Google CEO: Economic recovery underway in Europe as well as in the USOctober 7th, 2009 Google CEO: Europe keeping pace with US recoveryNEW YORK — Google Inc. is seeing an economic recovery under way, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe, CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.
Authors and publishers vow to redo Google settlement to resolve antitrust, copyright concernsSeptember 22nd, 2009 New deal sought in dispute over Google book planNEW YORK — A $125 million settlement of a lawsuit that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books will be renegotiated in light of the U.S.
Google acquires Carnegie Mellon's Web anti-fraud tool also used to digitize booksSeptember 16th, 2009 Google acquires Carnegie Mellon's anti-fraud toolPITTSBURGH — Google has acquired a Carnegie Mellon University spin-off that seeks to cut down on spam and fraud at Web sites while digitizing books. ReCAPTCHA offers simple word puzzles that users must solve when registering at a Web site or completing an online purchase.
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.
Google pushes deeper into Arab world with forum that lets users ask and answer each otherSeptember 8th, 2009 Google launches user-led Q&A service in ArabicDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Google Inc. launched an online tool Tuesday that allows Arab users to answer each other's questions, a move designed to boost the amount of Web content available in Arabic.
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.
Antitrust watchdog probing Google Italy after Italian newspaper publishers complainAugust 27th, 2009 Antitrust watchdog probes Google ItalyROME — Italy's antitrust watchdog is investigating allegations by Italian newspapers that Google Italy is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site by dropping them from its search engine. Google said the newspapers were free to remove themselves from Google News while still remaining on its search engine.
Google to buy video compression company On2 in $106.5 million all-stock dealAugust 5th, 2009 Google to buy video compression firm for $106.5MMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.
Google is buying ads instead of selling them in campaign aimed at corporate AmericaAugust 3rd, 2009 Google launches rare ad campaign to sell more appsSAN FRANCISCO — Google is launching a rare marketing campaign Monday to try to boost its sales of online business applications. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company is leasing billboards along major highways in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston this month to promote a bundle of business applications that sells for $50 per worker annually.
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 overcomes slowest revenue growth yet to boost 2Q profit 19 pct, topping analyst viewsJuly 16th, 2009 Google 2Q profit up 19 pct amid slowing ad salesMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's second-quarter profit rose 19 percent despite the slowest revenue growth since the Internet search leader went public five years ago.
UW-Madison says new Google deal will expand public access to library collectionJuly 10th, 2009 UW-Madison: New Google deal boosts access to booksMADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison says a new agreement with Google will expand public access to its library collection.
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.
Judge pushes Google book settlement hearing date to October from JuneApril 29th, 2009 Judge delays Google book settlement hearingNEW YORK — The federal court overseeing Google Inc.'s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls. Instead of a May 5 deadline, the court ruled Tuesday that authors now have until Sept.
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