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Big day for buttons
by
John Moe
Jun 1, 2011
Twitter has rolled out a follow button to be used on websites. So now if you're at, say, IMDB.com and you want to follow that entity on Twitter,...
Google Wallet in action
by
John Moe
May 26, 2011
We talked on our Friday show about how Google Wallet works. Here's some video that's started showing up already.
Senator writes STRONGLY WORDED LETTER to tech companies
by
John Moe
May 26, 2011
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent a letter Wednesday to Apple and Google saying he wants the companies to have privacy policies for all apps sold for...
Shots fired in impending mobile payment war
by
John Moe
May 25, 2011
Well, shots are rumored to be fired tomorrow anyway. That's when all the rumors (sniff sniff, smells like a controlled leak) say that Google will...
Google News is pulling the plug on Google News Archives
by
John Moe
May 25, 2011
Three years ago Google set out to scan every newspaper everywhere, ever. After "3.5 million issues of more than 2000 newspaper titles worldwide,"...
Google getting busted for drugs
by
John Moe
May 23, 2011
The search giant has been warned repeatedly by state and federal authorities about running ads for illicit pharmacies. Google makes a ton of money...
Autonomous cars to solve everything
by
John Moe
May 23, 2011
This according to Google scientist and Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun, in a speech delivered on Saturday at a conference. Thrun says that...
For public good, not for profit.
"Too creepy for Google" barrier somehow met
by
John Moe
May 20, 2011
Eric Schmidt says Google can build a facial recognition database but won't. So...that's comforting. I think. Speaking at the Google "Big Tent"...
Google is fixing that big screaming Android hole
by
John Moe
May 19, 2011
Yesterday we told you about a massive security flaw in Android devices. 99.7% of Android items had a hole where, if you were on an unsecured...
Rockefeller goes after Google and Apple some more
by
John Moe
May 19, 2011
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) continues to plant his flag squarely on the territory of online privacy. His latest play is to send a letter to...