Sep
7
2010
The United States Justice Department is looking into Google’s takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software, to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry, Reuters said, citing a report in The Wall Street Journal. Google bought ITA Software, one of the Web’s key providers of airline travel [...]
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Aug
30
2010
3:37 p.m. | Updated Google has made another acquisition today, buying SocialDeck of Canada for an undisclosed price. Last September, Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, said he expected that the search giant would be making roughly an acquisition a month. So what does Google’s deal scorecard look like? With this weekend’s acquisition of [...]
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Aug
4
2010
6:57 p.m. | Updated Bits’s Claire Cain Miller has more on Google’s acquisition of Slide, though she reports the purchase price is $228 million. Google is said to have agreed to buy Slide.com, a maker of widgets for social networking sites like Facebook, for about $182 million, TechCrunch reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. The purchase [...]
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Jul
10
2010
An advocacy group is calling on Congress to investigate Google, after the internet giant’s popular Street View program reportedly collected the personal information of lawmakers. Consumer Watchdog wants Congress to hold hearings into what data Google’s Street View possesses, BBC News reported Friday. Street View is a mapping project that captures images of homes and [...]
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Jun
11
2010
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This looks like the ultimate list of google tricks it covers a lot. Search tricks, Google Specifically for Education, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Mobile, Google Chrome Tips and Extensions, Google Books, Handy Google Services and Apps. Whether you’re in school or not this is a good list to keep handy. Everybody should learn how to google better…man that sounded dirty lol but it’s the truth however you want to take it.
100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School
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May
19
2010
If you’re into building and designing websites then you definitely need to check out this link. It has 18 search engines for designers these cover icons, fonts and tutorials. I’m putting this on here mainly so I can refer back to it when I need it but it’s a good reference for any designer out there.
18 Search Engines For Designers
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