products resulting from the collaboration in Verizon Wireless retail and online stores.
Verizon Wireless and Google plan to co-develop several Android-based devices that will be pre-loaded with innovative applications from both parties as well as third-party developers. The family of Android phones on the Verizon Wireless network will come from leading handset manufacturers.
"The nation's best wireless broadband network is a perfect complement to the innovation of Android-powered services and devices," said Lowell McAdam, chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless. "Together, we'll work to deliver a compelling new experience to our customers."
"The Android platform allows Verizon Wireless customers to experience faster and easier access to the web from any location," said Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer for Google. "Through this partnership, we hope to deliver greater innovation in the mobile space to consumers across the U.S."
The agreement will come to fruition within the next few weeks as Verizon Wireless introduces Android-based handsets.
The SpotifyDemo has an early look at plans to support music service Spotify on Android phones complete with cached tunes. Absolutely, some sort of special deal at such a reasonable price would be nice. Anything higher would be questionable... Great idea :-)
Microsoft's new search engine Bing is live although its being called as incident as microsoft never wanted to release it at night. Bong is not being seen as a threat to Google which however enjoys top position. Bing was in news for some time since its introduction.
Here are Few Interesting features from Microsoft BING
Users from USA can see on-page previews of the contents of each site. This feature is not present for users from unsupported countries do not get these previews.
The previews can contain up to five links to other content of the site which is an interesting feature as search engines usually limit the exposure to one or two links to a site on each page
Bing's one back draw seems that it is not optimized for English speaking users from US and UK. however
Bing will also add related content like images where appropriate to the results.
Bing has few alikes like Google Search. There are sponsored advertisements on top of the search results pages and on the left.
If you use Google Chrome as your browser you can make Bing your default search. Here's how:
Click the Wrench Icon in Google Chrome and click Options.
The Andorid based HTC MAGIC claim to be the newest only Google Android mobile phone on which was propoerly unveiled during Mobile World Congress, the Magic is an evolution of the Dream and its design suggests a more conscious effort by HTC to take on its two big touchscreen rivals, the Apple iPhone and the BlackBerry Storm.was announced at Mobile World Congress this year and it’s been getting a lot of buzz.
DESIGN WISE SPECIFICATIONS of HTC MAGIC
* Candy bar * Height117.7 mm * Width55 mm * Depth13.7 mm * Weight118.5 grams
The HTC Magic features the same set of specifications like its G1 obviously because they’re both running Android. Why choose this device over the G1? It’s all in the handset design. The G1 is a little more bulky and if having a phone that fits nicely into your pocket is a big priority, then you should consider buy the HTC Magic instead.
HTC MAGIC Hardware features
3.2" TFT Touchscreen
3.2 Megapixel Camera
3G (HSDPA), EDGE, GPRS, HSCSD and Wi-Fi technology
HSDPA packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 7.2Mbps
HSUPA packet data service with a maximum transition rate of up to 2 Mbps
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Handwriting recognition
Built-in GPS
MP3 Player
Document viewer (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF)
Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
microSD Card Slot (TransFlash)
Dimensions: 117.7 x 55 x 13.7 mm
Weight: 118.5 grams
Standby Time: Up to 420hrs
Talk Time: Up to 7hrs 30mins
Price And Availability
The HTC Magic is expected to retail between 99 and 199 Euros and will launch initially on Vodafone. Although Europeans will have the first crack at the device, T-Mobile is expected to pick it up in the near future where it will likely be called the G2. Broadband DealsMobile Broadband - Buy Mobile Broadband Deals, Best Mobile Internet Offers With Free Line Rental, USB Modem and Cheapest Network Connection Offers from 3 Mobile in UK.
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According to the latest discussion on Google Page ranks, Toolbar PR is not just a harmless toy or an entertainment.
Toolbar PageRank numbers can be 3 months out of date or more. Some "PR Updates" have been buggy enough to seriously misrepresent a page's real PR. But despite these openly discussed flaws, the toolbar "report" affects the web culture in many ways - and most of them are negative.
Matt Cutts has blogged that PR Updates are considered pretty much a non-event around Google. But when that "non-event" is also buggy (because Google sees it as unimportant?), then some advertisers will not pay fair value to a website for hosting their ads. That's not entertaining at all, and it's no longer a non-event.
Bones says:
"The PR indicator is probably the only reason why many SEO folks have the Googlebar installed. Remove the TBPR and lose a big Googlebar user base also. "
Google has been upfront about that. Their engineers constantly tell us the toolbar is not for webmasters to make business decisions off of or for ranking better, or for unraveling what the secret sauce is. The fault belongs squarely with webmasters for being lazy by doing what everybody else is doing and ignorant for not researching it for themselves and seeing the answer coming straight from Google engineers. Yeah they're going to backpedal enough to keep you using it, but we all know it's not useful for SEO purposes.
It is a common news these days that Google is trying to jump into the mobile phone market, with a report today on the The Wall Street Journal's Website that says the search giant has been in talks with carriers such as T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless about technical specs and about carrying handsets optimized to run Google applications.
The Journal, citing people familiar with the project, also said that Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its mobile phone project, and has already developed prototype handsets. Unlike Apple's exclusive deal with AT&T, the Journal reported that Google is hoping to forge deals with multiple manufacturers and offer the handsets through multiple carriers and that the phones will not necessarily carry the Google brand.
The phones are still very much in the planning stages, and consumers shouldn't expect to see them until next year at the earliest.
According to Irene Chen,Wistron NeWeb has entered design-in development for Wi-Fi phones with Google Talk compatibility. The maker has been shipping Skype-enabled Wi-Fi phones to branded network-equipment vendors since late last year, according to company sources. Shipments of Skype Wi-Fi phones could top 20,000-30,000 units a month in the second half of 2007, indicated the sources.
The Wi-Fi phones targeting the consumer segment will help drive revenues growth at Wistron in the future, said the sources.
The company has also stepped up its efforts to boost sales of its SIP (session initiation protocol) Wi-Fi phones to the telecoms sector in 2007, said the company sources, noting that the company previously focused on brand vendors for the production of the SIP Wi-Fi phones.
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and another Taiwan-based telecoms services provider have adopted VoIP solutions, which include CPE (customer premises equipment) products such as SIP Wi-Fi phones, offered by Wistron, the sources indicated.
Apple and AT&T released the iPhone on June 29 in the US. The launch appears to have broken all records, including that of media hysteria, and by any measure it was a huge success. At this time, it appears that over the first three days alone Apple sold at least 500,000 iPhones — unsubsidized, unlike almost all other handsets sold in the US — which is more than the Motorola RAZR sold in its first month. In comparison, the iPhone has generated roughly 200m mentions on the Web, according to Google.
Whether the iPhone turns into a long-term success or not, however, the combination of excitement and fear it has stirred has already caused a number of changes in the mobile communications industry. Most important is that the device has raised user expectations— and not just for that superior design for which Apple is famous. The iPhone has already woken up a large portion of the market to the benefits of a menu-free, multi-touch user interface, to the idea of mobile Internet access, and to the opportunity in software and device integration.
Google is directly investing in small companies to expand the popularity of its iGoogle product. Google Gadget Ventures grants popular Google gadgets $5,000 for further development. Popular widget businesses are eligible for $100,000 in seed capital with Google taking an equity stake in each company. Google expects to invest $700,000 or more in third-party widget development over the next year. About 9% of Google's gadget directory would be eligible for the grant consideration based on the Google Gadget pageview analysis I last conducted in April.
According to paicontent Google hasn’t given up on the Belgian newspaper stories linking and copyright issue...it has filed an appeal against the Belgian court’s February ruling, but says talks are ongoing and it hopes to avoid further court action, reports MarketWatch.
An appeal hearing is scheduled for July 17, but Google wants an extension for more negotiations, the story says. The two did a partial deal in May on how the copyrighted French- and German-language articles may be used by Google News...Google say it has still not paid any fines to Copiepresse, nor has it paid for the right to publish the links as Copiepresse has demanded.
For those that don’t know, Google has a philanthropic arm: Google.org, that aims to make the world a better place. What is better (these days at least) than a green car? Nothing says Google. That is why it has invested $1 million in grants and launched the RechargeIT initiative. The RechargeIT initiative aims to speed adoption of plug in cars, once believed to be dead. The RechargeIT Prius claims 73 mpg and a 68% reduction in greenhouse gasses. Additionally, Google will be charging these vehicles with power created by solar panels at the Google Campus. Sweet huh?
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. ADVERTISEMENT if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['NO8YEkSOxIs-']='&U=13b2tqqo6%2fN%3dNO8YEkSOxIs-%2fC%3d596100.10729059.11378652.2498248%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d4610806'; In a report released Saturday, London-based Privacy International assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved for companies with "comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy." None of the 22 other surveyed companies — a group that included Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), Microsoft Corp. and AOL — sunk to that level, according to Privacy International. While a number of other Internet companies have troubling policies, none comes as close to Google to "achieving status as an endemic threat to privacy," Privacy International said in an explanation of its findings. In a statement from one of its lawyers, Google said it aggressively protects its users' privacy and stands behind its track record. In its most conspicuous defense of user privacy, Google last year successfully fought a U.S. Justice Department subpoena demanding to review millions of search requests. "We are disappointed with Privacy International's report, which is based on numerous inaccuracies and misunderstandings about our services," said Nicole Wong, Google's deputy general counsel. "It's a shame that Privacy International decided to publish its report before we had an opportunity to discuss our privacy practices with them." Privacy International contacted Google earlier this month, but didn't receive a response, said Simon Davies, the group's director. The scathing report is just the latest strike aimed at Google's privacy practices. An independent European panel recently opened an inquiry into whether Google's policies abide by Europe's privacy rules. Meanwhile, three consumer groups in the United States are pressuring the nation's regulators to make Google change some of its privacy policies as part of its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online ad service DoubleClick Inc., which also tracks Web surfers' behavior. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking into antitrust concerns raised by the DoubleClick deal, but has not indicated if privacy issues will be part of the inquiry. Hoping to placate its critics, Google has pledged to begin erasing the information about users' search requests within 18 to 24 months.
Google is planning a strong move into the mobile, to the possible extent of creating a mobile operating system to challenge Symbian, Windows and so on—although a more likely scenario is a complete suite of products which run on a variety of OS’s. “But it will undoubtedly take on the companies behind those systems at the higher software levels where the battle for power is most crucial - the user interface, mobile browser and content frameworks” argues The Register. So while the Google system will likely support Java it will compete against Sun’s JavaFX Mobile. This would be a better way to go than creating an OS and trying to get it widely accepted—there are already plenty around and most carriers are seeking to minimize the number of different systems they support. The article suggests that the newly announced Google Gears will play a major part of Google’s mobile strategy, since being able to work effectively offline (the intention of Gears) is more important on mobile than on PCs
Forget the company's WiFi initiatives, pervasive Google-branded handset rumors, Google MVNO rumors, Google-as-carrier speculation. Consider how the company's actual mobile product launches and comments about the mobile industry have left the industry reeling at times. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt just announced that the company is developing a number of mobile applications with mobile carriers around the world. So before the next big announcement hits, here's a look back at the top five Google-related maneuverings that left the mobile industry reeling:
1) Phones should be free: At the Web 2.0 conference in New York last November, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told reporters that mobile phones should be free: "It just makes sense that subsidies should increase" as advertising rises on mobile phones. Schmidt admits phones may never become totally free for the consumer, at least not outside of Hong Kong, but advertising will drive down the costs substantially, as it did for newspapers. Article
2) AdWords Go Mobile: The launch of Google's AdWords service for the mobile platform last September surely resonated throughout the industry as the new class of search startups took note of their accomplishments thus far and braced for the battle ahead. Google launched a mobile avatar for AdWords in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany and is testing mobile ads that enable Google's AdWords customers to place messages on Google mobile search results. The ads contained two lines of text with a limit of 12 or 18 characters per line. Article
3) The carriers are blocking our maps!: Chris Sacca, the head of special initiatives at Google, claimed mobile carriers had been lobbying the company to stop people from using Google Mobile Maps. Sacca informed the audience at Oxford University's Said Business School: "We've been getting notes from some of the telco carriers who are saying 'look, you need to stop your customers from downloading this thing.' They're inserting themselves between you and an application that you want--I think that has scary, scary implications." Article
4) We are buying YouTube: Last October, Google bought user-generated content video portal YouTube for a cool $1.65 billion. During an investor call that day, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, "In the last 48 hours our engineers got together and came up with 20 or 30 different ways" that Google's technology could integrate with YouTube's. While YouTube has yet to launch in full on the mobile platform, it has inked deals for showcasing selected, pre-approved content for Verizon Wireless subscribers. I expect Google will launch YouTube unabridged for mobiles in the coming year.
5) The Dodgeball founders resign: This recent announcement marks what is perhaps the first setback for those optimistic about Google's future mobile domination. Dennis Crowley and Alex Rainert, co-founders of the mobile social networking service Dodgeball, announced their resignations from search giant Google, which acquired the property in May 2005. "It's no real secret that Google wasn't supporting Dodgeball the way we expected... The whole experience was incredibly frustrating for us--especially as we couldn't convince them that Dodgeball was worth engineering resources, leaving us to watch as other startups got to innovate in the mobile + social space." Article
So what do Schmidt and the engineers at Google have hidden in their handsets? Looks like we won't have to wait too much longer to find out. -Brian
On Thursday, the company will host its first Google Developer Day, attracting 5,000 people to 10 locations around the world, including the San Jose Convention Center in California. The conference is part of a company goal is to cultivate a better relationship with programmers, particularly those on the cutting edge of mashup development, a relatively new style of application development that combines information from different Web sites. In conjunction with the conference, the company on Wednesday announced Google Gears, a Web browser plug-in that allows Web developers to add offline access to Web applications. Google Gears is part of the company's strategy to court developers in order to make Web applications more capable--a goal that it is taking substantial steps to achieve, particularly for a company whose primary business is online search. The company employs some of the key engineers in open-source software projects, including Linux kernel contributor Andrew Morton, and gives outside developers access to its services, often for free. Employees even write tools, released with liberal copyright and usage terms, to make the lives of Web developers easier.
Santiago Montoya, the controversial Undersecretary of Tax Collection of the Province of Buenos Aires best known for his Tax raids on Sex Hotels has now effectively started using Google Earth to collect taxes in Argentina. With Google Earth he can see the size of buildings and collect fines if they exceed the floor to area ratios (200 buildings did), he can identified undeclared properties, in short he can do better from his office collecting taxes that he can do in the field. While many accuse Santiago Montoya of being a self promoter American style DA a la Giuliani, the thing is that sometimes these ruthless and creative characters are needed to catch criminals and tax evaders.
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