Summary Box: Review of Google’s social hub, Buzz
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Summary Box: Review of Google’s social hub, Buzz
THE BUZZ: Google’s answer to the popularity of social networking. Circles of friends can connect right on Google’s Gmail home page.
THE CIRCLES: Many circles have been automatically created based on frequency of past e-mail contact. As a result, users don’t have the same vested interest in [..] Read the original article: here.
Palm, struggling in turnaround, may find innovative smart phones and software are not enough
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Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market
SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
Instead, … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Palm, struggling in turnaround, may find innovative smart phones and software are not enough.
Google to digitize thousands of old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence
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Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence
ROME — Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what’s being described as the first deal of its kind.
Officials from Google and the Italian culture ministry said …. Source article on Gaea Times at : Google to digitize thousands of old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt struck by explosion in mobile computing, defends company’s influence
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Google CEO: mobile computing reshaping Internet
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Google’s CEO says mobile smartphones are transforming the Internet, and defended his company’s growing dominance over information on the Web.
Eric Schmidt told an Arab media conference Wednesday he has been “struck by the explosion of mobile computing” and says the devices are … Read more »».
Memeo launches new desktop service for Google Apps in Google Apps Marketplace
Google gives bicyclists a lift with new mapping feature that finds best US routes
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.
Google spent …. Original source : Google gives bicyclists a lift with new mapping feature that finds best US routes.
Google looks to be ‘cloud-computing’ rainmaker for other online business services
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Google opens Web store for business applications
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
The online store that was announced late Tuesday marks another step in …. Source : Gaea News Network.
MySpace outlines makeover after executive shake up in hopes of carving out entertainment niche
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MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up
LOS ANGELES — Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users’ posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as [..] Read the original article: here.
MySpace outlines makeover after executive shake up in hopes of carving out entertainment niche
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MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up
LOS ANGELES — Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users’ posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as [..] Read the original article: here.
‘Nobel of computing’ goes to Microsoft researcher who helped build arguably world’s first PC
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‘Nobel of computing’ goes to early PC designer
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Microsoft researcher has won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology’s most coveted prizes, for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.
While at Xerox Corp.’s famed Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, in …. Source : Gaea News Network.