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Microsoft, Yahoo join Google book battle
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
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Microsoft, Yahoo and a prominent antitrust lawyer have urged a federal judge to block a class-action settlement that would give Google the digital rights to a vast library of books. As that coalition warned of a literary cartel that would lead to higher...
Tags: Microsoft, Google Books, books deal, Google digital library, Google Inc.
Google online books plans raise concerns in Europe
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 months ago
Credibility As the scope of Google's plans to digitise millions of books gradually becomes clear, European publishers, booksellers and authors are up in arms about copyright, data privacy and censorship issues. They aired their fears in Brussels on Monday (7 September)...
Tags: European Commission, European Union, google books, Google Inc, Google Book Search, U.S, books plans, print books, european publishers, europe books
Ex-Google China chief launches investment firm
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
Credibility Kai-fu Lee, who recently stepped down as Google Inc.'s president of China operations, as expected announced a new company to fund and launch promising Chinese startups. Funded with $115 million and led by Lee, the new company, Innovation Works, will focus...
Tags: South China Morning Post, Google China, Kai-Fu Lee, Kai-fu Lee, Google Inc.
Ex-Google China chief to fund Chinese tech start-ups (Reuters)
Hong Kong :: China | 3 months ago
Credibility Kai-fu Lee, Google Inc's former China chief who quit the search giant this week, said on Sunday he will launch his own business next week to fund Chinese technology start-ups. Lee, described by Chinese media as the face of Google in China, said on his...
Tags: Google Greater China, Google Inc.
Virtual library
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 months ago
Credibility Bill Thompson talks to Google to find out more about its intentions for the proposed book search system. After my criticism of the proposed Google Book Search settlement was published on the BBC News website Google offered the opportunity to talk about...
Macworld: Gmail fail casts dark cloud on cloud computing
Lyman :: WY :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Google's Gmail fail casts dark cloud on cloud computing Tuesday's Gmail outage was not only an inconvenience, it calls into question— yet again —the feasibility of present day cloud computing. One popular prediction is that future computers won’t need...
Tags: Gmail, cloud computers, Google Inc.
NetworkWorld: Google-Sony deal signals new front in browser war
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 months ago
Credibility A year after Google debuted Chrome with a bang, the browser may have failed to meet expectations. But recent moves by the search giant signal a new campaign in the war against rivals, analysts said today. "From the outside, the thought last year was that...
Tags: Google-Sony, Google Inc.
Google China chief leaves company
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
Credibility Lee Kai-Fu, who joined from Microsoft in 2004, will step down as president of Google in greater China in September, the company said. When he joined, Microsoft sued Google and Mr Lee, claiming he had violated an agreement that prohibited him from working...
Tags: Google China Loses Leader, Google Greater China, Google Inc., Google Searches, Kai-Fu Lee, online music, Lee Kai-Fu, music sites, Microsoft, vice president
Judge extends deadline to debate Google book deal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The final assault on a class-action settlement that would expand Google Inc.'s already vast digital library has been delayed until next week. More Business U.S. District Judge Denny Chin extended the deadline until 10 a.m.
Tags: Google Inc., privacy policy
Twitter snags former Google exec for COO (Reuters)
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Microblogging service Twitter has tapped a former Google Inc executive to be its chief operating officer, the latest move by the fledgling but fast-growing company to build out its management team as it seeks to start making money. Dick Costolo will join...
Tags: Googler, Google Inc
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