Every day that the Earth keeps turning, Google tries to persuade us that it is increasingly sophisticated. What better way to express that sophistication than to create a beer? I fizz with delight to inform you that the Googlies have entered into a partnership with the Dogfish Head brewery that has produced a beer called...Read More
September 29, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT By Douglas MacMillan Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, will sell an analytics service for online advertisers, in a direct challenge to offerings from International Business Machines Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. Google Analytics Premium costs $150,000 a year and gives...Read More
Google wants homeowners to use solar panels to generate electricity. And it’s investing $75 million to help up to 3,000 of them install panels on their roofs. The Internet search giant said Tuesday that it will create a fund for solar installers to offer financing plans. One of the biggest hurdles to installing solar panels...Read More
Although a Google-based online storage service has been rumored and internally tested for years, Google may finally have a version of the so-called “Google Drive” that’s ready for public use. Johannes Wigand, a social media consultant, spotted a screenshot of what appears to be a “Google Drive” during a presentation at a Google-sponsored event. It...Read More
On September 24, Muppets creator Jim Henson would have been 75. And in his honor Google has rolled out its latest amazing Doodle a little early. The Jim Henson Doodle features six original Muppet characters whose shapes suggest the Google logo. But as you mouse over them, you’ll find that they respond just as if...Read More
Even if the Justice Dept. were to establish that Google is a monopoly, it would be hard for anyone to prove that the company’s free services have injured consumers By Mathew Ingram Much has been made of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s admission on Wednesday that the Web giant might be a monopoly, which came during...Read More
Google, in seeking regulators’ approval for the ITA deal, said it would use ITA technology to “benefit passengers, airlines, and online travel agencies by making it easier for users to comparison shop for flights and airfares.’’ ITA, based in Cambridge, Mass., makes software that provides online flight and ticket information aggregated from the airlines. Article...Read More
Google officially rolled out its Google Wallet mobile payment system on Monday. We’ve been using a Sprint Nexus S 4G with Google Wallet for the last six weeks. Google Wallet is still in its infancy, but the system already shows a lot of promise. Right now, Google Wallet only works with Citi-Mastercards and the Google...Read More
When it comes to being social, Google CEO Larry Page is apparently very particular. Who, therefore, could be surprised that social networking isn’t quite as vital to his being as, say, burying the whole of Facebook in a very large vat of custard? The difficult thing is that everyone believes the whole world will soon...Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust investigation into Google’s search engine could shine some light on the secret inner workings of the company’s search ranking decisions and the relationship between advertising and free search results, some Google critics said Friday. With other Google services being integrated with its search engine and Google offering both paid...Read More
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