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Yahoo Japan Bolts to Google

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:07:00 GMT

Yahoo Japan, which is actually controlled by Softbank, not Yahoo, and has ousted Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang on its board, has spit in the eye of the hard-won Microsoft-Yahoo search alliance, opting instead to go with Google. It said Microsoft’s localized search widgetry wasn’t good enough. Unbelievably to many observers, the pair came to the party with a tame regulator in tow. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission basically said Wednesday that it didn’t care that the deal would hand the whole of Japanese search to Google because they’re “doing search and ad business separately.”

Google Launches New Font Previewer

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Google has launched a new feature for the Google font directory. The new Google font previewer lets you test drive all the fonts in the directory so you can decide which web font in the Google Font API works best for your requirements. Whenever you visit the font family page of any of the fonts, you will see a link saying “Preview this font” that will load your font selection into the font previewer. You can edit the text, change its size and line height, and add decorations and spacing among other things. You can even apply text shadow to your text.

Consumer Watchdog Poll Finds Concern About Google’s Wi-Spy Snooping

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:26:00 GMT

A significant majority of Americans are troubled by recent revelations that Google's Street View cars gathered communications from home WiFi networks, and they want stronger legal protection to preserve their online privacy, according to a national opinion poll released today by Consumer Watchdog. While Google received an overall 74% favorable rating, nearly two-thirds of those polled (65%) say the Wi-Spy scandal is one of the things that "worries them most" or a "great deal" with another 20% saying it "raises some concern" when considering Internet issues. The poll, conducted for the nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group by Grove Insight, Ltd., found a solid majority (55%) is also bothered ("one of the most" or "great deal") by Google's cooperation with the National Security Agency without saying what information is being shared. Even more voters call for Congressional hearings on "Google's gathering data from home WiFi networks and its sharing of information with U.S. spy agencies like the National Security Administration, the NSA" (69% favor, 19% oppose).

Search Engine Promotion Advice for VARs and Channel Partners

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:58:18 GMT

Search engine optimization is an absolute must for any business. It’s a low cost way of generating sales and in building credibility. Quite simply, SEO has been the single most effective new small business marketing tool to come out within the last 15 years. However, SEO does pose certain challenges for VARs and IT consultants. Search engine optimization is normally used to attract a worldwide audience. But most IT services companies operate locally. A business in this space that wants to market themselves through the search engines has to streamline their process in such a way that most of their efforts will target a local audience.

Search Engine Promotion Advice for VARs and Channel Partners

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:58:18 GMT

EC in Preliminary Google Probe

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:20:00 GMT

The European Commission’s new antitrust czar Joaquin Almunia indicated Wednesday that Google may face a full-blown investigation into charges brought a few months ago by Microsoft, British price comparer Foundem and French legal search engine ejustice.fr alleging that Google had demoted rivals in its search rankings. He said at a conference hosted by University College London that “The work is at an early stage, but given the importance of search to a competitive online marketplace, I am looking at the allegations very carefully.” The Financial Times says the regulator is still collecting data and is in touch with Google, which maintains that results are controlled by algorithms. The Wall Street Journal says the EC isn’t sure Google is truly dominant and that the answer may rest with the barrier to entry, how easy it is for consumers to switch and the company’s power in adjacent markets.

EC in Preliminary Google Probe

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:20:00 GMT

[Updated] Google Twists in the Wind over Beijing

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:15:00 GMT

Google's quixotic and poorly executed attempt to do business in China on its terms rather than the Chinese government's has suffered another serious setback. Google's Internet Content Providers (ICP) license to run google.cn expired on Wednesday and the Communist regime told the company it won't be renewed if Google keeps automatically redirecting google.cn search traffic to its uncensored Chinese language site in Hong Kong. That's where Google unilaterally retreated to in March after the government called its bluff on leaving the country if search was going to be censored. Now Google hopes that if it puts up an intermediate "landing page" where users have to click on the message "We have moved to google.com.hk" it won't get kicked out of the largest, fastest-growing Internet market in the world on its ear. If the gambit doesn't fly, well, as its general counsel David Drummond blogged, "without an ICP license, we can't operate a commercial web site...so Google would effectively go dark in China."

IBM Defaults to Firefox

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT

The 400,000-strong IBM is officially making Firefox its default browser, according to a blog by the company’s open source and Linux VP Bob Sutor. He calls it “the gold standard for what an open, secure and standards-compliant browser should be.” Besides it ain’t Microsoft, or Google for that matter. In a dismissive shot at Chrome Sutor says, “We’ll continue to see this or that browser be faster or introduce new features, but then another will come along and be better still, including Firefox.” Like adding more support for HTML5 apparently.

Google on the Verge of Going Dark in China

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Google on the Verge of Going Dark in China

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Google’s quixotic and poorly executed attempt to do business in China on its terms rather than the Chinese government’s has suffered another serious setback. Google’s Internet Content Providers (ICP) license to run google.cn is due to expire on Wednesday and the Communist regime has told the company it won’t be renewed if Google keeps automatically redirecting google.cn search traffic to its uncensored Chinese language site in Hong Kong.

Chrome Architect Jumps Ship to Facebook as Google Me Rumor Surfaces

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Google has lost the guy who started and led its Chrome OS project to Facebook. Matthew Papakipos, who joined Google in 2007 when it acquired PeakStream which he founded, tweeted the news Monday morning, saying “Now that Chrome OS & WebGL are in good shape, it’s time for something new. I’m going to work @ Facebook! Love the product and team. Woot!” Google, meanwhile, is running up a Facebook clone according to a tweet Saturday by Digg co-founder and CEO Kevin Rose that said, “Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch Facebook competitor very soon ‘Google Me,’ very credible source.”

Chrome Architect Jumps Ship to Facebook as Google Me Rumor Surfaces

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Google vs. Yahoo

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:46:58 GMT

In the same week that Google reveals plans to launch a system that will allow publishers to charge for content, executive business channel MeetTheBoss.tv sits down with Yahoo’s Jeff Russakow, EVP of Customer Advocacy, to discuss consumer satisfaction and engagement - and how to monetize for the web. According to reports revealed at the end of last week by Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google will later this year launch an integrated payment system that allows publishers to use a single infrastructure for web, mobile and tablet to monetise their content. The news comes hot on the heels of moves by News Corporation to buy the 61 percent of BSkyB that it doesn’t already own, bringing the pay-TV operator completely into the fold: this, too, is matched by News International’s (News Corp’s main UK subsidiary) to place its newspapers behind paywalls and begin charging online users to access their pages.

Google vs. Yahoo

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:46:58 GMT

SEC May Slap Dell’s Hand 100 Million Times

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:45:00 GMT

Adding to its other problems, Dell says it has now set aside $100 million that it may need to settle “negligence-based” federal securities fraud charges dating back to before fiscal 2008 and revolving around Intel, a new shoe to drop. According to the New York Times the SEC has taken exception to how the company accounted for the billions in rebates and co-marketing payments it got from Intel. It also seems that Michael Dell might have to settle up personally. The Wall Street Journal suggests it might be for unintentional statements he should have known were misleading. The paper also suggests that when the settlement is finally filed, it could reveal exactly how important Intel’s subsidies were to Dell’s success. It supposedly got about $6 billion between 2002 and 2007. The SEC may think they were so important they should have been broken out.

SEC May Slap Dell’s Hand 100 Million Times

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:45:00 GMT

Microsoft Returns To Building Data Centers

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Since the sky seems not to be falling – at least not every day – Microsoft means to build that data center in Iowa that got shelved with the downturn, according to the Des Moines Register. The thing’s supposed to cost $100 million, $400 million less than the original plan. Supposedly it’s refined its approach to make it more lightweight.

Microsoft Returns To Building Data Centers

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Microsoft Does Deal with Opera

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT

How’s this for ironic: Microsoft has cut a deal with Opera, the author of Redmond’s last run-in with the European Commission and the reason why that browser ballot screen is circulating among all European Windows users to nudge them into abandoning IE. Opera has made Microsoft’s Bing one of the default search engines in the beta of its latest browser rev 10.60. Bing is also an option in the latest Safari and Chrome.

AT&T Must Believe There is a God

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT

One of the Goatse Security guys who hacked into the e-mail addresses and iPad IDs of 114,000 distinguished iPad owners last week complements of a security hole at AT&T, iPad’s sole US carrier, has made bail after being a guest of the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Seems when the FBI searched his place Tuesday in connection with the iPad brouhaha they came across a stash of cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals, according to Cnet, which had been using the aforesaid Andrew Auernheimer (alias Escher alias Weev) as a source. He’s looking at four felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor possession charge.

Microsoft Does Deal with Opera

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT

AT&T Must Believe There is a God

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Adaptive Computing President & COO to Present at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:45:00 GMT

Cloud computing promises the delivery of IT as a service with an optimal investment in resources – servers, storage, etc. – to support and manage applications at guaranteed service levels and reduced operational costs. New software approaches focused on intelligent workflow management and automation are delivering on this promise for the world's largest cloud infrastructure. Building on the first stage of cloud computing – consolidation and virtualization that creates a flexible pool of resources – the automation of large-scale clouds can move the industry beyond Software and Infrastructure as a Service (SaaS and IaaS) to platform as a service (PaaS) in which fully functional compute environments can be delivered on demand as a true IT utility.

Web Performance Optimization (WPO)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:50:51 GMT

In his latest blog post, Steve Souders writes about the impact of performance on business success. I am not going to duplicate his content here as you can just go ahead and read his blog. I just want to highlight some very interesting points and give you some links to follow up resources. Performance Is Now Officially Business Critical Fred Wilson, a top VC investing in companies such as Twitter, del.icio.us, Etsy and FeedBurner spoke about the 10 Golden Principals of Successful Web Apps. The #1 item on the list was Performance: “First and foremost, we believe that speed is more than a feature. Speed is the most important feature. If your application is slow, people won’t use it …”

Web Performance Optimization (WPO)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:50:51 GMT

Google Places Local Business Listing Availability By Country

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Google Places Local Business Listing availability by country. A free service offered by Google Places and new countries are added by Google as they are made available through Google Maps.

Google Places Local Business Listing Availability By Country

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Google Places Local Business Listing availability by country. A free service offered by Google Places and new countries are added by Google as they are made available through Google Maps.

Correcting the Map Marker for a Local Business Listing on Google Maps

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

If you have looked up your business address or company name on Google maps you may want to check if the map marker is in the right location. There are errors on maps occasionally based on oddities that may show your physical address on a map in the wrong location. Aside from claiming your business listing at Google and other geo-listing websites, Google does allow for community edits to modify the map marker to make it more accurate for everyone. If you find the map marker in the wrong physical location on the Google map, you can move it to the right location with the following steps.

Correcting the Map Marker for a Local Business Listing on Google Maps

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Google does allow for community edits to modify the map marker to make it more accurate for everyone. If you find the map marker in the wrong physical location on the Google map, you can move it to the right location with the following steps.

Removing Consumer Reviews from Google Places Listing

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Removing Consumer Reviews from Google Places Listing

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:00:00 GMT

While consumers were open to use blogs, forums and other social community tools to post their experiences with a business, product or service, now consumers have the ability to post these reviews directly into a geo-listing. Not only does this allow other consumers to read the reviews in a web search or a mobile search, but these reviews will impact your website’s search engine ranking position in the future. For example, if your search engine optimization is 100% perfect and you’re in the top 10, but you have a large percentage of negative reviews in your geo-listing, then not only could you no longer we in the top 10, but you may not show up in search results on any page.

Google Reportedly Swears Off Windows

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Google is reportedly ripping out whatever Windows desktop infrastructure it had at its Googleplex headquarters because of the IP-stealing hack it suffered late last year that caused it to move out of Red China proper and set up an uncensored Chinese search shop in Hong Kong. The Financial Times says several Google employees told it the Googleplex has been removing all Windows computers out of security concerns, replacing them on employees’ desks with Apple (mostly) and Linux widgets. Only those with CIO approval can reportedly get a Windows machine. The move of course reinforces Google’s attempt to invade the office with its own cloud-based productivity software and not-quite-ready-for-prime-time Chrome operating system, which may be as big an impetus as security.

Google Reportedly Swears Off Windows

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Pause Your Google History

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:40:00 GMT

Have you ever used your Google search history? If you are logged into any Google service, Google automatically keeps a history of your search queries ad web activities. You know that great web site you saw online and now can’t find? From now on, you can. With Web History, you can view and search across the full text of the pages you’ve visited, including Google searches, web pages, images, videos and news stories. You can also manage your web activity and remove items from your web history at any time. View and manage your web activity. You know that great web site you saw online and now can’t find? [...]

Pause Your Google History

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:40:00 GMT

Google Can Thank Apple for AdMob Clearance

Sat, 29 May 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Despite all the anxiety expressed by rivals, advertisers and watchdog groups and all the rumors of regulators moving to block the deal on antitrust grounds, the Federal Trade Commission last Friday rubberstamped Google’s $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising house AdMob. It seems Apple’s move into the space with its iAd platform for the iPhone and iPad as well as its acquisition of Quattro Wireless, the third-largest mobile ad network, makes the market competitive. Google said it would close on the acquisition in the next few weeks.

Google Can Thank Apple for AdMob Clearance

Sat, 29 May 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Introducing CloudBerry Explorer for Google Storage

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:59:00 GMT

Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer for Google Storage 1.0 and later.

Google Storage for Developers is a RESTful service for storing and accessing your data on Google's infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities.

Following the Google’s announcement CloudBerry Lab decided to support Google Storage in their CloudBerry Explorer product line. CloudBerry Explorer for Google Storage will have all of the functionality of CloudBerry S3 Explorer taking into account Google Storage specifics.

Google Storage is currently in private beta but if you are one of those lucky individuals who got an invitation you can now work with your storage using CloudBerry Explorer.

Note: CloudBerry Explorer for Google Storage is currently in beta.

You get your Access and Secret key on the Key Management section of Google Storage website:

You register your Google Storage account in exactly the same way as you register Amazon S3 accounts.

Now you can enjoy one of the many features of Google Storage:

*Register and connect to any number of Google Storage accounts

* Work with any number of Google Storage accounts simultaneously

* Create, browse, and delete Google Storage files

* Create, browse, and delete folders

* Copy and move files between Google Storage and your local computer

* Create Buckets

* List Buckets

* Delete Buckets

* Upload/ Download files

* Copy/ Move files

* Delete files

* Rename files

* View files

* Generate URL for files

* View files properties

* Copy/Move in background

* Synchronize folders

* Copy files from Windows Explorer

* Remember user settings

* Built-in feedback form

* Automated check for updates

In addition to CloudBerry Explorer, CloudBerry Backup will also have a version designed for Google Storage. Stay tuned!

CloudBerry Explorer for Google Storage is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Google Storage. You can download it at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/default.aspx?page=explorer-gs

CloudBerry Explorer PRO for Google Storage is a Windows program that helps managing Google Storage. You can download it at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/default.aspx?page=explorer-gs-pro It is priced at $39.99 .

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