Google: Beware Rising Censorship, At Home And Abroad
June 20, 2012Google said this week that a report on takedown data shows widespread political censorship around the world – some of it, disturbingly, in Western democracies.
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Sebastian Thrun: Online University Udacity “Is An Experiment”
June 19, 2012Sebastian Thrun’s idea is to change the “pedagogical approach†in education by placing the emphasis on students solving problems themselves.
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Google, Facebook Are Uneasy Allies On New Taskforce
June 16, 2012As in Marvel’s The Avengers, there are some uneasy relationships between the members of a new task force to fight shady advertising practices on the web.
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Google Blows Up ICANN Applications
June 15, 2012Some of the world’s largest entities applied for a handful of new ICANN top-levels. Google submitted more than 100.
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Can Google Show Racism In Elections?
June 12, 2012A provocative paper makes the case that racism cost now-incumbent presidential candidate Barack Obama between three and five points during the last election.
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Is Google A ‘Brand Killer’?
June 9, 2012Google fired back today against charges that its search policies and market dominance make the company a “brand killer,†able to bury rivals by making subtle changes to the algorithm that ranks pages, and letting clients with fat wallets buy better rankings.
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Absinthe, Ovaltine, And Google Product Search. Soon To Be Renamed Again.
June 8, 2012Product Search is one of the odd Google services that’s always been kind of crummy, but has never been canceled or put on the back burner.
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Is That Google Earth, Or The New Sim City?
June 7, 2012Google unveiled a graphically intense vision for Google Earth, including footage that shows comprehensively-rendered city skylines complete with buildings and foliage.
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Twitter’s First Bird Logo Cost $15. For the Latest, It Poached a Designer From Google
June 7, 2012Twitter’s first iconic bird logo came cheap. For the latest, the company spared no monetary or metaphorical expense.
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Meebo Slow Cooked To $100 Million Sale
June 6, 2012Online chat client Meebo grew organically, relying on word of mouth and a deliberately-paced test phase to maintain a stable trajectory, according to co-founder Seth Sternberg. That strategy paid off this week, when Google acquired the service for a reported $100 million.
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