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Google Woos Publishers To Digital Newsstand: Report
January 3, 2011 at 2:41 pm 0

Mountain View, California -- Think of it as an old-fashioned circulation war in the digital age, substituting tablets for tabloids. Global search engine leader Google Inc has approached several newspaper and magazine publishers to garner support from for creating its own digital newsstand, in a move that could open a new frontier in the Internet company's rivalry with Apple Inc., which already sells digital versions of many major magazines and newspapers through its iTunes store, according to a news report. (more…)
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Skype Releases iPhone Video Calling Over 3G And Wi-Fi To Rival FaceTime
January 3, 2011 at 2:34 pm 0

Los Angeles -- As it was touted, Skype has finally stepped up to the competition by adding two-way video chatting to its VoIP iPhone app! Skype has finally got the bells ringing in 2011 with the addition of video calling to its Skype for iPhone App including video calling and 3G access.

Indeed, this long awaited addition is one for which Skype-watchers and users have been yearning since Fring's two-way video calling app nosed into the iPhone app store this past July, following Apple's introduction of its own Face Time video chatting software.

The update that was rumored to be released at CES in Las Vegas in the coming week but it looks like Christmas has come early for millions of iPhone users everywhere. (more…)

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Websites Ally Against Google To Launch Program That Rivals Local Biz Tags
January 3, 2011 at 2:28 pm 0

San Francisco -- Watch out Google! A band of smaller Internet rivals are forging alliance in hopes of jump-starting online local ad sales in the face of global search engine leader Google Inc.'s growing clout in the market, the Wall Street Journal reports. (more…)
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Facebook Knocks Google Off As King Of The Web In 2010
December 31, 2010 at 10:24 am 0

Los Angeles -- The end-of-year backslapping continues today following latest statistics from Experian Hitwise which revealed that 2010 has witnessed social networking phenomenon Facebook officially usurp search engine behemoth Google as the most-visited Web site in the United States between January to November 2010, sucking up 8.93 percent of all Web traffic during that time, passing Google's search page for the first time. (more…)

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Google Resists Order To Divulge Four Search Marketers’ Identities
December 30, 2010 at 1:05 pm 0

San Francisco -- In the latest turn of events in a long-running possible class-action lawsuit about Google's parked domain program, a federal judge has ordained the search engine giant to reveal the identities of four AdWords advertisers who were clients of Internet marketing agency Wpromote. (more…)

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Paul Allen Relaunches Tech Patent Suit, Targets Facebook, Google, Apple iTunes, Yahoo And Others
December 30, 2010 at 12:56 pm 0

New York -- Billionaire, Microsoft Corp co-founder "Paul Allen" yesterday refiled a last-minute revision of a patent infringement lawsuit against 11 popular tech companies namely: Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Netflix, Yahoo and others, which includes specific allegations of patent violation. (more…)

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Google Gobbles Travel Software To Fatten Its Travel Search Portal
December 29, 2010 at 1:59 pm 0

New York -- It seems that the once innocent and well-meant start-up that is now known as Google is once again chomping its way through the internet is making waves as it pushes into new arenas. The Mountain-View, California-based search engine titan Google acquired the company that made it easy for travelers to compare airfares, ITA Software Inc., for $700 million price tag, which could give it a leading edge in the market for online travel search results. (more…)

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Google Perceives Future In Educational Apps — Promotes Through App Store
December 29, 2010 at 1:53 pm 0

Mountain View, California -- As the market for educational apps and software is rapidly escalating, search engine behemoth Google Inc. is reportedly in talks with educational software companies to help build a marketplace for online learning programs, and plans to sell their programs through its App Marketplace, an industry whose value may approach $5 billion this year. (more…)

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Amazon Says: Wi-Fi Kindle Is Its Best-Selling Product Ever
December 28, 2010 at 1:57 pm 0

San Francisco -- Giant online retailer Amazon.com has never disclosed sales figures for its e-reader, the Kindle. It still has not, but the company on Monday trumpeted that the latest version of its popular Kindle e-reader, the Wi-Fi and third-generation Kindle, have surpassed its previous all-time bestseller, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the company said.

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Facebook Trounced Google In UK For First Time On Christmas Day Traffic
December 28, 2010 at 1:46 pm 0

London -- According to a report released by Experian Hitwise, indicates that for the first time ever Facebook trounced its biggest rival Google to become Britain's most visited web page on Christmas Day, accounting for 10.50% of all UK Internet visits on that day. (more…)

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