All Entries Tagged With: "Google"
CIA & Google
Wired’s defense dude, Noah Schachtman, has a fascinating story about Google and the CIA being joint investors in a web monitoring firm. Both Google Ventures and In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s investment arm, have injected sums (less than $10 million each) into Recorded Future, a company that goes through “tens of thousands” of websites and looks for related actions [...]
Bing Hits Hard
Bing just upped its effort in the search engine war against Google with an updated iPhone app. Just in time for iOS4′s firmware update, the app has a bunch of tweaks, but one, real Google-beater: Barcode scanning for quick product IDs.
Check Out Google TV
TV meets web. Web meets TV.
Google Buys BumpTop
BumpTop is a desktop replacement, used by both Windows and Mac. HP’s convertible tablet computers like the TM2 use BumpTop as an easy way to make your computer’s desktop more touchable. It turns files, folders, and software shortcuts into icons that can be manipulated more directly with fingers. For example, you might have a photo [...]
Google vs China
The beef between Google and the Chinese government has been rocking along for a few weeks. Now we hear it’s been elevated to “boxing fight” status. The warning came from the Minister of Industry and IT, Li Yizhong, who was speaking to reporters at the annual National People’s Congress meeting. Li was very diplomatic about the matter, although [...]
Google Mirrors
Google continues to revolutionize the energy industry with a new type of mirror that would cut the cost of building a solar thermal plant in half. Google claims it could be ready in one to three years if all goes to plan.
