Provides the latest RSS feeds for Domain Names News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Dublin News.com http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/cat/102e1848699243f7/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:06 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:06 -0400 30 For Yahoo! this is a big deal as search ads makes up approximately 14% of the company's value and, though its search ad revenue has increased, its revenue per search metrics are below industry ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214663386/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214663386/scat/102e1848699243f7 On the way to Las Vegas we passed a Soweto police tactical response team kombi parked next to a house. It was a raid on a lolly lounge, explained Ruiters. But the cops were early; Google tyd was still 45 minutes away. There would be no drugs, according to ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214664676/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:52:14 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214664676/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google Inc. said it is retiring its seven-year-old Google Checkout service this November as it focuses on Google Wallet as a rival for PayPal. The news comes a week after Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) made several major updates to its Google Wallet service, such as the ability to store payment credentials on the Chrome Internet browser. The Google Checkout service allows people to store credit card ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214664441/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:41:59 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214664441/scat/102e1848699243f7 WASHINGTON - Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials. The breach appears to have been aimed at unearthing the identities of Chinese intelligence operatives in the United States who may have been under ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214661019/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214661019/scat/102e1848699243f7 I have to admit my domain business has taken a hit with my busy May schedule. My overall work schedule has not. Sunday I rode 45 miles, had breakfast with my family, went in to work for the day, came home and planted our spring garden completely full of grafted tomatoes and peppers, and then called 3 people about domains Every single minute of the day was rewarding and enjoyable. Each minute ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214661659/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:14:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214661659/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google has removed the ability to make Google Voice calls on your computer within its Hangouts service. Users first started reporting the issue within the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214660311/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214660311/scat/102e1848699243f7 Computerworld - Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year. One source inside Google and another close to Google said the company expects to ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214659580/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:27:46 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214659580/scat/102e1848699243f7 Apple didn’t originally market the iPhone or the iPad as business tools, but that’s exactly what they’ve become. So what about Google Glass? Is it the next enterprise Trojan Horse? It may seem unlikely. But several companies are already working to bring enterprise applications to Glass. And even if glass goes the way of the Apple Newton and Danger Sidekick, these early ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214660312/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:46 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214660312/scat/102e1848699243f7 The logo of Amazon Europe Holding Technologies is seen in Luxembourg in this November 20, 2012 file photo. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the U.K. justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. Over the past six years, Amazon has paid around $9 million in income tax on over $23 billion of ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214658153/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:02 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214658153/scat/102e1848699243f7 Harvard's Rosabeth Moss Kanter once remarked that Peter Drucker was so farseeing, his "eyeglasses must contain crystal balls." With Google Glass, we all may be able to say the same thing about ourselves before long. Few products have ever been greeted with as much anticipation--and as much apprehension--as the wearable, Internet-connected specs, which ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214656601/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:07:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214656601/scat/102e1848699243f7 HMRC are being 'bamboozled' by Google: MPs confront search giant over 'devious' attempt to avoid paying UK ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214657220/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:56:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214657220/scat/102e1848699243f7 Intel is a $53bn-a-year company that enjoys a near monopoly on the computer chips that go into PCs. But when it comes to the data underlying big companies like Facebook and Google, it says it wants to "return power to the people."Intel Labs, the company's R&D arm, is launching an initiative around what it calls the "data economy"--how consumers might capture more of ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214655687/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:53 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214655687/scat/102e1848699243f7 Waze Ltd. marked the worst day in its history, when the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv was closed because of a storm, which caused the Ayalon wadi to flood. Even though the highway was closed for a long time, the popular navigation app continued to direct drivers to it. Waze subsequently did its homework, and the results were seen last night. Waze added a feature which allows drivers to report ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214655998/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:38 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214655998/scat/102e1848699243f7 -0.07% databases accessed valuable information about U.S. knowledge of Chinese espionage activities, the Washington Post reported late Monday. The cyber-intrusions, which Google reported in 2010, included information on U.S. court orders to conduct surveillance of Gmail accounts, the report said. This, in turn, likely tipped off China as to which of its operatives had drawn the suspicion of U.S. ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214655005/scat/102e1848699243f7 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:44:47 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214655005/scat/102e1848699243f7 IDG News Service - Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform. Checkout, which launched in 2006, was merged with Wallet, which is a mobile payments tool, last November. The product was aimed at taking on eBay's PayPal service, which dominates Web-based payments. Google said it ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214653772/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:51:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214653772/scat/102e1848699243f7 Senior Google executive Ale Vendramin has joined search and social agency Reprise Media Australia in the newly created role of general manager. Vendramin will report to Reprise Media CEO Craig Ellis. Vendramin was formerly head of automotive for Google Australia and New Zealand where he was responsible for driving advertising revenues and building strong relationships with senior level ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214653773/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214653773/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google Glass isn't ready for prime time. Even Google knows this, which is why it hasn't shipped to the masses yet. Instead, Google floated a few units to ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214652825/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:15:22 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214652825/scat/102e1848699243f7 This screen shot shows how Google Maps gave the wrong location for Capitol Toyota in Salem. Google showed the dealership as being down a rural, dead-end ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214651881/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:46:01 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214651881/scat/102e1848699243f7 Chinese hackers were blamed for breaking into Google's servers in 2010; now, U.S. officials say these cyberattacks may have led to the release of secret government ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214651251/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:39 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214651251/scat/102e1848699243f7 With last week's gale of Google cloud announcements, it'd be easy to think that the Chocolate Factory has a competitive offering compared with Amazon Web Services. But when you look at the number of services Google fields versus Amazon, that is simply not the case. For all the announcements last week - ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650914/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:47:00 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650914/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google's data centre in Dublin: by booking all UK sales through Ireland, the internet company handed HMRC only about 10m in corporation tax over the period 2006-11. Photograph: Niall ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650074/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:54 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650074/scat/102e1848699243f7 blog post Monday . Even though Checkout was replaced by Wallet in 2011, it still has been an option for those merchants who are adamant about using the old service in their operations. But on November 20, that will come to an end. Google said by that time merchants who use Checkout will have two options: (1) move to another service, such as Google partners Braintree, Shopify, or Freshbooks, if ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650915/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:25:36 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650915/scat/102e1848699243f7 "When you're at a concert and the band takes the stage, nowadays 50,000 phones and tablets go into the air," said Google Senior Development Advocate Timothy Jordan in the first Google Glass session of this year's Google I/O. "Which isn't all that weird, except that people seem to be looking at the tablets more than they are the folks onstage or the experience that ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650916/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:14 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214650916/scat/102e1848699243f7 SALEM, Ore. – A Google Maps glitch has a Salem woman at wits end and is potentially costing a car dealership some big cash. The search giant is directing people to Allison Houck’s house when they search for Capitol Toyota in Salem. That error is misleading as many as a dozen would-be car buyers a day. Instead of being taken to the dealership, they end up following Google’s ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214649713/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:26:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214649713/scat/102e1848699243f7 Hackers who breached Google’s network in 2010 obtained access to the company’s system for tracking surveillance requests from law enforcement, according to a news report. The hackers gained access to a database that Google used to process court orders from law enforcement agencies seeking information about customer accounts, including classified FISA orders that are used in foreign ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214649758/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:09:37 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214649758/scat/102e1848699243f7 The Chinese hackers who breached Google's corporate servers 41 months ago gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveillance by the US government, according to a published report. The revelation came in ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214648983/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:45 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214648983/scat/102e1848699243f7 identify a great startup opportunity . Let me propose a path few take: find an under-monetized domain name and start a business on it. The secret of building a business on a Tier-1 domain name is that a great domain name (short, memorable, meaningful, .com, etc.) is worth ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644646/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:07:11 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644646/scat/102e1848699243f7 (Credit: Apple) AT&T customers should be able to use any mobile video chat app before too much longer. Preloaded video-chat apps will work over AT&T's cellular network for all customers, regardless of device or data plan, by the end of 2013, according to a statement from AT&T. Customers with unlimited data and an LTE device should expect to be able to use video chat apps ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644647/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644647/scat/102e1848699243f7 How can Google be confident with their SERPs, when relying on inherently subjective signals that influence which sites display (i.e. using human ‘quality raters’ to evaluate entire domains without the context of the search query ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644645/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:36 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644645/scat/102e1848699243f7 Eric Schmidt and other business leaders that he expected their companies to pay their taxes in exchange for benefiting from low tax rates. Cameron's intervention came days after British lawmakers ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644648/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:42 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214644648/scat/102e1848699243f7 Misbegotten midnight orders of grilled-cheese sandwiches and Fresca are about to get a whole lot better/worse: "Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub announced plans Monday to combine and create a company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642509/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:04 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642509/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google has filed paperwork with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a mysterious new media player device, leading to widespread speculation that a successor to the ill-fated Nexus Q may be forthcoming. But if that's true, what's with the Douglas Adams references? ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214643457/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:23:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214643457/scat/102e1848699243f7 Paying back that 20 dollars your buddy spotted you last night will soon be as easy as sending an email. With very little fanfare last week at Google I/O, a very useful new technology was introduced. You might have missed it among the flurry of other ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642220/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:10:06 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642220/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google Play Music All Access , and made it an Android-only affair, more than a few iOS users were bummed. But never fear, Apple acolytes, because one third-party developer has quickly compiled zeros and ones so anyone with an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad can enjoy Google’s All Access subscription music service. ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214641425/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:12 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214641425/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field of study into a more mainstream light. The search-engine giant says quantum technology will help the company build better, more accurate search engines, and will help advance the field of artificial intelligence. But don't ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642221/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:39 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642221/scat/102e1848699243f7 As the company integrates Google Voice into its social network, the latest update for Hangouts is missing the ability to make outbound phone calls. Users can still receive calls to their Google Voice ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214641337/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:57 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214641337/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google , the world's largest email provider, has announced that users of its Gmail and Google Wallet services will be able to send money for free from Wallet accounts. Watch to see how that would ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642222/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:46:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214642222/scat/102e1848699243f7 Justin's back from a sabbatical harvesting McNuggets and McSalad Shakers, Nintendo takes money from fan, a politician goes to Facebook school, and Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion exactly 5 years after CEO David Karp appeared on The ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214640996/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:29 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214640996/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field of study into a more mainstream light. The search-engine giant says quantum technology will help the company build better, more accurate search engines, and will help advance the field of artificial intelligence. But don't ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214640997/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:28 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214640997/scat/102e1848699243f7 Has it really only been eight years since we first clapped eyes on the PlayStation 3? Oh wait -- yes it has, and we've spent several of those long, dark years desperately awaiting a glimpse of some exotic new gaming hardware from Sony. The test of endurance is almost at an end however, and there's now an awful lot we know about the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214639568/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214639568/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google has combined the Keyword Tool and the Traffic Estimator into one tool called the Keyword Planner. ';Behind every successful AdWords campaign are well planned out keywords and ad ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214639569/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:40 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214639569/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google Glass , the tech giant's new wearable computing device, a common nickname for its wearers has arisen among skeptics and critics: Glassholes. It's a charming portmanteau that satisfies an immediate desire to shun this weird new contraption. And the term fits, to some extent. As ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214639570/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:28 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214639570/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google Glass is in for a bumpy ride. Unlike some journalists, I believe that Glass has great potential, especially when developers build more apps for it. Google faces an uphill battle of Everest proportions spurring mass adoption for the device, though. Just because it's "the future" doesn't mean it will be embraced by the public (see: Segway). I believe Google Glass faces ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638569/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638569/scat/102e1848699243f7 Printic turns your iPhone photos into Polaroid-style prints , then delivers them to one or more recipients. It's a simple concept, done well. The app lets you choose photos from your Camera Roll, Facebook account, and/or Instagram account. Just tap to select the ones you want (the minimum order is three pictures), then move on to the editing process. Here you can crop, move, and/or scale ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638190/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:31:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638190/scat/102e1848699243f7 Search Engine Optimization has changed a lot over the years, and with mobile ecosystems rising in prominence, there are things that need to be taken into consideration that simply didn’t exist when the industry first came into being. One of those things is the rise of mobile apps and app stores like Google Play. If you have a mobile app, you are presented with the challenge of getting it ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638191/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:04 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638191/scat/102e1848699243f7 It's hard to believe that technology that has only been around for a couple of years already has such a rich history. Google launched its original version of Hangouts in June 2011. Historically, the tool has lived inside Google+, the company's answer ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638192/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:45 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214638192/scat/102e1848699243f7 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Pintererest users who click on the pin of a tasty-looking meal may now discover a recipe to cook up the dish themselves. The scrapbooking social network today tweaked the power of certain pins to provide more details on the pinned item, courtesy of third-party Web sites. As described in the ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214637167/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:32 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214637167/scat/102e1848699243f7 iOS platform in terms of smartphone unit shipments. Android grew 79% over the period a year ago improving its rankings to a 75% market share compared to a 7% growth for iOS reducing its rankings to a 17% market share. Prior to Apple's decade-long run of new products from the iPod to the iPad, Apple was considered a niche player in an industry dominated by heavyweights ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635658/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:01 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635658/scat/102e1848699243f7 Image via CrunchBase Last week we had another bullish week of gains as this market extends its advance. The stair-step trend continues to hold higher and not wait for those looking for a pullback. This is one of the most interesting and complicated dynamics that I've seen in a while as performance anxiety runs rampant on Wall Street. As a market participant you have a road map, but you ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635720/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635720/scat/102e1848699243f7 IDG News Service - After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint Thursday that the European Privacy Association is working to represent industry ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635619/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635619/scat/102e1848699243f7 Infoworld - Guessing Google's future direction is a bit like trying to predict the path of a flock of birds: Tracing the trajectory of any one bird provides scant guidance, but there's little question the whole flock is headed north. Search, Google+, Android, Google Glass, self-driving cars -- the company famous for beta launches ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636573/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636573/scat/102e1848699243f7 Blacknight aims to offer the most cutting edge services to our clients and the work that .XXX has done in conjunction with the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) in terms of online safety is ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636574/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636574/scat/102e1848699243f7 (Credit: Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET) Apple may be checking out displays for its much-rumored smartwatch. The company has reportedly been examining 1.5-inch OLED screens built by Ritek ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636575/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:27:32 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636575/scat/102e1848699243f7 Remember the Nexus Q? It was the media player that Google showed at I/O last year, and then disappeared from the market after shipping out the Q for free to those who pre-ordered it. Now it seems that Google is going to take another crack at a media streaming ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636577/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:22:20 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636577/scat/102e1848699243f7 IT is set to be the next big thing for gadget lovers everywhere. But users of Google Glass, a high-tech pair of spectacles with in-built hands-free video camera and internet access, are being given some basic advice - take them off when visiting public conveniences. Some attendees forgot to remove their Google Glass during calls of nature at a Google developers conference in San Francisco. The ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636576/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:04:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214636576/scat/102e1848699243f7 Glass may be cool. But a Google car? Now we're talking. Most car companies of today can be compared to the PC hardware manufacturers. The fixed costs of manufacturing, price sensitivities and lack of differentiators have decimated the best. We know the fate of most of the PC Hardware players - they have vanished. And this "commodity" called car is already struggling with classic ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635180/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:35:53 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635180/scat/102e1848699243f7 Along with its billion-dollar intent to purchase Tumblr, Yahoo finds a new home for official blog -- and tries to drive home the message that all will be ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214634378/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214634378/scat/102e1848699243f7 (Credit: Ice Monkey) This is an update of a deal I wrote about a couple months ago. Until wireless charging hits the mainstream (with either Apple or Samsung leading the -- sorry -- charge), we're all slaves to cables. For example, I'm currently traveling with an older iPhone, a ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214634313/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:28 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214634313/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google introduced a new real-time bidding platform called Open Bidder at Google I/O. It’s currently in beta status, and requires users to apply for testing. It’s described as a customizable toolkit for building real-time bidding applications, and combines Google Cloud Platform with DoubleClick’s real-time bidding. Google’s Open Bidder Team says ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635181/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:51 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635181/scat/102e1848699243f7 Sign at entry to the Maker Faire shows the way to a few of the many attractions that covered the sprawling San Mateo event center grounds. Lock-picking anybody? "I leave my mind at home so I won't lose it at work," read a sign at the Maker Faire in San Mateo over the weekend. The annual mashup of Burning Man, science fair and gadget makers' heaven had on full display what its ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635005/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:59:38 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214635005/scat/102e1848699243f7 David Cameron has refused to say whether he will question Google's chairman over allegations that the internet giant is exploiting tax loopholes at a meeting on Monday that will discuss tightening up international tax rules.The prime minister's spokesman also refused to be drawn on ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633944/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:33:39 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633944/scat/102e1848699243f7 Security professionals were blindsided by this development -- a new domain that's become a haven for spammers. PW used to belong to Palau, a tiny island country in the Pacific Ocean. Now it's owned by someone else who's been selling it at discount prices. Antispam vendors are now working to update their filters, and the original registrar is assisting in their ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633945/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:15 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633945/scat/102e1848699243f7 (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Wordpress CEO Matt Mullenweg said that his company saw a major uptick in Tumblr defections after news of the $1.1 billion acquisition was reported on. Writing on ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633202/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:21:26 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633202/scat/102e1848699243f7 learn how to develop for and hack Glass . Now Google has finally uploaded the final two Glass sessions from Google I/O – one of which deals with developing for the Mirror API while the other is a casual fireside chat with the Glass team. First up is Building Glass Services with the Google Mirror API with Alain Vongsouvanh and Jenny ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633946/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:54 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633946/scat/102e1848699243f7 When Google introduced its now famous search engine, it wasn't the first to offer search capability to consumers. But Google's version quickly left competitors behind, gaining mainstream acceptance. And as many observers have noted in the years since, the simplicity of Google's home page had much to do with its appeal and success. In fact, when we recently surveyed more than six ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633947/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:14:41 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633947/scat/102e1848699243f7 revenues per visitor of $57.60 during the first quarter , according to Asymco's Horace Dediu. The number of visitors rose by 7 percent from the prior year's first quarter. As such, the average revenue per Apple store reached $13 million for the quarter, the highest number ever for a non-holiday quarter, Dediu revealed. The average number of visitors per store hit 250,000 per quarter ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633134/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:14:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633134/scat/102e1848699243f7 It is set to be the next big thing for gadget lovers everywhere. But users of Google Glass, a high-tech pair of spectacles with in-built hands-free video camera and internet access, are being given some basic advice - take them off when visiting public conveniences.Some attendees forgot to remove their Google Glass during calls of nature at a Google developers conference in San Francisco.The ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633257/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:39 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633257/scat/102e1848699243f7 Are quantum computers about to revolutionise our lives? You might think so now that Google has bought one from the only organisation that sells them, D-Wave of Burnaby, Canada. However, questions remain over just how D-Wave's quantum computers work and whether they would beat ordinary computers in like-on-like ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633948/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:08:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633948/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google chief Eric Schmidt has once more defended his advertising giant for its pitiful UK tax bills: the search supremo said his biz abides by the rules, and claims he can't wait for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to reform those rules. Schmidt said ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214632781/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:42:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214632781/scat/102e1848699243f7 Go Daddy has partnered with a San Francisco company called Locu to give independent restaurants a new way to help diners find their menus online. Scottsdale-based Go Daddy, the worlds largest domain name registration company, has integrated Locu into its proprietary Website Builder software to make it easy for restaurants to post their menus on their websites. Locu offers hundreds of customizable ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633782/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:40:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214633782/scat/102e1848699243f7 It's easy to become jaded about announcements in the tech world. Slick, media savvy CEO's announce "revolutionary" new products with metronomic regularity. Version 1.0 becomes 1.1 and eventually 2.0 and on and on. It all seems like a ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631951/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631951/scat/102e1848699243f7 Leading futurists imagine what life--and technology, retail, transportation, cities, food, and more--will be like in the next 100 years, and ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214632782/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:15:06 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214632782/scat/102e1848699243f7 Eric Schmidt , popped up in The Observer yesterday to explain the company's actions. In it Schmidt makes a couple of points that support a long running contention of mine: there is no such thing as tax avoidance. That's an extreme view in the current intellectual climate, certainly, but it has the merit of actually being true even if extreme. Schmidt ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214630890/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:33:48 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214630890/scat/102e1848699243f7 Computerworld - Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631635/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631635/scat/102e1848699243f7 Google remade its annual developer conference, I/O, to focus even more on programmers this year, eschewing the usual barrage of consumer product announcements. So what did this audience of hard-core software geeks want to hear about? Ways to talk to Google hardware, judging by audience size at various panels, town hall meetings and tutorials. Developers mobbed sessions related to Android, ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631636/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:15 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631636/scat/102e1848699243f7 Geoffrey Hinton (right), Alex Krizhevsky, and Ilya Sutskever (left) will do machine-learning work at Google. Photo: U of T Two years ago Stanford professor Andrew Ng joined Google’s X Lab, the research group that’s given us Google Glass and the company’s driverless cars. His mission: to harness Google’s massive data centers and build artificial intelligence systems on an ... http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631637/scat/102e1848699243f7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.com/index.php/sid/214631637/scat/102e1848699243f7