Archive for December 22nd, 2008

Japanese call for Google Street View ban after ‘love hotels’ filmed (Daily Telegraph)

Japanese rights campaigners have demanded that Google remove photographs from the Street View function in Google Earth after it captured images of couples entering "love hotels".

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Google image search gets specific (ZDNet UK)

A Friday blog post from Google's image search team revealed an enhancement to that particular functionality - if you're searching for an image through Google, you can now specifically request to...

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Mozilla Google relations strained by Chrome (The Register)

Playing away from homepage Mozilla's relationship with Google, its main source of income, has become complicated since the release of Chrome as an alternative to Firefox, Mozilla's head honcho has admitted.…

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Can Google Apps beat Microsoft Office? (PC Advisor)

Google Apps still trying to win over corporate users While upgrades over the past year that focused on evolving and securing the online tools for corporate users, Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE), the vendor's US$50 per user productivity suite targeted at businesses, has proven worthy in certain situations, most involving Google Docs, Video and Sites; and email security and compliance. ...

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Samsung to Launch a “Google Phone” in Q1 2009 (Cellular-News.com)

Samsung is reported to be preparing to launch a new smartphone based on the Google backed Android operating system within the next few months. The second "Google Phone" is expected to be available in both GSM/3G and CDMA options and sold via T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel.

Monday, December 22nd, 2008