Google is preparing an online store in which it will sell third-party business software to Google Apps customers, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal says that Google’s store could arrive as early as March with the works of third-party developers available as enhancements to Google’s office productivity software suite. It appears the store […]
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According to a new patent that was just granted to Google, the company could soon extend the reach of its advertising program in Google Maps to Street View, reports ReadWriteWeb. This patent, which was originally filed on July 7, 2008, describes a new system for promoting ads in online mapping applications. In this patent, Google
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Finale Desserterie & Bakery in downtown Boston has always had a ZIP code. Now, thanks to the Internet search titan Google Inc., the dessert restaurant also has a bar code according to a story in The Boston Globe. The black-and-white square, with its pattern of irregular shapes, is pasted to Finale’s front door. It’s part
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On the sixth floor of a trendy building in San Francisco’s recently renovated Mint Plaza, four former Google employees — scratch that: five former Googlers, with today’s addition of FriendFeed’s (now Facebook’s) Ben Darnell — and a few others are working on things, reports The Los Angeles Times. Founder Jason Shellen is purposely fuzzy with
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When you’re traveling this holiday season, you can enjoy free WiFi, courtesy of Google, at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight. Just bring a WiFi-enabled laptop or mobile device and stay connected to family and friends for free while you travel now through January 15, 2010. The list includes the international airports
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Google’s ever-expanding product line just got even bigger thanks to its new Commerce Search, a search function tailored for retailers. The service, which incorporates Google’s search capabilities into your online store, carries a price tag of $50,000 a year according to TechCrunch, but Google says it’s worth it. Their claim is that faster search speed
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at last week’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo about what the web will look like in 5 years. ReadWriteWeb has highlights from Schmidt’s speech: – Five years from now the internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content. – Today’s teenagers are the model of how the web will work in five years –
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WebProNews: Google has people riled up with its latest local search effort Google Place Pages. Place Pages are a Google Maps feature, which serve the purpose of providing everything you want to know about a place (a city or a business) in one spot. For example, if you search for a specific restaurant, you should
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CNET News: Google is offering Web publishers a free tool for providing translation services on their pages. Lots of big companies based outside the U.S. offer English-language versions of their Web site with a click of a button, but Google’s new service actually detects the home language of a visitor to your site and offers
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Mashable: Even though Microsoft has blasted us with advertising for their new search engine Bing, we still use Google. Wednesday, we asked how often you used Google. Over half, 55 percent said they last used Google 5 minutes ago, 18 percent said 1 hour ago, 24 percent said 1 day ago and an unbelieveable 3
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