I was on NPR show On the Media discussing the Italian conviction of three Google executives:...
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Washington Post: The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity. Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze...
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James Grimmelmann offers some thoughtful analysis of Google's China Syndrome here. Here is my response to James: James, In December 2009 Google did nothing to stand up for human rights and against censorship besides mouth the same pretty words it...
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Here is the NYTimes on Google's China move today. Here is Jonathan Zittrain's reaction. Here is the Google blog post from David Drummond. Here are my thoughts on the move as it breaks: It's commercial malpractice to back out of...
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The Many Voices of Google The story of Google in China may not be a simple one of censorship and the struggle for liberations. After all, China is hardly the only example of a state effectively censoring Internet traffic and...
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... The Revolution will not be Faxed When I started to research this book, I assumed I would berate Google for failing to adhere to the highest standards of corporate accountability for consorting with the government of the People's Republic...
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This is too American in its voice and perspective. Anyone have advice for me? ===================== 4.1 The Googlization of Universities ... The Tangled Relationship The relationship between Google and the universities of the world is more than close. It is...
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Here is a helpful spreadsheet with Google's search market shares for various countries. Note its popularity in the non-Russian states of the former Soviet Union and its unpopularity within Russia itself....
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View Larger Map I suspect that like me, most everyone has used Google Street view to check up on all their various former addresses to see if the houses and/or neighborhoods have changed and if the view is intrusive...
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NYTimes.com: March 11, 2009 Google to Offer Ads Based on Interests By MIGUEL HELFT SAN FRANCISCO -- Google will begin showing ads on Wednesday to people based on their previous online activities in a form of advertising known as behavioral...
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BBC: Bangladesh imposes YouTube The video-sharing web site YouTube has been blocked by Bangladesh after a recording of a meeting between the PM and army officers was posted. The meeting took place two days after a mutiny by border guards...
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Computerworld: ... Google captured 16.6 percent of Chinese search engine users last year, up from 14.3 percent the year before, China's domain registry center said in a report dated Thursday. Google has struggled to raise its user share against Chinese...
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IHT.com: International Herald Tribune Google executives on trial in Italy By Elisabetta Povoledo Tuesday, February 3, 2009 MILAN: Four executives of Google went on trial Tuesday, accused of crimes stemming from the posting of a video on its Italian-language Web...
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Businessweek.com: Beijing - For months, the Web site China City Map ranked among the top results for the Chinese term "provincial map" on Google (GOOG) and other search engines, including China's No. 1 player, Baidu (BIDU). Then in August, salesmen...
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NYTimes.com: December 31, 2008 Writing the Web's Future in Numerous Languages By DANIEL SORID The next chapter of the World Wide Web will not be written in English alone. Asia already has twice as many Internet users as North America,...
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Associated Press: China's Baidu cuts revenue forecast on ad scandal 8 hours ago BEIJING (AP) -- Baidu.com Inc., China's leading search engine, is cutting its projected revenue by up to 15 percent after it dropped some advertisers because of a...
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Deutsche Welle: Google might reign as the unchallenged king of German search engines, but a lawsuit over the company's popular image search feature brings into question the rights of German artists in the Internet age....
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Deutsche Welle: A German photographer and an artist won lawsuits against Google for displaying thumbnails of their works in search results without permission. Google will reportedly appeal the ruling. Google cannot display copyrighted works as thumbnails without an owner's permission,...
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Los Angeles Times: Google offers free music legally in China Google's Music Onebox challenges Baidu.com, China's top search engine. By Michelle Quinn Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 7, 2008 In China, Baidu is the powerhouse, the "it" girl, the...
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Reuters: Italy may charge Google executives Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:32pm BST (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to file charges in a 2006 case against four Google executives over a video on the Internet provider's Italian-language site, the...
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CHINA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: ... Google’s share of the Chinese search market pales into insignificance compared to its local arch-nemesis Baidu. Google holds a mere 25% of the search market in China; Baidu, by contrast, controls more than 60%. Foreign observers...
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globeandmail.com: Patriot Act haunts Google service SIMON AVERY From Monday's Globe and Mail March 24, 2008 at 4:05 AM EDT Google Inc. is a year into its ground-shifting strategy to change the way people communicate and work. But the initiative...
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Boing Boing has a good and ongoing summary of this crisis. I wonder if this will change Google's attitude toward China....
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AKI - Adnkronos international Iran: Access to Google blocked Tehran, 17 Sept. (AKI) - The Iranian government has blocked access to one of the world's most popular search engines, Google. Since Sunday, Iranian websurfers have not been able to access...
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