Edit places using Street View images
Last week we announced that you can edit details about a business listing directly through the Place Page. But sometimes you may find a place in Google Maps that isn't quite positioned where it shoul...
Why do we ignore ‘real-time’ results from Google search?
Eye-tracking shows that tweets added into search results don't get much attention. Too soon to be useful, or never going to be useful? — Users ignore “real time” results in searches. That's the co...
FCC Broadband Plan: Long Haul Expected
Parts of the National Broadband Plan, due Mar. 16, are already meeting with opposition and are likely to take many years to put in place — Paul Karpowicz has nothing against broadband. But he has n...
Google Maps to add bike maps, directions
Google Maps is set to provide a new option for getting around town: biking directions. — The company plans to unveil what it called “the most requested addition to Google Maps” during the National B...
Website blocking plans attacked by Google, Facebook and Stephen Fry
Forcing British internet providers to block websites carrying pirated music and films will threaten “freedom of speech”, online operators including Google and Facebook have said. — Google, Yahoo, Fa...
Arm sees over 50 new iPad-like devices out this year
IDG News Service - The launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said Wednesday, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally....
Revised video game financing list: 115 game companies raised $663.1M in 2009
[Update: We've added our list with new fundings we've heard about from readers and Engage Digital Media]. — Game startups continued to score big investments in 2009, but the amount of money raised i...
Google, Facebook Sued Over Patent for Mobile Social-Networking Software
Google Inc., owner of the most-used Internet search engine, and Facebook Inc. were sued by a New York company over an invention related to software that lets people join social networks on their mobil...
Motorola partners with Microsoft, will use Bing search and maps on Chinese Android phones
Uh, whoa. When we heard Google's threatened pullout of China had prompted Motorola to seek out an alternative search provider for its China-bound handsets, we can't say we were expecting a partnershi...
Kindle for Android Finally Coming Soon?
We already know that Dell's Mini 5 handheld runs the Google Android operating system. We've seen the custom interface and lovely 800 x 480 resolution of the 5″ display. And based on FCC testing, it'...