It's been a rough few weeks for the boys in Mountain View. Even while criticism continues to pour in regarding Google's controversial, ideologically-opposed actions in China (where the company is helping The Man) and at home (where ...READ»
The next version of Google's Android mobile OS, code-named Froyo, looks to bring some welcome new additions. The question is, will the carriers allow them?READ»
[video_twistage 1 protect]I got a broadcast email one day from TripAdvisor. I was just about to delete it when I noticed the subject line: The Dirtiest Hotels of 2009. That gave me pause. I read some of the quotes from people who’d ...READ»
It's hard to keep that New Year's resolution to eat sustainable seafood with so many tasty endangered species on restaurant menus. But the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) California Fisheries Fund (CFF) could be the push that ...READ»
Kaliya Hamlin aka Identity Woman, for the last five years has been a tireless evangelist for user-centric digital identity. She co-produces and facilitates the Internet Identity Workshop, Internet Identity Workshop the leading ...READ»
"A lot of people would consider it a risk to leave Ford for a small upstart company. But in the Valley's dynamic environment, I knew I wouldn't have trouble finding a job if things fell through with Interwoven. The demand for skills outshined the risk."READ»
You may have had an early night, but innovation was not in hiding. Oh no, sirree, it's been waving banners at oil conferences, shopping online, and appearing in court while you were asleep.1. He's been under the radar for a month now, ...READ»
Imagine zipping above the sidewalk crowds in a personal transporter pod suspended from a two foot wide cable propelled by a magnetic field. It's not as far-fetched as you may think. A California startup called Unimodal is building ...READ»
The first Google doodle happened late on a Saturday night in 1999. As Marissa Meyer, Google’s chief experience officer remembers it, she was in the office at 3 a.m., trying to finish up some work before leaving on vacation when ...READ»
Poor the Google. Just when it thought it was safe to wheel out those trikes from the GoogleBunker, having won a privacy invasion case against Mr. and Mrs. Boring of Pittsburgh (I kid you not) then someone else starts having a go at ...READ»
This man is Andrew McLaughlin. A former Googler--he was their Head of Public Policy--he's been hired by the Obama administration as the White House's Deputy Chief Technology Officer, invoking the wrath of a House Oversight Committee ...READ»
An analyst at Goldman Sachs has thrown a wrench into the works of Google's smartphone by downgrading the sales forecast of the Nexus One. Initial expectations were high: analysts had said as many as 3.5 million units would be sold ...READ»
Parking lots are the antithesis of sustainability--cold, hard seas of concrete and (mostly) petroleum-fueled cars. But they don't have to be that way, as Dell and Envision Solar recently showed us. Envision completed a renewable ...READ»
Tim Bray, legendary software developer and programmer, is off to Google. He announced his decision this morning, three weeks on from his resignation from Sun Microsystems, which came with a searing critique of Apple. Meanwhile, a key ...READ»
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Dear Yahooligans,
You're probably not having a great deal of fun these days. Even before the extended organizational turmoil that's surely ...READ»
Google just purchased Metaweb, a startup that indexes...well, "things," would be the best way to put it. This isn't just another acquisition: Metaweb could be the best thing to ever happen to Google Search.READ»
Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, revealed today that Google upped its spending on Washington lobbyists by a mammoth 57% from the same period last year.READ»
Google's just revealed the Nexus One next-gen Android phone, and in general its tech specs are nothing, really, to write home about. But there's a secret superpower. It's voice controllable. Everywhere.
Simultaneously to the press ...READ»
Will Paris Hilton's new cosmetics line survive her bad girl image? Will the Zune be a threat to the iPod? These were just a few of this year's business questions to be answered. Here we review ten business innovations, digital media products, and trends from 2006.READ»
A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion about climate change where former Vice President Al Gore referred to the United States as an oil "junkie." At the time, it occurred to me that Americans have another ...READ»
It's no secret that Google is interested in clean energy technology. The company has previously invested in enhanced geothermal technology, smart grid ventures, electric cars, and wind power. And now Google is forming its own energy ...READ»
A rumor floating around this weekend says that Google has quietly invested somewhere between $100 and $200 million in online gaming company Zynga. This could be the launching pad for Google Games, due later this year.READ»
