Apr 1, 2012 at 3:37am ET by Matt McGee

It was right about this time last year when we gave Google the winner's trophy for a series of gags that put all others to shame. We could do the same again right now, because Google has tried to top itself with another round of April Fool's Day jokes that pretty well span the globe of Google's international properties. Below is a recap of Google's (and a few others) pranks, and we'll do our best to update this as the day goes along. Google Racing: Self-Driving Cars Hit NASCAR The main joke at the moment is Google's "announcement" of a partnership with NASCAR called Google Racing, whi [...]

Google News Spotlight Now Spotlights Your Friends & Stories They +1

Nov 22, 2011 at 12:48pm ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google News Blog announced that the Spotlight section on Google News may contain stories that your Google + friends and Gmail contacts have +1'ed. If you are logged in while using Google News and your friends or contacts have used the Google +1 button to like the stories in your Spotlight section, that information will show up in the Spotlight section near the article. It will even let you click on the name of your friend/contact to see their social profile on Google. Google said: Starting today, the Spotlight section will sometimes include articles that your Gmail contacts and peop [...]

Related Topics: Google: +1 | Google: Gmail | Google: Google+ | Google: News | Top News

Feel Secure Using Gmail Or Other Cloud Services? Read This.

Oct 13, 2011 at 10:53am ET by Chris Sherman

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Chinese Warn Google May Get Punished For Making Country Look Bad

Jun 6, 2011 at 8:31am ET by Greg Sterling

China is being very defensive. Google's recent exposure of more attempted Gmail hacking, targeting US government officials and Chinese human-rights activists, has made the Chinese government embarrassed and angry. Suspected state-sponsored Gmail hacking is what initially caused Google to discontinue cooperating with China's internet censorship policies. Chinese: Google Is a "Political Tool" Last week's hacking incident and Google's statements that indirectly point to the government as the source have the Chinese seeing red, so to speak. Claiming that China is being unfairly maligned, th [...]

Twitter Adds Ability To See Other’s Timeline & Gmail Adds People Widget

May 27, 2011 at 9:22am ET by Barry Schwartz

Did you ever wonder what your favorite SEO's Twitter timeline looked like? Well, if you did, you can now peak in on someone else's timeline. For example, check out what Danny's timeline looks like by going over here. As you can see, Twitter added the ability to see what the 1,801 people on Twitter that Danny follows are "tweeting right now." Not only that, Twitter added a neat "Shuffle" feature to randomly jump to other Twitter user's timelines by clicking on the top right shuffle icon on that page: Meanwhile, Google announced the people widget for Gmail yesterday. That featu [...]

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