…three-seater plane, decked out in Google livery, will have special permission to fly at an altitude of 600m. Providing the photographs turn out to be good enough quality, the images will be integrated into Google Maps, the free online mapping service used by millions of people around the world. Usually,…
…to extend Google’s advertising program to benefit our users, advertisers and publishers,” said a spokesperson for Google. The deal would follow Microsoft’s purchase last May of Massive Inc, a firm that has numerous gaming partners including 2K Sports, Codemasters, Eidos, Konami and NCsoft. Source: GamesIndustry.biz Related Links: Google, Massive Incorporated…
…desktop quality push email in full rich HTML. A Safari web browser will provide what Apple claims is the first fully useable HTML browser on a phone, capable of displaying full web pages and able to zoom in on page items of interest. The device will also offer a Google…
…the whole of the Sydney CBD and North Sydney plus the business districts in Liverpool, Parramatta, Wollongong, Newcastle and Gosford. Other major cities have similar networks. For example, Google offers free wireless access to residents in Mountain View, California, and is partnering Earthlink and local authorities in the San Francisco…
…the video mind-set we’re dealing with, it’s a natural transition,” said Hurley. Hurley was speaking at the OgilvyOne Digital Summit in one of his first public engagements since the announcement last month that Internet search leader Google Inc. is to buy YouTube for $1.65 billion. Source: Reuters Related Links: YouTube…
Here are some of the links mentioned in the last episode of the Cyber Shack: YouSendIt.com The website that allows you upload large files and then send download links to multiple people. Very handy for transferring large files over the net. docs.google.com Google’s rival to Microsoft Word and Excel. It’s…
Internet search king Google has launched a free word processing and spreadsheet program that could dissuade computer users from shelling out for Microsoft’s Office desktop productivity package. Dubbed Google Docs & Spreadsheets, the package blends the Writely online wordprocessing software, which Google bought in March, with spreadsheet software it debuted…
…the new crop of user-participation web sites at more than $US1 billion, combines two of the most popular internet brands: Google, synonymous with web search and rapid innovation, and YouTube, a Silicon Valley upstart that has spearheaded the video-sharing craze. For Google, the acquisition of YouTube would thrust the web…
…colossus Microsoft and the delayed release of Vista. “Our friends up north spend over five billion US dollars on research and development and all they seem to do is copy Google and Apple,” Jobs quipped, referring to Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. “I guess money isn’t everything.” Time Machine was…
…next week in the Southeastern United States through a partnership with SunCom Wireless. Source: iTnews.com.au Related Links: Napster Talk of a Google digital music solution has been swirling for more than a year. A Bear Stearns analyst predicted in January that a Google rival to Apple’s iTunes Music Store could…
