Google claims a "hostile campaign" by Microsoft, Oracle and Apple

The internet group Google has strongly denounced Wednesday, August 3, a "hostile campaign" against its operating system for mobile devices Android led by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and others, "through patent cans."

Blog on the group's legal director, David Drummond, Google's opponents accused of "fighting a sudden procedures instead of a competition based on new features or new equipment."

"A multi-function phone can cause up to 250,000 claims (largely debatable) related patents, and our competitors want to impose a 'tax' with these dubious patents, which makes the Android devices more expensive for consumers," acknowledges yet Mr. Drummond.

As an illustration of this "campaign", Mr. Drummond recalls the recent purchase of 6,000 patents from the Canadian equipment supplier Nortel by a consortium of Apple and Microsoft, two groups fighting for their best-known for their links, but as Research in Motion, a third competitor to Google in mobile telephony, Ericsson, Sony and EMC.

Microsoft and Apple have also teamed up to buy patents from Novell, and Mr. Drummond denounced the prosecutions launched against Android device manufacturers like HTC, Motorola and Samsung.

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Scanning Google and Hachette agree

Marriage is sealed. Hachette Livre and Google have signed a definitive agreement on the digitization by the American giant out of print works in French, whose rights are controlled by the leading French and second world. The information was made ​​public Thursday, July 28 in a statement.

The agreement, which follows the protocol signed in November 2010, covers "thousands of works covered by copyright and French that are no longer commercially available (...), which is the case for the vast majority of published works to date, "says the text.

These works represent about 70% depleted of funds and Hachette Livre publishing houses that are part of the group or 40 000 to 50 000 works. These are mainly literary texts and reference books, including those in Oxford. Many academic books are concerned.

Google renewed fighting against the Belgian newspapers,technology

The Web giant Google has stopped, Friday, July 15, to reference sites Belgian newspapers on its main search engine, but is prepared to start under certain conditions. A search with the words "Le Soir" on the popular search engine returns to "The Night of Algeria" or about Wikipedia, but more to the site of the Brussels daily. The search for sites other newspapers such as La Libre Belgique and La Derniere Heure, did not give more results, also found Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"Google Lesoir.be boycott," was the headline in the afternoon the newspaper's website, saying to have found "by chance" the end of the listing of the site. La Libre Belgique assured, for its part, put it to his readers "do everything possible to do it [them] not stop to follow the continuous news on our website through various channels."

The case began in January 2006 when the American giant of the Internet in Belgium launched its "Google News" which identifies the major news headlines. Copiepresse society, which operates in Belgium the rights of publishers and French germanophones, had then claimed that Google pays royalties to its members or, if he continues to reference the articles they publish. Google chose the second option, but had also stopped for several months to reference sites of these newspapers on its main search engine, depriving them of a share of traffic.

Google bought the domain name g.co,technology

The group of search engine Google bought, Monday, July 18, the domain name g.co, designed to shorten the web addresses of all its services. "We will only use g.co to send you to web pages belonging to Google, and we are the only ones who can create shortcuts in g.co," said the vice president of marketing for Google, Gary Briggs on the group's blog. "This means we can go on a link shortcut g.co being sure to always land on a page of a product or a service from Google."

This new system is complementary to another service, goo.gl, launched in late 2009, which shortens the other Web addresses. Shorter addresses are used in particular on micromessagerie sites, like Twitter, where the text should have a maximum of 140 characters.

Google+ wants to compete with Facebook,technology

The battle against Google Facebook takes a turn more fierce. World number one search engine, revealed, Tuesday, June 28, the contours of its future social network, an area that has always failed to take hold.

Google+ baptized, it will serve primarily to compete with Facebook. But with Google +, the search engine announced that it will readily be distinguished from its rival by emphasizing the confidentiality of data posted by other users. Facebook is the target of repeated criticism of its flaws in data protection. But also the disclosure of certain information to advertisers.

The announcement of Google + is not a surprise. When Larry Page, Google co-founder, took the general direction of the search engine in April, it put the development of social networks top priority. The aim is primarily to counter the dominance of Facebook in this field.

Every month that passes reinforces the dominance of social networks. Internet users now spend more time on the pages of Facebook as those of the search engine. According to Com-Score, a specialist in Internet audience measurement, Internet users in May spent 13% of their time on the Internet at Facebook, against only 10% to Google. Yet in May, more than one billion Internet users consulted the Google sites.

For now, Google is still + testing phase and open by invitation only. The search engine has set no date for a possible opening to the public Google +.

In practice, acknowledged Bradley Horowitz, vice president of Google, the future social network Google has much in common with Facebook. Like its rival, it is also organized around the online, live, photos, messages and comments.

VERSION FOR MOBILE

However, unlike Facebook, Google +, the "contacts" are grouped in circles of friends who share common tastes or passions. Circles of friends independent of each other. Thus, the user can choose which friends they want to share some information. The future social network will be synchronized with other features of the search engine, such as Gmail, but Google Maps and Google Images. A version of Google + for mobile phones will also be available.

+ Google does not intend to direct competition with Facebook. "It would be suicidal," warns Josh Bernoff, an analyst at Forrester Research. According to the latest count, Facebook brings together more than 750 million users worldwide. Bernoff says, Google + "will develop a niche. In this context, there is a chance that this becomes a minor hit." Because Google has already experienced failure. Including Buzz, a service launched in February 2010 and who was also competing with Facebook and Twitter.

The immediate announcement of the test set + Google revived the action of the Internet giant. Tuesday, the Nasdaq, Google the title won 2.25% and rose 10.85 dollars to finish the session at 493.65 dollars per share. Good news for the search engine, whose action had lost 17% of its value since the beginning of the year.

Google reveals the list of countries asking him to remove links,technology

Britain and the United States are among the countries making the most requests for the group that removes Google internet links or provides information on its users, according to tables published Monday, June 27 on the second half of 2010 .

It is Britain that Google has received the most requests to remove links or videos between July and December 2010: 93,518, of which 93,360 were actually deleted at the request of the authorities to eliminate misleading advertising. South Korea has submitted 32,000 requests, mainly to avoid the disclosure of a national identity number (RNN).

FRANCE, 5th COUNTRIES TO REQUEST INFORMATION ON INTERNET:

In a political context, the Italian police asked Google to remove a YouTube video criticizing the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and faking his murder. Google explained that the video violated the regulations of the site, and that he had effectively withdrawn. In Brazil, Justice has requested the removal of political content during the election campaign, and the United States has removed 1100 Google content that defamed a man and his family. In contrast to Vietnam, Google refused to remove search results for "a particular word that generated unflattering comments alleged former leaders" of the country.

The report also details the applications received for information on Internet users. The United States dominated the rankings, with 4,601 applications, of which 94% were answered. Brazil is second with 1,804 applications, of which 76% received a partial or complete response, followed by India with 1,699 requests (79% response), Britain (1162 requests, 72% response ) and France (1021 requests, 56% of responses).

FOLLOW "THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW"

"Our goal is to enable users to find access to information, and also to respect the confidentiality of their information," noted Matt Braithwaite, a charge of "transparency unit" of Google, on the blog group. "Whenever we receive a request, we check first that it respects both the spirit and letter of the law before responding," he said. "Where possible, we warn users concerned", and "if we believe that demand is too large, we try to reduce it."

These figures were published in the "transparency reports" that Google publishes regularly, and that the group decided to "change the format so we can see the data country by country," said Mr Braithwaite. "This gives a better idea of ​​how we respond to official inquiries, including the local police or federal," said Mr Braithwaite.

Google under fire from U.S. competition authorities,technology

The U.S. Internet group Google has confirmed Friday, June 24, he had been warned by the U.S. competition authorities to open an investigation into possible abuse of dominant position, declaring that he would collaborate in the months come.

"We recognize that our success leads to more attention (the authorities). Yesterday, we were formally informed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it had launched an investigation into our activities," said one of the leaders Google's Amit Singhal, the blog of the group. "We respect the procedures of the FTC and we will work with it (as we did with other jurisdictions) in the coming months to answer questions on Google and our services," he added.

This investigation was announced Thursday by the Wall Street Journal. "The five committee members are preparing to send formal requests to Google of information in the coming days," said the financial daily in its electronic edition, citing "people familiar with the case."

The FTC declined to comment, citing the confidentiality of its investigations. According to the newspaper, "other companies also are likely to receive formal requests for information about their relationship with Google."

ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION?

For the Wall Street Journal, the investigation could be the largest to date in the United States on Google, which until now has attracted the attention of competition authorities mainly in connection with its mergers and acquisitions.

In particular, U.S. authorities should consider whether Google, which monopolizes about two-thirds of Internet searches, is abusing that dominant position to direct Internet users to its services at the expense of competing services.

Google is the subject of a similar survey of European authorities since November, following complaints from service providers online research competitors.

Google ajouter la recherche par la voix

La boîte de recherche Google plaine sera bientôt en mesure de traiter plus de robinets sur un clavier.

Google est un pionnier en apportant des fonctions sur les smartphones, comme la recherche de voix et l'image, à son produit phare, la société a déclaré lors d'une conférence de nouvelles ici mardi.

L'outil de reconnaissance vocale ont commencé à apparaître comme un bouton de microphone sur le côté droit de la boîte de recherche Google.com pour certains visiteurs le mardi. Il ne sera disponible que sur Google Chrome navigateur Web pour le moment, mais les dirigeants de Google ont dit espérer que les fabricants de logiciels d'autres la mise en œuvre de la technologie pour soutenir la fonction.

Comme sur Android ou de l'application Google pour l'iPhone, les gens peuvent cliquer sur l'icône micro sur Google.com, et de dire une phrase ou la question dans leur micro ordinateur.

Les tentatives technologie de la parole pour tenir compte des accents et du contexte afin de transcrire l'enregistrement dans le texte. Ce produit des résultats mitigés lors de mes tests, parlant anglais ou dans la plaine avec un accent Cockney faux.

Jetez un coup d'oeil à la recherche vocale Google

La fonction image-recherche commencer à déployer dans les prochains jours, a déclaré Johanna Wright, directeur de recherche Google. "Chaque image a une histoire, et nous voulons vous aider à découvrir cette histoire, dit-elle.

Recherche d'images peut, par exemple, regarde une photo de vacances en famille et savoir où il a été abattu, ou aider à expliquer des images qui deviennent mèmes Internet, tels que les lolcats. La technologie de reconnaissance s'applique un tas d'algorithmes propriétaires de Google de photos, mais la reconnaissance faciale n'est pas l'un d'eux, des cadres a déclaré dans une interview avec des journalistes.

Les personnes qui utilisent des navigateurs récents Web sera en mesure de faire glisser un fichier image à partir du bureau sur le champ de recherche. Des fonctions supplémentaires sont disponibles pour ceux qui installent les barre d'outils Google dans Firefox.

Google instantanée, les suggestions offertes immédiate quand un utilisateur tape dans la boîte de recherche, fera ses débuts sur la section de Google image de recherche "dans les prochaines semaines", a déclaré Google exec Amit Singhal.

Pour compléter la quête de Google pour la grande vitesse navigation sur le Web, la société prévoit de lancer une fonctionnalité appelée Pages instantanée. Il sera parfois charger le résultat de la recherche en haut sur votre ordinateur avant de cliquer sur le lien, afin que la page s'affiche instantanément une fois que vous faites.

La fonction ne sera disponible que dans Google Chrome, en commençant par la version bêta du logiciel plus tard cette semaine.

Que beaucoup d'annonces de mardi sera d'abord être disponible en chrome limites de leur portée. En mai, Google contrôle 65,5% du marché américain de recherche sur le Web, selon comScore, mais seulement Chrome avait 12,5% de l'utilisation du navigateur - loin derrière Internet Explorer et Firefox - dit Applications firme de recherche Net.

Google provides instant results in Google Chrome

The search engine Google has unveiled Tuesday night, a new feature to its Chrome browser, which displays Web pages almost instantly when searching.

Called "instant pages", this feature is based on the load in anticipation of the first search results. Starting to download the front pages of results for a query, the browser may display in the second pages that are most likely those that search the Internet.

Taking advantage of the overlap between Google's services and his navigator, "instant pages"should be proposed for Chromium and Chromium, the open source browser which is based on Chrome. The search has also integrated its browser into two features already available on the company's Android mobile, voice search and search images.

How Google AdSense Google authenticates its affiliates

Those who sell online are well aware, it is very difficult to identify or authenticate an individual on the Internet. Here's how Google makes in the case where this authentication procedure is necessary, namely in the case of trade agreements with affiliates to the Google AdSense advertising.

One challenge of the Internet is the difficulty of identifying persons, whether physical or moral. If areas such as protection of privacy, for example, where anonymity may be required or desired, there are other areas where it has negative consequences. In fact, when doing business online, it is essential to identify the caller. To do this, to ensure the smooth running of its advertising Google AdWords, Google has set up various options to verify the authenticity of information provided by Google AdSense affiliates.

Checking the email:

After creating an affiliate account Google AdWords, Google sends a validation email to the person. The email contains a confirmation link to click. Failing to validate this link, the newly created account is disabled. Validation confirmation link, which includes a unique identifier that can not be guessed, ensures that the new registrant has provided a valid email address and under its control.

Checking bank account:

To validate the bank account provided by the affiliate, Google will transfer a token amount (about one euro) and asks the member the amount received. As the member did not return the correct amount, transfers are blocked. This step aims to avoid errors in entering the affiliate account and improve the authentication of the latter.

Mailing Address Verification:

To validate the address, Google sends a PIN by post. As the PIN is not entered in the admin interface, payments by the affiliate are blocked.

Upon receipt of this letter, the member opens the mail, take note of the PIN, then enter in the space reserved for this purpose within the administration interface of Google AdSense.

Phone number verification:

The affiliate must also verify their phone number, failing which his payments are frozen. For this, the member must inform his phone number, then from the administration interface, press a button suitable for receiving an automated call. PIN, displayed in the admin interface, is then applied to the member who must enter the telephone keypad.

Comments:

Although not infallible, the solutions adopted by Google to authenticate its affiliates in the AdSense program can eliminate most fraud and identity theft. They however suffer from various defects, including a relatively high cost (inter-bank transfer), a slow (mail), or the difficulty of access for the disabled (hearing impaired and visually impaired).