News tagged with google news

Drift to mobile a new challenge for Facebook

With Internet users increasingly going mobile, a major challenge for Facebook will be trying to make money from its massive global presence in a more complex mobile space.

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German Internet community cries foul over Google news law

Germany's Internet community, gathered at the world's biggest high-tech fair, was up in arms Thursday at a draft law forcing Google and other similar sites to pay media firms for content.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Google gives Gmail a new look

Google on Tuesday unveiled a new look for its free email service, inviting users to switch if they like what they see.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Google refines searches for pictures and news

Google on Monday unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organize results of queries for news.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google News launches Twitter feed

Google News, the news aggregation site run by the Internet search giant announced the launch of the @googlenews Twitter feed in a post on the Google News blog on Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google in talks to buy Hulu: report

Google is in preliminary talks to acquire the online video site Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the discussions.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new format

(AP) -- Google Inc. is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine, a shift that eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Twitter tries to turn 140 characters into money

On "The Tonight Show," Conan O'Brien used to get big laughs for mocking Twitter as an egotistical stream of mundane updates from celebrities.

Technology / Business

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google developing payment platform for newspapers: Nieman

Internet giant Google is developing a payment platform for newspapers that would allow them to charge for content online, according to a report on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Murdoch to limit Google, Microsoft access to News Corp. papers

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that Google and Microsoft's access to his newspapers could be limited to a "headline or a sentence or two" once he erects a pay wall around his titles' websites.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 14

News aggregator Ongo to shut down

Online news service Ongo, which launched last year as a paid "aggregator" for various newspapers, said Tuesday it would close down by the end of the month.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online

(AP) -- Some of the world's biggest technology companies say they can help publishers successfully charge readers for news online. If only that were the hard part.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 7

News outlets losing ground to tech rivals: report

Mobile devices and social networks are boosting news consumption but media outlets are lagging behind technology companies in reaping the profits, according to a report published on Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online news portals get credibility boost from trusted sources

People who read news on the web tend to trust the gate even if there is no gatekeeper, according to Penn State researchers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fox joins broadcasters in blocking Google TV link

(AP) -- News Corp.'s Fox has joined broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC in blocking access to full episodes of shows when searched from Google TV's Web browser, according to a person at Fox familiar with the matter.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Google News

Google News is an automated news aggregator provided by Google Inc. The initial idea, StoryRank—related to Google's PageRank formula—was developed by Krishna Bharat in 2001, the Principal Research Scientist of Google. No human is involved in the altering of the front page or story promotion, beyond tweaking the aggregation algorithm. Google News left beta in January 2006.

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