Tech Week in Review 2-4-2011
Microsoft Bing Still Denies Copying Google We covered the details of this earlier in the week, but the debate is still raging. Matt Cutts has written another post regarding the apparent copying that Bing has been doing from the Google Search engine results. First off, let me say that I respect all the people at [...]
Read MoreAndroid 3.0 Honeycomb Brings Android Market Website and Video Chat
At a press event today for Android 3.0 Honeycomb, one of the most exciting announcements was a web-based store for the Android Market. Most of the Honeycomb features and goodies demonstrated at the event were already known. Check out the video for a refresher: One of the more exciting announcements was the addition of a [...]
Read MoreGoogle Goes In On Bing After Microsoft Denies Copying Search Results
Google recently accused the Bing search engine of copying their search results. The whole situation began as Google engineers worked on spelling corrections. Spelling corrections are one of the features that Google takes much pride in. They even claim they can correct misspellings that have never been misspelled before. From the Official Google Blog: It [...]
Read MoreGoogle Art Project Puts Super High Resolution Art Online
Today, February 1st, Google unveils a project that will give you access to thousands of artworks online in “extraordinary detail.” The project is simply called Google Art Project, but the results are nothing less than stunning. Working with 17 art museums over the last 18 months, Google has built an online collection of thousands of [...]
Read MoreGoogle Drops Piracy Keywords from Autocomplete and Instant
At the end of last year, Google decided they would do their part to make copyright work better online. Among changes like acting on reliable takedown requests within 24 hrs and improving AdSense anti-piracy review was this little tidbit: We will prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete. While it’s [...]
Read MoreApple Launching Mobile Payment Network to Rival Credit Cards
About a week ago, Starbucks launched a national mobile payment network that would make it simple for customers to pay at the register using their mobile phones. Not much fancy technology involved, simply an app that displays a barcode that the barista can scan. They claim to be operating the largest mobile payment program in [...]
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