If you were under the impression that the controversy surrounding Google Buzz was starting to die down, think again. So far, we’ve mostly heard about privacy issues, which Google has publicly addressed. They’ve also made changes based on user feedback. Now, we’re hearing about possible copyright issues. Google appears to be republishing full articles without [...]Google Buzz Draws New Content-Scraping Controversy

You may not need a briefcase to carry your laptop in the near feature. Just roll the computer and wear it like a shoulder handbag.
Orkin Design, a design firm in Germany, has created a amazing concept computer that can be used both as a laptop and a tablet (slate). It features a large multitouch screen, [...]How Laptops May Look Like in the Future?

Although Google’s undoubtedly best known for dominating the traditional search market, the company’s no slouch when it comes to mobile.  New stats from Opera indicate that Google has a huge lead over its closest rival, and that its other well-funded competitor barely enters the equation.
According to the latest Opera State of the Mobile Report, Google’s [...]Google Trounces Yahoo, Bing In Mobile Search Report

A growing number of state transportation departments (DOTs) are communicating news and information to travelers using Twitter, Facebook and other social media.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) survey of 32 state DOTs found 26 states or (82%) are now using Twitter to communicate with travelers when major traffic incidents or severe [...]More States Using Twitter To Communicate Travel Conditions

Our Twellow team has been working hard on getting Twellow set up to use Twitter’s OAuth system, and that support is now available on Twellow.com.
“The Twellow OAuth upgrade is a major improvement for Twellow users,” Twellow’s Lead Developer Matthew Daines says. “Not only is it much more secure, but it also increases the amount of [...]Twellow Gets Twitter OAuth Support

The U.S. Census Bureau said today it has launched a new online mapping tool detailing how well communities responded to the 2000 Census in an effort to raise awareness for the upcoming 2010 Census.
Visitors to the new Google-based map will be able to find the 2000 Census mail participation rates for states, counties and cities, [...]Census Bureau Launches Map Powered By Google

As smartphone usage becomes more and more mainstream, businesses have to consider how their audiences are interacting with them online. For that reason, it can help to gain insight into how users of different devices interact with those devices.
AdMob released its monthly Mobile Metrics report today, which finds that Android and iPhone users download a [...]Consumer Demographics and Their Wireless Devices

As the world’s premier athletes assembled in Vancouver for the Winter Games, Googlers in the equally snowy Zurich, Switzerland were preparing for a prestigious event of a different sort. On February 8, 100 top academics from 62 leading universities throughout EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) descended upon our Zurich engineering headquarters for our [...]A meeting of the minds: Google’s 2010 EMEA Faculty Summit

Twitter.com is obviously the most popular web-based Twitter client that you can use both on your desktop and mobile phone without installing any software.

The problem, however, with Twitter’s built-in web client is that its quite basic and you can’t really do much there except for replying and retweeting tweets. That explains why such a large [...]A Smart Web-Based Client for Twitter

Newspaper websites are the most valued sites for people seeking credible and trustworthy local content, according to a new survey conducted by comScore for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA).
More than half (57%) of the 3,050 respondents cited local newspaper websites as the top online source for local information. That percentage increases for upper income [...]Newspaper Websites Most Valued Local News Source

It looks like the people in charge of Gmail Labs have decided to do a little spring (or more accurately, late winter) cleaning.  They’ve removed a full 11 experimental features from Labs, with six of the bunch becoming regular Gmail features and the other five failing to make the cut.
Many of the “graduated” features are [...]Six More Features Graduate From Gmail Labs

Google announced via Twitter, that public status updates from Facebook are now include in the search engine’s real-time search feature. That means the largest social network in the world is getting play in Google’s real-time search alongside Twitter, MySpace, and others.
Apparently only updates from Facebook PAGES are indexed, and according to Danny Sullivan, that includes [...]Your Facebook Page is in Google’s Real-Time Results Now

As you might imagine, conversations tend to be more productive and enjoyable when they’re not interrupted and cut short all the time.  Google’s made a smart move, then, by upgrading Google Talk in several respects.
The upgrades actually pertain to one of Google Talk’s most advanced features: the voice and video chat plug-in.  As for what [...]Google Talk Improves Voice, Video Performance

Consumer Watchdog today called on the Justice Department to guarantee that its ongoing antitrust probe of Google’s business practices include an investigation into if the company is manipulating its search results to favor its own products.
The nonprofit advocacy group said it sent a letter to Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Division, after news [...]Advocacy Group Asks DOJ To Probe Google Search Results

Social media use among businesses has grown significantly over the past year or two, but new research from E-Consultancy, in association with the Online Marketing Summit, indicates that most businesses are largely still in the experimental stage when it comes to their efforts.
There are a great deal of interesting stats to pick through in the [...]Most Businesses Still Only "Experiment" with Social Media