Failure to Comply: Judge Orders Google to Reveal Paid Media Relationships
Google has been given clarification and a deadline of Friday to comply with a U.S. judge's order to disclose any paid relationships with the media. The judge said Google "failed to comply" with his...
View ArticleLinkedIn Now Lets You Endorse Skills & Expertise of Your Connections
LinkedIn has introduced a feature that allows users to recognize professionals for their expertise. It allows users' connections to endorse one of their skills they've listed on their profile or...
View ArticleGoogle Passes Microsoft to Become 2nd Largest Tech Company
Some analysts think the news is related to a shift from Microsoft's dominated PC industry, where users relied on software running on desktop machines, to software delivered by the Internet that allows...
View ArticleWearable Social Media: Jacket Rewards Facebook Likes With ‘Hugs’
Just when you thought Facebook couldn't get any more creepy and intrusive, it can now hug you in the street. Thanks to the "Like-A-Hug" jacket, which is connected to the social network, you can get a...
View ArticleTwitter Tweaks Search Features in App Update
Twitter's updated mobile app for iOS and Android aims to improve search and discovery. It brings improved search features to the app and web, and shows photo and video results at the top of search...
View ArticleNew Look Facebook News Feed to Debut March 7
Invitations have been sent out summoning media to "see a new look for News Feed" at an event this coming Thursday starting at 10 a.m. PT at the Facebook's headquartersin Menlo Park. Facebook CEO Mark...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Ban Gets Bar Big Publicity
A "dive bar" in Seattle has banned the augmented reality spectacles to preserve privacy. The bar's owner responded to angry Facebook commenters, arguing that the original post was "mostly humorous" and...
View ArticleDigg Plans to Build RSS Reader to Replace Google Reader
Digg hopes to identify and rebuild the best of Google Reader's features, but also advance them to fit "the Internet of 2013", such as integrating it into social networks and communities like Facebook,...
View ArticlePinterest Redesigns Site, Adds 3 More Features
Pinboard-style social network Pinterest has had a makeover, with fresh features and a simpler and cleaner design. Invitations have already been sent out for users to try the revamped website, which was...
View ArticleLinkedin Now Lets You Mention People and Companies in Updates, Comments
Professional social network LinkedIn has introduced a Facebook-style tool that allows users to mention and hyperlink people and companies on the network in status updates and conversations. Name...
View ArticleGoogle Glass eBay Auction Hits $90,000 Before Being Removed
The augmented reality eyewear yesterday turned up on auction website eBay. The listing reached $90,100.00 after receiving 28 bids, but was canceled due to Google's terms and conditions, which state...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon: It's Balloon-Powered Internet Access
Google plans to give Internet access to the entire world by sending network-enabled balloons into the stratosphere. Dubbed Project Loon, the new Google venture aims to liberate those 5 billion or so...
View ArticleOpinion: Search Engines Not Responsible for Deleting Personal Data From Index
Google and other search engines don't have to delete sensitive personal information from their indexes because they aren't subject to privacy requirements under existing European data protection law,...
View ArticleGoogle Overhauls Android Maps App
Google has given its Android Maps application a makeover. The update includes an overhauled interface with new discovery features that allow users to quickly browse and discover new places without...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Overhaul Arrives for iOS, With Dedicated Tablet Design
The iOS update sports an overhauled interface with new discovery features. But more importantly for Apple tablet users, the updated app has been specially designed so all the above features work better...
View ArticleGoogle Cuts Maps API Prices by 88%
Google has slashed the price of its Maps application programming interface (API). In a move to attract more enterprise use of the system, U.S. companies will now pay 50 cents instead of $4 for every...
View ArticleGoogle Buys Email Client Sparrow to Boost Gmail
Sparrow works on iPhone and iPad devices and Mac computers, using simplified interfaces of Twitter clients such as Tweetie or IOS apps as opposed to more traditional email style applications such as...
View ArticleGoogle Closer to EU Antitrust Settlement
Google is nearing a settlement with the Euroopean Commission regarding its search and advertising antitrust probe. Antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia says EU regulators have reached "a good degree of...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts Now Rolling Out in Gmail
Google is removing the video chat function from Gmail that has been available since 2008 and replacing it with a Hangouts style feature as seen in Google+. Google promises Gmail users this will mean...
View ArticleGoogle Outage: Web Traffic Dips 40% During 5 Minute Blackout
Global Internet traffic dipped by 40 percent when Google experienced a complete blackout, web analytics firms have claimed. All of Google's services including Search, Gmail and Youtube went down...
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