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    January 7, 2013

    Google Exec to Visit World's Other Mysterious, Totalitarian Empire

    Google's Eric Schmidt is headed to the anti-Google country of North Korea where the American Internet guru is going to conduct mysterious business in the world's most mysterious country. His travel partner, New Mexico's former Gov. Bill Richardson has told media outlets (vaguely) that the trip is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2012

    Newspapers to Google: We Don't Want Your Help

    If you think American publishers are clueless when it comes to the Internet, just look abroad. This week, Brazil's National Association of Newspapers blocked Google News from aggregating its members' articles. That means that almost none of the newspaper articles published in Brazil will make it to ... More >>

  • News

    October 3, 2012

    Top 5 Ways Bleacher Report Rules the World!

    If you think American publishers are clueless when it comes to the Internet, just look abroad. This week, Brazil's National Association of Newspapers blocked Google News from aggregating its members' articles. That means that almost none of the newspaper articles published in Brazil will make it to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    AT&T, Time Warner Cable Whine About Google Perks

    Back through the foggy mists of time, in 1996, America's telecommunications giants agreed to deploy high-speed broadband Internet service in exchange for all the breaks they got from the Telecommunications Act that passed that year. They proceeded to basically ignore their promises. The United State ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2012

    It Ain't Easy Being Google

    As the dominant search engine, Google inevitably finds itself in the position of deciding for the world which information is important and which information is less so. Just as inevitably, this leads to controversy, and tough choices being forced on the Internet's dominant search engine. The latest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2012

    Google Goes to Washington

    During the SOPA debate, many opponents of the anti-piracy bill often tried to portray Google and the rest of the tech industry as a champion for all that is good and true as opposed to what it really is: an increasingly powerful, self-interested industry like any other. This happened particularly in ... More >>

  • News

    July 11, 2012

    The Copyright Standoff: Technology Pits Bad Rules vs. No Rules

    During the SOPA debate, many opponents of the anti-piracy bill often tried to portray Google and the rest of the tech industry as a champion for all that is good and true as opposed to what it really is: an increasingly powerful, self-interested industry like any other. This happened particularly in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2012

    Google Attempts to Teach Everyone on the Planet That Being Gay Is Not a Crime

    Hey homophobes, here's one more big corporation for you to boycott. Today is the day that Google launches its much-talked-about campaign, "Legalize Love." We know what you are thinking -- what do those geeks in Silicon Valley know about love? Turns out, those nerds know a hell of a lot more about lo ... More >>

  • News

    April 18, 2012

    How Bay Area Corporations Resemble Their (Human) Neighbors

    Hey homophobes, here's one more big corporation for you to boycott. Today is the day that Google launches its much-talked-about campaign, "Legalize Love." We know what you are thinking -- what do those geeks in Silicon Valley know about love? Turns out, those nerds know a hell of a lot more about lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Ron Paul Counts Bay Area Tech Companies Among Top Donors

    This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Giants Spring Training: A San Franciscan's Guide via Google Maps

    ​The fact that Buster Posey is off the disabled list gives Giants fans even more reason to flock to Arizona for spring training this weekend. Simply put: Everyone is eager to see their favorite Giants catcher back in action after his painful knee injury derailed him last May.Let's face i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Peeing Frenchman Pissed at Google Over Street View Image

    ​The French love to laugh at Americans, so we wouldn't want to miss this opportunity to laugh at them.It seems Google unwittingly humiliated a Frenchman when the Bay Area company captured an image of the man pissing on his own garden in his French village. The man was reportedly taking a leak when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Obama Ignores Medical Marijuana During Google Hangout

    ​President Barack Obama again turned to social media to connect with voters -- and again he used it to ignore talking pot.You might have noticed that every time President Obama takes to the series of interactive intertubes, the unwashed masses want to talk, not taxes, and not turkey, but the good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Sorry, Twitter, if You're in the Media Business, You're a Media Company

    ​Given how Silicon Valley moguls flee from the term "media company," you'd almost think it was as bad as "child-porn merchant." But whether they like it or not, companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are media companies. They don't have precisely the same business models as News Corp., Disne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    What Exactly Is a Tech Company?

    ​Fast Company has published what might be the best, clearest look at the how the contours of the tech landscape are shaping themselves, and how that landscape has come to be dominated by four companies. I was alerted to the article via a tweet by Chronicle tech reporter Casey Newton who characte ... More >>

  • Music

    August 24, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    ​Fast Company has published what might be the best, clearest look at the how the contours of the tech landscape are shaping themselves, and how that landscape has come to be dominated by four companies. I was alerted to the article via a tweet by Chronicle tech reporter Casey Newton who characte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Google Thumbs Nose at Antitrust Regulators

    ​You can't say Google doesn't have balls. Despite increasingly heavy antitrust scrutiny by the federal government, the Internet behemoth is charging ahead with a deal that brings all kinds of potential for cornering a market. It will pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, a leading maker of hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    How Google Ended the 'Browser Wars'

    ​Today is the 16th anniversary of Netscape's initial public offering. It occurs to me that many of you might be only vaguely aware of Netscape, and of what it meant to us in the mid-'90s. That's because many of you were toddlers, or perhaps not even born yet. That's depressing and mindblowing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Google Takes on Facebook, But Only a Few Can Actually Use It

    ​On Tuesday, Google launched a new social networking project, Google , which may bring some serious competition to Facebook. At first, the company only invited an select posse of tech insiders to test it out, but then on Wednesday users were allowed to invite any of their friends. As the exclusive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Google Made It Easy for Anyone to Stalk You

    There are some things Google should not know​When it comes to privacy, it's usually Facebook's amorphous policies that have people riled up -- you know the ones who are always frantically checking to make sure strangers can't see those damning photos that have no business being online in the first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Google Doodle Just Isn't Gay Enough

    This looks gay to us.​Even if we aren't the gayest city in America anymore, LGBT people everywhere still have high expectations of us when it comes to displaying our gayness. Perhaps that's why Google's genuine effort to celebrate the month of Gay Pride with its rainbow Google doodle just isn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Google Maps Now Tracks BART in Real-Time

    GoogleBART riders, kneel before Google​No need to rush out the door to catch that next BART train. We all know it will probably be late anyway. But to temper your anger over this often frustrating transit system, Google has rolled out its real-time tracking system for public transportation that's ... More >>

  • Music

    May 18, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    GoogleBART riders, kneel before Google​No need to rush out the door to catch that next BART train. We all know it will probably be late anyway. But to temper your anger over this often frustrating transit system, Google has rolled out its real-time tracking system for public transportation that's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Why Facebook's 'Whisper Campaign' Against Google Isn't Okay

    ​I'm a big fan of Jack Shafer, Slate's media columnist. But his libertarian worldview sometimes tends to make him go overboard with his "oh, what's the big deal" shtick. That's the case --  somewhat -- with his latest column, wherein he wonders why people are so shocked that Facebook hired ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Facebook Hires PR Firm to Plant Negative Stories About Google

    Modern day fight ​It's no secret that Google has been feeling a bit insecure lately, plotting to start its own social-networking system to fend off the threat of Facebook. But the growing tech-rivalry has now hit a new low. Recently, a top public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller, was reportedly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Google to Launch Cloud-Based Music Service Today, Major Labels Not Included

    ​ The Google I/O Conference is in S.F. The confab's keynote speech is scheduled for this morning. And Google execs say today's the day that the Internet search giant is planning to unveil its long-awaited cloud-based music service -- without any licensing deals from the major labels. Music Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Google Launches Bummer of a Cloud-Based Music Service -- Blame the Big Labels

    GoogleUpload your music to the cloud, and play it on all your devices.​ It's on. It's live. And, for a little while, anyway, it's free: Go here to request an invitation to Google's cloud music service, released today under the entirely unthrilling name Music Beta. So what's it do? We ran thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Groupon Google Ads Pulls a Bait And Switch, Lawsuit Says

    Bait and switch​Groupon is being accused of defrauding consumers by purchasing advertisements on Google for services the company did not offer, according to a federal lawsuit filed in San Francisco. A Google search for "San Francisco Tours" on Feb. 24, for example, purportedly returned the followi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Google Maps Says It's Not to Blame for Pedestrian Hit by Car

    Google the phrase "common sense"​If Google maps led you off a cliff, would you jump?Well, if you did make the plunge and got hurt in the process, the Bay Area media giant claims it wouldn't be at fault. Google is finding itself at the center of a bizarre and never ending lawsuit where a pedestria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Google Art Project Snubs Hometown SF Museums

    Nothing to see here​Google Art Project, the company's new technology feature that allows you to see street views of museums, is offering 3D tours of galleries in Amsterdam, New York, and 15 other sites -- but not in San Francisco. That's right, Google is snubbing museums in its own backyard, inclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Google Doesn't Want to Help You Steal Music Anymore

    via Modernhumorist.com​In an effort to deter the masses from pirating music and movies, Google has blocked certain terms related to media piracy from their instant search and autocomplete, including words like Bittorrent, uTorrent, RapidShare, and Megaupload -- all of which are Internet tools and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    How To Use Google Translate As a Beatbox: Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

    Ditch this, use Google Translate instead.​Well, here's something that will surprise anyone familiar with the crisp austerities of the German language: It makes a great beat box palette when used in Google translate. In fact, there's a comprehensive guide to using Google translate as a beatbox mach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Google Pays Kickbacks -- Or So Say TechCrunch's Anonymous Hearsay Sources

    If anonymous hearsay says it, it must be true.​Is Google today's incarnation of Alan Freed, the 1950s R&B disc jockey accused of taking payments to play certain songs? TechCrunch cites anonymous sources suggesting something like that.A major agency "is pushing a ton of advertising dollars thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Facebook vs. Google: Who Would You Rather Have Reading Your E-Mail?

    ​Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement yesterday that his company is launching a consolidated e-mail/instant message/text message service has sent the technorati into a predictable tizzy. Facebook's new messaging feature is one of those tech innovations whose significance is tough to judge r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Will Google Hotpot Replace Yelp and Foursquare?

    GoogleGoogle Hotpot ratings.​We wish we had a new Mongolian or Chinese hotpot place to tell you about today. Unfortunately we just have Google Hotpot. Are Yelp and Foursquare not sufficiently filling up your Smartphone, time, and tummy? Well, here is yet another way to distract yourself, give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Google Instant Search -- What Will You Do With The Five Seconds You Save?

    We just saved two seconds finding this image! ​I'm not sure you and I will remember where we were when we received the news, on Sept. 8, 2010, that one no longer needs to hit return to view Google searches. (Your humble narrator was seated in his colleague's office, who bellowed, "This shit is rid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    The Joy of Google Instant Search (Pics)

    Audrey Fukuman​Earlier today, we took Google Instant Search out for a test drive. It accelerated fine, handled the corners well -- and wouldn't return "instant" results for words like "pornography" but had no trouble spitting out links for, say, "Holocaust." Porn, you see, is offensive. Google's n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Did 600 Google Employees Sign Petition Decrying Google-Verizon Proposal?

    Gayle LaakmannDid 600 Google workers sign a petition critical of the company? That claim is still being, shall we say, assembled...​On Friday, organizers of a petition against the controversial Google-Verizon joint proposal told SF Weekly that 600 Google employees had lent their signatures to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Google Sued For Collecting Payload Data In Street View Debacle

    You can trust Google, right? Right? ​Two more plaintiffs have filed yet another class action lawsuit against Google for collecting private data as its cars drove around photographing every corner in the country -- and several other countries as well -- for Google Street View. The British governmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Google Bike Directions Fail: Quickest Route from Palo Alto to San Francisco Is 150 Turns?

    Bicycling to Palo Alto may not be easy via Google directions​We noted back in March, when Google's much-anticipated bicycle-directions function first launched, that the program had some glitches. (Among them was its apparent ignorance, in certain cases, of the famous San Francisco hill-avoiding bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Week in Gay: Carrie Prejean to Wed 'Jesus in Cleats'

    Her prince has come!​On Thursday, members of the LGBT media were invited to participate in some kind of weird press conference at the White House. Was it a show of good faith (this is a first for queer journalists) or just another attempt to appear attentive? An administration official named Melod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    'Google Me' is Real, Will Launch in 2010

    A source very close to the matter told SF Weekly that Google Me does in fact exist, and that Google already has many engineers on the project, a potential rival to Facebook. The search engine is "getting very serious about social," and some early conjecture pegs Google Me as an OpenID project. That ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2010

    Is Google About to Launch a Facebook Killer?

    Should we brace ourselves for another round of tech news headlines with the word "killer" in them? According to Digg founder Kevin Rose, Google is about to launch a social profile service called, aptly, "Google Me." Rose stated on Twitter earlier today that he heard a "huge rumor" from a "very cred ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Google Sued -- Street View Vehicles Accused of Spying

    ​A Washington, D.C. man has claimed that Google's street view vehicles aren't just cruising around hoping to create point-of-view maps and catch the occasional sunbather in a compromising position. A lawsuit filed last week in the nation's capital alleges that the gargantuan company has been surre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Is Google Squared a Content-Snatching Death Star?

    This search engine is fully operational...​Google is a "digital vampire" in the words of Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton. Furthering the vampiric metaphor, the search engine exists to "just suck on your blood," in the words of HDNet owner Mark Cuban. Taking things to the next step, the Mountain View comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    City Unsure Which San Franciscans Would Get Google Wi-Fi Coverage

    We want it ... but we don't know where to put it ​As noted yesterday, San Francisco publicized its full application to enter the Google fiber network sweepstakes, which has taken on something of a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket feel -- but with delicious Wi-Fi fiber instead of chocolate.  San Fran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Berkeley-Based Web Site Uncovers China's Scary Internet Censoring Instructions

    What?! Googling 'guinea pig fights' again?!!​Newspapers' tech and financial pages have been filled with headlines this week announcing Google's withdrawal from China. Apparently, the Mountain View-based search engine and all-purpose Web behemoth decided it had had enough of the authoritarian Chine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Google China Redirect: So, What Do Chinese Users See?

    In the first step towards a now inevitable pull out, Google side-stepped the Chinese government's search strictures this morning, as the formerly censored Google China (Google.com.cn) now redirects to the uncensored Google Hong Kong (Google.com.hk). ​

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