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Today in StupidJanuary 10, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:29 AM/EST
Ask.com Picks Two-timing CEOSo Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone has skipped town to the comfortable arms of a venture capital firm. I might too if my share of the top-line search market hovered between 4.6 and 5 percent. I have no envy for any man or woman trying to gain share versus Google, Yahoo or Microsoft on search... September 13, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:52 PM/EST
NIMBY Cries Over Google Jet Must StingYou know it's a slow news days when news sites and bloggers everywhere are dishing about the Google Jet co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page use to scoot around the world, or, as Danny Sullivan wrote, to "sales and business meetings..." July 10, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:27 PM/EST
Google helps burglars steal $12KTwo burgling n00bs who couldn't suss how to open a combination safe at a Colorado amusement center turned to Google for help.The burglary at Bigg City, formerly Mr. Bigg’s Family Fun Center, turned into a comedy of errors early June... May 15, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:28 PM/EST
Google's Mayer: Facebook Is the Future of JournalismGoogle Vice President Marissa Mayer told a Stanford University audience last night that the future of journalism may lie in the hands of MySpace and Facebook reporters, who would write first-hand reports that could be edited and aggregated by citizen... May 14, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007 10:32 AM/EST
Is Google Sexist?Google's search algorithms have an odd tendency to promote men over women, says Dave Wischnowsky at the Chicago Trib. A reader wrote in to complain that Google discriminates against women when you use it to search for certain phrases and... May 10, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:04 AM/EST
Court: Not Illegal to Google Your EmployeesThree federal judges recently upheld a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board that says a fired federal employee wasn’t harmed when an official used Google to research his prior work history.The decision by the federal judges stemmed from the... April 25, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:41 PM/EST
Astroglide Blames Google for Letting Customer Names Slip OutPopular sexual lubricant manufacturer Astroglide is blaming Google for indexing a partial customer list that Astroglide accidentally surfaced on the Web. The pages were removed by Astroglide, but not before Google indexed them in their cache.“We received a call from... April 23, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007 11:37 AM/EST
U.S. bans Google Earth in SudanThe United States does not allow Google Earth downloads in Sudan, says Ogle Earth. The reason: U.S. export controls and economic sanctions.The news comes only a few days after Google added a new layer to Google Earth illustrating conflict areas...
Monday, April 23, 2007 10:52 AM/EST
Don't Store Your Passwords in Public Google Calendar ListingsSome good advice from Chris Pirillo today: Don't store your passwords in public Google Calendar listings.More importantly, the last thing you want to do is set a reminder for yourself in Google Calendar and leave the login credentials in the... April 20, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007 2:40 PM/EST
Dear Google: You should probably remove "Froogle" from your appsLesson #1 in brand management: It's harder than you think.I was just messing around with Google Web History and the Google Toolbar, and both products still list "Froogle" as options. That's Froogle, which was recently "rebranded" as Google Product Search.... |
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