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Chrome Extension of the Week: Ozone
Oh god. That’s the first thing I said upon installing the Google Chrome extension, “Ozone,” because there’s simply no way around it: This extension is search to the extreme, period. What do I mean by...
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Google Infighting Stopped Acquisition of Spotify
A report from the Business Insider today claims that Google was recently very close to acquiring Spotify or Rhapsody, but the deal came apart thanks to some differing opinions inside the search giant....
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Google Adds Hacked Site Notifications to Search Results
Awake to the fact that malware authors are adept at gaining high search rankings for their malware-fraught sites, Google has been providing malware notifications in its search results for three years...
View ArticleCheat at Sudoku with Google Goggles
Google on Monday launched a new version of its Google Goggles, this latest release “faster and smarter than ever before.” So smart, in fact, that you can now use it to solve Sudoku puzzles. “Our...
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Google Helps Itself to a Larger Slice of the Search Advertising Pie
The sultan of search (that would be Google, in case there was any doubt) continues to stuff its pockets with more advertising dollars, and if iSuppli’s numbers are right, Google just expanded its lead...
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Eric Schmidt Stepping Down as Google CEO, Larry Page is in
Google announced as part of its fourth quarter earnings that CEO Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as CEO effective April 4. Taking over the reins of the search behemoth will be mild-mannered...
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Wolfram Alpha Now Offers Free API Access
Attention math nerds everywhere. Everyone’s computational knowledge engine, Wolfram Alpha, has just opened up version 2.0 of their developer API. This version brings many improvements to help you...
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New Chrome Extension Lets You Opt Out of Ad Tracking
Today Google announced a new Chrome extension that aims to give users more control over online privacy. The extension is called Keep My Opt-Outs, and does mostly what the name suggests. It allows you...
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Google Accuses Bing of Copying Its Search Results
As far as Google is concerned, Microsoft’s Bing is that kid in class who used to sneak a peek at your exam paper and copy the answer. How so? According to Search Engine Land, Google put on its...
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Microsoft Refutes Bing Cheating Allegation
The sultan of search (Google) is in a war of words with Redmond’s software giant (Microsoft). Google called shenanigans on Microsoft’s search team, claiming that Bing copies Google’s search queries...
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