Archive for November 17th, 2008

NetSurf bags GBP10K investment from Google (Drobe.co.uk)

Published: 21st Apr 2008, 21:03:12. Web giant Google confirmed this evening it will stump up $20,000 to pay for four undergraduate programmers to work on the NetSurf project this summer.

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Business Brief: Video Advertising Looks to Future (New Media Knowledge)

Google has announced it will incentivise advertisers on its video properties as well as launching research programmes into how Web users consume Internet video material.

Monday, November 17th, 2008

OpenOffice five times as popular as Google Docs (PC Advisor)

Just 1% use Google Docs; 51% prefer MS Office Free office suite OpenOffice.org is five time more popular than Google Docs, according to new research.

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Facebook now on Android - well, fBook anyway (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

So, it seems there's some temporary relief in the standoff between Google and Facebook as to who should be supplying the application for the ever-popular social network on the Android Market. The answer, of course, is neither of them - for now anyway.

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Google voice still not on iPhone (The Register)

Why won't anyone listen to me? Google's mobile application for the iPhone, which allows punters to talk to the search giant, didn’t appear on the Application Store on Friday as even the world's most successful internet company has to wait on the whim of Apple.…

Monday, November 17th, 2008