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Insiders criticize Google's hiring practices
As Google posts unexpectedly high profits and begins adding new positions after a hiring freeze, a researcher with the company has found that the tough hiring standards Google... |
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on Apr 18, 2011 at 6:16 pm by Johnny Come Lately, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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New search tool finds, charts public data
Google announced a new search function today that will allow users to find and compare public data more easily.
Google is launching the unnamed search tool by allowing user... |
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on Apr 28, 2009 at 10:35 pm by Angela Hey, Mountain View Voice Blogger |
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Google's Android beats iPhone in first quarter sales
Google CEO Eric Schmidt told a crowd of shareholders yesterday in Mountain View that 65,000 phones are shipped everyday with Google's cell phone operating system, Android.
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on May 21, 2010 at 12:09 pm by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Google profits up, stock price down
Google's revenue rose 37 percent to $1.96 billion this quarter compared to a year ago, but that wasn't good enough for Wall Street, where it's stock price fell 4.8 percent yes... |
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on Apr 20, 2010 at 4:27 pm by Oops, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Google's new phone is a game changer
Google's new "Nexus One" phone, released Monday, has many advantages over the iPhone, reviewers say.
The phone has received a flurry of reviews since Monday, including a r... |
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on Jan 7, 2010 at 12:46 pm by eric, a resident of another community |
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Google Chrome OS to compete with Microsoft
Believing that every desktop computer application in use today will be based online someday, Google is developing a new computer operating system that is based on a web browse... |
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on Nov 22, 2009 at 12:39 am by dfb, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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Google allegedly spreads porn in China, government allegedly blocks access
Users of Google's Chinese search engine faced technical difficulties today as the Chinese government accused Google of spreading pornography, the Associated Press reports.
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on Jul 1, 2009 at 2:31 pm by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Bike to Work Day, Google style
In celebration of Bike to Work Day, over 500 Google employees pedaled to the Googleplex Thursday from around the Bay Area.
According to pictures posted on the |
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on May 14, 2009 at 7:39 pm by Hector Zamarron, a resident of another community |
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Unhappy when searching for yourself on Google?
Google is allowing users to have more control over how their online persona is represented in search results.
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on Apr 24, 2009 at 7:36 am by Carol Barr, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
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Google X project, 'Glass,' is cool, William Gibson-esque
Google X, a project of the Mountain View search behemoth, released a very interesting video today. The short film showed what a day in the life wearing Google's futuristic Pro... |
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on Apr 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google's answer to Facebook
After a series of failed attempts at creating a successful social network, Google looks as if it may finally be on to something.
Google+, which launched at the end of June,... |
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on Jul 22, 2011 at 1:59 pm by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google introduces 'Chromebook,' the cloud-based laptop
In a bid to take cloud computing to a whole new level, introduced the "Chromebook" today -- a pai... |
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on May 11, 2011 at 4:59 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google competing with Facebook's "like" button with +1
In a move being marketed as a way for improving people's Google searches, Google has introduced +1 -- a nifty button those with Google accounts, who also happen to have the Go... |
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on Mar 30, 2011 at 4:12 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google takes record number of applications, plans to hire record number of new employees
If you want a job at Google and haven't yet submitted your resume, you might want to get on that. The line to get an interview with the Mountain View-based online search golia... |
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on Feb 4, 2011 at 11:02 am by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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All 23,000 Googlers to get 10 percent raise
An email leaked to the press has revealed that Google is giving its employees all across the globe a 10 percent raise, as companies like Facebook and Twitter have begun poachi... |
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on Nov 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google "mortified" by privacy violations
Google apologized Friday for inadvertently collecting personal emails and passwords from private wireless networks while collecting data for the street view feature in Google ... |
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on Oct 25, 2010 at 10:49 am by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google tests self-driving car
Of late, Mountain View residents may have mistakenly identified a spinning-camera-crowned Prius or Audi TT as a Google Street View car.
Anyone who waved at one of these veh... |
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on Oct 13, 2010 at 4:16 pm by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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'Instant' delivers results as queries are typed
The blogosphere erupted yesterday in a jubilee of speculation as to just what that |
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on Sep 8, 2010 at 12:40 pm by googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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One million Gmail phone calls in 24 hours
Google's introduction of free phone calls within Gmail has proved popular, with Google announcing on Twitter that 1 million calls had been made in its first 24 hours.
The ... |
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on Aug 27, 2010 at 4:20 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google gets roasted on the Daily Show
Prominently featured in the Daily Show's segment on net-neutrality last night was Google headquarters in Mountain View and some notable local characters called the Raging Gran... |
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on Aug 18, 2010 at 12:25 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google denies evildoing, kills Wave app
Google is denying reports that it is making a deal with Verizon that could lead to Google and other companies dominating the internet, spelling the end of "net neutrality."
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on Aug 5, 2010 at 1:26 pm by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Top digital music lawyer joins Google
Google has tapped a noted digital music attorney to aid its quest to launch a cloud-based streaming music service.
Elizabeth Moody has previously worked for Davis, Shapiro,... |
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on Jul 22, 2010 at 12:59 pm by GoogleWatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Viacom takes a blow in YouTube copyright case
In Viacom's suit against the Google-owned YouTube video sharing Web site, a U.S. district judge has ruled that YouTube was not acting illegally by displaying copyrighted conte... |
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on Jun 24, 2010 at 2:11 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Google shutters Windows on internal computers
Citing security concerns, several anonymous Google employees have reported that the Mountain View search giant has banned the use of Windows on all company computers. Accordin... |
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on Jun 2, 2010 at 4:33 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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Study: we wasted 4.8 million hours playing Pac-Man on Google
Millions of people played Pac-Man on the video game's 30th anniversary last Friday when Google transformed its homepage logo into a Pac-Man game.
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on May 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm by Googlewatch, News on Mountain View's largest employer |
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