Topic: google

Comedian George Carlin (wikipedia) has died at age 71. NewTV gathered together some of his performances. A mix of profane and profound, Carlin had strong opinions on corporate ownership and media. Here he is with Terry Gross....

The Wall Street Journal says Google's open platform, Android, won't arrive on handsets until the fourth quarter. But Om Malik and Dana Blankenhorn at ZDNet say it's the carriers that have delayed Google's Android launch. T-Mobile is sucking all the oxygen out of the room with its demands for proprietary advantages in the phone it will launch in the fourth quarter. Sprint can't decide...

If you've thought about advertising your company, services or products in the sponsored search results of Google (the largest search engine in the world and source of the majority of Internet traffic), but weren't sure how to get started, consider attending an upcoming Beginner course in AdWords, presented by Google. The Beginner & Intermediate course includes all the basics in the...

We had the opportunity to tour Salem's deluxe 'Tour of Home's' new product house last week. Even though I am a builder's wife, and I help customers with colors and materials choices...was I interested in the use of new building materials, carpet, granite, marble or tile? Nope. Where did I head? Right to the beds and bedding. And this little 3 D cupcake...

You may have noticed recently that The Real Oregon was flagged by Google's search index as a site containing potentially dangerous "badware," or malicious software. The good news is, we took Google's warning to heart and were able, in the end, to track down and eliminate the offending code, which was a couple snippets that had...

There's been some controversy about Google Street View, the eye-level mapping service that lets billions of web users see, from "street view" the location they're seeking on Google Maps. Sound perfectly proper.... until you find that in along with the "street view" comes the ability to allow web users peek into gardens and through front windows - and more. The Telegraph has a great article you...

Fred Wilson has a fantastic post today discussing the critical subject of Website metrics, which remains one of the murkiest of online topics. He compares reports from several services and concludes that Google Trends may be a lot like Alexa, which means not very helpful except in the most general of senses. He also notes that Comscore has big challenges if the traffic is below 500k (visits per...

An article in the current issue of The Atlantic posits the idea that the internet is remolding the way we read — and ultimately the way we think. See “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicolas Carr. The speculation shouldn’t surprise us. All major technological changes in the way we communicate reshape us in some way. The inventions of the written word, the printing press,...