Google Street View resumed work

13 Jul
2010

The project is Google Street View resumed its work after the forced break, made by reason of the unlawful gathering of information from unprotected access points, Wi-Fi.
From this week Machines Street View imagery will produce in Ireland, Norway, South Africa and Sweden. According to the company, all the software and stationary equipment in cars has been tested and modules, which led to the collection of redundant information were removed.
"Our cars will no longer collect any Wi-Fi information, but will continue to shoot photos and 3D images, as before", – commented news vice president of Google Geo Engineering Bryan McClendon.

Google has received a license to work in China

13 Jul
2010

The Chinese government has confirmed the renewal of the license Google as the provider of Internet content. According to the company, the extension of the ICP-license would "provide Web search and other local products to users in China."
The previous license of the company ended June 30. According to the editorial Xinhua, officials put a condition that can renew your license only with the full compliance with legislation relating to political material and the provision of free rights monitoring the quality of materials from the supervisory authorities of the country.

New website "All about Google AdWords»

13 Jul
2010

Official AdWords Blog yesterday announced the launch of a new useful resource – "All about Google AdWords».
Site created by the leading participants of the forum AdWords advertisers, and is designed for informal support of advertisers and the exchange of experience working with AdWords and Google Analytics. On the site you can find answers to frequently asked questions with the online forum AdWords and tips for working with your account in the blog leading participants.
In the section Frequently asked questions about AdWords, you can find all the necessary information to work with the account in a structured and convenient form, he is regularly updated with new questions to the forum.
Section Blog panellists can read articles by other advertisers, with useful know-how to work with AdWords and Google Analytics. You can also send to the publication of their materials, and participate in the contest «AdWords week.

Google Android continues to grow

9 Jul
2010

According to the company comScore, a device running Google Android continue to gain market share. In May, the number of users of the operating system in the U.S. was 13%, which is 4% higher than in February this year.
Despite the fairly high growth rate, Android is only the fourth most popular mobile platform. In first place is a BlackBerry from Research In Motion, which owns 41.7% of the market, which is 0.4% less than before.
Apple iPhone is the second, he owns 24.4% of the market, which is 1% lower compared with the previous measurement. According to the comScore, the study did not consider the effect of the huge demand for new phone Apple iPhone 4, which was released on June 24.
Mobile operating system from Microsoft is in third place with 13.1% market share. She experienced the greatest decline in the last quarter – 1.9%. Closes Five Palm with 4.8% of the market and falling rates of 0.6%. Palm, who was a pioneer of portable devices, losing the fight with the bigger players, last week was bought by Hewlett-Packard for $ 1.2 billion.

Facebook has acquired a social search service Nextstop

9 Jul
2010

Facebook will become a social thematic search service Nextstop. The site is a service for searching the recommendations of the attractions, routes, resorts and just plain interesting places.
Startup, which was launched in 2009, contains a system for annotations and recommendations, a search engine with filters, ratings and discussions, as well as elements of gameplay. The founders of the service are two former members of Google, Karl Syorgrin and Adrian Graham, who worked on projects such as Google Calendar, Google Groups and Picasa. The site has evolved from the idea of creating a guide to interesting places in unfamiliar cities and countries.
Employees will join the staff Facebook, and the site itself will be closed on September 1. All materials will be translated into projects such as Picasa, Google Maps and others. In addition, Nexstop release database with the recommendations. The site contains information on over 100,000 seats, which are recommended to visit.

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