Aqute Intelligence: Google

Google news stories: February 8, 2010

• YAB Interview: Laura Granka, Search User Experience, Google.
• Hell Freezes Over As Google Runs Its First Super Bowl Ad. Also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
• Spanish Telefónica to charge Google, Yahoo, Bing. Also here.
• Online Pricing: Disruption Is the Game.
• Online Information: The View of a Real Author.
• How the Nexus One Was Created.
• Linux creator says, ‘Nexus One is a winner’. Also here.
• Mike Arrington's High Noon Standoff With A Googler. Also here.
• Late Last Year, Google Overtook Apple In WebKit Code Commits.
• Is Google A Major Tesla Shareholder?
• Innovators Use Bing.
• How Google collects data about you and the Internet.
• Google's Nexus One sales still sluggish.
• Google's Display-Ad Sales Should Top $1 Billion.
• Google wouldn't have run their ad if it wasn't for statistics.
• Google translation dream is pie in the sky. Also here.
• Google seeks to patent new Web app tech.
• Google Now Selling Designer Clothes. Also here, here.
• Five Things That Scare Google.
• EPIC Sues for Details of Google-NSA Arrangement.
• AOL Just Hired The Guy Who Couldn't Get CBS On YouTube.
• Google and AdSense.
• Google and the Lazarus Myth for Books.
• We at Google will bring books back to life. Also here.
• The Best Google Commercial You're Never Going to See Air.

Recently published Google patents: February 8, 2010

• Systems And Methods For Generating A User Interface.
• Systems and methods for imprving the ranking of news articles.
• Variably Controlling Access to Content.
• Technique for regulating link traffic.
• Automatic Discovery of Popular Landmarks.
• Fast Visual Degrading of Images.
• Method for safely executing an untrusted native code module on a computing device.
• Method for validating an untrusted native code module.
• Determination of a desired repository.
• Agent rank.
• Artificial anchor for a document.
• Generating, Storing, and Displaying Graphics Using Sub-Pixel Bitmaps.
• Multi-process browser architecture.
• Automatic installation of a software product on a device.
• Separate Plug-In Processes In Browsers and Applications Thereof.
• Systems and Methods for Glare Removal Using Polarized Filtering in Document Scanning.
• Web-based system for generation of interactive games based on digital videos.
• Search Tool Advertising.
• Product recommendations based on collaborative filtering of user data.
• Web-based system for collaborative generation of interactive videos.
• Annotating images.
• Displaying Compact and Expanded Data Items.
• Forwarding Data Unit Associated With Limit Value.
• Goal-Based Front End Buying of Radio Advertisements.
• Item reservation.
• Query identification and association.
• Method and system for displaying information based on user actions.
• Updating answers with references in forums.
• Presenting references with answers in forums.
• Methods and systems for improving a search ranking using location awareness.
• Annotating webpage content.
• Embedding Macros in Web Pages with Advertisements.

Google employees in the news: January 25-February 7, 2010

• Aaron Karp, AdWords API
• Allison Floyd, 3D Warehouse Engineer
• Andrew Foster, Product Manager, GIS Products, Australia
• Bozhena Bidyuk, TV Ads
• Brad Chen, Technical Lead, Native Client
• Brandon Badger, Product Manager, Book Search
• Cedric Dupont, Product Manager, Knol
• Chao Yang, Software Engineer, Picasa
• Charlene Perez, Search Quality
• Chris Talbot, Elections and Issue Advocacy
• Daniel Chu, Product Manager, Enterprise GIS Products
• Dylan Lorimer, Strategic Partner Manager, GIS Products
• Eric Koleda, AdWords API
• Evelyn O'Keeffe, Analytics
• Gabriel Stricker, Director, Global Communications & Public Affairs
• Gina Del Vecchio, Specialist, Checkout
• Greg Robbins, Software Engineer, Mac
• Igor Kofman, Software Engineer, YouTube
• Jamie Adams, Data Strategist, GIS Products
• Jeremy Milo, Marketing Manager, Apps
• Joelle Fornengo, User Operations, Docs
• Johanna Wright, Director of Product Management, Search
• John Bacus, Product Manager, SketchUp
• Jonathan Rochelle, Product Manager, Docs
• Joyce Sohn, Developer Programs
• Jude Britto, Software Engineer, News
• Julian Frumar, User Experience Designer, YouTube
• Kavi Goel, Product Manager, Search
• Laura Scott, Europe
• Luca Zanolin, Software Engineer, Mobile
• Mark Davis, Senior International Software Architect, Search
• Marta Jozwiak, Communications Manager, Poland
• Maureen Heymans, Technical Lead, Social Search
• Michael Siliski, GIS Products
• Mistique Cano, Communications Manager, Public Policy
• Neha Mandal, Product Marketing Manager, TV Ads
• Nitin Mangtani, Product Manager, Apps
• Noah Weiss, Product Manager, Search
• Pete Giencke, Data Engineer, GIS Products
• Peter Harbison, Product Marketing Manager, Docs
• Petra Brodilova, Account Strategist, Czech Republic
• Rajen Sheth, Senior Product Manager, Apps
• Robert Murray, TV Ads
• Sean Carlson, Global Communications & Public Affairs
• Shanna Preve, Strategic Partnerships, YouTube
• Shannon Deegan, Director, People Operations
• Shyam Govardhan, Customer Solutions Engineer, Australia
• Steve Crossan, Product Manager, Gmail
• Taj Campbell, GIS Products
• Tamar Fruchtman, Senior Corporate Counsel
• Terran Melconian, Technical Lead, Social Image Search
• Ulrike Jung, AdSense
• Zuzana Stierankova, AdWords, Czech Republic
• Obi Felten, Head of Consumer Marketing, EMEA
• Hugo Barra, Group Product Manager and Global Product Lead, Mobile

Google news stories: February 7, 2010

• YouTube's Eun latest Google exec to join AOL. Also here, here.
• Google Exec Sumit Agarwal Joins Obama Administration.
• Bing Is 'Outmanned And Outgunned' By Google, But It Will 'Grow' Into Profitability, Says Yusuf. Also here.
• Apple's Giant Pile Of Cash In Context.
• Google Working With NSA to Investigate Cyber Attack. Also here, here, here, here, here, here.
• YouTube: the channel of choice for C-level execs.
• YouTube Could Get Hit With Italian Broadcaster Rules. Also here.
• Why Google Doe$n’t Care.
• Why YouTube’s dismal returns from Sundance movie rentals aren’t a complete failure.
• This Is What Firefox on Android Looks Like Right Now.
• Sequential Order Numbers Give Hints On Nexus One Sales.
• Pre-IPO Googler Says The DoubleClick Integration Was "A Total Sh$% Show".
• Planet Google: From Philosophies to Market Shares.
• No Fear of Failure at Google.
• Will Google Run the Nation?
• Will Aol Renew Its Search Deal with Google?
• Google News to Publishers: Let's Make Love Not War. Also here.
• Is Google Planning to Take Street View into Stores?
• Is Google Bad at Social Media or Really, Really Good at it?
• Is Google a Monster?
• Is Facebook, Not Google, the Real Global Newspaper?
• Huntsman Walks Fine Line on Google.
• Google Q4 Earnings Point To Changes in its Marketing Focus.
• Google Proposes to Extend DNS Protocol, Optimize Speed of Browsing.
• Google mystery server rooted in Apache.
• Google moves into mortgages with US lenders.
• Google Might Be Investing in Electric Cars.
• Google invests $1 million in energy efficient data centre research.
• Google Exec to Outline Mobile Marketing Strategies.
• Google España pide que la ley deje escanear títulos literarios.
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt Discusses Technology’s Impact on Younger Generation.
• Google AI Challenge is all about Tron.
• Ex-Microsoft Evangelist Goes Google And Mac.
• Android and the Linux kernel community. Also here.
• Cambridge benefits as Google starts funding university research.
• US DoJ dissatisfied with Google book deal. Also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
• Why Google Is Bad for the Newspaper Business. Also here.
• Is Google’s One Trick Pony About To Be Euthanized by Microsoft.
• Is Google Eyeing the Mobile Enterprise with New Management Tools?
• Google, Microsoft Meet in The Lobby on Capitol Hill.
• Google to Compete Against Apple Again?
• Google sees travel searches surge 21%.
• Google Seeking Customer Support Professionals for Nexus One.
• Google Content Engine Adds Functions.
• Tough Calls Ahead for Google's Nexus One Plans.
• Toyota breaks silence with YouTube mea culpa.
• Google to Air "Search Stories" Ad During Super Bowl... Also here.
• Google Street View to Add Store Interiors?
• Symbian Goes Open Source, Takes On Android. Also here.
• Steve Ballmer, did you ‘fucking kill Google’ yet?
• Some Online Advice from Google's Travel Industry Director.
• Shifting Paradigms with YouTube Press Conferences.
• Sen. Durbin Prods Tech Giants to Back Google's China Stance.
• Now Google Will Phase Out IE6 For Gmail & Calendar.
• Most AdSense Publishers Want Google To Disclose Revenue Split.

Key Official Google Blog Posts: February 6, 2010

• Search is getting more social.
• Skupina Unicorn College GUG.cz vás zve na dvě přednášky.
• Stanford expands Google Books agreement.
• Supporting students from under-represented backgrounds in the pursuit of a technical education.
• The Trike has landed! Nominate your favourite Aussie location for a Google Street View Trike visit.
• Third Annual LLVM Developers' Meeting.
• Use your extra storage to store any file online.
• Wander the seafloor like never before.
• Who's @ Google I/O: spotlight on Enterprise sessions.
• Wrapping up our Free Holiday WiFi program.
• YouTube joins John King on TV series, "The Future of News".

Recently published Google patents: February 4, 2010

• Exception Processing of Character Entry Sequences.
• Optimizing parameters for machine translation.
• Claiming Real Estate in Panoramic or 3D Mapping Environments for Advertising.
• Resource locator suggestions from input character sequence.
• Method and System for Automated Annotation of Persons in Video Content.
• Video overlay advertisement creator.
• Content item selection.
• Web-bases graphics rendering system.
• Advertising inventory allocation.
• Transliteration for query expansion.
• Method and system for executing applications using native code modules.
• Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system.
• Wireless network-based location approximation.
• Method of Delivery of Targeting, and Measuring Advertising Over Networks.
• Providing Posts to Discussion Threads in Response to a Search Query.
• Multiple inde based information retrieval system.
• Zero-Minute Virus and Spam Detection.

Key Official Google Blog Posts: February 3, 2010

• A proposal to extend the DNS protocol.
• African NGOs are now on the map!
• Android at Mobile World Congress.
• Android at the 2010 Game Developers Conference.
• Android Developer Labs World Tour.
• Announcing G-Nigeria Day 2010.
• Announcing Google's Focused Research Awards.
• App Engine at a Conference Near You this Winter!
• Bringing Project CARE to veterans in Washington, D.C.
• Calling All SaaS ISVs: Don't forget to sign up for Google I/O!
• Celebrating Data Privacy Day.
• Change the way you see your site with Browser Size.
• Citizentube @ Davos: Your questions at the Al Arabiya Debate.
• Citizentube in Switzerland: Social Media Panel @ Davos.
• Cloud computing in the President's 2011 budget.
• Doodle 4 Google — Tell us what you would do if you could do anything...
• Enterprise developers: See you at Google I/O!
• FCC broadband plan to call for access to real-time energy info.
• Finance clean energy, Mr. President.
• Forum di Assistenza Google: il primo Summit italiano.
• Free e-commerce catalogs managed with Google Docs.
• Google Analytics hovoria už aj po slovensky.
• Google Apps adds enterprise admin policies for iPhone, Nokia, and Windows Mobile devices.
• Google Apps highlights – 1/22/2010.
• Google Cluster Data.
• Google D.C. Talk Feb. 8 - Democracy Online: Can the Internet Bring Change?
• Google Docs guy talks cloud computing at Brookings.
• Google NSBE Conference Travel Scholarship.
• Google's Privacy Principles.
• Helping computers understand language.
• Hey FCC, keep the Internet open -- and awesome!
• How much power do you use in the middle of the night?
• How search can add real ROI to eCommerce websites.
• Launched: Google Apps Script for Google Apps Standard Edition.
• Linux.conf.au: We're in Wellington!
• Love for LuaJIT.
• Meraki Wins PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award.
• Migrating 6,000 users in 40+ countries from Lotus Notes/Domino to Google Apps.
• MomDotCom Webinar.
• Our common ground on the open Internet.
• Project: Report 2010 – Sharing Your Stories With the World.
• Research Areas of Interest:  Building scalable, robust cluster applications.

Google employees in the news: January 12-24, 2010

• Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Public Policy Communications
• Aidan Chopra, Evangelist, SketchUp
• Alan Davidson, Director, Americas’ Public Policy
• Albert Cheng, AdWords API
• Alfredo Pulvirenti, Search Quality, Italy
• Andy Golding, Software Engineer, News
• Anna Bishop, Enterprise Search
• Anna Jansson, AdWords
• Ashley Gorringe, Enterprise Search
• Barry Janzen, QA Engineer
• Carlo Contavalli, Public DNS
• Carol Smith, Open Source, Australia
• Charlene Perez, Search Quality
• Chiara Micca, Associate, Consumer Operations, Italy
• Chris Cronin, SketchUp
• Chris Zacharias, Engineer, YouTube
• Christos Apartoglou, Product Marketing Manager, Chrome
• Dan Holevoet, Developer Programs
• Dave Kim, Marketing, GIS Products
• David Singleton, Engineering Manager, Mobile
• Deeksha Hebbar, Product Marketing Manager, TV Ads
• Dima Broyde, Software Engineer, YouTube
• Ed Lu, Program Manager, Advanced Projects
• Elizabeth Ferdon, AdSense Payments
• Eric Bidelman, Sites API
• Evin Levey, Product Manager, Apps
• Gopal Shah, Postini
• Ian Fette, Product Manager, Chrome
• Jacquelline Fuller, Crisis Response
• James Therrien, GIS Products
• Jana Urban, GIS Products
• Jason Shafton, Product Marketing Manager, AdWords API
• Jed Lau, Meraki
• Jeff Posnick, YouTube API
• Jignashu Parikh, Engineer, Mobile
• Joseph L. Hellerstein, Manager, Performance Analytics
• Joseph Schorr, Data Protocol
• Joshua Haberman, Software Engineering
• Joyce Sohn, Developer
• Karolina Slipko, Account Associate, Poland
• Kate Hurowitz, GIS Products
• Katharina Friedrich, Product Marketing Manager, Australia
• Katrina Kurnit, AdWords
• Kelvin Ho, Product Manager, Nexus One
• Kevin Carle, Engineer, YouTube
• Kiran Gunda, Software Engineer, News
• Laura Allen, Sales Operations Coordinator, SketchUp
• Laura Scott, GIS Products, UK
• Laurent Tu, Sites API
• Lior Ron, Product Manager, GIS Products
• Lori Meiskey, GIS Products
• Lucinda Barlow, Head of Corporate Communications, Australia
• Maile Ohye, Tech Lead, Developer Programs
• Marcus Foster, Product Manager, Mobile
• Marek Blizco, AdWords
• Masanori Goto, GIS Products
• Matt Manolides, Specialist, GIS Products
• Michael Terrell, Policy Counsel, Energy
• Michael Wyszomierski, Search Quality
• Michał Kramarz, Senior Account Manager, Retail & Travel, Poland
• Mike Danylchuk, Webmaster Tools
• Mistique Cano, Manager, Public Policy
• Mohamed Elhawary, Software Engineer, Search Quality
• Moustafa Hammad, Software Engineer, Search Quality
• Naren Manappa, Software Engineer, Search, India
• Natalia Marmasse, Engineer, Mobile
• Nick Baum, Product Manager, Chrome
• Nick Dower, GIS Products
• Nitin Shetti, Webmaster Tools
• Nyimbi Odero, Lead, English Speaking West Africa
• Olivia Ma, News & Politics Manager, YouTube
• Omar Khan, Software Engineer, PowerMeter
• Peter Fitzgerald, Industry Leader, Retail, UK
• Prem Ramaswami, Crisis Response
• Prunthaban Kanthakumar, Software Engineer, Search, India
• Rajen Sheth, Senior Product Manager, Apps
• Rick Klau, Product Manager, Blogger
• Ryan Hall, Head of Business Development, Australia and NZ
• Ryan Hayward, Marketing, GIS Products
• Ryo Takahashi, GIS Products
• Sanjit Biswas, Meraki
• Scott Huffman, Engineer, Mobile
• Scott McMullan, Lead, Apps Partners
• Sean McCullough, Software Engineer, Blogger
• Slave Jovanovski, Software Engineer, YouTube
• Stefano Bezze, Search Quality, Italy
• Steve Crossan, Product Manager, Gmail
• Steven Baker, Software Engineer, Search
• Surojit Chatterjee, Product Manager, Mobile Ads
• Takahito Hirano, GIS Products
• Varun Sharma, Engineer, Mobile
• Vijay Bangaru, Product Manager, Docs
• Vincent Paquet, Senior Product Manager, Voice
• Wiktor Gworek, Software Engineer, Blogger, Poland
• Wilmer van der Gaast, Public DNS
• Zach Maier, Data Protocol
• Zuzana Stierankova, AdWords, Czech Republic

Google news stories: February 2, 2010

• Google's False Advertising.
• Google's first foreign failure? Also here, here.
• YouTube's Take From Movie Rentals: $10709.16. Also here, here.
• YouTube Takes Filmmakers Straight to Video When Others Won't.
• YouTube support of IPv6 seen in dramatic traffic spike. Also here.
• YouTube Launches its Univision Channel. Also here.
• YouTube’s videojournalism competition opens for entries.
• YouTube follows Google's ad plan.
• Yahoo and the AP Reach a New Deal - But What About Google?
• What a Google Tablet Might Look Like. Also here.
• We Googlistas want a global debate on information freedom. Why are others so coy?
• Google Plans Store for Online Business Software. Also here, here.
• US intelligence chief: attacks on Google 'wake-up call'.
• Tracking the Google vs. Facebook Race. Also here.
• T-Mobile UK to get the Google Nexus One?
• The transparency I’d like from Google.
• The iPad shows that Apple and Google still have a relationship. Also here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
• The Human Algorithm: How Google Ranks Tweets in Real-Time Search.
• Steve Jobs: Google's "Don't Be Evil" Mantra is "Bulls***". Also here, here, here.
• Rightmove Seals Google Inc. Deal For Maps As It Sets Visitor Record.
• Google To Bring More “Transparency” To AdSense Revenue Sharing.
• Google Planning "Aggressive" Pursuit Of AOL Deal. Also here.
• Privacy and Copyright Clashes Threaten Google in Europe.
• Oracle Sun Will Try to Roadblock the Commodity Hardware Bandwagon.
• Open Books Alliance (28 Jan 2010) Amended Google Books Settlement is a 'Paltry Proposal'. Also here, here.
• Obama Takes Questions on YouTube. Also here.
• Microsoft accuses Google of 'software plus services'.
• Would Google make a better bank?
• Hanging out at Google.
• Google: Where A Genius Feels Average.
• Google Trying To Deduce Wireless Location Info, Bypass Carriers.
• Google to End Support for IE6. Also here, here.
• Google To Pay Freelancers To Identify Serious Chrome Bugs. Also here.
• Google Offers $5.7 Million In Research Funding. Also here.
• Google gives UW $1.35 million grant for research on mobile devices.
• Google Ends Free WiFi At Airports.
• Google Is Wrecking DoubleClick, Says Unhappy Client. Also here.
• Dear Google: Just how mammoth is your search share?
• AP signs deal with Yahoo; relationship with Google uncertain.
• Google Chief Economist on Newspapers' Future: Honesty, Obfuscation or Machiavellian?
• Google appoints Essence to manage Chrome account.
• Facebook Could Become World's Leading News Reader. Also here.
• Eric Schmidt's second thoughts.
• Google Doubts Competence of Outsell Survey Team.

Google news stories: January 30, 2010

• Bathroom Scale Now Connects To Google Health.
• Yelp Ratings Appear In Google AdWords.
• Amazon And Others Slam Revised Google Books Deal. Also here, here, here.
• Wow. Scoop. GOOG Tells Jeff Jarvis It Will Disclose AdSense Payouts.
• Ubuntu Has Switched Default Search Engine from Google to Yahoo! Also here.
• Life in the Googleplex Photo Essay.
• Eric Schmidt: 'Tell Me The Difference Between A Large Phone And A Tablet'. Also here.
• Google UK chief to speak at Travolution Summit.
• Google To "Pressure" China Over Censorship. Also here, here, here.
• Google Exec: We're Here to Help Newspapers.
• Will Google's Android Hurt Nokia's Crucial Emerging Markets Business?
• The iPad And Chrome OS Netbooks Are On A Collision Course.
• Search On: Google Does Pure Branded Advertising...
• Nexus One succumbs to Colorware's charms.
• Nexus One having data issues?
• Nexus One for AT&T's 3G bands likely in the works.
• Motorola to sell phone through Google store. Also here.
• Madrid, la ciudad con más monumentos 3D de Google.
• Google: An Interesting Factoid.
• Google, The Software Brand.
• Google Wizards Accused of Spoiled Bratism.
• Google Takes on Facebook with Social Search. Also here, here, here.
• Another Shot to the Google Liver.
• Google mystery server runs 13% of active websites.
• Google offers bounty for Chrome vulnerabilities.
• Google Pulls Out Checkbook To Secure Chromium.