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Google Checkout Checks Out
Google has announced that they will be discontinuing the Google Checkout e-commerce payment solution effective November 20, 2013.
I would have expected Checkout to be extremely profitable for Google, but clearly they wouldn't…
Read More »Google announces "Compute Engine". Look out, Amazon EC2 and Rackspace Cloud!
Over at the Google I/O conference, Google has announced what appears to be a competitor to Amazon's EC2 (Elastic Cloud Compute), called Google Compute Engine.
Urs Hölzle, SVP of technical infrastructure at the company said…
Read More »Amazon Web Services | Cloud Computing | Cloud Hosting | Google | Web Hosting
Google Drops Support for Several Modern Browsers in Google Apps
Google announced today that they will be discontinuing support for a number of modern browsers in Google Apps.
The list includes:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5
- Apple Safari 3
Since most…
Read More »Cloud Computing | Google | HTML5 | Web Development | Web Programmers
Google Responds To Smartphone Location Tracking Uproar, Says Android Is Opt-In
Over the last few days there’s been quite a hubbub over the location tracking going on in the background on iOS devices, namely the iPhone and iPad 3G. The report that sparked it all focused on a database file stored on iOS…
Read More »Geolocation | Google | Privacy | Smartphone
Google's Groupon Competitor Goes Live
Google Offers, the company's long-awaited response to Groupon, has gone live with a signup for beta program in Portland, Oregon.
Google promises 50% off or more at places you'll love,on a signup page and offers six locations:…
Read More »I work with all kinds of vendors in this job of mine and I can't remember any during my 21 years on the job that were more skilled and professional.
Tim Mullen
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