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2 hrs ago | Digital Video Editing

Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.

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Related Topix: Startups, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Computers, Cameras, Camcorders

7 hrs ago | I programmer

Intern at Google - Film, Fiction and Fact

A job at Google - who wouldn't leap at the chance. In this movie, being released in June, two recently laid off 40-something salesmen have got an interview for an internship at Google that might in turn lead to a job.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Startups, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, AdMob

11 hrs ago | InformationWeek

British MPs Attack Google On Taxes

British politicians criticize Google and Amazon for failing to pay enough taxes in a country where they are reaping great rewards.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

15 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Google Wallet: Gen Y credit card?

Facing stiff competition and tepid demand, Google Wallet has not made a big splash in the world of mobile payments.

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Related Topix: Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, Gmail, iPhone App, PayPal, iPhone, Cellphones

Fri May 17, 2013

ComputerWorld

At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Sergey Brin, Social Software

GigaOM

Why Google thinks the GPU is the engine for the web of the future

To make sure the response time for their increasingly interactive sites stays low, Chrome developers might want to look at ways to make use of the graphic processors embedded in consumer devices.

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Related Topix: Startups, Science / Technology, CPU

Forbes.com

Google Still Struggles To Explain Why Normal People Should Care About Google+

At the opening day of the search giant's annual I/O developer conference , it introduced some 41 new features for Google+, including a new layout, more prominent photos, and enhanced Hangouts , its video chat service.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Facebook, Social Software

Iol.co.za

Google chairman to meet UK's Cameron

Google Inc's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is due to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday as a participant of an advisory group just days after UK lawmakers lambasted the Internet company's tax affairs.

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Related Topix: Startups

The Campbell Reporter

Google receiving sensitive searches redirected from rival in Vietnam

A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet, Science / Technology

SiliconValley.com

Facebook, Twitter announce apps for Google's Glass

Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced Thursday that Facebook , Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer.

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Related Topix: Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, Facebook, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Computers

Thu May 16, 2013

KRVN-AM Lexington

Google Plus Tackles Photos in Social Network Fight

Google isn't done trying to take on the behemoth social networks. That was the message from Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundorta at the Google I/O conference this week as he announced a new look for the company's Google Plus social network.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Cameras

The Guardian

Google, there's no such thing as 'the perfect map' | Jerry Brotton

The corporation should be honest about its cartographic ethos: its Google Maps app is partly a tool for delivering ads The Hereford mappa mundi, c 1285, shows Jerusalem at the centre of the world.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

TheStreet.com

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Google vs. Apple

It was the best of times and the worst of times, Jim Cramer told "Mad Money" viewers Wednesday as he compared today's divergence of Apple Cramer said today's rally in Google and simultaneous decline in Apple should not come as a surprise to investors, as Google is already up 29% for 2013 while Apple has fallen 19%. He said the markets are concerned ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

MarketWatch

Tech Stocks: Google jumps as I/O kicks off; Apple slides

Shares of Google Inc. jumped Wednesday - passing the $900 mark for the first time - as the company kicked off its developers conference known as Google I/O. shares closed up 3.3% at $915.89 as the company delivered its opening keynote, which has so far included announcements of new developer tools and Google Play Music: All Access - a new ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Financial Markets, MarketWatch

TechCrunch

Death By A Thousand Cuts? Google Wallet's Plan To Take On PayPal...

Sarah currently works as a writer for TechCrunch, after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb.

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Related Topix: Startups

SFGate

Google's products dig deeper into people's lives

This June 27, 2012 file photo shows an Android display at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Product Management, Computers

Wed May 15, 2013

The Macon Telegraph

Business Highlights

Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee.

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Related Topix: Startups, WebMD

Poughkeepsie Journal

Stocks climb as traders shrug off economic reports

Traders gather at the post of specialist Ronnie Howard, center, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Startups

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Stock indexes shake off early slide, close higher

The stock market is closing higher after shaking off a morning slump. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 60 points to close at 15,275 Wednesday, a gain of 0.4 percent.

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Related Topix: Startups

WMDT

Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook

Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is growing more popular.

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Social Software, Facebook, Science, Computer Science, Internet, Science / Technology

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