Tag: Google
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Microsoft Preps Answer to Google Pack
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft’s latest Windows Live offering is for the most part not a new service at all, but rather a one-time download that includes a subset of the available Live applications, much like the Google Pack. Called Windows Live Essentials, the program also features a new application called Windows Live Dashboard. The Dashboard would show the… Read more
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Salesforce.com on the Prowl for More Acquisitions
Categories: News and TrendsNEW YORK—Shortly after announcing on Aug. 21 that Salesforce.com had acquired the small software development company Kieden, CEO Marc Benioff confirmed that he is indeed on the lookout for additional acquisitions. “We’re paying attention to what customers want us to do,” Benioff said during an Aug. 22 interview with eWEEK at a Salesforce for Google… Read more
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Google Mini: Can Cute Cut It?
Categories: Tech CompaniesWhile its name is synonymous with searching the Web (just look in the dictionary), Google hasn’t quite made the same kind of inroads when it comes to search in corporate environments. Who knows? Maybe Google is just too cute for its own good. Its Google Search Appliances, which are designed to provide search to huge… Read more
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Websense Taps Google API
Categories: News and TrendsSecurity researchers have a brand-new tool to use to go digging for malicious executables on the Web: the Google SOAP Search API. Malware hunters at Websense Security Labs have figured out a way to use the freely available Google API to find dangerous .exe files sitting on thousands of Web servers around the world. The… Read more
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The E-Commerce Future, Google Style
Categories: News and TrendsLike every major sales and communications advance that preceded it, e-commerce’s 12-year existence has moved along in phases, as it slowly abandoned earlier methods to accept the new reality. Offline and online brands were initially kept distinct, then they were awkwardly merged. Initial e-commerce efforts were flashy brochure sites, with rudimentary shopping carts and checkout… Read more
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Google Partners Gear for a Year of Innovation
Categories: News and TrendsSince launching its enterprise partner program in September, Google has added more than 40 new collaborators. The program, built on symbiotic solutions, now stands at nearly 50 partners (Google was reluctant to reveal the actual number as new partners are added weekly, according to a spokesman) and the company is preparing for a blitz of… Read more