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AOL has opened a new division

2012-01-29T03:41:00.000-08:00

AOL Inc has opened a new division of AOL Industry, focused on professionals from government, military and energy industries. The idea of creating a unit - the union of social media, video and user-friendly site design into a single service and the withdrawal of the product for the corporate market.

According to the vice-president Jay Kirsch, who last edited a professional journal of aerospace topics, trade media have not been such an innovative way of development, as consumer, and all the most important innovations in the media, as a rule, it is not affected by BtB sector.

Currently, the company introduced a new service AOL Energy, in June a new unit will be presented to AOL Government and AOL Defense. AOL Industry will be open with no monthly fee and will only go to a Web publication.

Local news on a mobile version of Google News

2012-01-29T03:40:00.001-08:00

Community service Google News can read the local news via mobile version for your operating system, Android and iPhone. The new version of the service is available at news.google.com. When you open the main page from a mobile browser, Google News will ask permission to use the location information and after receiving permission to the service will feature "News near you".

Google is not the first to offer a similar service. A similar option provides an application Bing for iPhone, CNN program for the iPhone (it also shows weather) and application Yahoo iPhone.
According to the first users, the service has a more precise targeting, but is updated more slowly than competitors' services.

Customers check-in services are equally fond of Android and Apple

2012-01-29T03:39:00.000-08:00

Android beats Apple in the smartphone market nearly 10%, but the gap between it and Apple in the services that use the check-in - much lower, according to research firm comScore.

According to figures from comScore, the total market share in the U.S., which is owned by Android, is 34.7%; Apple owns 25.5%.The difference between the platforms to use the function check-in, however, is only 3% - 36.6% versus 33.7%. RIM uses 22% of users of services with check-in, and Microsoft, Palm and Symbian - up to 5% in the aggregate.

According to comScore, a variety of services using the options check-in, in March 2011 used 7.1% of the entire population of mobile users. About 76% of this number are the users of smart phones, according to comScore.

Google could be fined for advertising web pharmacies

2012-01-29T03:35:00.001-08:00

Last week, the search engine company Google announced depositing a large sum for the possible implementation of penalties as a result of ongoing testing at the moment. According to the newspaper Wall Street Journal, the penalties may involve violations of criminal law in the United States of premeditated reception and display advertising from pharmacies that have violated the rules of storage and sale of drugs.

According to sources, Wall Street Journal, the major organs that are involved in testing, are Rhode Island State Prosecutor's Office and the Office for Quality Control of food, medicines and cosmetics.

Ads from online pharmacies located in Canada and other countries, but it is unknown whether they were counterfeit drugs or drugs that should be strictly taken into account, were sold without a prescription.

Last month, Google announced a series of measures aimed at addressing the advertising of counterfeit products in AdWords, as fakes, sold in pharmacies Web "for years been a problem."

An investigation of supervisory organizations will be called upon to determine whether there was intentional receiving ads. In 2007, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have paid fines totaling $ 31.5 million for the illegal display of advertising casino. Then, Google paid only $ 3 million and the principal amount of the penalty fell on Microsoft and Yahoo.

Bing goes to card Nokia?

2012-01-29T03:33:00.003-08:00

Mapping service Nokia Maps, developed by Navteq, which Nokia bought for $ 8 billion in October 2007, may be partially or completely replace the card the Microsoft.

According to the publication Search Engine Land, Nokia maps can be shortly integrated with search engine Bing and advertising platform adCenter to create a new advertising product - local advertising on maps. Part of cards already in use for geolocation and in the future will be equipped with the functions of social "deals" that have become very popular due to service Groupon.

According to the authors of Search Engine Land, co-operation will go much further: Microsoft will completely replace the internal infrastructure and technology to develop its own products and Navteq will focus on improving the user interface and Bing Maps.

Similar options will give Nokia and Yahoo! The deal between the partners was announced in May 2010, but unlike Microsoft, Yahoo map service has stopped the development of a relatively long time. Through the partnership, Yahoo Maps will not only have new options and content, but may become a platform for testing new services and Nokia 3D panoramas from Navteq.

Targeting AdWords for "tablet"

2012-01-29T03:33:00.001-08:00

In the same way as in the time allowed to separate Google AdWords campaigns for smartphones campaigns for personal computers, the company has allowed advertisers do I target my campaign to users' plates. "

Over the next few weeks, the section "Networks and Devices" settings AdWords account will be complemented by a new field of "Tablet with browsers." In the past, I target my AdWords campaign provided an opportunity for users of Apple iPad, a new option allows you to isolate an entire category of devices.

In addition, the structure of categories, users can select Tablet operating system. Currently available only on targeting iOS, in the future this functionality will be expanded.

A new algorithm for estimating the traffic to AdWords

2012-01-29T03:32:00.001-08:00

Google announced an update of the algorithm, based on which work options such as the AdWords Traffic Estimator and figures counting Keyword Tool. The new algorithm will give advertisers more accurate estimates of clicks, cost and possible ad placement.

Assessment of traffic with Traffic Estimator tool helps users to assess and identify potentially suitable for the campaign, the keywords and compare them with the available budget.

Android will become the OS for home appliances

2012-01-29T03:31:00.003-08:00

At the annual conference of the I / O in San Francisco, Google introduced a new product Android @ Home - a future platform to work with any consumer electronic device using the interface provided by Google. The new platform enables you to control lighting, home electronics, car and media technology.

"We want to treat the house as compatible accessories, or, better yet, as a network of additional equipment and considering Android as the operating system for your home," - commented on the presentation team leader Android @ Home Joe Britt.

Managing a home with a single device - the idea is very old and its solution always depended on the absence of a uniform standard. Currently, such standards exist within a product line of one manufacturer. For example, with iPhone you can control the Apple TV, and using Windows Phone - Windows PC.

Google plans to solve this problem by developing a framework of universal Android @ Home is an open protocol, which can be used with any portable device including Apple iPhone and Microsoft Windows PC. According to the company's partners, the first tests will be carried out with mobile phones running Android, but soon other manufacturers are also taken up by this trend.

Based on materials http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/technology/google_android_at_home/index.htm?

Google launched Panda 2.1

2012-01-29T03:31:00.001-08:00

Google employees have reported a small apdeyte new algorithm for the search engine under the name Panda. Despite the fact that, according to some SEO-specialists, Panda moved to version 3.0, the changes were small and affected a small percentage of requests.

Panda version 1.0 was introduced on February 24 and is aimed at removing from the results of formally relevant, but little information content. This update has affected about 12% of the queries in the U.S..

Panda 2.0 was launched on April 11 and has introduced the option "block content." According to representatives of Google, this update includes an additional 2% of the queries in the U.S. and, in addition, affected all the English-speaking world in search queries.

The latest version of the algorithm Panda 2.1 has affected a much smaller number of requests. The exact number of employees are not named.

Yandex.by portal audience was 1.8 million users

2012-01-29T03:29:00.000-08:00

Half of the Belarusians in the network uses Yandex, said at a press conference in Minsk on an official representative of Yandex in Belarus Sergey Petrenko . Yandex.by portal audience was 1.8 million users, it is 50 percent of the audience BYNET. According to research company Gemius in March 2011, Yandex services among the Belarusians are the most popular Search, Images, Videos, Photos and Yandex.Mail. As reported Belarusian publishing diaries, Search for used 79% of users yandex.by, looking at the pictures - 41%, and video services - about 26%.Responding to questions from journalists, Sergey Petrenko did not elaborate on plans for Yandex in Belarus, saying only that all services will be "steadily improving," and that Yandex is not any global plans Belarusization yandex.by, as the Belarusian language is used in search queries is extremely rare. Recall that Yandex came in Belarus April 14, 2010. Fact run yandex.by was possible to submit such a significant event that was sent to Minsk impressive delegation of Yandex led by Arkady Volozh to meet with representatives BYNET the Round Table.

ComScore counted searchers in April

2012-01-29T03:28:00.001-08:00

The analyst firm comScore has reported on the search engines in April. According to our data, Google and Yahoo! have remained virtually unchanged from the figures, while Bing was able to build search share by a few tenths.

Some figures of reference:

Google: 65.4% in April compared with 65.7% in May
Yahoo: 15.9% vs. 15.7% in March
Bing: 14.1% vs. 13.9%
BingHoo: 30% a slight increase compared to March
Ask: 3% vs. 3.1% in March
AOL: 1.5% vs. 1.6 in March

Chromebook will go on sale June 15

2012-01-29T03:27:00.001-08:00

The draft of the operating system Google Chrome OS is coming to a new phase of development: according to company representatives, June 15 go on sale the first netbooks running Chrome OS.

Google spoke about the upcoming release of the product on the market at a conference Googe I / O, as well as in the blog post that provided site Chromebook and video on a netbook.

In the U.S., netbooks will be sold through Amazon and Best Buy. In addition, the device will be presented in Italy, Germany, France, Britain and the Netherlands. Official retailers' Hrombukov "in Europe has not yet named.

Acer device production will be sold at prices ranging from $ 349 for a model with wi-fi module. The price for the model with optional 3G module is not yet known.

Samsung will offer a version of the w-ifi for $ 429 with 3G - $ 499. According to representatives of Google, 3G version will be open to the use of SIM-cards of different providers.

In addition to purchasing the device, users will be offered a three-year lease netbooks for business and education with a monthly subscription fee. Business version of the lease will cost $ 28 per user per month. Educational - $ 20 per month.

Ask celebrates anniversary

2012-01-29T03:26:00.001-08:00

Search engine Ask.com is 15 years old. In honor of the anniversary the company has launched a social site mylast15.com .

The search engine Ask Jeeves was founded in 1996 by Garrett and David Gruner Vartenom.In July 1999, Ask Jeeves became a public company, and in March 2005 it was acquired by IAC for $ 1.85 billion.

In February 2006, a search engine, "left" distinctive character Jeeves. In June 2007, Ask introduced innovative interface 3D UI, which has since been copied by many other search engines.

In April 2009, again became the character Jeeves search engine in the UK. In July 2010 Ask revises search strategy and become a "social" search engine for questions and answers.

New requirements in the policy AdWords

2012-01-29T03:25:00.001-08:00

AdWords team announced that May 17 in the current rules AdWords, relating to the disclosure and use of personal information will be added three new requirements: 1.Providing clear and accessible information about how you use the personal data before sending them by force rules advertisers must provide a clear description of how to use their personal information is requested. It will soon be a requirement to provide site visitors easy access to this description before sending the data. 2. Ability to opt out of direct communication in the above description should also present information on how to be able to refuse a direct communication (e-mail, phone calls, etc.). 3. Use SSL for receiving the payments, as well as some financial and personal information many Web sites use the connection via SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to encrypt sensitive information in the exchange of data between browser and server. In order to protect the safety of users of AdWords will put a rule requiring that upon receipt of payments, as well as some financial and personal information (such as bank account numbers or Social Security), all advertisers have used encryption SSL. All advertisers on whose sites the visitors sought billing, financial or personal information are encouraged to review the new requirements in time and make the necessary changes to avoid blocking their ads. Requirements applicable to all countries with available program AdWords. About what personal and financial information covered by these rules, you can read here

Russia will have representation in ICANN

2012-01-29T03:24:00.001-08:00

The Board of Directors of ICANN for the first time could enter the representative of Russia, - this has informed today the publication Kommersant. Our country has been nominated chairman of the Coordination Center for TLD Marina Nikerovoy . Nikerova lady herself has confirmed this information, noting that the procedure for the election to the Board of Directors of ICANN will end around August.According to her membership in the leadership of the nonprofit organization will more fully consider the interests of Russia in decision-making on international Internet governance. Andrei Kolesnikov (Head of the Coordination Center for TLD): "This will give Russia an opportunity to participate in the formulation of strategic decisions concerning the development of the Internet. In particular, we are talking about putting in new domain zones, the distribution of address space. Participation Marina Nikerovoy the board of directors, of course, simplify matters related to the new domain zones. " Ilya Ponomarev (State Duma): "Many say that the Internet is controlled by the Americans. In fact, this is the case, because the largest Internet companies operating in the United States. But the presence of the Russian representative in the highest executive body, ICANN may change this view, Russia will have full voting rights on strategic issues. " Veni Markovski (ICANN representative in Russia): "The Russian Internet companies have grown to an international level: Mail.ru Group held an IPO , Yandex is preparing to enter the stock market. Their experiences and suggestions will be of interest to other countries ". Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - an international nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to regulate the Internet address space. ICANN Board of Directors consists of 21 representatives, mostly from the United States.

SPIC - 2011: Global Reach

2012-01-29T03:23:00.001-08:00

May 16 and 17 refer to a direct online-broadcasting Major Programme VI St. Petersburg online conference of the Tsarskoye Selo Youth House! Thanks to the online-translation from the local conference SPIC turns into all-Russian event. will be broadcast from the opening of the conference - 10:00. In all, who for one reason or another can not come to the event, it is now possible to observe what is happening in the halls of the ACNP, without leaving your office or home, regardless of the weather, traffic and any other circumstances. Watch videos from the conference can not only at the official site, but also by placing the code live on your site or blog. Those who wish to be the same ochnymi conference participants recall - to SPIC-2011 in less than a week, in a hurry to register !

Apple has overtaken Google's brand value

2012-01-29T03:22:00.001-08:00

After four years of unchallenged leadership, Google has ceased to be the world's number 1 brand and gave it a place Apple, says analyst firm Millward Brown Group. The leader of the BrandZ Top 100 list, estimated by experts at $ 153.3 billion.

Google has moved into second place and an estimated $ 111.5 billion. Social network Facebook was first found herself in the BrandZ Top 100 list, in 35th, showing 246% growth in brand value.

The total value of brands included in the top 100 ranking BrandZ 2011 is $ 2.4 trillion. About a third of this amount is the cost of brand technology companies.

Baidu - the most expensive commercial brand of China

2012-01-29T03:20:00.001-08:00

Chinese search engine Baidu Inc was named the most expensive non brand in China. In the global rankings BrandZ, issued on the basis of evaluation research firm Millward Brown Group, Baidu took 29th place out of 100.

The approximate cost is $ 22.56 brand billion, up 141% higher than in 2010, researchers report.

"The rapid growth of Baidu was associated with the rapid growth of the Internet as a branch in China. - Commented on the study of Peking Tan, Director of Chinese unit Millward Brown. - In addition to this, the search engine has benefited from the care of Google Inc from China. "

In addition to Baidu's top-100 ranking included 12 other Chinese companies, mostly state. At the 9th place was the company China Mobile; ICBC Asia - 11; China Construction Bank - 24; China Life - 33; Bank of China - 37.

Based on materials http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7375548.html

Google has committed $ 500 million in fines case

2012-01-29T03:19:00.000-08:00

The company Google Inc has reserved an amount equal to $ 500 million to compensate for possible sanctions by the U.S. Department of Justice, which recently organized a detailed check of the advertising service Google.

Provision for such a large amount of impact on the financial performance of the company, as part of the funds has been officially withdrawn from the report provided by the Commission for Securities and Exchange Commission U.S.. Thus, net profit dropped from Google $ 2.3 billion ($ 07.04 per share) to $ 1.8 billion (or $ 5.51 per share).

According to the company: "In May 2011, in connection with a potential solution on the ongoing review by the U.S. Department of Justice for the work of Google advertising with some of the advertisers, we deposited $ 500 million from the amount of period ended March 31, 2011".

Representatives of the search engine refused to comment on ongoing inspection, but said that, irrespective of its potential results, it will not cause significant harm to business Internet company.

Google introduced the Music Beta

2012-01-29T03:17:00.001-08:00

Google Inc. introduced the long awaited "cloud" music service. Music by Google Beta was presented yesterday, but to uncover the full potential of the service will take some time needed for the final settlement of affairs with the recording industry.

The service will allow users to synchronize, and listen to all compatible devices, including mobile phones, tablets, and personal computers. The service is not available to download or buy the song.The collection, which loads the user becomes available to it on any player and any device.

Starting Tuesday Music Beta began to operate in closed testing, access to the songs performed while free but by invitation only. Google announced a new service earlier this year at a conference for developers, held in San Francisco.The cost of subscription for users, and working conditions after the test period is still unknown.

Microsoft Buy Skype ?

2012-01-29T03:16:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Corp plans to buy a VoIP service Skype phone for $ 8.5 billion. Purchase may be the largest in company history. Skype capabilities allow the software giant to compete more effectively with such a successful Internet company like Google. In negotiations that lasted nearly a month, Microsoft surpassed Google and Facebook, which offered a sum of between Skype $ 3 and $ 4 billion.

According to analysts, Microsoft can use Skype to improve the functionality of such popular services as Windows and Office. Monthly subscriber base Skype has about 145 million, in addition, service has become a popular means of communication among small businesses.

According to the newspaper Reuters, the amount that Microsoft is willing to pay for the service, three times the investment of the current owners: eBay Inc and investors Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Andreessen Horowitz.

Based on materials http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42967056/ns/business-us_business/

Google News was accused of copyright infringement

2012-01-29T03:14:00.001-08:00

The Court of Appeal accused the Belgian Google News service in the copyright infringement of some newspapers. The court found that placement of the article in the service without the prior consent of the editors was illegal.

As a result of court ordered the company to remove all articles and photos taken from the French and German editions, whose rights are protected group Copiepresse. In addition, Google shall pay them a fine of 25.000 euros.

The court's decision is the final verdict in a series of processes that took place in 2006, when the advocacy group Copiepresse went to court on behalf of a number of Belgian publications. According to representatives of media, the transfer of material, even quoting the source led to the loss of a significant number of visitors. In 2007, Google has removed from service all of the content of newspapers, but in future articles from them continued to appear in Google News.

According to Google spokesman in the Netherlands, Mark Jansen, the company is currently considering the court's decision, however, firmly convinced that «Google News operates in full compliance with all applicable laws of copyright protection."

The new version of Google Earth for Android

2012-01-29T03:10:00.001-08:00

Google has released a new version of Google Earth application for the operating system Android, which is optimized for devices with a larger screen than the standard mobile phones.Peter Birch Manager post, the new version fully supports the three-dimensional textured objects, and a new control panel makes it easier to search for objects and navigate through the information layers.

"The transition from a mobile phone on the tablet similar to the transition from conventional cinema to IMAX, - Birch wrote, describing the show three-dimensional image of the Roman Colosseum. - We took advantage of a larger screen, including the option to pop-up windows for viewing content in a variety of Earth, so you can see more information without having to switch between pages. "

The new version of Google Earth for Android will work on all devices running on the operating system version 2.1 and above. Tablet version running on the operating system Honeycomb Android 3.0.

Based on materials http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20060398-93.html

Google introduced the application for Chrome - Search Globe

2012-01-29T03:09:00.000-08:00

Google has released a new experimental application for the browser Chrome, which shows search activity around the world within days. Search Globe allows you to view a virtual model of the globe, which marked the intensity of Internet search for the past 24 hours.

A density of requests marked with color on the basis of language (in blue color requests in English, orange - in Spanish, etc.). Black color indicates areas where Internet access is partially blocked or missing.

The project was developed by a team of Google Data Arts. To view the extension requires a browser that supports the format WebGL.

Based on materials http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search

YouTube has officially become a cinema

2012-01-29T03:07:00.000-08:00

Video site YouTube, which has become one of the most popular video sources on the Internet by the user clips, officially became a salesman for rent feature films in streaming mode. Despite the fact that Google is widely experimented with downloading and viewing long commercials, the official market entry took place just this Monday.

Over the next few weeks will be a full-fledged competitor to YouTube services such as, Netflix, Amazon and Apple iTunes and present users with thousands of full-length Hollywood movies on the "price corresponding to the level of the industry." In the film library YouTube will be such popular pictures as the "Golf Club", "Scarface," "Home", "King says," "Goodfellas," "Taxi Driver," "Meet the Fockers 2", "Green Hornet" and other.

"You will find more content on your favorite YouTube, which is now looking at 350 million units. We know this because you see the video in an amount of 2 billion page views per day. But on YouTube you spend 15 minutes a day and watch TV for five hours. As soon as the boundaries between online and offline continues to blur, we think that this will change, "- wrote a blog leader YouTube, Salar Kamangar.