ADVERTISEMENT Massive cloud networks from companies like Google and Yahoo cache and serve up much of the data on the Internet — and the NSA has secretly tapped into the unencrypted links behind those company’s enormous servers, according to a new report from the Washington Post. By tapping into that link, the NSA can collect...Read More
Shareholders sent the stock up 8 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday, after Google’s better-than-expected third-quarter financial report. Still, the results revealed the company’s deep challenges: as its desktop search and advertising businesses mature, along with overall business in the United States, its growth rate is slowing and the amount of money it makes from...Read More
Researchers at USC have stumbled on a huge change in how Google architects its search services. The result? Reduced lag in serving search queries, especially in more far-flung regions (as in, far from Google’s own data centres). The insight into Mountain View’s pipes stems from other research the team was doing to develop a new...Read More
At yesterday’s iPad event, CEO Tim Cook followed Apple’s announcements that iLife, iWork, and even Mavericks would be free with a simple statement: “We are turning the industry on its ear.” It was a shot at Microsoft — one that Microsoft tried to deflect today — but it also had a less obvious second target:...Read More
Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier, capturing people’s imaginations and ushering in the modern smartphone era. While Google was an app partner for the original iPhone, it could see what a future of unchecked iPhone competition would be...Read More
Image by None via CrunchBase Google Google just can’t help itself. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the epic fail of one Google spokesperson who singlehandedly cast doubt about Google’s commitment to its cloud platform. This time it’s another loose cannon in the form of Google CIO Ben Fried. Fried gave an interesting...Read More
Early Friday, Google’s share price jumped above that price for the first time, marking another milestone in its remarkable ascent from $85 in its public offering in 2004. The shares jumped by 13 percent after a better-than-expected earnings release late Thursday. It was the first time in several quarters that Google, which for years exceeded...Read More
Microsoft may be ending Windows XP support in just six months, but Google wants to breath just a little more life into the old OS. Google announced today that it’ll be continuing support for Chrome on Windows XP through at least April 2015 — a full year after Microsoft stops issuing security patches on XP. As Google...Read More
The day after Facebook announced that it was removing a privacy option that would make all of its users searchable, Google made its own announcement for adding an option called “Shared Endorsements.” The new option would display Google users’ names and profile pictures beside advertisements for businesses and products that they’ve endorsed with a review,...Read More
(CNN) — You’re considering buying a new pair of tube socks. A quick Google search pulls up some sock ads and below one of them you see your pal Kimberly’s face next to a four-star review she’s left for Sal’s Sock Emporium. “Great deals on super soft socks, and so many fun colors!” Google is...Read More
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