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June 26, 2009

Friday, June 26, 2009 10:32 AM/EST

Google Disables Gmail SMS Text Chat After It Goes Wonky

Google is again having trouble with its SMS text message tool, the experimental feature in the Gmail Chat menu that lets users send text messages from their computers to their contacts' mobile phones. How much more of this will Google stand before it nixes the feature entirely?

October 18, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:40 AM/EST

Google Health: I'm Feeling Yucky

During a 10-minute spot on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit, uber product manager Marissa Mayer, who took over Google's Health initiative from Adam Bosworth after his departure, wanted to show that the initiative was, ahem, alive and well ...

April 9, 2007

Monday, April 09, 2007 9:00 AM/EST

Character Study

 Google has apologized to competitor Sohu.com after its Chinese rival complained its data was used by the U.S. search leader in a new tool for entering Chinese characters.Sohu, which controls about 6.5 percent of the Chinese search market, complained Sunday...

February 21, 2007

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:33 AM/EST

Google's YouTube Negotiation Strategy Is Ruining the Audience Experience

Google has been acting as if it controls an inelastic product--that is, that YouTube has no substitutes and therefore the content companies will be forced to negotiate deals with favorable terms for Google.For the past several months, Google's assumptions have been...

January 31, 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:06 PM/EST

Google Can't Use Gmail Trademark in Europe

Google won't be able to use the Gmail trademark in Europe after losing an appeal to the OHIM (Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market) concerning a lawsuit by German VC Daniel Giersch.From the Register:Giersch, who has held his trademark...

January 30, 2007

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:03 PM/EST

Google Video recommends you watch Matt Cutts' videos and Hussein's execution

This isn't a joke: When I hit up Google Video a few moments ago (11pm ET), I noticed on the front page that the site was recommending two Matt Cutts videos and Saddam Hussein's execution. WTF? That selection strikes me...

January 22, 2007

Monday, January 22, 2007 10:28 AM/EST

Google Phishing Data: There's Schmidt on Your Face

Last Summer, after AOL released a bevy of search data, Google CEO Eric Schmidt appeared at Search Engine Strategies San Jose and promised -- promised! -- that no such breach could ever occur at the Googleplex. If memory serves, his...

November 9, 2006

Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:07 AM/EST

Google Accidentally Sends Virus in Mass E-Mail

In a sign that quality control problems at Google persist, the Google Video team sent an e-mail to about 50,000 recipients yesterday that may have contained a virus. The e-mail was sent to a discussion list focused on its Google...

May 9, 2006

Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:47 PM/EST

Google Raises The Dead

Snafu means untold numbers of old Google advertising accounts are mistakenly back from the dead.

May 8, 2006

Monday, May 08, 2006 9:28 PM/EST

The Google Mini Flapdoodle

Google expected flak over a Mini devices upgrade; well here it comes.

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