Posts Tagged "Google"

New Google search algorithm aimed at reducing piracy

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The Google Police strikes a blow at piracy again. This time, using its Google search algorithm. Google announced that its new search algorithm will attempt to discourage users and web surfers from going to websites noted for hosting illegal and copyrighted content. Google is going to lower the ranking of…

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Apple gets rid of Youtube in iOS 6

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No more Youtube app for iPad, iPhone, and other Apple devices. At least for those who will be using iOS 6 and probably beyond. Apple announced that it will no longer feature the Youtube application beginning with the latest beta version of iOS 6, iOS 6 beta 4. “Our license to include…

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Google acquires Wildfire and employs Arielle Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

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Google is seemingly gearing up to compete against social networking giant Facebook. First they acquired Wildfire, a company dealing in Social Media Marketing. In the process, Google also took into its fold Arielle Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Google and Facebook have become direct competitors in a…

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Google’s first female engineer Marissa Mayer is now Yahoo President and CEO

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Weeks ago, we reported former T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm resigning to possibly jump ship to Vodafone. Now we have another case of jumping ships, this time involving two major search engines. Marissa Mayer, the first female engineer of Google, has resigned from the company to become the new president and…

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US Judge Richard Posner: Feud between Apple and Samsung has made patents ugly and problematic

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As Apple, Google and Samsung continue their patent war, there are those in the community who aren’t amused with it. Among those wishing for a ceasefire is US Circuit Court of Appeals judge Richard Posner. According to Posner, the situation of patents and other matters related to intellectual protection has…

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Samsung and Google teaming up to fight back Apple, Google’s Nexus 7 could be next battleground

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As Samsung saw its Galaxy Tabs removed from store shelves due to the US ban obtained by Apple, many wondered what would be the company’s next move. Many of us know Samsung is still appealing the ruling of the US court. Now if any of you think that Samsung is…

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