International Business News - Google http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Instead of just hanging around at airports while waiting for your flight, Google said it will be offering free Wi-Fi to travelers across the United States starting Tuesday at 47 airports. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223922-google.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091111/which-ariports-canget-googles-free-wifi-service-hotspots-google-goog.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091111/which-ariports-canget-googles-free-wifi-service-hotspots-google-goog.htm Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:48:33 EST Major search engines like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and eBay are offering free WiFi hotspots around the nation this holiday season till early next year, at airports, hotels and even in New York's Time Square. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223867-wifi.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/google-yahoo-ebay-microsofts-bing-offering-free-wifi-travelers-google-free-wifi.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/google-yahoo-ebay-microsofts-bing-offering-free-wifi-travelers-google-free-wifi.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:03:47 EST As we roll on into the festive season, Google has decided to get festive. The tech giant announced Tuesday it will be offering travelers free WiFi at 47 airports across the nation, starting from today, Nov. 10 until Jan. 15, 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/google-free-wifi-holidays-goog-free-wifi-airport.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:02:57 EST Google Inc, criticized for scanning books without copyright permission, has said it would open its digital library to rivals and bookstores, the search engine giant said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220146-main-reading-room-of-new-york-public.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/google-to-share-scanned-books-with-rivals.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/google-to-share-scanned-books-with-rivals.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:56:02 EDT Google Inc's plan to digitize millions of books as part of a class action settlement wrongly creates a virtually compulsory license for books, the U.S. register of copyrights said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220134-main-reading-room-of-new-york-public.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/ucopyright-office-opposes-google-book-settlement.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/ucopyright-office-opposes-google-book-settlement.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:56:02 EDT Google Inc is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220058-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090909/reuters-summit-google-plans-mirror-cheaper-solar-power.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090909/reuters-summit-google-plans-mirror-cheaper-solar-power.htm Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:15:16 EDT Google, the Internet search group, defended its scanning and publishing of millions of books online on Monday by saying the project was making finding information on the Web more democratic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/google-tells-eu-online-books-make-web-democratic.htm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:44:35 EDT Google has offered concessions to European publishers who are concerned about the Internet giant's plans to further digitize books by saying that it will not include European books that are still commercially available. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090907/google-alters-europe-book-plans.htm Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:29:39 EDT Google chose to baffle the world today. Google's latest doodle - the adapted version of its logo that appears on its homepage - today features an image of a UFO with a link to the search term "unexplained phenomenon". http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090905/unexplained-phenomenon-google-doodle-unexplained-ufo-sightings-google.htm Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:08:43 EDT Google Inc made its fortune on Internet search ads, but Wall Street is increasingly eager for signs that the company's other money-making bets will pay off. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219793-a-photo-of-the-google-inc-logo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/googles-investors-look-for-next-big-thing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/googles-investors-look-for-next-big-thing.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:00:24 EDT Google Inc.'s massive crash of its popular Gmail service was the result of a routine service "miscalculation", the company explained late Tuesday, leaving the majority of its 150 million users without access to their email accounts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090902/gmail-server-problem-wasbig-deal.htm Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:57:47 EDT Gmail has been down since 4 pm ET on Tuesday, September 1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/gmail-down-gmail-outage-gmail-status-gmail-server-error-gmail-not-working-gmail-down-sept-1.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:17:52 EDT The popular video-sharing Website YouTube, owned by Google, announced an expansion of the YouTube Partnership Program (YPP), which was first launched in December 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219422-youtube.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/youtube-broaden-video-profit-sharing-program.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/youtube-broaden-video-profit-sharing-program.htm Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:49:35 EDT Google is once again under scrutiny again for its Google Maps "Street View" service. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219115-google.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090825/google-street-view-map-hot-water-again.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090825/google-street-view-map-hot-water-again.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:54:43 EDT Google search engine infrastructure dubbed as "Caffeine" is down, a possible come back is set this afternoon. “DON'T PANIC”, said Matt Cutts, Principal Engineer of Google. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090813/google-caffeine-is-down-possible-come-back-today.htm Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:38:05 EDT Google has once again opened its Google Code Jam, an annual programming competition allowing global community of computer scientists to show their talents. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090812/google-code-jam-opens-today.htm Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:14:03 EDT Google "secret project" search engine infrastructure dubbed as "Caffeine" has revealed and is now open to the public for testing and real-time experience letting users to send feedback between the difference of Caffeine search engine and the ongoing live search engine of Google. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090811/google-caffeine-pushing-search-quality-forward.htm Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:09:31 EDT As online search becomes more competitive and innovate, Google is upping the ante by developing new technology which will speed up indexing new search results and create a larger index. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218344-google.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090811/google-caffeine-search-engine-sandbox-google-search.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090811/google-caffeine-search-engine-sandbox-google-search.htm Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:34:55 EDT Google on Wednesday took another step in its Web video strategy by announcing it will acquire On2 Technologies, a creator of high-quality video compression technology in order to boost its YouTube site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218050-youtube.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/google-buys-on2-video-firm-bolster-youtube.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/google-buys-on2-video-firm-bolster-youtube.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:39:52 EDT Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, announced his resignation from Apple's Board of Directors due to "potential conflicts" as the two tech giants compete in similar markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217872-eric-schmidt.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/eric-schmidt-resigns-from-apples-board-directors-steve-jobs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/eric-schmidt-resigns-from-apples-board-directors-steve-jobs.htm Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:06:41 EDT