Archive for October 22nd, 2008

Google keeps talking on Yahoo deal (Reuters)

LAKE WORTH, Florida (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday the company had agreed to keep talking with the U.S. Justice Department about its proposed online advertising deal with Yahoo Inc.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Google adds auto reponses to Gmail (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Gmail users can now set up automatic responses to common emails with a new feature called Canned Responses which can be added from the Labs section of Google Mail.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Google Maps gets gov M-way congestion overlay (The Register)

Superhighway information information superhighway England's Highways Agency has announced a hookup with Google which presents live traffic information overlaid atop the online ad firm's popular cloud map app, Google Maps.…

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Google releases Android source code (PC Advisor)

Google: Releasing code will "speed innovation" Google is making the source code for its Android platform freely available.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Google Gears gives laptops a location fix (ZDNet UK)

Browsers and web applications can now get geographic information from an update to the Google Gears technology, with Wi-Fi networks giving a rough position indicator

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008