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Green light for Google's Street View
Thursday 23 April 2009
Following complaints from privacy campaigners, the UK's Information Commissioner has ruled that Google Street View should be allowed to continue. The organisation's judgement was that, although Street View carries a small risk of privacy invasion, it should not be stopped and that banning the mapping service would be "disproportionate to the relatively small risk of privacy detriment" .
Bartz puts positive spin on Yahoo! job cuts
Wednesday 22 April 2009
New CEO of Yahoo!, Carol Bartz, put an optimistic shine on the company's dismal first quarter results at a recent press conference. Profits tumbled by 13 per cent from $1.352 billion to $1.156 billion and net income fell by a whopping 78 per cent from 2008 levels.
Raise your profile with Google
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Come on, admit it: we've all put our own name into Google to see what comes up! Many of us are disappointed at the results – either because someone with a dubious profile shares our name and hogs your favourite social networking account or, worse still, we finally make an appearance on page 342 in the SERPs.
Ask Jeeves why he's back
Monday 20 April 2009
After three years in retirement, Jeeves – the quintessential butler character – has been reintroduced by the search engine Ask.com, which is also reverting to its original name, Ask Jeeves. Recent market research in the UK, which showed that brand identity for Ask was 83 per cent stronger with Jeeves, led to the branding U-turn.
Google accused of tax avoidance in the UK
Monday 20 April 2009
Search giant Google has left HM Revenue & Customs searching for its tax payments as it joins the growing list of companies facing criticism over UK tax avoidance. Public accounts showed that Google had paid a mere £600,000 in UK corporation tax, despite local revenues in excess of £1.25 billion.
Guilty verdict for The Pirate Bay four
Saturday 18 April 2009
The four Swedish founders of The Pirate Bay have been sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay some £2.5 million in damages for helping Internet users to download music, films and computer games.
Politicians embrace new media
Saturday 18 April 2009
The recent budget may have marked a new low in the nation's finances but it was also remarkable for something else. The Conservatives had planned an intriguing Internet campaign to run in its wake. It seems that the Tories – buoyed up by the (relatively) youthful David Cameron, who launched his novel 'Webcameron' video blog back in 2006 – have finally woken up to the potential of new media in the battle for the hearts and minds of British voters.
Street View is on the map for good
Thursday 09 April 2009
When Google Street View launched in the UK back in March, its arrival was met with a mixture of excitement and scorn. While many Internet users are delighted with the street-level mapping service, privacy activists have been, well, active.
Google makes results more local
Monday 06 April 2009
The world's favourite search engine has introduced new technology to help Internet users find what they're looking for. Google's research found that many people looking for products and services in their locality don't specify a town or area in their search terms.
Consumer credit card data at risk of compromise
Wednesday 01 April 2009
On Tuesday 31 March, representatives of the US retail sector told Congress that the self-regulation set up by the credit card giants to protect consumer data sacrifices some security in the name of convenience for the credit card companies and their financial institutions.
YouTube and Disney strike a deal
Wednesday 01 April 2009
Walt Disney and YouTube have signed up to a business deal under which Disney will launch its own channels on the world's most popular video-sharing website. Owned by Google since October 2006, YouTube has come under increasing pressure from the Mountain View giant to start converting its huge user numbers into real cash.
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