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Rave ‘Reviews’ For North Korean Gulags On Google Maps

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN It’s no secret that the Internet has a hard time taking things seriously. “Best. Gulag. Ever.’, raved Google user, C. Quinn, about Yodok North Korean prison. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt probably expected his recent high-profile visit to the isolated dictatorship to have a more sobering impact on online discourse. But, after Google asked users to help identify important roads and landmarks for the newly mapped country, it should have…

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Google’s newly detailed North Korea maps offer a peek into an isolated land

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas North Korea has yet to welcome the internet with open arms despite Eric Schmidt’s visit, but the internet is certainly welcoming North Korea: as of a sweeping update, Google Maps touts detailed cartography of the secluded state rather than the voids we’ve known before. The results still leave significant blank spots, although that’s forgivable when Google Map Maker is virtually the only option to improve accuracy. We doubt a suspicious government is about…

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Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution

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As reported on The Verge. By Verge Staff The new Google way is weird, but it’s working By Dieter Bohn and Ellis Hamburger Something strange and remarkable started happening at Google immediately after Larry Page took full control as CEO in 2011: it started designing good-looking apps. Great design is not something anybody has traditionally expected from Google. Infamously, the company used to focus on A/B testing tiny, incremental changes like 41 different shades of blue for links instead of trusting…

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New Google Image Search Is Faster, Gets Rid Of Obnoxious Landing Page For Metadata

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Google announced that it has revamped its image search to be faster and more effective. The changes, which will be rolled out over the next few days, include image results displayed in an inline panel, allowing users to flip through a set of images by using their keyboard and view metadata without being redirected to a separate landing page. Here is more information from Google’s announcement on what the upgraded image…

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Google applies for license to build experimental wireless network at Mountain View

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg Google’s learned quite a lot about internet provision through its wired Fiber service, and now it appears to be preparing a localized wireless network. El Goog has solicited the FCC for a license to built an “experimental radio service” at its Mountain View lair, which uses bands that current consumer devices don’t. As the WSJ notes, Google’s old buddy Clearwire holds the keys to the 2524-2625MHz range it’ll occupy, and wireless networks using these…

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Google makes Microsoft sweat over Sync cutoff, but Windows Phone will get DAV support

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren A curious twist in the ongoing ecosystems war. Google’s decision to drop Exchange ActiveSync support, a protocol used to sync Gmail calendar, contacts, and mail items on mobile devices, left Microsoft surprised anddisappointed. The change means new Windows Phone users after January 30th with personal Gmail accounts will be unable to sync calendar and contact items. The Vergehas learned that Microsoft is planning to support CardDAV and CalDAV in Windows Phone, Google’s…

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Sergey Brin Dons Google Glass, Dresses Like An International Jewel Thief For NYC Subway Ride

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Google co-founder Sergey Brin rides the subway, just like the rest of us, but when he does, he’swearing Google Glass and presumably seeing much more about the dreary downtown 3 train interior than his fellow passengers thanks to his magic augmented reality powers. Brin wasphotographed and chatted up by Noah Zerkin, an AR blogger, who posted the encounter to Twitter. Brin looked ready to infiltrate any high-security bank vault in…

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Rise of the Chromebook: Lenovo is the latest to challenge Windows laptops

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren With aggressive pricing and growing support for Chrome OS, Microsoft has its work cut out Should the lowly Chromebook — once a laughing stock of the PC world — have Microsoft worried? Google first announced its Chrome operating system back in mid-2009, before shipping the first Chromebook laptops with the software preinstalled two years later. At the time the idea of just a web browser for an OS seemed…

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Google+ iOS app now available in 48 more countries and territories Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee If Google+ wants any chance of beating the social media juggernaut that is Facebook— especially after the latter’s latest efforts in the search arena — it needs to reach a far wider audience than it does now. The Mountain View company has just made a small but significant step in that direction with the availability of its G+ iOS app to 48 more countries and territories, according to a G+ post by engineer Frank Petterson. The countries…

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Google Not Involved In Donkey’s Murder, Says Company (And No, It’s Not April Fool’s. This Happened.)

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ The donkey lives! Apparently, Google did not kill a donkey with its Street View car in Botswana, after all. Donkeycide would totally go against Google’s whole “do no evil” credo, the company said. Okay, just kidding. But Google did take the time out of its busy schedule to respond to the accusations of donkey hit-and-run on the official Google Mapsblog this morning, in a post hilariously titled “Never ass-ume.” Ass-ume. Get it?…

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