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This YouTube Star Earns $1M a Year

Ray William Johnson's one-man show has 1.5 billion views

(Newser) - Sure, it's full of keyboard cats and double rainbows, but these days, YouTube is also a serious moneymaking machine. YouTube star Ray William Johnson is showcasing the medium's potential: With more than a billion total views, he's making about $1 million a year through his clips, insiders...

Google, Yahoo, 13 Others
Declare War on Phishing

Jan 30, 2012 8:12 AM CST

Google, Yahoo, 13 Others Declare War on Phishing

New set of standards could make email more trustworthy

(Newser) - A new anti-phishing effort, backed by the big email service providers as well as banks, PayPal, social networks, and other companies, could dramatically reduce the number of scam emails you get in your inbox. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are backing the new plan; 15 companies in total have come...

Google Privacy Shift Makes Android an Info Gold Mine

Jan 26, 2012 10:14 AM CST

Google Privacy Shift Makes Android an Info Gold Mine

Google can collect all kinds of data to share with other platforms

(Newser) - Google's controversial new privacy policy could have an especially big impact on people carrying around Google in their pockets. Google will in March begin sharing info it collects across its platforms when users are signed in—and Android users essentially always are. "I guess it's theoretically possible...

Con Artist Launched
Google Sting for Feds

Jan 25, 2012 7:20 AM CST

Con Artist Launched Google Sting for Feds

Set up fake websites illegally selling medications; firm allegedly helped

(Newser) - Last year, a federal sting against Google resulted in a record settlement—and at the heart of the operation was a convicted con man. Working with federal agents—and still wearing leg irons—David Whitaker set up a fake online pharmacy claiming to sell illegal drugs, and Google helped him...

Google's Under Fire for Grabbing More Personal Data

Google Taking Heat for Swiping More Personal Data

Jan 25, 2012 3:30 AM CST

Google Taking Heat for Swiping More Personal Data

New privacy policy will hurt consumers, say critics

(Newser) - Google's new privacy policy, designed to unify its various services, is not expected to be announced until March 1, but already consumer advocates are warning that the digital giant will be tracking and combining more information about us than ever before, reports the Guardian . Google says its new rules...

'Don't Be Evil' Tool Alters Google Searches

Jan 24, 2012 3:03 AM CST

'Don't Be Evil' Tool Alters Google Searches

Facebook engineers come up with way to revert to old Google searches

(Newser) - A few Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace engineers critical of Google's new search protocol spent the weekend cooking up a way to modify searches so they revert to the way they used to be. A new "Don't Be Evil" bookmarklet—ripping off Google's own mantra—was created...

Google Earnings Disappoint

Jan 19, 2012 5:58 PM CST

Google Earnings Disappoint

Shares plunge after rare miss on analysts' estimates

(Newser) - What was supposed to be a celebration of the most prosperous quarter in Google's 13-year history instead turned into a major letdown. The disappointment came with today's release of fourth-quarter earnings that showed the Internet search leader fetched less money per click on its ubiquitous online ads. That...

Murdoch
Twitter-Attacks
Obama, Google

Jan 16, 2012 2:50 AM CST

Murdoch Twitter-Attacks Obama, Google

Says president, company support 'plain thievery'

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch came out swinging at the Obama administration and Google over the weekend, using his Twitter account to blast them for their opposition to SOPA , the pending, heavy-handed anti-piracy legislation, reports Reuters . "So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators...

SOPA Author:
'I Don't
Mind Taking
That On'

Jan 13, 2012 5:30 PM CST

SOPA Author: 'I Don't Mind Taking That On'

Lamar Smith seems unfazed by powerful opponents to piracy bill

(Newser) - Rep. Lamar Smith, author of the fiercely controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, doesn't sound like he's bothered much by the heated opposition from e-powerhouses such as Facebook, Google, Reddit, and Twitter. "It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently don't want to protect American consumers...

Google Just Killed
Its Search Engine

OPINION

Jan 13, 2012 11:03 AM CST

Google Just Killed Its Search Engine

Why Mat Honan is switching to Bing

(Newser) - Don't look now, but Bing just became the best search engine—purely because Google shot itself in the foot. Google this week launched its " Search, Plus Your World " overhaul, which deeply integrates Google+ into your results. "Long story short: It's a huge step backwards,"...

Google Searches
Getting Personal

Jan 11, 2012 7:00 AM CST

Google Searches Getting Personal

Integration of Google+ content sparks backlash

(Newser) - Google's latest search revamp is a blow to both privacy and competition, critics complain. The search giant is integrating search results with content from its Google+ social network, meaning searchers will soon see results from content they have shared with friends as well as from the wider Internet, the...

For Gaming Search Results, Google Punishes ... Google

Jan 4, 2012 9:01 AM CST

For Gaming Search Results, Google Punishes ... Google

Bloggers were paid for links to Chrome

(Newser) - Google cracks down on companies all the time for trying to mess with its vaunted search results, and it turns out that itself is no exception: Hundreds of bloggers were paid for putting up sponsored links to Google Chrome, with most of the posts containing the kind of irrelevant "...

Google Flight Search
Shakes Up Travel Market

Google Flight Search Shakes Up Travel Market

Online agencies accuse search firm of abusing its power

(Newser) - Online travel agents like Expedia and Orbitz complain that Google's new flight search tool is unfairly squeezing them out of business. Searches like "NY to LA" now produce a Google chart of airfares, with links directly to airlines, that appear above the results for middlemen. The travel sites...

New Google Surprise: Snow

Dec 18, 2011 7:50 AM CST

New Google Surprise: Snow

Search for 'let it snow,' and watch screen frost over

(Newser) - Oh, those wacky billionaires at Google. On the heels of the "do a barrel roll" trick, which caused your whole browser to do a 360-degree spin, the search king has released a more seasonal Easter egg: snow. Type the three magic words "let it snow" into Google, and...

Google's Own
'Siri' Named
for Star Trek

rumor mill

Dec 15, 2011 3:20 PM CST

Google's Own 'Siri' Named for Star Trek

Software to be called 'Majel' after Enterprise voice: reports

(Newser) - Siri's got competition. Google is reportedly working on its own version of the voice-activated smartphone assistant, and rumor has it the software's name honors Star Trek. Google is apparently calling the system "Majel," after Majel Barrett, who did the voice for Star Trek's talking computer,...

2011 Google Zeitgeist Shows
We're Pretty Shallow

OPINION

Dec 15, 2011 10:17 AM CST

2011 Google Zeitgeist Shows We're Pretty Shallow

Time to don the hairshirt

(Newser) - There's no way to sugarcoat this: We are one shallow nation. Google today revealed its annual Zeitgeist , in which it crunches billions of Google searches "to capture the year's 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011." Here's what the spirit...

Could Google's
Alfred Rival Siri?

Dec 14, 2011 11:12 AM CST

Could Google's Alfred Rival Siri?

After criticizing Siri, Android looks to follow

(Newser) - Less than two months after Google's mobile chief panned Siri and said Google had no interest in adding a Siri-like assistant to Android , the company yesterday announced that it has bought the tech company that makes Alfred, a personal assistant smartphone app. In a look at the move, Reuters...

Google Gives $11.5M
to Fight Slavery

Dec 14, 2011 6:37 AM CST

Google Gives $11.5M to Fight Slavery

Move is a 'game-changing investment,' anti-trafficking group says

(Newser) - Google has made what is believed to be the biggest-ever corporate contribution to the fight against modern-day slavery. As part of $40 million in donations the search-engine king is making over the holiday season, Google coughed up $11.5 million to organizations working to end human trafficking, CNN reports. Up...

Google's Photo ID Feature Calms Privacy Fears

Dec 11, 2011 7:57 AM CST

Google's Photo ID Feature Calms Privacy Fears

Security experts applaud opt-in requirement

(Newser) - Google has quietly launched a facial recognition service for Google+, but unlike Facebook's more intrusive photo ID feature , Google is earning praise from privacy experts for keeping Find My Face an opt-in feature, reports eWeek . Like Facebook's Tag Suggestions, which launched about a year ago, Find My Face...

Google's
Next Big Idea:
Same-Day
Delivery

Dec 2, 2011 7:15 AM CST

Google's Next Big Idea: Same-Day Delivery

Would allow customers to purchase from nearby stores online

(Newser) - Google's online empire might be about to get a little bigger: In a move that would ramp up its rivalry with Amazon, the company is planning its own same-day delivery service, according to three insiders. Google won’t be selling things directly—instead, the system would allow customers to...