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Google: Swiss Privacy Watchdog To Sue Google Street View

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology


GENEVA — Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object – Switzerland's strict tradition...

Rupert Murdoch Plans To Block More Than Just Google

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

In an exclusive interview, Rupert Murdoch explains that Google is only the beginning of News Corp.'s plans to further isolate themselves. Take a look.

World Association of Newspapers' President Slams Aggregators and Reveals Merger With IFRA

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media


Faisal J. Abbas

Even if the recession is over, what are newspapers going to do with the ever growing competition coming from their online counterparts?

How to find the best ideas

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business


Dennis Whittle

Ten years ago, Mari Kuraishi and I launched the first-ever Innovation Marketplace at the World Bank. The idea was that any team of staff, without reg...

SEC Opens Inquiry Into How Google News Mix-Up Caused $1B Run On United Stock

Times UK | Mike Harvey | Posted 10.13.2008 | Business


The US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a "preliminary inquiry" into how an outdated bankruptcy story sparked a $1 billion run on an airl...

Information Gone Wild: Good News about Alerts

Richard Laermer | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media


Richard Laermer

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings. Check your inbox. It's a Google Alert!

Google News "Stuck In Neutral," Not A Game-Changer

New York Times | Miguel Helft | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media


While news organizations continue to worry about what Google is doing to their business, the company is far from achieving the kind of dominant positi...

What If Google Bought The Associated Press?

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 06.28.2008 | Business


If The Associated Press' business model isn't broken now, it could be soon. The non-profit group -- a co-op news organization owned by 1,500 daily new...

Rumor: Google Could Buy Digg To Improve Google News

Valleywag | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business


Google's cupcake princess, Marissa Mayer, and Kevin Rose, the playboy of the Webhead world, would make an awfully cute couple. Not romantically -- the...

Google Launches New iPhone Web Application

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Google Inc is releasing a new application for Apple Inc's iPhone that combines the Web leader's services such as e-mail, search and calendar into a si...

Life Is Beachy For Google's Santa Monica Branch

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Found: geeks on the beach. Google Inc. has spread out like a beach towel in Santa Monica. What started in 2003 with a few dozen employees has grown i...