Google may still be raking in the profits, but the mojo behind Gmail, Chrome, News, Translate, and Docs has started to fade in the face of stiffer competition. Is Google+ an asset or a distraction? (Credit: Screenshot by Ben Parr/CNET) Google’s empire is under direct assault from Facebook. Its big weapons — Search, AdWords, and...Read More
Google Music no longer exists as a standalone service. Google TV was an embarrassment. YouTube may lose music videos next year. Sources say not everybody at YouTube and Android is pulling in the same direction. Google can’t seem to get the hang of selling music and movies over the Internet–a goal that has similarly befuddled...Read More
A limitation built recently into Google Chrome to detect and block Flash Player exploits ended up breaking certain Flash-based applications and games for some users. Suspecting that someone would try to hack Chrome via a Flash exploit at this year’s Pwn2Own contest, the browser’s developers decided to restrict the maximum allowed size of Flash JIT...Read More
With its “Don’t Be Evil” motto, Google (GOOG) has always held itself to a higher moral standard. Now Google observers, including many longtime admirers of the search giant, say the Mountain View company is behaving more like something it vowed never to become: a conventional company where the bottom line drives decisions. The signs of...Read More
Austin, Texas (CNN) — After concerns over a revamped Google privacy policy surfaced last month, some questioned whether the Web giant is still living up to its longstanding motto: “Don’t be evil.” Absolutely, says Vic Gundotra, the man behind social network Google+. The company has to. “If we do things that are evil, with one...Read More
Reuters reports that Google is leaning on developers to use its payment processing service rather than rival offerings, though the company says that its policy has not changed. Google has been pressuring app developers to use Google Wallet as opposed to alternatives from other companies, according to a Reuters report. The news service reported today...Read More
<!– –>The Google tablet rumor will not die. Supposedly, ASUS is working with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) on a Nexus tablet, possibly branded Google Play. The 7-inch Android ICS slate will retail for just $199, we’re told. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get ready for a fight with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Â By Richi Jennings: Your humble blogwatcher curated...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – If you’re amazed – and maybe even a little alarmed – about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Last week, Google started operating under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet’s most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion...Read More
By Sam Grobart THE NEW YORK TIMES Updated: 2:24 a.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012 Published: 12:13 a.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012 E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type Starting last week, Google is using its often-criticized unified privacy policy. The company has been telling users of its services — search, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps and Google Docs, among others — that information it collects about users...Read More
7:17 p.m. | Updated Adding context in fourth paragraph. It’s not just Apple. Photos are vulnerable on Android phones, too. As Bits reported this week, developers who make applications for Apple iOS devices have access to a person’s entire photo library as long as that person allows the app to use location data. It turns...Read More
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