Archive for February 4th, 2009

Google’s AOL stake walks the plank (The Register)

A $726m loss? We'll take it Google recently stomached a $726m write-down thanks to its stake in the increasingly-irrelevant America Online. And now it looks like the search giant wants out of its AOL investment entirely.… Free Download - A practical guide to disaster recovery planning

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Google Latitude to allow you to track friends and families every move (Times Online)

Millions of people will be able to track each and every move by friends and family through their mobile phones, thanks to a new feature launched by Google.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Google executives on trial in Italy over abusive video (Daily Telegraph)

Four executives of the Italian branch of Google are on trial in Milan for allegedly infringing the privacy of a teenager with Down's Syndrome who appeared in a video posted on one of its sites.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Google asks Time Warner to look at AOL spinoff (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc wants to cash in its three-year-old, 5 percent stake in Internet media company AOL.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Google makes Gmail easier to organise (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google has updated Gmail to make it easier for users to organise their inbox, allowing them to add labels to their emails to arrange them into categories.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009