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Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you

Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you (w/ Video)

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google recently sent out 100,000 stickers to selected US businesses for use on their storefront windows. The stickers have the Google Maps logo and a QR code that can be scanned by smart phone ...


Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words

Google search getting eyes and ears

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages.


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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls

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(AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages.


How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (AP)

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting ...


Google bundles coverage from NY Times, Wash. Post

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google is testing a new service that packages stories from The New York Times and The Washington Post to make it easier for readers to follow evolving news stories.


Cyber crooks tarketing banks-social networks: Cisco

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An annual security report being released Tuesday by technology titan Cisco warns that banks and online social networks are prime targets for increasingly sophisticated cyber crooks.


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YouTube chief says ad sales soaring

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(AP) -- YouTube's chief executive says ad sales are soaring, but there is still no word on whether the popular video-sharing site is making money.


Imeem launched in San Francisco in 2003 and became a popular online locale for streaming and sharing music for free

MySpace buys imeem music site for under $1 mln

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(AP) -- MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 ...


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Ubiquitous in U.S., Google struggles for market share in China

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In China, Google means underdog. While the Mountain View company dominates the search market in the United States, it is not part of the pop lexicon on the other side of the Pacific. In its nine years in China, ...


Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook

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A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.


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US residents gorging on data bytes: study

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If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile seven feet (two meters) deep, according to a study released Wednesday.


Variety to begin charging for Web access Thursday

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(AP) -- The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday. That means it will be reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers stick around ...



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