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Ending our agreement with Yahoo!

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:18:10 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | In June we announced an advertising agreement with Yahoo! that gave Yahoo! the option of using Google to provide ads on its websites (and its publisher partners’ sites) in the U.S. and Canada. At the same time, both companies agreed to delay implementation of the [...]

A vote for broadband in the "white spaces"

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:07:18 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | All eyes are on the presidential election today, but another important vote just took place at the Federal Communications Commission. By a vote of 5-0, the FCC formally agreed to open up the “white spaces” spectrum — the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels — [...]

Wrapup: Google election info

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:01:18 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | Tomorrow, Americans across the country will vote (or finish voting), and we want you to find as much information as you’d like concerning this historic 2008 election. Here are three steps for getting the full scoop: 1) Get informedTo use Google tools that will help inform you [...]

Update: Letters to the Next President project

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:58:09 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | When I introduced the Letters to the Next President writing project last month, 962 middle and high school students had published their letters. Since then, thousands of new letters have been written and published (there are now more than 5,200 total). High school juniors and seniors from [...]

Plug in to the latest release of Google Chrome

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:55:45 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | When we launched Google Chrome two months ago, the response was overwhelmingly positive. We got all sorts of support and encouragement from many users, but we also got the most valuable resource we could ask for: feedback! Because of the variety of software and hardware [...]

Visualizing data in the cloud

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:53:11 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | More and more companies are storing data in the cloud, and as this data grows, so does the need for reporting tools to make sense of this information. To address these growing needs, earlier this year we introduced the Google Visualization API, a powerful API [...]

What are you going to be for Halloween?

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:50:44 +0000

google-result.com | blog about google | update hourly | In 2006 it was a pirate. Halloween party-goers donned eye patches, tricornes, and the Jolly Roger, inspired by favorite seafarer Captain Jack Sparrow. And last year the search was on for a lot of blond wigs and microphones à la teen pop idol Hannah Montana. Halloween being [...]