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Google jumps into location check-in game

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 8:04 1 Comment

The Google logo can be seen on bags during a press conference in 2010 on the launch of Google’s “Street View” service from 20 German cities. Google on Tuesday began letting smartphone users check into spots on the go as the Internet star jumped into the hot location-based services arena with Facebook, Foursquare and Gowalla. [...]

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Google reaffirms commitment to China

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:03 No Comments

The Google logo is seen in windows of the company’s China head office in Beijing. The web titan’s vice president John Liu has reaffirmed the firm’s commitment to China, the world’s largest web community, after its harsh battle this year with Beijing over censorship and cyberattacks. Google vice president John Liu on Tuesday reaffirmed the [...]

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Google buys social networking application maker Slide

Friday, August 6, 2010 17:01 No Comments

The Google logo is seen on August 4 in Paris. Google on Friday announced that it has bought hot online networking application maker Slide as part of a drive to “make Google services socially aware.” Google on Friday announced that it has bought hot online networking application maker Slide as part of a drive to [...]

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Google goes it alone in China censorship fight

Sunday, March 28, 2010 5:01 No Comments

The Google logo is reflected in windows of the company’s China head office as the Chinese national flag flies in the wind in Beijing on March 23. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major speech on Internet freedom two months ago, called on US technology firms not to support online censorship. Secretary of State [...]

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Google deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:01 No Comments

A man takes pictures of the Google China headquarters as a bouquet of flowers is seen on the Google logo in Beijing Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Google’s attempted detour around China’s Internet censorship rules was met with countermeasures Tuesday by the communist government, which blocked people on the mainland from seeing search results dealing with [...]

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European privacy battle looms for Facebook, Google

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:59 No Comments

The Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday March 23, 2010. European regulators are investigating whether the common practice on Facebook, Google and other sites to post photos and information on individuals without their consent is a breach of privacy laws. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (AP) — You have been tagged in [...]

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Chinese media chastise Google over threat to leave

Monday, March 22, 2010 14:59 No Comments

A Chinese worker cleans the Google logo at the Google China headquarters in Beijing, China, Monday, March 22, 2010. State media lashed out at Google over the weekend with editorials accusing the search giant of helping forces abroad attack China and its laws, while calling efforts to pressure the country over its Internet censorship “ridiculous.” [...]

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Report: Hackers attacked Google from China schools

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:05 No Comments

In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, women walk past the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters Beijing, China. Citing the sensitivity of the talks, Google officials won’t say how the negotiations have gone since the company issued its Jan. 12 threat to shut down its China-based search engine and possibly leave the country [...]

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Google’s convoluted search for China compromise

Thursday, February 11, 2010 20:03 No Comments

In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, women walk past the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters Beijing, China. Citing the sensitivity of the talks, Google officials won’t say how the negotiations have gone since the company issued its Jan. 12 threat to shut down its China-based search engine and possibly leave the country [...]

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China: Clinton Internet speech harms ties with US

Friday, January 22, 2010 8:03 No Comments

A Chinese flag flutters near the Google logo on top of Google’s China headquarters in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led search angle Google to threaten to pull out of that country, and challenged Beijing to openly publish [...]

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