Google Video Service Has been shut down

Google‘s decided to shut down its Google Video service, and in an email sent Friday night (4/15/2011), reminded those who’ve uploaded videos to the site that they have until May 13 to download them before they are removed.

Google's profit up 17% but misses Street's expectations

Investors hoping brand-new CEO Larry Page would pull a rabbit out of his hat were disappointed Thursday, when Google reported a quarterly profit that rose from year-ago results but missed Wall Street's forecasts.Shares of Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) dropped 5% after hours.

Google is still making gobs of money. The world's online search leader said its net income in the first quarter rose to $2.3 billion, or $7.04 per share, up 17% from a year earlier. Sales rose 27%, to $8.6 billion.

How Google is teaching computers to see

Computers used to be blind, and now they can see.

Thanks to increasingly sophisticated algorithms, computers today can recognize and identify the Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa or a can of Budweiser.

Still, despite huge technological strides in the last decade or so, visual search has plenty more hurdles to clear.

AI Project Funded By Google Wants to Teach Computers Regret

Computer researchers at Tel Aviv University are working on a project funded by Google that aims to teach computers how to minimize “regret” or, in other words, to learn from their decisions and make better ones next time.

This foundational research could improve efficiency in many branches of computer science, says Yishay Mansour, a professor at Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science.

Google’s Revenue Up, Earnings Fall Short

Google has announced its first quarter financial results, revealing that its revenues increased by 27% — but earnings fell short of Wall Street estimates.
Google managed to generate $8.58 billion in revenue, an increase of 27% from the $6.78 billion it earned in the first quarter of 2010. Some 69% of its revenue came from Google-owned websites, while 28% of its revenue was generated via AdSense.

Google’s Earnings: 4 Takeaways

Google’s Google’s Q1 earnings are out, and the verdict isn’t good. While its revenues and profits are up by 27% and 15% respectively, its earnings per share didn’t meet Wall Street expectations. Google’s stock price has taken a beating in after hours trading as a result.

That’s not the only thing hidden in Google’s earnings, though. The numbers tell a deeper story about the search giant’s priorities and its biggest challenges. There are surprising jumps in Google’s R&D, stock-based compensation and marketing expenses. Why are all of these expenses on the rise?

To answer that question, let’s dive into the numbers. Here are some takeaways from Google’s Q1 earnings:

Google Stops Taking Street View Pics in Germany

There won’t be any new Street View pics of Germany from Google. Even after the company won a battle in a German court in March, which ruled that it’s legal in Germany to take pictures from the street even from the Street View camera’s height of 10 feet, a Google spokesperson told Search Engine Land that it has other priorities:

Our business priority is to use our Google cars to collect data such as street names and road signs to improve our basic maps for our users in a similar way that other mapping companies do.

Google revamps its top management

What are Google's core businesses?

Until this week, that answer was singular: search. But four days after taking over as CEO, Larry Page unleashed a management shakeup that puts several of Google's other product lines on par with its dominant one.

PHP, CURL, and YOU! Getting data without risking death

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If you've watched any TV in the U.S. lately, you've probably seen a commercial where nice, friendly folks are saying things like "I want my computer to be infected by viruses.", "I want all of my family photos to disappear without a trace." or "I want my laptop to sound like a Yeti."

Naturally, none of these folks honestly want that sort of pain, but by not taking steps to protect themselves, they're letting in bad guys. Understand, that like your home, car, or personal savings account, you can't just leave it wide open and trust in the kindness of strangers. Sadly, most strangers aren't really as nice as you'd hope. In fact, this probably explains why banks switched off keeping their money in a big bag out in the middle of an empty field after the first few days.

With +1, Google really, really wants to be your friend

Google is pretty good with robots. Not so much with people.

After making its name using computers and equations to organize information online, Google this week announced yet another attempt to cross into an area that's dominated by Facebook: online friendship.

The company's new effort at social search, called "+1," is Google's answer to the Facebook "Like" button (which, for those keeping score, debuted about a year ago).

it's The Reasons Why Google Chrome Change the Logo

Chrome Logo

Google announced Google Chrome browser logo changes. The new logo looks more 'refined' than the previous logo.

Google seems not to change the color scheme. Blend of red, yellow and green with a blue circle in it remain a key element.

Google +1

Google soon make its users to find search results more personal by introducing features of '+1'. Her presence and challenging features of 'Like' who first introduced by Facebook.

+1 start button to be tested in a limited number of users starting today. +1 Presence allows users a wide range of recommendations more specific search results to a friend by clicking on it.

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Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. You can submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser.