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The Evolving Ecosystem
11:28 pm Eastern | SciTech
Just over four months ago, at Chirp, our Twitter developer conference, I talked about how "Twitter is too hard" and what we're doing to address that.One major area of difficulty I highlighted was getting Twitter on your phone.read more »
Twitter Status
9:16 pm Eastern | SciTech
dev.twitter.com down for maintenance
Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:04 PM PDT read more »Simpler sign-ups for Yahoo! users with OpenID
7 Sep 12:03 | SciTech
How many times have you created a new account at a website and seen a message that said: “Thank you for creating an account.read more »
Twitter for iPad: Sharing content in Tweets
3 Sep 21:33 | SciTech
People are increasingly sharing different types of information on Twitter. For example, Tweets point to web pages, photos, videos, hashtags, people, check-ins, and more.read more »
The Evolving Ecosystem
3 Sep 21:32 | SciTech
Just over four months ago, at Chirp, our Twitter developer conference, I talked about how "Twitter is too hard" and what we're doing to address that.One major area of difficulty I highlighted was getting Twitter on your phone.read more »
Twitter Status
3 Sep 21:23 | SciTech
Working on stale search results
Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:42 PM PDT read more »Twitter for iPad: Sharing content in Tweets
3 Sep 19:30 | SciTech
People are increasingly sharing different types of information on Twitter. For example, Tweets point to web pages, photos, videos, hashtags, people, check-ins, and more.read more »
Google Apps highlights – 9/3/2010
3 Sep 19:00 | SciTech
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label “Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series.read more »
Twitter for iPad: Sharing content in Tweets
3 Sep 15:19 | SciTech
People are increasingly sharing different types of information on Twitter. For example, Tweets point to web pages, photos, videos, hashtags, people, check-ins, and more.read more »
Trimming our privacy policies
3 Sep 12:00 | SciTech
Long, complicated and lawyerly—that's what most people think about privacy policies, and for good reason. Even taking into account that they’re legal documents, most privacy policies are still too hard to understand.So we’re simplifying and updating Google’s privacy policies.read more »
Yahoo! and Vestel Group Partner to Deliver Yahoo! Connected TV Across Europe
3 Sep 04:30 | SciTech
Yahoo! and Vestel Group Partner to Deliver Yahoo! Connected TV Across Europeread more »
The Evolving Ecosystem
2 Sep 21:08 | SciTech
Just over four months ago, at Chirp, our Twitter developer conference, I talked about how "Twitter is too hard" and what we're doing to address that.One major area of difficulty I highlighted was getting Twitter on your phone.read more »
The Evolving Ecosystem
2 Sep 20:42 | SciTech
Just over four months ago, at Chirp, our Twitter developer conference, I talked about how "Twitter is too hard" and what we're doing to address that.
One major area of difficulty I highlighted was getting Twitter on your phone.read more »HP to Acquire 3PAR
2 Sep 18:45 | SciTech
HP and 3PAR Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3PAR, a leading global provider of utility storage, through a cash tender offer of $33 per share in cash, or an enterprise value of $2.35 billion. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies. read more »
News release: HP Announces Revised Offer Price for 3PAR of $33 per Share in Cash
2 Sep 15:00 | SciTech
HP today announced that it is increasing its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of 3PAR Inc. (NYSE: PAR) to $33 per share in cash.read more »
Human Unconscious Is Transferred To Virtual Characters
2 Sep 14:08 | SciTech
Virtual characters can behave according to actions carried out unconsciously by humans, according to new research.read more »
Back to the future: two years of Google Chrome
2 Sep 10:25 | SciTech
(Cross-posted from the Google Chrome Blog)Watching the 1985 classic Back to the Future last night, I was struck by how much things can change with time.read more »
Twitter for iPad: Sharing content in Tweets
1 Sep 23:59 | SciTech
People are increasingly sharing different types of information on Twitter. For example, Tweets point to web pages, photos, videos, hashtags, people, check-ins, and more.read more »
Text Messages Reveal the Emotional Timeline of September 11, 2001
1 Sep 14:09 | USA News
An analysis of text messages sent during the 9/11 terrorist attacks has found spiking anxiety and steadily increasing anger through that fateful day. read more »
China's Monopoly On 17 Key Elements Sets Stage For Supply Crisis
1 Sep 14:04 | SciTech
China's monopoly on the global supply of elements critical for production of computer hard disc drives, hybrid-electric cars, military weapons, and other key products and its increasingly strict limits on exports is setting the stage for a crisis in the United States, according to a new report.read more »
Model the world with Google SketchUp 8
1 Sep 14:00 | SciTech
It’s been 10 years since the first version of Google SketchUp was released, and there are more people modeling in SketchUp now that we ever could have imagined—over a million of you a week, in fact.read more »
Yahoo! en Español Puts People at the Center of Their Web Experiences
1 Sep 09:00 | SciTech
Yahoo! en Español Puts People at the Center of Their Web Experiencesread more »
comScore Acquires Nedstat, Global Analytics and Online Optimization Provider
1 Sep 06:54 | SciTech
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO ITS CONTENT AT mailto:PRESS@COMSCORE.COMread more »
Twitter Status
31 Aug 20:06 | SciTech
Temporarily Disabling "Who to Follow"
Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT read more »Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
31 Aug 18:44 | SciTech
(Cross-posted from the Gmail Blog)People tell us all the time that they’re getting more and more mail and often feel overwhelmed by it all.read more »
Explosion of Data at Work Contributes to $1.5 Trillion in Lost Productivity
31 Aug 14:38 | Business
Information optimization company Vivisimo, says the exponentially growing pool of employee-generated data is estimated to be costing U.S. businesses $1.5 trillion in lost worker productivity as a result of people spending additional time looking for the information they need to do their job both within and outside their organizations. read more »
Impact Of New Media On Customer Relationships Studied
31 Aug 14:17 | SciTech
A new media marketing world increasingly dominated by mobile technologies, "shopping bots," recommendation systems and peer-to-peer networks has spawned a radical new online marketplace, challenging the old behaviors of buyers and sellers, according to a new report in the Journal of Service Research.read more »
Online publishers: growing the display advertising pie
31 Aug 13:00 | SciTech
This is the latest post in our series on the future of display advertising. Today, director of product management Jonathan Bellack looks at our efforts to help online publishers generate more advertising revenue - Ed.For millions of online publishers—from the smallest blogger to the largest entertainment, news, e-commerce and information sites—online advertising revenue is vital.read more »
HP Expands ColorLok Paper Program; Study Finds Paper Standard Helps Laser Printers Run Longerm
31 Aug 12:00 | SciTech
HP today announced the expansion of the ColorLok® paper standard with new benefits for commodity-grade office papers for laser printing and a broad recommendation that customers use ColorLok papers with HP LaserJet printers to ensure quality and reliability. read more »
VMware and HP Extend Agreement to Help Customers Accelerate the Move to Private Clouds
31 Aug 11:00 | SciTech
Today at VMworld 2010, VMware and HP announced an agreement to deliver a new virtualization solution, reference architectures and IT services to help customers accelerate cloud computing deployment and IT as a service. read more »
Yahoo!, Dex One Expand Partnership
31 Aug 00:00 | SciTech
Yahoo!, Dex One Expand Partnershipread more »
Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
30 Aug 23:55 | SciTech
(Cross-posted from the Gmail Blog)People tell us all that time that they’re getting more and more mail and often feel overwhelmed by it all.read more »
23 walls of Googley
30 Aug 22:06 | SciTech
A couple months ago while visiting our London office, I noticed a really cool Google logo on the wall. It was a mosaic of photos of London that had been created by a product manager named Clay Bavor and a team of Googlers (in fact, Clay wrote about it).read more »
Share your story with the new Google Translate
30 Aug 18:21 | SciTech
(Cross-posted from the Google Translate blog)
Today, you may have noticed a brighter looking Google Translate. We’re currently rolling out several changes globally to our look and feel that should make translating text, webpages and documents on Google Translate even easier. These changes will be available globally within a couple of days.read more »Twitter Applications and OAuth
30 Aug 18:06 | SciTech
If you are like most Twitter users, you have used use a third-party Twitter application to read or send Tweets.read more »
SB10-242: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 23, 2010
30 Aug 17:30 | SciTech
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 23, 2010read more »
Twitter Applications and OAuth
30 Aug 16:37 | SciTech
If you are like most Twitter users, you have used use a third-party Twitter application to read or send Tweets.read more »
23 walls of Googley
30 Aug 15:40 | SciTech
A couple months ago while visiting our London office, I noticed a really cool Google logo on the wall. It was a mosaic of photos of London that had been created by a product manager named Clay Bavor and a team of Googlers (in fact, Clay wrote about it).read more »
NASA, Internet Archive And Flickr Launch Historic Image Collection
30 Aug 13:52 | Entertainment
Three compilations of images from more than half a century of NASA history have been made available for comment on a section of the photo-sharing site Flickr known as The Commons. read more »
Google To Host Associated Press Content And Others
30 Aug 13:46 | Entertainment
Google says it has extended its existing licensing agreement with the Associated Press and other press associations so it can now host its content on Google properties such as Google News. read more »
[Google News Blog] Extending the Associated Press as Hosted News partner
30 Aug 12:02 | SciTech
Posted by Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product Manager
read more »Arcade Fire meets HTML5
30 Aug 11:09 | SciTech
What would a music experience designed specifically for the modern web look like? This is a question we've been playing around with for the last few months.read more »
HP Board Authorizes Additional $10 Billion for Share Repurchases
30 Aug 10:30 | SciTech
The HP board of directors has approved the authorization of an additional $10 billion for share repurchases. HP intends to use the additional authorization as part of its ongoing program to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans and to repurchase shares opportunistically. read more »