Associated Press NEW YORK — The federal judge presiding over challenges to Google Inc.’s plans to create the world’s largest digital library has refused to delay the 7-year-old case while Google appeals his decision to grant authors class certification. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin’s order was put in the court file Wednesday in Manhattan, where...Read More
(CNN) — Apple sue us next? Not a chance. That’s the gist of Google’s message following Apple’s $1 billion victory over Samsung in a California patent suit. The search giant is doing its best to quell fears that its Android operating system could be the next target for Apple’s lawyers. And you can’t blame them....Read More
Google is making changes to its sometimes useful “I’m feeling lucky” button and turning it into a ever-changing advertisement for Google services, projects, and a few fun Easter Eggs. If you visit the Google homepage and hover your mouse over the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button, the text will spin to different emotions, such as “I’m...Read More
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc failed to comply with a court order to disclose the bloggers and other commentators on a patent and copyright case who might have been influenced by payments from the Web company, a judge said on Monday. U.S. District Judge William Alsup gave Google until noon on...Read More
An August 7 order by judge William Alsup in the Google/Oracle Android-themed patent face-off has turned up few fish. In an effort to weed out “authors, journalists, commenters, or bloggers” whose financial relationship with either company might come into play during any appeals following Oracle’s (generally lost) lawsuit, Alsup ordered both companies to disclose their...Read More
Image Courtesy of Android PoliceGift cards and wish lists are coming to the Google Play store, according to the Android Police website, whose hackers uncovered code supporting the features in a new update of the store’s application package. Blogger Artem Russakovskii says he discovered the new features in the app by comparing the code in...Read More
8:56 p.m. | Updated SAN FRANCISCO — Google made another foray into producing original content Monday when it announced its plans to buy the Frommer’s brand of travel guides from John Wiley Sons to augment its local and travel search results. Google will pay about $23 million for the brand, according to a person close...Read More
Google’s new copyright-policing policy apparently won’t affect Google-owned YouTube as it does other Web sites, despite the fact that YouTube has been known to play host to illegally posted copyrighted material. The new policy, announced yesterday, knocks sites down in search results if Google receives a lot of “valid copyright removal notices” involving content on...Read More
Google search will be less welcoming to sites accused by copyright owners of piracy. On the company’s blog, Google outlined a new measure designed at penalizing sites that generate too many complaints from copyright owners. “We will begin taking into account a new signal in our rankings: the number of valid copyright removal notices we...Read More
Google is gearing up to test out a search feature that integrates with Gmail. The idea is that when a Google search-engine user types in a query, the results that come up will not only be from the public web, but also from their personal Gmail account. This means that if someone searches “best restaurant”,...Read More
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