One of the biggest draws to Google for web publishers and ecommerce outfits throughout the years is the idea that Google offers a level playing field. Sure, you can spring a few hundred bucks to a few grand per month to dominate the top paid spot of search results but Google still allowed publishers and [...]
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Google and Bing send Facebook less traffic now
As if Facebook needs anymore bad news. The social networking site’s stock price is not the only thing that is taking a nosedive lately. The traffic volume it gets from Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Google have taken a sharp turn downwards. What accounts for the change? Well, it is unclear. One thing is clear [...]
Google plans to refine local search using Zagat entries
Google bought out the long-time and well-respected restaurant rating service, Zagat, for $150 million last year. Almost immediately, many observers were scratching their heads as to how the search giant will integrate a niche customer-review content site into its search offerings. It looks like Zagat had a solid game plan before it bought out Zagat [...]
Google’s Mobile Ads domination strategy might explain new CEO choice for Motorola
Dennis Woodside is Motorola Mobility’s new chief. On a fairly shallow level, Woodside’s selection might be quite puzzling considering the company he is heading. He has never handled a hardware project. His resume does not include any mobile or consumer electronics jobs. He is neither a telecommunications expert, supply chain manager, designer, or engineer. Instead, [...]
Oracle lost big on Google’s patent trial victory
24th May, a 10-person jury found search giant Google not liable in Oracle Corporation patent infringement lawsuit against it. The claim arose from the Java technology that Google incorporated into its Android smartphone software. Oracle bought Java’s original rights holder and developer, Sun Microsystems and brought suit against Google for using Java code in Android. [...]
Google deletes a quarter of a million search results every week
No one can accuse search giant Google of being slack when it comes to working to protecting copyright holders’ rights. Well, at least that is the impression the search leader wants us to have. All told, it removes up to 250,000 search results every week. The general computing public only became aware of the number [...]
Google Drive helps drive a nail into Microsoft Office’s Coffin?
On a superficial level, the only threat Google Drive poses is to its rivals in the cloud storage space like Box and Dropbox. If you look at how Google Drive actually works and are willing to follow the logical extent of the service’s consequences, you might find that Google represents a direct stab at Microsoft’s [...]
Microsoft’s grand strategy to trounce both Google and Apple
The perennial software giant of Redmond Washington has found itself in the position of the underdog as it struggles to gain a foothold in the mobile device OS space. It started late in this space, and Microsoft has a lot of ground to recover. Given how expansive its plan looks, the house that Bill Gates [...]
Google Reveals Cloud Storage system to rival Dropbox
Dropbox shareholders might be quaking in their boots. If not, maybe they should be. No other than the 800 pound gorilla of internet applications and services, Google has its eyes set on snagging up its share of the highly lucrative cloud storage market. Long dominated by players like Dropbox, Apple’s iCloud, and Amazon Cloud, the [...]
Oracle and Google head honchos duke it out in court
Talk about a Battle of the Tech Titans! No less than Oracle’s outspoken, brash, and pioneering founder and helmsman Larry Ellison gave scathing testimony in a San Francisco jury trial against search giant Google’s alleged improper use of Oracle’s intellectual property. The trial centers on Oracle’s claim that the Mountain View-based search engine behemoth ripped [...]