Archive for October 10th, 2008

New Google bugs empower phishermen (The Register)

Domain vuln + frame injection = dead ringer spoof pages Google's Gmail service suffers from security flaws that make it trivial for attackers to create authentic-looking spoof pages that steal users' login credentials, a security expert has demonstrated. Google Calendar and other sensitive Google services are susceptible to similar tampering.…

Friday, October 10th, 2008

@ Future of Web Apps: Google’s Kevin Marks on social networking trends (Guardian Unlimited)

Kevin Marks , Google's developer advocate for Open Social , talked today about the unpredictable, organic growth of social networks. Even the biggest networks have seen their audience bases grow exponentially in unexpected communities; this is partly because of the dynamics of relationships between people, who mostly want to connect - or feel most comfortable connecting to people ...

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Google debuts contextual ads in maps (Netimperative)

Google has expanded its AdSense contextual ad system to its online mapping service, as the search giant looks to monetize more of its content.

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Google satellite sends back first snaps (The Inquirer)

GOOGLE'S NEW satellite has sent its first picture back to Earth in a successful test of its camera.

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Google Maps gets search-related text ads (ZDNet UK)

The internet giant has begun opening another search-related ad revenue source: text ads that show up when people search at Google Maps

Friday, October 10th, 2008