http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/google Subnet - Google bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43237 Yesterday, a group of advertising trade associations, prodded by Google, declared they were adopting seven self-regulating privacy principles to protect consumers from themselves. Exactly a year ago Google and Microsoft genuflected to government inquiries with promises of improved privacy protection for Web users from advertisers. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43237#comments Google advertising Google ads Google Public Policy blog Interactive Advertising Bureau Internet advertising privacy Several marketing associations, prodded by Google, declare their intentions to protect the public's privacy. Why don't I believe them? Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:06:08 +0000 Google Subnet 43237 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43202 While most observers find Google Voice to be an interesting consumer technology, at least one virtual PBX vendor is working to make the freebie service into a business-class offering. Today, OnState Communications announced that its cloud-based virtual call center and PBX fully support Google Voice. What's more, its product will bring presence to Google Voice. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43202#comments Google enterprise presence Google Talk Google Voice OnState Communications presence virtual call center virtual PBX Google Voice beefed up with presence, business features from an enterprise virtual PBX maker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:02:38 +0000 Google Subnet 43202 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43172 To date, in consumer-grade devices, Android can come in any screen size you want, so long as it is HVGA (320x480). That, my friends, is going to change, and soon: Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43172#comments Wireless / Mobile Android android development Android Netbook android programming What Will Your App Look Like on a Netbook? Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:55:22 +0000 Mark Murphy 43172 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43121 Last week, Google released an Android SDK that allows code to run natively on Android devices. Until this SDK, code could only run on a sandboxed version of Java known as the Dalvik virtual machine. Although Google Senior Software Engineer, David Turner, warned in his blog that native Android apps would have many limitations, this isn't scaring off Mozilla, reports CNet. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43121#comments Google Android Fennec FireFox mobile browsers mobile e-mail native Android SDK With Google's new Android SDK, Mozilla is considering building Fennec for Android Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:17:34 +0000 Google Subnet 43121 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43119 One of the more interesting phenomena created by the Internet is citizen journalism. And no where is it more apparent than on YouTube where anyone can upload a video documenting just about anything. To that end, Google has launched a site called YouTube Reporter' Center which hopes to train average citizens on how to report the news. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43119#comments Google citizen journalists crowdsourcing YouTube Videos from experts try to help would-be broadcasters capture important news for YouTube Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:54:53 +0000 Google Subnet 43119 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43085 We are comparative creatures in a polarized world. Like magnets or batteries, we exist only in relation to. Without positive, there is no negative; without contrasts, there is no current. Our lives play out with this same polarity. We are better or worse than others; we are someone's brother, someone's mother, someone's wife or uncle. We define ourselves by defining something else. Newton's... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43085#comments Google Google, Monopolies, Competition Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:08:51 +0000 Kaila Colbin 43085 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43043 Google is a sneeze away from launching its anticipated Google Voice service beyond the customers it inherited when it acquired GrandCentral in 2007. Invitations are being sent to users who requested them starting today, the Official Google Blog announced. But the one big question on everyone's mind is when will it offer number portability? No word yet on that. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43043#comments Google Google Voice GrandCentral number portability VoIP Google begins inviting users to try Google Voice Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:53:54 +0000 Google Subnet 43043 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43020 Google's Android is poised to give established players Microsoft and Apple a run for their money, given the kind of creativity handset makers are putting into their Android phones. The HTC Hero is a good example, emphasizing, as it does, a user's ability to customize the look and feel of the phone and search. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43020#comments Android Android apps Google HTC realtime search search smartphones HTC Hero Android smartphone emphasizes real-time search and a customized GUI. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:44:48 +0000 Google Subnet 43020 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42993 Google's implementation of Java for Android is odd, says Java creator James Gosling, and done without ensuring Android implementations are compatible with one another. According to an interview with Gosling published by eWeek Europe, Gosling describes Google's approach as: Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42993#comments Android Android Market Google James Gosling Java Device makers are left to their own without compatability testing and oversight Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:26:48 +0000 Google Subnet 42993 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42989 Earlier this week, Google issued a patch for a critical vulnerability for Google Chrome. The patch fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow an attacker to run code. The fixed version is Google Chrome 2.0.172.33, and it has been released to both the Stable and Beta channels. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42989#comments browser security Chrome Google google chrome security Google security security Google fixed a buffer overflow hole and two networking problems Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:26:20 +0000 Google Subnet 42989 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42986 Google Tuesday said it wants to build a faster Web, and is willing to go so far as to revise, or even replace, foundational protocols like TCP/IP and HTML. Google's official blog said that such protocols were created "when broadband and rich interactive web apps were in their infancy." Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42986#comments Google suggests that Web protocols like TCP/IP and HTML are ready for an overhaul Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:22:30 +0000 Google Subnet 42986 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42918 On Friday, China ordered Google to halt some search features that it said violated China's laws to filter pornographic and vulgar content. But analysts say that this is really China slapping Google because of protests made by U.S. companies over the Chinese pornography censorship program called Green Dam-Youth Escort, reports the English-version China Daily website. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42918#comments China China censorship Chinese Internet censorship Google Green Dam Green Dam-Youth Escort Internet censorhip China could be punishing Google for U.S. push back against its censorship program Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:01:05 +0000 Google Subnet 42918 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42907 When T-mobile announced that its second Android phone would be shipping in August, it also released a few interesting statistics between the its Android phone market and the iPhone. For instance, 1 million G1 phones were sold in the first six months after introducing it. By the time Android reaches the two-year mark, it could be nearly as popular as the iPhone. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42907#comments Android Android apps Android vs iPhone Google HTC G1 iPhone smartphones Over 1 million devices sold, 5,000 apps, Android's growth, even compared to the iPhone, is remarkable Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:18:59 +0000 Google Subnet 42907 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42903 T-Mobile announced today that its next Android phone, dubbed the myTouch, will be available in August for $199 with a two-year contract. It will differentiate itself from its sister Android phone, the G1, also made by HTC, in that it will have a virtual keyboard, not a physical one. When T-Mobile released its original Android phone, the G1, it included a physical keyboard for texting fiends who find... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42903#comments T-Mobile myTouch by HTC will lose the physical keyboard Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:16:41 +0000 Google Subnet 42903 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42890 Perhaps the weakest link in the Android chain is the Android Market. Frankly, it is uninspiring: limited searching, limited descriptions, limited dialogue between developers and customers, limited customer service to developers from the Market managers. Moreover, since it is proprietary and closed up tight as a clamshell, there is no effective way for the community to help make the Market better. Yet,... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42890#comments Wireless / Mobile Android android development Android Market android programming Android Needs a Solid App Market, But Can Android Market Meet the Need? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:53:32 +0000 Mark Murphy 42890 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42832 Will Android topple Microsoft from the smartbook market or won't it? Depends on the interests of the parties you talk to. Executives at chip maker Nvidia are siding with Microsoft.Mike Rayfield, general manager for Nvidia's mobile business unit, says that Nvidia thinks Windows CE for ARM-based smartbooks will be better, offering a more mature, easier-to-use interface, according to a story in Computerworld.... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42832#comments Android ARM-based netbooks Google Nvidia smartbooks Windows CE Nvidia has good reason to say that Windows CE is better for ARM-based smartbooks Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:56:07 +0000 Google Subnet 42832 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42831 Today, Google announced a host of new features for Google Books, its site that makes the entire contents of books available for online search. The new-and-improved Google Books adds several new features for working with the electronic books that Google has showcased online. This despite the fact that last week, the Department of Justice said it would be taking a closer look at the underlying $125... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42831#comments DOJ investigation electronic book publishing Google Google antitrust Google Books Google gives Google Books better search, embedded links Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:39:50 +0000 Google Subnet 42831 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42784 Augmented reality. If you haven't heard this term yet, you soon will. It is the next must-have feature for the smartphone. Yesterday, Netherlands-based SPRXmobile launched a new "augmented reality" browser, dubbed Layar, for Android phones. The service is now available in the Netherlands, with plans to bring it to other phones (notably the iPhone) and other markets like the U.S. later this year. Read... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42784#comments Android augmented reality Google Layar SPRXmobile Total Immersion WikiTude SPRXmobile launches Layar, an augmented reality browser for Android phones Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:06:25 +0000 Google Subnet 42784 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42735 If 37 of the world's Internet security experts are right, the world would be a lot safer from identity theft if only Google encrypted Gmail by default. The HTTPS protocol is currently an option for users, one that these experts say is hard for the average, non-technical person to find and activate. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42735#comments data breaches e-mail security Gmail Gmail security Google internet security Web security International security experts implore Google to use HTTPS by default Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:39:14 +0000 Google Subnet 42735 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42714 In its effort to index the world -- or at least cyberspace -- Google is rumored to be working on a microblogging search engine. Although live search is not Google's forte, that isn't stopping it from creating a MicroBlogSearch tool. So say the folks that write the unaffiliated Google Operating System blog, who caught a hint of the new tool in Google's localization service tool. The blog describes... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42714#comments Rumored new Google search engine could take on Twitter Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:18:05 +0000 Google Subnet 42714 at http://www.networkworld.com/community