AT&T complains to regulators that Google Voice gets unfair advantage from blocking some callsSeptember 25th, 2009 AT&T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can'tSEATTLE — AT&T is arguing Google's Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high fees. AT&T Inc. says Google Voice curbs costs by refusing to connect calls to places where some local carriers give phone numbers to adult chat lines and conference-calling services to draw long distance calls.
Google aims to make reading online articles easier in test that will sell ads for publishersSeptember 14th, 2009 Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new formatSAN FRANCISCO — Google is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine. The change eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers.
Google bows to book settlement critics, willing to share digital copies of out-of-print titlesSeptember 10th, 2009 Google willing to share digital books with rivalsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S.
Review: Google Voice enables cheap calling and texting, though it requires many keystrokesSeptember 9th, 2009 Review: Google Voice has cool tricks but downsidesLOS ANGELES — Google Inc. gives away a lot of good stuff for free.
Google agrees to develop separate privacy policy for digital books to satisfy FTCSeptember 3rd, 2009 Google to draw up new privacy policy for booksWASHINGTON — Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the Federal Trade Commission. The concessions come amid a growing outcry among critics who believe a class-action settlement with U.S.
Google pledges Street View will blur images more in Switzerland after official complaintSeptember 2nd, 2009 Google pledges more blurring in SwitzerlandBERN, Switzerland — Google Inc. said Wednesday its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country's strict privacy laws.
Vonage lumps unlimited international calls to 60-plus countries into standard planAugust 19th, 2009 Vonage makes free international calls standardNEW YORK — Unlimited domestic phone calls are nearly standard feature for landline plans these days. Now, Vonage Holdings Corp., which helped pioneer that feature with its Internet phone service, is expanding it to most international calls as well.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple's board of directorsAugust 3rd, 2009 Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple boardCUPERTINO, Calif. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors.
Google offers 'guided tour' of the moon, 40 years after the first Apollo landingJuly 20th, 2009 Google offers 'guided tour' of the moonNEW YORK — Google Inc. is offering a more wide-ranging view of the Moon, 40 years after humans first landed there.
Google mutes news commentary feature as another experiment gets clipped in cost-cutting effortJuly 1st, 2009 Google silences news commentary featureMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has quietly dropped a feature that allowed people mentioned in news stories to comment on the articles.
Senate confirms 2 nominees for Federal Communications CommissionJune 26th, 2009 Senate confirms 2 for FCCWASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Julius Genachowski as head of the Federal Communications Commission and Robert McDowell for a second FCC term. McDowell is currently the only Republican on the five-seat commission, which has been operating with three commissioners.
Google to take serious action after being banned in China for providing pornographic linksJune 25th, 2009 BEIJING — Internet users in China were unable to access search giant Google Inc.'s main Web site or its Chinese service, and the company said Thursday it was investigating. The outage came after the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center last week accused Google of providing links to vulgar and obscene sites.
Family ties: Google invests another $2.6 million in startup launched by co-founder's wifeJune 19th, 2009 Google invests $2.6M in startup tied to BrinMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is putting another $2.6 million into 23andMe, a biotech startup with family ties to its co-founder, Sergey Brin.
Federal Trade Commission suing companies to halt auto warranty 'robo-calls'May 14th, 2009 FTC suing companies to halt warranty 'robo-calls'WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are filing suits against several companies they say are behind a national wave of spam "robo-calls" that warn people their auto warranties are expiring and offer new service plans. The Federal Trade Commission says it has asked a federal court in Chicago to halt the illegal telemarketing campaign of "Your Car Warranty Has Expired." Officials say as many as 1 billion of the nuisance calls have been made to Americans.
SatNav launches voice-based navigation serviceApril 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - GPS service provider SatNav Technologies Wednesday launched the country's first voice-based navigation direction service, SatGuide LCU. 'LCU, (Lost? Need Directions? Call Us!), is now available to all phone users in India.
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