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DocVerse–Now Google Cloud Connect–Head Shan Sinha Talks About Web-Based Biz Apps

Kara Swisher in News on January 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Shan Sinha headed the start-up DocVerse, which was acquired by Google in March for a reported $25 million to $30 million. Since then, he’s has been ferreting away on scaling up DocVerse’s product, which allows users of Microsoft Office documents to collaborate in real time on the Web, for the search giant. Its new name: Google Cloud Connect.

What's More Embarrassing to Italian-Americans Than "Jersey Shore"? Um, That Would Be Italy (and Its Google Ruling).

Kara Swisher in News on March 1, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Oh, there’s no question in the often paranoid mind of BoomTown that Google is one scary company, mostly due to its huge market share in search across the globe, and deserves boatloads of scrutiny by governments for that. But no matter how you slice the monopolistic pie, Google most certainly did not deserve, nor should anyone tolerate, the conviction by a judge in Italy of three of its execs on privacy violations.

Google’s European Road Trip Gets Even Worse

Peter Kafka in Media on February 24, 2010 at 5:41 am PT

Maybe Google should just retire its passport for a bit. In China, the search giant is battling hackers and the government, who may be one and the same. In Europe, the company is being hauled in front of an antitrust review. And Italy? Total disaster.

Xerox to Google, Yahoo: If You Need Additional Copies of the Lawsuit, You Know Whom to Ask

John Paczkowski in News on February 23, 2010 at 11:33 am PT

Xerox is not a name that springs to mind when one thinks of search. It is, after all, a 100-year-old global document-management company best known for its office and production equipment. Odd, then, to hear that Xerox has accused Google and Yahoo of pilfering its intellectual property.

A Search Engine With a Real Eye for Videos

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 18, 2008 at 5:52 pm PT

Web video has transformed the way the Internet is used, but finding the exact clip you want can be incredibly hard. And it’s no wonder, considering that sites like YouTube conduct their hunts by looking at a clip’s “contextual metadata” — tags, video title and description — and thus can often be misled by false information.