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Official Google Blog: “We’re very excited to tell you that real-time quotes on NASDAQ securities are now available on Google Finance. This is an important (and way overdue) development for everyone who consumes financial information. Historically, real-time stock data was not freely and widely accessible. Either buried behind subscription walls or brokerage sites, consumers typically …
“When you search with Google News, you’ll now see a list of related searches at the bottom of the results page. For example, a search for [global warming] will show more news results for topics such as carbon dioxide, Al Gore, carbon emissions, greenhouse gas and the Kyoto protocol.” [at the bottom of the page]
“…get access to and manage all of your personal health information online…This would help you keep your doctors and family members up-to-date on important medical conditions and current medications. Well, after a successful pilot with the Cleveland Clinic, we’ve opened up Google Health to everyone in the U.S. It’s easy to sign up, and free …
Via Google Blogoscoped, “Google [has a] malware diagnosis service; just append any domain your domain or another site you want to check on to the end of the URL google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=, or paste a domain in the box below, and you will find an overview page listing potential problems like trojans or exploits (or …
Microsoft Live Search Blog: “Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes. This also means that we …
Yahoo Search Blog: “Today, we’re announcing the beta release of SearchScan, a new feature from Yahoo! Search that helps protect users from viruses, spyware and spam. We’ve heard from users that security and privacy continue to be major concerns when they are online. We’ve also learned that solutions that require downloads and constant updating are …
“Did you ever want to get a help file for Gmail, Google Docs or for Google Desktop so you can print it or save it on your computer? All Google services have help centers that include information about features, tutorials, troubleshooting guides, but you need to find the information in a complicated hierarchy of topics …
Google News Blog: “As part of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information, we’ve been hard at work making quotations in news articles easy to search and browse. You can now more easily keep track of what your favorite politician, actor or sports star is saying. You can even search within their quotes for specific …
Google Earth 4.3 – “With this version, we have completely rethought how you might interact with the 3D world. We’ve redesigned the navigation to make it much easier to fly from the heavens down to the streets of your town. And with all of the great user-created buildings in the 3D Warehouse, we wanted to …
News release: “Representatives of the UN refugee agency and Google on Tuesday unveiled a powerful new online mapping programme that provides an up-close and multifaceted view of some of the world’s major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims. The Google Earth Outreach programme gives UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies the …
Official Google Blog: “As the 2008 election progresses, more and more voters are tuning into YouTube to stay on top of the action. Our You Choose ’08 platform now features content from candidates, news organizations, and voters, and we’ve made it easier than ever to see where the candidates stand on each of the major …
EPIC: “European privacy officials have established “a clear set of responsibilities” on search engine companies regarding their handling of user data. The opinion, issued by the Article 29 Working Group, states that the European Union Data Protection Directive requires search engines to “delete or irreversibly anonymise personal data once they no longer serve the specified …
