With Facebook apparently set to launch an initial public offering this week, valuing it at $US75 billion-$US100 billion, the market’s willingness to capitalise the optimism around social networking businesses is about to be tested.
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Google privacy changes: they just got evil
This week Google announced a major change in policy, with users soon to be tracked across all its services. Such a move proves the company no longer take heed of its famous ‘Don’t Be Evil’ mantra, writes Mat Honan.
Could Google+ revolutionise TV broadcasting?
Arguably the best feature of Google+, ‘hangouts’, has been expanded to allow broadcasting linked to YouTube streams. It presents immense opportunities for TV networks, writes, Devon Glenn.
Media briefs: A tale of two papers … health news online … Leveson latest …
In today’s Media Briefs: Times editor: “We should have covered hacking harder, earlier” … Today Tonight in court over hire-car story … Google to protest against anti-piracy law on its home page and more …
Why is Rupert spending millions undermining national security?
Rupert Murdoch complains that Google has spent millions lobbying for “piracy”. He has spent millions possibly undermining internet security …
Murdoch on Twitter continues anti-Google crusade
Twitter noob Rupert Murdoch continues to use the micro-blogging social media platform as a launch pad for seemingly random sprays. His latest target: Google, writes Peter Kafka.
The most popular brands on Twitter
Which brands are most commonly discussed on Twitter? Technology Spectator reveal the top 15, including Twitter, Google, Facebook, Apple and McDonalds.
Explaining Google’s funky names
‘Old Possum.’ ‘Panda.’ ‘SweatNovember.’ These are some of the odd names Google have given their projects in recent years. Sam Laird rationalises their weird nomenclature.
Why Google must take responsibiity for defamatory content
The recent case of a hate blog targetted at celebrity writer Marieke Hardy demonstrates it’s time internet giants such as Google take responsibility for republished content, writes Richard Ackland.
Time to opt-out of opt-in?
When Google recently rolled out new facial recognition technology, it did something uncharacteristic, empowering users by allowing them to ‘opt in.’ But this is not necessarily a positive outcome, writes Evgeny Morozov.
Media briefs: Leveson latest … new buyers for Nine? … how you Googled …
In today’s Media Briefs: Colin Myler apologises over News of the World phone hacking … Private eye describes NotW instruction to pose as journalist… US funds ponder move on Nine as CVC pulls back and more …
Walk the streets of post-tsunami Japan
Google Street View has been updated to include nearly every street from every town affected by the Japan tsunami back in March. All the images come from July- November this year.
Big Copyright’s war on filesharing set to inflict wider damage
US Congress, at the behest of the copyright industry, is set to impose the most draconian anti-filesharing régime yet.
Google’s halls of power: why the really influential wear thongs
Google Australia’s offices are reinventing the rule book when it comes to what a place of power should look like. Think free lunches, guitars, X-boxs and staff wandering around in shorts and thongs, says Angela Priestly,
The Power Index Leader of Google in Oz, Nick Leeder
Nick Leeder gets told what to do by his Google masters in Silicon Valley. But the local MD of one of the world’s most powerful organisations has got the numbers to have a voice on the future of digital media in Australia, says Angela Priestley.
On the death of Google +
Google only launched its social network Google + in June, but is it already dead? Forty million people joined, but Google failed to provide a credible alternative to Facebook, argues Farhad Manjoo.
Save our screens’ scrollbars!
That little grey line on the right hand column of your screen that tells you how long documents and website are, is getting eroded away by companies including Apple, Google and Facebook. It’s a travesty for users, says Farhad Manjo.
Google launches ebooks in Oz
Aussie readers can now purchase an enormous range of Google ebooks directly from Google, as well as bookseller partners including Booktopia and Dymocks.
Alan Noble: driving innovation at Google Australia/NZ
Serial entrepreneur Alan Noble has the smarts, the Silicon Valley experience and a direct mandate from the globe’s most powerful digital media company to drive innovation and development in Australia, writes Angela Priestley.
Doctors go googling too
Have you ever used Google to self-diagnose your latest ailment? Here’s a sobering thought: doctors too are increasingly relying on search engines for information, writes Richard Farmer.
What might (and should) Google+ brand pages look like?
Google has began to trial brand/company pages for Google+. It’s hard to make great looking designs using the current format, so Mashable contacted ad agencies to mock up some appealing possibilities.
It’s war: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to battle for tech prominence
The war will be long and intense. In coming years four tech giants will battle mercifully for prominence in markets such as smartphones, tablet PCs and social media, writes Farhad Manjoo.
Google snitch on WikiLeaks volunteer
Google’s decision to hand over a Wikileaks volunteer’s private data to the US government, without a search warrant, is certain to send civil libertarians into a tizzy, writes John Paul Titlow.
Google+: 43 million users and counting
Changes to Facebook may have hogged recent headlines but Google’s social media platform is steadily increasing in popularity, with around 43 million users, reports Chris Taylor.
How Google affects your memory
Google makes “remembering” information all too easy. How is it changing the way we think and remember? This infographic from Social Times has some answers.
