Google launches ‘Helpouts’ commerce platform (via AFP)
Google on Tuesday launched a new online service called “Helpouts,” aiming to connect businesses and consumers to solve problems or get advice on a range of issues. The service is similar to Google’s “Hangouts” with live video for paid services in areas…
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If you’ve been keeping your ears open recently regarding the internet community, you may have been hearing some terms that don’t seem to make any sense. Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird—what do these animals have to do with surfing the web, and what is it about them that has some internet marketers so agitated? Well, for the average person who uses the internet for work, shopping, and play, these terms don’t have a whole lot of significance. However, if your curiosity won’t let you leave this one alone, we can help you figure out exactly what this zoo of critters means for the internet, and what it means for users such as yourself. Read on for enlightenment. [Read more…] about What Panda, Penguin, and Hummingbird Mean to You
How NSA Hacked Yahoo, Google Datacenter Networks (via slashdot)
The National Security Agency secretly broke into the network connections between datacenters belonging to Yahoo, Google and other companies to drink data direct from the firehose, as well as collect metadata about the Internet use of U.S. residents,…
Google Android Secure, Eric Schmidt Insists (via slashdot)
Google chairman (and former CEO) Eric Schmidt thinks that his company’s Android mobile operating system is “more secure than the iPhone,” according to a ZDNet reporter attending this year’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. Apple would probably take…
Spotify takes on Apple and Google with Connect service (via The Inquirer)
MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE Spotify has teamed up with music hardware makers to launch Connect, an audio service that syncs music across phones and tablets as well as home audio devices such as hifi systems and speakers. In a bid to take on rival Apple’…
Google says UK privacy laws can’t touch it (via The Inquirer)
INTERNET SERVICES GIANT Google has told the UK High Court that it is not subject to UK privacy laws because it is a US company. Google is in court because it danced around security settings on the Apple iPhone and collected some users’ personal information…
