Posts Tagged ‘ google ’
Normally I relish the opportunity to roast large companies like Google and hold them accountable. In this case, however, no sane person can possibly side with Google’s opponent, the Italian government, in this case. This TechCrunch story links to a post on the official Google blog which describes a situation where three Google employees were found [ READ MORE ]
As summarized in FSF’s open letter to Google, there is a strong case for Google releasing the VP8 video codec acquired from their purchase of On2 Technologies. I agree with most of what is in this open letter from the FSF. However, I have some doubt that VP8 will be a better choice than Theora [ READ MORE ]
A recent Wall Street Journal article chronicles the Iran government’s attempt to block access to Google’s Gmail service and in turn introduce its own email service for its citizens. From the article: A Google spokesman said in a statement, “We have heard from users in Iran that they are having trouble accessing Gmail. We can confirm [ READ MORE ]
Better late than never. Credit goes to ReadWriteWeb for being the first place where I read about this recent development. It’s rare I find something a large corporation does that is worthy of praise, but this is one such situation. The official Google blog reveals that, finally, the corporate behemoth has decided it’s time to drag [ READ MORE ]
FT.com reports on a very troubling development. Microsoft and News Corporation are forming an alliance against Google (if you believe them) or against all of us (if you don't). In essence, News Corporation will "de-index" its content from Google in exchange for payment from Microsoft. At best, this deal is dubious. At worst, it's anti-competitive and [ READ MORE ]
It took me a while to get to this one (most of a month), but I finally did. And I’m wishing I had dropped a few things to get to it sooner. A recent Talkbiz.com blog entry details the dark side of Google’s new Sidewiki application. This real life example is perhaps the most shocking abuse [ READ MORE ]
Wired reports on Sony’s decision to side with Google in a highly contentious lawsuit between Google and rivals Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon. The lawsuit centers around privacy concerns and the fact it would give Google monopoly-like status on book rights that would be impossible for other companies to acquire without their own lawsuit. Worse for Google, the [ READ MORE ]
The Blade has a recent entry on the Google Voice application for the iPhone. The FCC inquired about the rejection to all three companies involved: Apple, Google, and AT&T (which has an exclusivity arrangement with Apple for the iPhone in the US market). The interesting part here is the reaction from each company. AT&T denies any [ READ MORE ]