San Francisco is no stranger to raucous anti-tech demonstrations, but a protest outside of Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose’s home yesterday took a turn for the personal. Protesters held up banners and dispersed fliers outside Rose’s San Francisco home reading “KEVIN ROSE: PARASITE,†and blaming the Google Ventures partner and Digg founder for having a...Read More
Google is planning to launch — or perhaps re-launch — its ambitions to take over the living room with a new set-top box, according to reports. According to the The Verge, Google’s new set top box, Android TV, is already in the works — with major video app providers building the platform. According to the...Read More
Click for more market data. Some Google shareholders may be feeling like second-class citizens this morning. The internet giant’s controversial stock split occurred last night with trading commencing today. So far, investors seem to be favoring one share class over the other. The newly issued Class C shares were priced at about $586 in early...Read More
It wasn’t the first, but since day one, Gmail has always been the best email service. On April 1, 2004, Google launched Gmail and almost immediately changed the way people use email. Gmail accomplished the tricky feat of staying ahead of the competition technologically while growing to become the world’s largest email service. Boasting more...Read More
If you’ve explored Google, you know that it’s much more than a search engine. With its wide range of extraordinary tools, Google is the backbone of the startup world, as entrepreneurs use these services to make their business rock. The great part is, so can you. Google has access to what’s trending in the world, so if you...Read More
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: What do a locksmith and the U.S. Secret Service have in common? The punch line, in this case, is “a Google Maps problem.†Last month a Seattle techie named Bryan Seely—who is also, as it happens, into stand-up comedy—pulled off a gag to demonstrate the unintended consequences...Read More
Android Wear is Google’s vision for smartwatches. Photos by Google It aims to provide context-specific notifications, a la Google Now. Photos by Google Hardware will reportedly come from a variety of partners later this summer, including LG, Motorola and watchmakers like Fossil. Photos by Google The UI is based on swipeable cards and simple voice...Read More
Screenshot from Google AGNES MARTIN is associated with minimalist art, but she saw herself as an abstract expressionist. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Columbia University, yet touted anti-intellectualism and rejected much scientific theory. She lived in warm neighborhood communion with other celebrated painters in midcentury New York, yet spoke of enjoying the...Read More
Google successfully beat back an attempt to unify hundreds of millions of Internet users in joining a lawsuit claiming it illegally scanned private e-mail messages to create targeted advertising and build user profiles. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif., ruled on Tuesday that letting the case proceed as a class action—which would have allowed plaintiffs...Read More
Update – Google spokesperson Liz Markman contacted me about the issue. She clarified by saying that: The other day, we found a bug in our command line tool and worked quickly to resolve the issue. Although we have not received any reports of this issue affecting users, we sent a proactive message immediately to alert...Read More
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