Yandex, Russia’s largest search provider, has filed a complaint against Google for what it believes are anti-competitive practices. The complaint specifically relates Google’s bundling of its search engine and apps into Android, which is, by far, the most popular mobile OS in Russia. According to Yandex, Google is actively preventing local smartphone vendors from pre-loading...Read More
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Google and toy maker Mattel revealed that they are collaborating on a new version of the classic View-Master toy that uses Google’s smartphone-based virtual reality solution, Cardboard. Like Google Cardboard and Samsung’s and Oculus’ Gear VR, the new View-Master is a headset with a slot that holds an Android smartphone, which will produce the images....Read More
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Dr. Google has always been a bit of a quack, doling out ever shoddier medical advice with every passing search result. Search the symptoms of a rash and somehow, someway, you will inevitably come to believe you have cancer. Now, the search engine is trying to bring some much-needed validity to the world of health-related...Read More
Google doodle by Ithaca College Professor Jack Wang and his twin brother, Holman.(Photo: PROVIDED PHOTO) Story Highlights Visit mycozyclassics.com/books to see the work of Jack and Holman Wang Laura Ingalls Wilder was born Feb. 7, 1867 ITHACA – The Google homepage on Saturday will have a touch of the prairie thanks to an Ithaca College...Read More
Larry Page, right, and Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founders at the official opening of Google’s new European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, October 6, 2004. Photographer: John Cogill/Bloomberg News. First it conquered search. Then it was online video and advertising. Now Google is turning its attention toward telecom — and it’s no experiment. In recent months,...Read More
Well, they started it. Google Street View allows people to crawl virtually along your street and look at your house. Google Earth offers global intrusion from above. The web giant has done its bit to abolish privacy. Now an artist has out-Googled Google, offering a sneak peek at its less than beautiful underbelly. The joy...Read More
Ever wonder why a doctor wears a white lab coat? Or a surgeon wears scrubs? Take a walk around any medical or laboratory environment and you’ll see a lot of people wearing silly-looking outfits like these. But it’s not just the medical environment. Utility workers and machinists wear oversized protective goggles. Environmental crews put on...Read More
Google Earth Pro, the premium version of Google’s popular Google Earth service, is now free. Google sliced the price from $400 a year, so this is a pretty solid deal. If you like to make 3D measurements or create HD videos of virtual trips around the world, I’d jump on this. You can download the...Read More
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