http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Google News Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:03:59 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:03:59 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Man-Sues-to-Make-quot-Google-quot-Generic-So-He-Can-Cybersquat-in-Peace-272210.shtml Google is one of the best known brands in the world and the word "google" is a synonym for online search pretty much everywhere. To many people, Google is the internet, so it's safe to say the term is quite well-known and used. So much so that one individual reckons that the word is so widespread it has become generic and, ... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 17:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Man-Sues-to-Make-quot-Google-quot-Generic-So-He-Can-Cybersquat-in-Peace-272210.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Man-Sues-to-Make-quot-Google-quot-Generic-So-He-Can-Cybersquat-in-Peace-272210.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Search-and-Bookmark-Hacks-for-the-Google-Chrome-OmniBox-271956.shtml The unified address bar and search box, the OmniBox, is one of Chrome's trademark inventions and Chrome is sticking to its guns on the selection. The box acts as a search box but also as an address bar, though the emphasis is on search and for obvious reasons.

If you type in a URL, or one is auto-completed from your history or b... (read more)]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 00:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Search-and-Bookmark-Hacks-for-the-Google-Chrome-OmniBox-271956.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Search-and-Bookmark-Hacks-for-the-Google-Chrome-OmniBox-271956.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Rejected-134-Million-Ads-in-2011-And-Suspended-824-000-Accounts-271907.shtml Google is the biggest search engine in the world and also has the largest ad network. As you can imagine, there are plenty of people trying to game and abuse both. But, whereas Google can't be responsible for the sites found in search, it is responsible for the ads it serves, even though those ads were created by third-parti... (read more)]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 11:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Rejected-134-Million-Ads-in-2011-And-Suspended-824-000-Accounts-271907.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Rejected-134-Million-Ads-in-2011-And-Suspended-824-000-Accounts-271907.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Removes-Illegal-Links-from-Google-that-Are-Alive-and-Well-in-Bing-271848.shtml
All of these are reviewed by hand, on average in about 11 hours since being notified. Google removes the infringing links, the ones it believes may actually be infringing, based on what copyright holders claim, but leaves a... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 17:31:04 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Removes-Illegal-Links-from-Google-that-Are-Alive-and-Well-in-Bing-271848.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Removes-Illegal-Links-from-Google-that-Are-Alive-and-Well-in-Bing-271848.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-to-Add-Events-Local-Features-271775.shtml Google has been working on Google+ for more than a year now. It boasted that new features were being added all the time and changes made according to feedback. The site's recently gotten a major redesign and so have the mobile apps. But that's not to say there's not a lot more to be done.

In fact, some of the biggest things missing, an app platfo... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 13:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-to-Add-Events-Local-Features-271775.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-to-Add-Events-Local-Features-271775.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Gets-1-2-Million-Copyright-Takedowns-Per-Month-271719.shtml Google has added more data to its Transparency Report, which lists countries that request data on users from the company or request that Google take down some data or censor results.

The company is legally required to obey the requests, though it fights some. But at the very least it can reveal as much data as it's allowed abou... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 11:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Gets-1-2-Million-Copyright-Takedowns-Per-Month-271719.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Gets-1-2-Million-Copyright-Takedowns-Per-Month-271719.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Android-App-Catches-Up-to-iPhone-Version-Is-a-Major-Redesign-271584.shtml Google has gotten around to updating the Google+ Android app, the iPhone version was updated first, a couple of weeks ago. But Google said to hang tight, the Android version is coming and it's going to be even better.

The most obvious update is the redesign, the app looks a lot better and it puts a much greater em... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 15:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Android-App-Catches-Up-to-iPhone-Version-Is-a-Major-Redesign-271584.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Android-App-Catches-Up-to-iPhone-Version-Is-a-Major-Redesign-271584.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jury-Finds-Google-Did-Not-Infringe-on-Oracle-s-Patents-271493.shtml Oracle has taken another blow in its lawsuit against Google over Android, an even bigger one than before. The jury found that Google did not infringe on Oracle's patents with Android.

This, combined with the fact that the jury only found that Google infringed on Oracle's copyright in a very small way, makes the lawsuit a great... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 12:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jury-Finds-Google-Did-Not-Infringe-on-Oracle-s-Patents-271493.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jury-Finds-Google-Did-Not-Infringe-on-Oracle-s-Patents-271493.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Photos-Take-Center-Stage-as-Google-Aims-to-Replace-Flickr-271382.shtml Google+ has always had a couple of things for it, Hangouts and photos. They're not big, but they're something. Google+ debuted with a much better photo section than Facebook's and the giant social network has rolled out several updates since Google+ came out to catch up.

Even so, plenty of professional and amateur photographe... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 18:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Photos-Take-Center-Stage-as-Google-Aims-to-Replace-Flickr-271382.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Photos-Take-Center-Stage-as-Google-Aims-to-Replace-Flickr-271382.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Details-the-Six-Bugs-Pinkie-Pie-Used-to-Break-the-Chrome-Sandbox-271321.shtml
No one had been able to do it until then, at least no one that made it public, but two researchers managed to do it.

Google fixed the bugs soon after it was notified of them, but has only ... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 14:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Details-the-Six-Bugs-Pinkie-Pie-Used-to-Break-the-Chrome-Sandbox-271321.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Details-the-Six-Bugs-Pinkie-Pie-Used-to-Break-the-Chrome-Sandbox-271321.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Webmaster-Academy-Teaches-by-Practical-Examples-271293.shtml
"Looking through all of the information in Webmaster Central can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re just getting started with a website. This is why we’re excited to introduce a new set of educational materials in ... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 13:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Webmaster-Academy-Teaches-by-Practical-Examples-271293.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Webmaster-Academy-Teaches-by-Practical-Examples-271293.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Technology-Behind-Google-s-Moog-Synth-Doodle-271214.shtml Google has once again outdone itself with a fully working replica of the famed Moog synthesizer built right into the homepage. Celebrating the birthday of Robert Moog, the inventor of the instrument of the same name, Google set out to highlight his creation in the best way possible, by building one online.

What you get is a simplifie... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 09:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Technology-Behind-Google-s-Moog-Synth-Doodle-271214.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Technology-Behind-Google-s-Moog-Synth-Doodle-271214.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Under-Google-Motorola-Will-Focus-on-Fewer-Great-Devices-271107.shtml The Motorola acquisition is officially done. It's been many months in the making, but as one of the largest such deals and certainly Google's biggest acquisition, it underwent quite a lot of scrutiny.

China was the last to give the go-ahead, but once it got that approval, Google was quick to make the official announcement.
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Blogger has been no stranger to this, the site has gotten quite a few Google+ embellishme... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 13:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Blogger-Replaces-Official-Blog-with-Google-Page-271058.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Blogger-Replaces-Official-Blog-with-Google-Page-271058.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Buys-Stake-in-Popular-YouTube-Channel-Machinima-in-35-27-38-Million-Round-271039.shtml Machinima, the company behind the very popular YouTube channel, has confirmed that it's raised some $35 million in a funding round led by Google. Existing investors also pitched in, but Google was the main investor, confirming previous rumors.

The move signals a very big, albeit predictable and long ti... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 12:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Buys-Stake-in-Popular-YouTube-Channel-Machinima-in-35-27-38-Million-Round-271039.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Buys-Stake-in-Popular-YouTube-Channel-Machinima-in-35-27-38-Million-Round-271039.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-Only-Now-Adds-Search-Suggestions-Based-on-Your-Emails-270965.shtml Google's core aptitude is search and, even as it tries to reinvent itself as a polyvalent company, search still is what it does best. And from time to time it remembers that. It has now improved the autocomplete system in Gmail search with customized data.

The autocomplete feature, same as the Google Search one, provides q... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 09:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-Only-Now-Adds-Search-Suggestions-Based-on-Your-Emails-270965.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gmail-Only-Now-Adds-Search-Suggestions-Based-on-Your-Emails-270965.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/China-Approves-Google-s-Motorola-Acquisition-as-Long-as-Android-Stays-Open-Source-270809.shtml Google is finally free to acquire Motorola and will probably do it this week after China has given its go-ahead on the deal. Both the EU and the US had agreed to the deal.

China was the last hurdle. Google announced that it would be acquiring Motorola in August last year, but the huge deal had to go t... (read more)]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 13:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/China-Approves-Google-s-Motorola-Acquisition-as-Long-as-Android-Stays-Open-Source-270809.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/China-Approves-Google-s-Motorola-Acquisition-as-Long-as-Android-Stays-Open-Source-270809.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-s-7th-Birthday-Marks-Three-Days-of-Video-Uploaded-Each-Minute-270786.shtml YouTube is celebrating its seventh birthday, more specifically, the date the site first went live to the public. It's been a tremendous seven years, but YouTube still has a lot of growing to do. YouTube is celebrating the occasion with some stats, impressive ones at that.

But those stats are becoming less and les... (read more)]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 12:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-s-7th-Birthday-Marks-Three-Days-of-Video-Uploaded-Each-Minute-270786.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-s-7th-Birthday-Marks-Three-Days-of-Video-Uploaded-Each-Minute-270786.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-Overtakes-Internet-Explorer-for-an-Entire-Week-270718.shtml Google Chrome is now officially the top browser in the world, at least judging by StatCounter data. Last week Chrome overtook Internet Explorer for the entire period for the first time in history. Google Chrome has been more popular than IE in the weekends and saw its market share constantly grow larger, week after week, month after m... (read more)]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 09:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-Overtakes-Internet-Explorer-for-an-Entire-Week-270718.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-Overtakes-Internet-Explorer-for-an-Entire-Week-270718.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Universities-in-2012-Google-Summer-of-Code-270527.shtml Google's Summer of Code 2012 is a done deal, well in the sense that the students have all been picked, all that's left to do now is the actual coding. But Google's been keeping things interesting with some stats about the entire selection process.

1212 students were admitted this year, more than in any previous years and, of course, a lo... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 22:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Universities-in-2012-Google-Summer-of-Code-270527.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Universities-in-2012-Google-Summer-of-Code-270527.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-to-Pre-Render-Sites-More-Often-Webmasters-Need-Not-Worry-Google-Says-270500.shtml Google has announced that it will start using its pre-rendering technology in Chrome more often, as it's now more confident in its efficacy. It announced this on its webmasters blog since these are the people that are going to be the most affected by the move.

Pre-rendering, like the name suggests, starts l... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 15:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-to-Pre-Render-Sites-More-Often-Webmasters-Need-Not-Worry-Google-Says-270500.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-to-Pre-Render-Sites-More-Often-Webmasters-Need-Not-Worry-Google-Says-270500.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Music-Is-Forced-to-Limit-Users-Due-to-quot-Piracy-quot-270027.shtml No matter what you think about piracy it's hard to argue against the fact that many times it's easier to pirate something than it is to pay for it. If you grab a bunch of albums from The Pirate Bay, you can listen to them however you want, move them to any of your devices and share them with friends.

If you buy the same al... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 22:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Music-Is-Forced-to-Limit-Users-Due-to-quot-Piracy-quot-270027.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Music-Is-Forced-to-Limit-Users-Due-to-quot-Piracy-quot-270027.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Introduces-the-Knowledge-Graph-the-Biggest-Update-to-Search-in-Years-270024.shtml Google has started rolling out the semantic search update we've been hearing about all year. The feature actually started showing up in searches over the last few days and has been in testing for a lot longer than that.

It may not seem like it at first, but the new Knowledge Graph is a major update for Google... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 19:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Introduces-the-Knowledge-Graph-the-Biggest-Update-to-Search-in-Years-270024.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Introduces-the-Knowledge-Graph-the-Biggest-Update-to-Search-in-Years-270024.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Only-1-in-3-Google-Users-Ever-Publishes-Something-and-It-Gets-Worse-After-That-269949.shtml
Still, some newer data indicates that engagement is rather poor ... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 13:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Only-1-in-3-Google-Users-Ever-Publishes-Something-and-It-Gets-Worse-After-That-269949.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Only-1-in-3-Google-Users-Ever-Publishes-Something-and-It-Gets-Worse-After-That-269949.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Maps-Gets-quot-Home-quot-and-quot-Work-quot-Location-Shortcuts-269877.shtml Google is adding a small but useful new feature to Google Maps, the ability to save your home and work locations for quick access, especially when getting directions. Users can already save locations they use often and places they check into are saved automatically.

Now, the My Places tab also houses quick links ... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Maps-Gets-quot-Home-quot-and-quot-Work-quot-Location-Shortcuts-269877.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Maps-Gets-quot-Home-quot-and-quot-Work-quot-Location-Shortcuts-269877.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experimental-Web-Intents-API-Lands-in-Chrome-19-269848.shtml
The latest Chrome stable update, that would be Chrome 19 which has just landed, comes with support enabled by default... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experimental-Web-Intents-API-Lands-in-Chrome-19-269848.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experimental-Web-Intents-API-Lands-in-Chrome-19-269848.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-19-Finally-Adds-a-Working-Open-Tab-Sync-Feature-269752.shtml Google Chrome 19 has just landed in the stable channel so this is the first time hundreds of millions of users will see it. It's been in the dev and the beta channel for 12 weeks now, so more adventurous users already know what to expect.

Not that there's too much to be excited about, though the new Open Tab sync feature... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 17:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-19-Finally-Adds-a-Working-Open-Tab-Sync-Feature-269752.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-19-Finally-Adds-a-Working-Open-Tab-Sync-Feature-269752.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Animates-the-Journey-of-an-Email-Message-from-Send-to-Finish-269737.shtml
But that's because we get used to wonderful technology and start taking it for granted a lot faster than you'd think.

Still, between you pressing the button on your mouse and a... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 15:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Animates-the-Journey-of-an-Email-Message-from-Send-to-Finish-269737.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Animates-the-Journey-of-an-Email-Message-from-Send-to-Finish-269737.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Google-a-Day-Becomes-a-Rather-Fun-Google-Trivia-Game-269669.shtml A Google a Day is an interesting way of getting users to learn more about searching, on Google, while playing. The trivia game has users solving puzzles by searching the web and it's proven rather popular. The game's housed at a dedicated site and the daily questions are published in the New York Times above the crosswords puzzle.
read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 13:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Google-a-Day-Becomes-a-Rather-Fun-Google-Trivia-Game-269669.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Google-a-Day-Becomes-a-Rather-Fun-Google-Trivia-Game-269669.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/View-Count-Is-Dropping-and-YouTube-Couldn-t-be-Happier-269635.shtml YouTube is synonymous with online video and has been since its inception. But online video is changing and that's mostly because of YouTube. Views have always been the heart of the site, videos getting millions or even hundreds of millions of views aren't uncommon.

Views are great if you're looking for coverage, if you want to ... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 12:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/View-Count-Is-Dropping-and-YouTube-Couldn-t-be-Happier-269635.shtml Google News http://news.softpedia.com/news/View-Count-Is-Dropping-and-YouTube-Couldn-t-be-Happier-269635.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni)