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Consumer Reports Says iPhone 4S Fixes Antenna Woes, Can Finally Recommend

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 8, 2011 at 5:40 am PT

The magazine says the new model solves the antenna-related issues that caused it to withhold its recommendation of the iPhone 4.

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New Filter Tip From Google

Voices in News on March 10, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

Google today started rolling out a new feature that allows users to block any site they choose from appearing in their search results. The feature aims to further personalize the search experience by letting users eliminate sites they find offensive or useless. Google said it won’t be factoring that data into its search rankings–for now, at least.

YooMee Games Opens the Chuck E. Cheese of Online Arcades

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

What do you get when you give casual game players the chance to compete for cash and prizes? A really addictive experience. Or at least that’s the hope of YooMee Games.

EU Launches Google Probe

Frances Robinson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 30, 2010 at 3:05 am PT

BRUSSELS–The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into allegations that Google Inc. has abused a dominant position in online search, it said Tuesday.

News Byte

Election 2010: The View From YouTube

Voices in News on November 1, 2010 at 3:34 pm PT

Google rolled out some fun facts on last month’s election-related YouTube video views today, with the rankings reflecting viral popularity as much as political viability. For what it’s worth, all 10 of the most viewed News and Politics videos were from Republican campaigns or supporters, and the predominant theme was anger–from the ominously orchestrated “America Rising” to the royally ticked-off, gun-toting, horse-riding candidate for Alabama Ag Commissioner, Dale Peterson. The most popular of the 450 official candidate channels on YouTube was that of Delaware Senate contestant Christine O’Donnell, fueled by her “I’m not a witch…I’m you” video.

Texas AG Probing Google's Searches

Amir Efrati and Thomas Catan, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 3, 2010 at 8:30 pm PT

The Texas attorney general’s office is conducting an antitrust review of Google Inc.’s core search-engine business, a sign of widening government scrutiny of the Web giant. Texas’s top prosecutor has inquired about allegations by several small companies that Google unfairly demoted their rankings in search results or the placement of their advertisements on the search engine, Google said Friday.

Good Luck With That Alleged Antitrust Complaint Against Apple, Adobe…

John Paczkowski in News on May 7, 2010 at 7:28 am PT

“The first question that needs to be answered is ‘Does Apple have monopoly power in this market?’” That’s what Harry First, the Charles L. Denison Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, told me when I asked him if Adobe’s rumored antitrust complaint against Apple had any legs. Today, we have the answer to First’s question: No.

Why The Big Smile, Mr. Ballmer? Has Google Been Slapped With an Antitrust Probe in Europe?

John Paczkowski in News on February 24, 2010 at 12:01 am PT

And there it is, Google’s European antitrust review. The European Commission has opened an investigation into Google’s dominance of the search and search advertising markets in Europe at the behest of three complainants: French legal search engine ejustice.fr, U.K. price-comparison venture Foundem, and Ciao!, a product review and price-comparison site.

ComScore’s Gift to Web Publishers: (Almost) Free Traffic [UPDATED]

Peter Kafka in Media on January 22, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Web publishers love to grouse about comScore’s traffic estimates. But many of them are much happier these days: A new measurement system is giving some sites a dramatic boost in Web visitors.

Vevo Bounces Back From a Rough Start With 20 Million Streams a Day

Peter Kafka in Media on January 15, 2010 at 1:02 pm PT

Remember Vevo, the “Hulu for music video” service that launched with a lot of fanfare, then earned a ton of lousy press for an error-filled launch? It has fixed its tech problems and is doing just fine, thank you very much. Vevo says it is generating around 20 million video views a day, which puts it on track to generate some 600 million views a month. Next step: Turning those views into dollars.

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