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Why Is Microsoft Having Copyright Links Taken Down From Google?
Our friends over at TechDirt has found out that according to Google’s copyright transparency tool, Microsoft has been sending Google a lot of takedown notices for copyright infringing links. However many of these same links still appear to be indexed in Microsoft’s search engine Bing.com. Google generally takes down links that infringe copyright in under 11 hours and they are processing over 1 million takedowns per month by hand-checking them. Microsoft takes a longer amount of time to take down links even though they are requesting many of them from Google themselves. You can see some of the links that Microsoft requested to have taken down at this link.
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Google Announces In-App Subscriptions For Google Play
When Google launched In-app Billing last year on Google Play, developers were able to find more ways to sell and engage users over the lifetime of their apps. In-app Billing now accounts for 23 of the 24 top-grossing apps in Google Play by allowing users to buy virtual goods and upgrades. The total revenue generated from in-app purchases now exceeds revenue from traditional app purchases. Now Google is allowing app developers to set up subscriptions with In-app Billing. This includes monthly or annual subscriptions from inside the apps. All subscriptions are auto-renewing. Developers can set the price and billing interval. After the transaction, Google Play manages the recurring billing and keeps the users informed about their charges by sending them an e-mail at each renewal. Google introduced an HTTP-based publisher API through enterprise-scale backend servers to validate or cancel subscriptions. Glu Mobile is one of the first games to utilize Google Play subscriptions for their Android title Frontline Commando.
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Google Hires Several Of HP’s webOS Enyo Employees
Following the news of HP laying off 27,000 employees, Google has hired employees from them. Several members of the HP team that was responsible for building Enyo, an HTML5-based application framework that was integrated into the HP TouchPad is joining Google. Enyo is an essential part of HP’s open source strategy for webOS. It is likely that the poached Enyo employees will find themselves working on Android or on Chrome. One of the key employees that Google hired from Enyo is Matt McNulty, whom was responsible for heading up Enyo. Below is a statement from HP that was sent to The Verge:
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The Jury Voted 9-3 In Favor Of Google Against Oracle
Yesterday we reported that the jury voted in favor of Google. As part of a follow-up to that article, I just wanted to add that the jury was split 9-3 in favor of Google. Jury foreman Greg Thompson spent time answering questions for reporters while Oracle’s lawyers had listened quietly. It turns out that Oracle did not have a chance to win all along. Oracle had to convince the jury that some portions of their Java APIs can be classified as protected. Google uses these APIs as the foundation for the Android operating system. Judge William Alsup even prompted to consider Java APIs as being copyrighted.
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Google Updates Search App For iPhone
Google has updated the Search app for the iPhone. You will notice that the interface has been redesigned to give you faster results. There is a full-screen image search and a simple way to access all of the Google apps in one place. The app has autocompletion for search suggestions and multiple pages have a slide-in panel. At the bottom of the app is a navigational scheme that lets you easily switch between search modes as well.
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Jury Says Google Did Not Infringe Oracle Patents
The jury in the lawsuit between Oracle and Google has decided that Google has not infringed on Oracle’s patents. Oracle said that Google were using Java patents in Android illegally. “Today’s jury verdict that Android does not infringe Oracle’s patents was a victory not just for Google but the entire Android ecosystem,” said Google in a statement.
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Google To Start Alerting Users That Have DNSChanger Malware Infection
Google is working on a campaign to notify users whose PCs have been infected with the DNSChanger malware. The DNSChanger malware was part of a scam that came up last November when the U.S. Department of Justice accused 7 men from Russia and Estonia of conducting several kinds of Internet fraud schemes. Users were infected with the malware when clicking on malicious links or downloading bad software. The malware had sent infected computers to DNS servers to redirect them to websites that they never intended to visit. After the faulty DNS servers were found, a non-profit organization called the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) replaced the servers with the help of a court order. Paul Vixie of the ISC estimates that about 500,000 devices were still being connected to the temporary servers. However the court order is expiring on July 9th and those temporary servers will be shut down. This would cause hundreds of thousands of people to not have Internet. Google said that they will try to alert users in their preferred language.
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WATCH: Larry Page Talks About Facebook Being Closed With Their Data
Google CEO Larry Page was interviewed by Charlie Rose of PBS last night to discuss various topics. One of the topics was regarding the Facebook IPO. Page wished Facebook well, but decided to focus more on Facebook being a closed environment.
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Dennis Woodside Becomes CEO Of Motorola Mobility
Google CEO Larry Page has confirmed that Google has officially acquired Motorola Mobility. “Sanjay Jha, who was responsible for building the company and placing that big bet on Android, has stepped down as CEO. I would like to thank him for his efforts and am tremendously pleased that he will be working to ensure a smooth transition as long-time Googler Dennis Woodside takes over as CEO of Motorola Mobility,” said Page. Woodside expanded Google’s business across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Woodside also helped Google’s revenue increase from $10.8 billion to $17.5 billion in under three years as the President of the Americas region.
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Motorola Mobility Acquisition Will Close This Week
Over the weekend, Google was given clearance from the Chinese government to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Today Motorola Mobility filed an 8-K form that says the deal will be closed in the next couple of business days. Next a “listening tour” will take place where new management will visit the whole operation. They will see what everyone does and make decisions. One of the biggest decisions could be headcount reduction, which would effect as high as 30% of Motorola’s staff.
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