The track I’ve been writing about, Longhorn Speedway, in southeast Austin. The cars are out there for a flea market, not for racing—people haven’t watched racing out here since the late ‘90s. Image via Google Maps The past few weeks, for me, have been full of researching and interviewing people about an old short track...Read More
Google introduced a “fact check†tag to highlight the fact-checked, reliable sources in Google News results. Now, the company is expanding the feature to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Google’s Vice President of News, Richard Gingras, said in a blog post on Wednesday that users in those three countries would see fact-checking websites marked as such...Read More
In December, Felix Kjellberg threatened to take his star power off YouTube. Turns out, it was a ruse. The Swede behind the PewDiePie character admitted in a video that he was trying to boost his YouTube fan numbers to more than 50 million. Irreverence like this has turned him into the biggest celebrity on YouTube...Read More
How Google made a Doodle game For Valentine’s Day, Google made a game where you play a rolling pangolin looking for love. This is how a team of artists, engineers and designers made one of Google’s most complex Doodles to date. by Lexy Savvides Think of Valentine’s Day and the first thing that comes to...Read More
Google, NetEase talk China Play Store JV The glacial return to China for Internet titan Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is making its debut in the 2017 headlines, with a word that the company is in talks to open a Chinese version of its app store with online game giant NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES). That tidbit nicely sets the...Read More
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages are great for speeding up the web on your phone, but not so much if you want to share links with friends. Frequently, the only hint at the original link is a brief mention at the top — share the page you’re looking at and you’ll give people Google’s AMP cache,...Read More
Photo: Getty A potentially major blow for privacy advocates occurred on Friday when a U.S. magistrate ruled against Google and ordered it to cooperate with FBI search warrants demanding access to user emails that are stored on servers outside of the United States. The case is certain to spark a fight, because an appeals court...Read More
Google is now the world’s most valuable brand, according to a new study, snagging the No.1 spot from Apple which has been the incumbent since 2011. The annual ranking from Brand Finance says Google’s (googl) monetary value increased to $109.5 billion last year, representing a 24% increase overall. By contrast, Apple’s (aapl) monetary value fell...Read More
Trayvon Martin’s parents are considering a run for political office The move is in response to the Trump presidency, which is threatening to undo the work on racial justice that Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin have been doing since their son was murdered five years ago. USA Today broke the news, and has a posted...Read More
Most MBAs want to make money – it is still a big part of business. But for my MBA students, making money is not enough. I teach three classes for MBA’s at UVA Darden: Software Design, Software Development, and Applied Digital Innovation. For many of my students, Google is now a top recruiting choice. It’s...Read More
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