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Microsoft Video
Slams Snooping
'Gmail Man'

Jul 29, 2011 3:35 AM CDT

Microsoft Video Slams Snooping 'Gmail Man'

Pokes fun at Google for scanning your inbox

(Newser) - You’d never tolerate your mailman behaving the way Gmail does: That’s the message of a chuckle-inducing video—believed to be made by Microsoft—that takes direct aim at the email service’s advertising techniques. Mocking Gmail for scanning your inbox as a way to target advertising, the video...

Watch Out, Netflix: Amazon Scores NBCUniversal Streaming Video Deal

Amazon Scores
NBCUniversal
Streaming Deal

Jul 28, 2011 3:17 PM CDT

Amazon Scores NBCUniversal Streaming Deal

Amazon Prime customers can now access 7K shows, 2K movies

(Newser) - Netflix and Hulu beware: Amazon has struck a new blow in the battle for streaming content. A deal with NBCUniversal has added some 1,000 movies and TV shows to the web giant’s streaming library. Alongside a deal with CBS, Amazon now provides its Prime customers—who pay $79...

Google+ Visits
Down 3% ... Already

Jul 28, 2011 12:05 PM CDT

Google+ Visits Down 3% ... Already

Time spent on the site also takes a hit

(Newser) - Less than a month after its big launch, Google+ has hit its first minus: Usage declined 3% to 1.79 million visits last week, reports Bloomberg . What's more, time spent on the new social media site dropped 10%, falling to 5 minutes to 15 seconds. It's important to...

Google+ Banning
'Wrong' Names

Jul 26, 2011 11:15 AM CDT

Google+ Banning 'Wrong' Names

But standards are not clear: Gawker

(Newser) - Planning to join the 20 million users of Google+ ? Better hope that your name passes muster. The newest social network is closing accounts for various name-related reasons, some of which are raising the eyebrows of bloggers like Ryan Tate . Though the official Google standard is to "use the...

AOL vs. Google: The Ten Most Visited Domains, 1996 vs. 2011

10 Hottest Domains:
1996 vs. Today

my, how we've grown

Jul 25, 2011 4:11 PM CDT

10 Hottest Domains: 1996 vs. Today

Remember when AOL was king?

(Newser) - Back in 1996, AOL was king of the Internet; its closest competitor was Webcrawler; and the University of Michigan owned a top 10 domain. Things have changed, as comScore data reveal in Business Insider:

1996: AOL. Today: Google sites.
1996: Webcrawler.com. Today: Yahoo! sites.
1996: Netscape. Today: Microsoft sites.

...

BlackBerry Maker Cuts 2,000 Jobs, Moves Execs

BlackBerry Maker
Slashes 2K Jobs

Jul 25, 2011 3:39 PM CDT

BlackBerry Maker Slashes 2K Jobs

Changes follow 12% drop in revenue

(Newser) - Research In Motion, the company that makes BlackBerry phones and tablets, is deleting about 2,000 names from its employee email list. The company announced it will cut the jobs—about 11% of its workforce—and reorganize its executives in order to better compete with Apple's iPhone and Google'...

Private
Companies
Shoot for
the Moon

Jul 23, 2011 12:24 PM CDT

Private Companies Shoot for the Moon

About 30 companies vying for Google's big prize

(Newser) - The space shuttle is gone, but worry not. Private industry is coming to the rescue, and fast. Inspired by a $30 million prize put up by Google, 29 entrepreneur/engineer teams are out to prove they have what it takes to win the kitty and become the first private enterprise to...

Google+ Takes Off
With 20M Visitors

Jul 22, 2011 1:34 PM CDT

Google+ Takes Off With 20M Visitors

Impresses observers after 3 weeks online

(Newser) - Google’s new social networking site, Google+, has gotten an impressive 20 million unique visitors in its first 3 weeks online; of those, 5 million are from the US. And that’s with access still limited only to those who have been invited by other members—and without any advertising...

Google Warning Virus Victims

Jul 22, 2011 4:33 AM CDT

Google Warning Virus Victims

Search-hijacking malware hits 2M computers

(Newser) - Google has gone on the offensive, warning users against malware that hijacks searches. Internet surfers hit with the virus find a yellow warning at the top of their Google search results telling them that their computer appears to be infected, the BBC reports. They're then directed to fake anti-virus...

Google Launches Credit Card

Jul 21, 2011 10:49 AM CDT

Google Launches Credit Card

But it's only being offered to ad clients ... who can only use it to buy advertising

(Newser) - Google is launching a credit card ... but don't go making space in your wallet just yet. The card will only be issued to its advertising customers, a move Google hopes will help it keep its edge as the online ad market heats up, Reuters reports. The AdWords Business card...

Google+ App
Now on iPhone

Jul 19, 2011 5:32 PM CDT

Google+ App Now on iPhone

Adds pop-up notifications, photo uploads

(Newser) - Google+ has arrived as a free app for your iPhone. Its user interface is similar to Facebook’s, writes Josh Lowensohn at CNET , and it improves upon the mobile-browser version. It provides a way to upload photos from your phone, but it lacks video chat, and “the Circles organizing...

Circles? Sparks?
How to Master
the World of
Google+

Jul 17, 2011 5:45 PM CDT

Circles? Sparks? How to Master the World of Google+

Google's new social media platform is no Facebook clone

(Newser) - You're a pro with lingo like "friends" and "walls." Too bad that vocabulary won't help you get up to speed on Google+, whose bread and butter is Circles, Hangouts, and Sparks. Writing for the Huffington Post , Craig Kanalley pulls together 15 confusion-busting tips for Google+...

Google+ to Let Users
Keep Gender Private

Jul 14, 2011 10:02 AM CDT

Google+ to Let Users Keep Gender Private

Site wants the information, but it can be hidden

(Newser) - As Google works out its social-networking kinks, it has announced a new privacy setting: Google+ users will soon be able to keep their gender hidden from others. "Gender can be a sensitive topic, especially on the Internet," says a Google product manager in an online video. Starting this...

Girls Sweep
Google Science Awards

Jul 14, 2011 4:39 AM CDT

Girls Sweep Google Science Awards

17-year-old Shree Bose makes cancer breakthrough

(Newser) - Score one for girl power: Three young American women took the top prizes at Google's first-ever science fair, beating 7,500 other contestants from 91 countries. The grand prize went to 17-year-old Shree Bose, who discovered a way to improve ovarian cancer treatment for patients who have built up...

Google+ at 10M Users, Analyst Says

Jul 13, 2011 4:15 AM CDT

Google+ at 10M Users, Analyst Says

Social network set to double in size by the weekend

(Newser) - Google says it is testing Google+ with "a small number of people," but one analyst trying to keep tabs says the social network's population is exploding so fast he can barely keep up. Based on surname analysis, Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen says the social network probably...

Google+ Runs
Out of Space,
Spams Users

Jul 11, 2011 1:46 PM CDT

Google+ Runs Out of Space, Spams Users

Fortunately, problem was only temporary

(Newser) - After all sorts of good Google+ press , a bit of the bad kind: Users were spammed with numerous error messages this weekend after Google+ ran out of storage space. A senior VP of the service apologized on his own Google+ page, explaining, "For about 80 minutes we ran out...

For Once, Facebook
Looks Vulnerable

OPINION

Jul 6, 2011 7:35 PM CDT

For Once, Facebook Looks Vulnerable

Google+ puts its rival on defensive: Rolfe Winkler

(Newser) - Facebook unveiled its video chat today with the usual fanfare, but it looked to Rolfe Winkler like a "hasty response" to Google's social networking venture. "Facebook suddenly looks vulnerable," writes Winkler at the Wall Street Journal . "This could be bad news for investors who have...

Google Hires Army of Lobbyists, Also Eyes Hulu

Jul 1, 2011 3:57 PM CDT

Google Hires Army of Lobbyists, Also Eyes Hulu

It lines up 12 companies ahead of possible antitrust suit

(Newser) - Busy times for Google, even beyond its social networking push :

Lobbyist blitz: The company is apparently taking a potential antitrust investigation by the FTC very seriously, reports the Hill : Google is hiring no fewer than 12 top lobbying firms to make its case to lawmakers. “We have a strong

...

'Insane Demand'
Halts Google+
Invitations

Jul 1, 2011 1:40 AM CDT

'Insane Demand' Halts Google+ Invitations

'Mark Zuckerberg' signed up before cutoff

(Newser) - Google's new social networking project has already won far more buzz than Buzz ever did. Google+ users were briefly allowed to invite friends to join the service but the option only lasted a few hours as demand skyrocketed, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Insane demand," posted the...

How Google Can
Trump Facebook

ezra klein

Jun 30, 2011 4:30 PM CDT

How Google Can Trump Facebook

It gives us a chance to start fresh with social networking: Ezra Klein

(Newser) - Google's new plunge into social networking hasn't exactly been met with unanimous praise in the tech world. But Ezra Klein at the Washington Post sees one distinct advantage that Google+ has over goliath Facebook: It gives people "the opportunity to start over online," he writes. Facebook...