If you haven’t seen the movie (500) Days of Summer, you should, it’s a great movie. But I’m not giving anything away (that the trailer doesn’t) by saying it’s the story of a relationship that ends for seemingly no good reason. And following the release of the documents sent to the FCC, it would seem [...]

This is the first colorful logo of Google. Google’s first name was Backrub. Backrub’s logo was simply a scan Larry Page’s hand from a flatbed scanner. Larry and Sergey decide that the BackRub search engine needs a new name. After some brainstorming, they go with Google – a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical [...]

Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google’s attempt to create what could be the world’s largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive. They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many online works… [...]

GOOGLE has an outsize image as the deft master of information. Its superior technology seems to pitilessly grind up its rivals. But Google’s domination in search has proved hard for it to match in some information domains. When serving financial news and information, for example, Yahoo draws 17.5 times the traffic of Google, according to [...]

All responses are in to the Federal Communications Commission’s query asking why Apple put Google Voice for its iPhone on ice. But chances are that the answers that the FCC has received from Apple and AT&T will only provoke more questions. Here’s the good news, iPhone users. Never mind that New York Times story citing [...]

From blogger unmaskings to social media bans, it’s been an interesting week in the social realm.We also brought you a wealth of resources to help you do more online, from spicing up your GMail signature to combating annoying Facebook notifications. Without further ado, here are the top 10 social media stories this week. Tweet This [...]

The successful development of open access publishing by organizations including the Public Library of Science (PLoS) in recent years is a dramatic illustration of how the Internet is revolutionizing scientific communication. Today, after several months of work, I’m delighted to announce that PLoS is launching PLoS Currents (Beta) — a new and experimental website for [...]

Apple has responded to the FCC’s request for information around its rejection of various Google and third party iPhone applications for the iPhone. In short, Apple denies that they rejected the Google Voice application, but they go into great detail about how the Google Voice application hurts “the iPhone’s distinctive user experience.” All of those [...]