Archive for March, 2009

Blogger claims to dupe The Sun with fake Google Street View story (Computer Weekly)

A blogger claims to have duped journalists into reporting a fake story about a woman who used Google Street View to find out her husband was cheating on her.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Google announces funding arm (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google has announced a new arm of its business, Google Ventures, a technology investment fund.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Ex-Google design man trundles into Twitter (The Register)

'Learn from your mistakes, but never dwell on them' Twitter has poached Google’s former visual design boss to take on the role of creative director at the micro-blogging site.… Whitepaper - Email as Evidence

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Google Ventures Fund For ‘Next Big Thing’ (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google has upped its drive to stay at the cutting edge of technology by launching Google Ventures, a capital fund for new and emerging companies.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Google forms $100 million venture fund (Independent)

Google Inc is forming a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage start-up firms.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009