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Tech groups using celebrities as spokespeople: a quick look

Chris Burns, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

You may have noticed over the past few weeks that celebrities are quickly becoming the spokespeople for technology products, and not only just in the mobile landscape. Smartphones are being promoted by sports stars, reality TV “celebrities” are taking on product launches, and no less than MC Hammer is bringing forth the idea that web search can be much more deep than it currently is. Is this the obvious next step for technology startups as well as established groups across the board? Let me show you three examples of celebrities as spokespeople that’ve popped up over the past couple of weeks in the tech space and you tell ME what you think about it.

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Google Search to be encrypted for signed-in users

Rue Liu, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google announced today that it will be stepping up security on its search feature for signed-in users. These users will now get an SSL encrypted search experience by default, which means that their search terms and results can't be intercepted by hackers or nosy network admins. This will be especially important for those that often use public unsecured internet connections, such as WiFi hotspots at cafes. Read The Full Story

Google Travel launches with flight search service

Rue Liu, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [3]

Google has quietly launched a new flight search service called Google Travel. The service can be found in a separate portal here and is powered by the recently acquired travel software company ITA. The $700 million acquisition of ITA was scrutinized for several months before being approved with various conditions due to antitrust concerns that may affect the online travel search industry. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! sacks CEO Bartz over phone

Chris Davies, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yahoo! has fired little-loved CEO Carol Bartz, temporarily replacing the former exec with CFO Timothy Morse. While board chairman Roy Bostock thanks Bartz "for her service to Yahoo! during a critical time of transition in the Company's history," an email the ousted CEO sent to her former staff, leaked to AllThingsD, reveals that she was "fired over the phone." Read The Full Story

Google Search Optimized For iPads, Android Tablets

Rue Liu, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [1]

Using Google Search on tablets hasn't been difficult, but the experience is about to get even easier. The company confirmed today that it will be rolling out an update to optimize its search interface for both iPads and Android tablets. The enhancements involve not only more touch-friendly elements but also faster-loading images and continuous scrolling. Read The Full Story

Baidu Bing, Baidu Bang: Bing and Baidu announce search deal

Shane McGlaun, Jul 6th 2011 Discuss [2]

China is notorious for censoring the internet within its boundaries to keep citizens from accessing things that might not meet the questionable moral code of the Chinese government. Google and China have a long running feud but things between Microsoft and China are seemingly smooth. Microsoft is making a big move to raise the awareness of its Bing search engine in the largest internet market with a new deal with the Chinese Baidu search engine. The deal sees no money change hands and Baidu will even keep the revenue generated by ads under the deal. Read The Full Story

Google “What do you love?” launches at WDYL.com

Chris Davies, Jun 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

A new Google search portal has been discovered ahead of its official launch, with "What do you love?" offering an aggregated selection of results and services based on a single search term. Currently found at www.wdyl.com, the new site pulls in news, books, shopping, photos, search and other results, as well as links to Google's services like Picasa and Blogger. Read The Full Story

Google switches off Kazakhstan search in “local internet” protest

Chris Davies, Jun 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

It's not just China which Google has networking headaches with. The search giant has announced that Kazakhstan users will be forced to endure "a reduction in search quality" after Google decided to reroute all google.kz requests to the general google.com homepage. It's in response to new legislation in the country which demands any site with a .kz domain must be hosted within Kazakhstan borders, a move which Google decided it couldn't comply with. Read The Full Story

Search for Tilt in Google

Kevin Fubar, Apr 6th 2011 Discuss [4]

If you're reading this on a smartphone, this should work for you. Google instigated a bunch of pranks this year. It seems that this one surfaced a little late. Leave it to Google to embed easter eggs so deep that it takes the collective internet five days to find. Simply load up your browser on your iOS or Android phone and search google for the term, "tilt". The search will return with the results tilted ever so slightly to the right. Read The Full Story

Microsoft demands EU antitrust investigation into Google

Chris Davies, Mar 31st 2011 Discuss [16]

Microsoft is demanding the European Union begin an antitrust trial investigating Google, with the company planning to make an official request today. According to Microsoft's Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Brad Smith, the company is "concerned by a broadening pattern of conduct aimed at stopping anyone else from creating a competitive alternative" and points to two interventions by the US Department of Justice as evidence that steps are required to "thwart Google’s unlawful conduct from impeding fair competition." Read The Full Story

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