Google hires Apple executive for new project
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Search giant Google has hired a former Apple executive for a new project, a new report from VentureBeat claims.  ...

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Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb failing to tempt Android users
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Google have released new statistics showing that devices running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) remain a tiny proportion of the Android user base.  ...

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Meet the entrepreneur who took on Google after his AdSense account was suspended – and won
Monday, 06 February 2012
A two-year-old travel advice website has scored a victory against Google, with the search engine giant reinstating Rusty Compass' AdSense account and repaying the $131 it had withheld following a months-long drama.  ...

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Amazon hints March 29 launch for iPad 3
Thursday, 02 February 2012
The iPad 3 may be released as soon as March 29, according to new information that has appeared on Amazon.  ...

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Dropbox founder reveals how he turned down Jobs
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Dropbox founder Drew Houston has discussed how he turned down takeover offers from both Apple and Google, based on hopes his company will become "the next Apple or Google".  ...

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Rupert Murdoch tweets against Google contain lessons for social media-savvy SMEs
Monday, 16 January 2012
Businesses have been warned to watch what they say on Twitter after media mogul Rupert Murdoch found himself in digital hot water after slamming Google in a series of tweets aimed at supporting a contentious piece of legislation in the United States designed ...

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Twitter hits out at Google over move to make Google+ a bigger part of search results
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Google has announced a suite of new updates for its search results that more closely integrate the company's own social networking service, Google+, but Twitter has already taken umbrage with the changes, saying they will dilute results from its own network. ...

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Most outrageous tech predictions for 2012
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Lists of tech predictions for the year ahead are superabundant at this time of year, and it’s true we at Technology Spectator are just as guilty of delivering them. In our defence, these types of lists are always popular, probably because it’s nice to have ...

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Google gives itself search ranking penalty after sponsored blog controversy
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Search engine giant Google has penalised the search engine ranking of its Chrome browser after it was revealed it had broken its own rules by promoting Chrome through sponsored blog posts.  ...

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BEST OF THE WEB: How Zynga put one tech veteran on the rich list
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Bing Gordon is a name you've probably never heard of. A former creative director at Electornic Arts, he's now an investor in social gaming giant Zynga and sits on the company's board – and it's about to make him a fortune.  ...

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Google releases list of top searches, SMEs urged to stay on top of current events
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Internet giant Google has released some of the most popular search terms of 2011, and Australian businesses are being warned to pay attention – they could hold the secret to gaining your website a little more traffic.  ...

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Google considering shopping hit against Amazon
Monday, 05 December 2011
Google is considering partnering with companies in the retail space to take on Amazon’s dominance in the sector, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Google is speaking with retailers, including Macy’s, about creating ...

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Google continues clean-up and shuts down more services
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Google has continued its cleaning process, announcing yet another round of services and subsidiaries that will be shut down as the internet giant focuses more on its core services and scraps unprofitable ventures.  ...

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Google chief urges retailers to fire up Christmas online marketing by December 4
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Retailers should have their online Christmas campaigns ready for December 4, when the window for international online retailers shipping to Australia starts to close and searches aimed a finding local retail starts to rise, Google retail chief Ross McDonald ...

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Santa's web strategies
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Regardless of what sector your business is in, the web has become the way customers find us. Giving the key information shoppers are looking for is a good start to getting their business.  ...

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Google co-founder donates $500,000 to Wikipedia
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has donated half a million dollars to Wikimedia, the organisation responsible for maintaining Wikipedia, though a charitable foundation.  ...

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Another Australian sues Google over nasty comments posted online
Monday, 21 November 2011
An Australian woman is suing Google for defamation, saying she had no choice but to litigate after spending months trying to persuade the search engine giant to remove links to a site hosting inflammatory comments about her.  ...

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Social media overload
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Last week Google launched their business Pages function for their social media network Google+ and the rush to claim another little bit of online real estate began.  ...

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Google’s halls of power: why the really influential wear thongs
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
A typical hall of power was once dominated by suits, harbour views, boardrooms and a hierarchal system of who gets what office. But then Larry Page had to invent Google and change all of that.  ...

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Google lists algorithm tweaks, SMEs urged to keep on top of changes
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Google has published a number of changes to its algorithm that have been made in the past few weeks, although it has warned website operators that they shouldn't necessarily make huge, sweeping changes to their sites.  ...

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