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Nope. . Up and down its ranks, Google executives will tell you without fail that Google is not a media company, that its organizes and manages content, but stays away from producing it. It’s an article of faith at the Internet giant.
How Google Is Evolving Into a Media Company - NYTimes.com
Robin Wauters is the European Editor of tech blog The Next Web and lead editor of Virtualization.com. He was a senior staff writer at TechCrunch until his departure in February 2012.
Google grants $2.7 million to IPI to promote innovation in online journalism
As if Web designers and developers didn't have enough on their plates, what with the variety of browsers and standards to code for, there's a new kid in town - Internet TV. Not only do they need to account for browser, screen size and standard, but an entirely different method of interaction . Today, Google has acknowledged this problem , writing that it has worked to create some easy solutions for developers looking to optimize their content for Google TV.
Google Offers Tools for Bringing Websites to TV
Google is launching its popular shopping app, Google Shopper, for iPhone, complete with voice, image and local search. Originally released for Android last year, Google Shopper can find products based on text, voice or barcode recognition to get the price comparison of a specific product online.
Google Launches Shopping App for iPhone
Google Readies Groupon Clone: Report
Google has confirmed that it is preparing a service called “Google Offers,” designed to compete with the popular social buying site Groupon.
Google Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication For Everyone. You Should Use It.
Given how much data we’re trusting to online sites these days — email, search history, even voice calls — the repercussions to having our account passwords phished, hacked, or guessed are worse than ever.
I have been trying to pin down what makes me uneasy about Groupon , the online coupon business that has just been valued at $6.4bn in its latest round of funding, which involves raising $950m in cash. Actually, I think the reason is right there – that Groupon has been carelessly described as a social media business like Facebook and Twitter but at its heart, it is a sales-intensive local advertising operation that is costly to build.
Groupon builds local advertising expensively | John Gapper's blog | Business, finance, media and technology views from the Financial Times – FT.com
Most purchases, half of transactions to be mobile by 2015: Google - Direct Marketing News
“Mobile will be bigger than desktop in five years,” Shapiro added.
Google Art Project Takes Street View Into Museums - NYTimes.com
Now that Google has conquered a majority of the earth’s major streets with its Google Street View project, the company is starting to move inside. It’s creating the Google Art Project, a virtual equivalent of 17 major art museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Britain and National Gallery in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many others. Amit Sood, director of the project, said in a company blog post that the documentation of major museums began when a small group of Google employees with a passion for art started wondering how they could make major art museums, and the works they house, more accessible to people worldwide.
Who Will Win the Android vs. iPhone Race? - eMarketer
The iPhone may have captured the hearts and minds of many tech-savvy early smartphone adopters—not to mention marketers—with its sleek design, multitouch interface and available apps.