Archive for July, 2009

Google Voice App Rejections Make Apple Look Bad (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Apple has broken out its big red rejection stamp again, this time putting the kibosh on a series of Google Voice-related apps for the iPhone. Google’s own Google Voice application has been slapped down, as have a handful of other independently produced Google Voice apps, their developers confirm.

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Yahoo Revamps Mobile Home Page, Adds Sync (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Yahoo has begun revamping its mobile home page, although Apple iPhone users will be the only ones to receive the new functionality. Good news, though: a new desktop-to-mobile sync function will be available to 400 devices in 17 countries, according to Yahoo.

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The Yahoo-Microsoft Deal: Tick, Tick, TickBoom? (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Things are as tight as a tick over at Yahoo and Microsoft about the deal the pair have been discussing over the last months–as execs shuttle back and forth and forth and back and its boards deliberate on what will surely be one of the most important decisions for either company for the near-term future …

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The good and bad of Google Latitude on iPhone (CNET)

Monday, July 27th, 2009

We give Google Latitude for iPhone a spin over the weekend. How did it fare as a Web app as opposed to a native application? Read on to find out.

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Tech Stocks Fall Led By Yahoo, Microsoft (Fox News)

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Tech Stocks Fall Led By Yahoo, Microsoft

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Google May Lose Fairfax, News Corp. Advertising, Herald Says (Bloomberg)

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

July 27 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. may lose Australian advertising sales from News Corp. and Fairfax Media Ltd. after it began listing real estate for sale on its Google maps service, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

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Google faces property ads war (Stuff)

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Google is facing the greatest challenge yet to its might in Australia as two of its largest media customers threaten to pull their business in retaliation against the internet company’s decision to enter the real estate listings market.

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Google faces property ads war (Business Day)

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Google faces greatest challenge yet to its might in Australia as two of its largest media customers threaten to pull their business.

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Google Book Library Facing Scrutiny (redOrbit)

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Google’s book scanning project is already facing anti-trust criticism and awaiting court approval, and now it has also raised concerns amongst privacy advocates and civil liberties groups.

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Flu scare shuts Google Hyderabad office (The Times of India)

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

HYDERABAD: Google?s office in Hi Tech city here was closed on Tuesday for two days after one of its employees tested positive for H1N1 virus. Worried that the virus may spread, Google?s Jayabheri Silicon Towers office was shut after a 28-year-old employee got infected on Monday.

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