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Google Cloud Print Coming to a Mobile Device Near You

January 24, 2011
Google Cloud Print Coming to a Mobile Device Near You

The nest time you need to print from a mobile device, you don’t need to curse the heavens for making it so hard. Google is rolling out their Cloud Print service to all mobile devices, according to a posting on the Gmail Blog. Cloud Print allows users t…

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New Chrome Extension Lets You Opt Out of Ad Tracking

January 24, 2011
New Chrome Extension Lets You Opt Out of Ad Tracking

Today Google announced a new Chrome extension that aims to give users more control over online privacy. The extension is called Keep My Opt-Outs, and does mostly what the name suggests. It allows you to opt out of advertising tracking cookies while usi…

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Play.fm Goes Mobile on Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7

January 24, 2011
Play.fm Goes Mobile on Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7

Play.fm today announced that its Play.fm Mobile App is now available for download in three flavors, including Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7.
“With our mobile Apps music fans now have access to the probably biggest collection of DJ mixes regardl…

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Eric Schmidt Leaves Google $100 Million Richer

January 24, 2011
Eric Schmidt Leaves Google $100 Million Richer

Google is giving outgoing chief executive officer Eric Schmidt a $100 million equity award as he steps down and hands the job over to co-founder Larry Page, Bloomberg reports.
This is Schmidt’s first such award, which he will receive in stock and stock…

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Copied Oracle Files Not Part of Android After All

January 21, 2011
Copied Oracle Files Not Part of Android After All

According to a report at ZDNet, earlier reports indicating that Google’s Android operating system had directly copied code from Oracle/Sun were greatly exaggerated. The controversy was ignited today when an article called out a number of files availabl…

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Eric Schmidt Stepping Down as Google CEO, Larry Page is in

January 20, 2011
Eric Schmidt Stepping Down as Google CEO, Larry Page is in

Google announced as part of its fourth quarter earnings that CEO Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as CEO effective April 4. Taking over the reins of the search behemoth will be mild-mannered co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will not be leaving Google a…

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Google Helps Itself to a Larger Slice of the Search Advertising Pie

January 19, 2011
Google Helps Itself to a Larger Slice of the Search Advertising Pie

The sultan of search (that would be Google, in case there was any doubt) continues to stuff its pockets with more advertising dollars, and if iSuppli’s numbers are right, Google just expanded its lead in the search advertising market.
Google will soon …

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Google Shoots for 99.99 Percent App Reliability

January 18, 2011
Google Shoots for 99.99 Percent App Reliability

Google isn’t messing around when it comes to uptime. In a recent blog post, the search titan vowed to make email as reliable as a phone’s dial tone, which translates to getting Google Appls to 99.99 percent reliable.
“Unlike most providers, we don’t pl…

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