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Google changing the way it thinks about design?

Gizmodo :: Kevin Fox is one of the foremost user experience designers working today. He’s been a key figure at companies like Facebook, FriendFeed, Mozilla, and Yahoo. More to the point, Fox was a senior user experience design lead at Google, where he was responsible for some of its biggest properties, like Gmail, Calendar, and Google Reader. Which is why his analysis of Google’s seemingly new approach to user experience design, posted by Fox on his Google+ page, caught our eye. Although Fox originally intended this post for a smaller audience, we thought it deserved a wider one, and received his permission to repost it in its entirety.

Continue to read Kevin Fox, www.gizmodo.com.au

Google: Please don’t kill video on the web

Technet :: Earlier today, Microsoft filed a formal competition law complaint with the European Commission (EC) against Motorola Mobility and Google. We have taken this step because Motorola is attempting to block sales of Windows PCs, our Xbox game console and other products. Their offense? These products enable people to view videos on the Web and to connect wirelessly to the Internet using industry standards. 

Continue to read Dave Heiner, blogs.technet.com

Continue to read Dave Heiner, blogs.technet.com

Mobile view on news: Google to sell heads-up display glasses by year's end

New York Times :: People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.

According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named, the glasses will go on sale to the public by the end of the year. These people said they are expected “to cost around the price of current smartphones,” or $250 to $600.

Continue to read Nick Bilton, bits.blogs.nytimes.com

Twitter partners with Google's Russian search rival

San Jose Mercury News :: Twitter and Russian search engine Yandex have agreed a partnership that will allow Yandex to show new tweets in its search results almost instantly, as Twitter becomes an increasingly important source of real-time information. Twitter will give Yandex access to its so-called firehose of all public tweets, the two companies said on Tuesday, in an agreement similar to the one the social short-messaging site has with Microsoft's search engine, Bing.

Continue to read Georgina Prodhan, www.mercurynews.com

Googlighting, Microsoft’s latest viral (video) attack on Google Docs

TechCrunch :: Change is hard for everyone. Switching from Office to Google Docs isn’t an easy switch. Many features are still missing from Google’s productivity suite. It’s not a direct replacement. Typing in the cloud is fantastic but so is a reliable auto-spell check and fool-proof offline editing. Microsoft Office might be disappearing from some shops but others rely it as much as the office’s coffeepot. But now it's time to watch a direct message from Microsoft to businesses everywhere. (Google will no doubt fire back with its own quirky advert.)

Watch the viral video here Matt Burns, techcrunch.com

Facebook, Google look to expand offices in Dublin

Washington Post :: When Bill Clinton told American executives that they’d be “nuts” not to invest in Ireland, many were already ahead of the former president. U.S. companies were behind almost 40% of offices bought or leased in Dublin in 2011 and the trend is likely to accelerate this year. Internet companies including Google Inc. and Yelp Inc. are looking for additional space in the Irish capital.

Continue to read Neil Callanan, www.washingtonpost.com

Google Fiber readies an army of satellite antennae for super-fast web service

Venture Beat :: Google is preparing to build a huge antenna farm in Iowa, just a few hundred miles from Kansas City, where the company is rolling out its high-speed Internet project, Google Fiber. The search company, which lately has been focusing on super-fast Internet as a public utility, is seeking to build an array of antennae with access to satellite transmissions, specifically, a C-band, receive-only earth station and a Ku-band, receive-only earth station.

Continue to read Jolie O'Dell, venturebeat.com

Google bypassing user privacy settings of Internet Explorer as well

IEBlog :: When the IE team heard that Google had bypassed user privacy settings on Safari, we asked ourselves a simple question: is Google circumventing the privacy preferences of Internet Explorer users too? We’ve discovered the answer is yes: Google is employing similar methods to get around the default privacy protections in IE and track IE users with cookies.

How it works - Continue to read Dean Hachamovitch, Corporate Vice President, Internet Explorer, blogs.msdn.com

Google quietly launches Latitude Leaderboards. A threat for Foursquare?

Engadget :: Google didn't exactly offer much fanfare for this new feature -- as far as we can tell, it still hasn't been officially announced. With the latest update to the Google Maps app, Mountain View delivered an extra level of functionality to the all but forgotten Latitude. Now check check-ins earn you points which are tallied and used to rank Google+ users on a global leaderboard, just like on Foursquare.

Continue to read Terrence O'Brien, www.engadget.com

Google developing Siri-like user interface for Google TV

Patently Apple :: Just six days prior to Apple officially launching iCloud and Siri, Google was rushing their patent application to the US Patent and Trademark Office covering a new Google TV remote and/or application. The new remote will use voice controls associated with Google's own cloud services. The user will be able to use their Android Phone as the remote to make inquiries about TV shows and the TV will list what's available as illustrated in our cover graphic. Apple has had a similar feature under Remote for several years now, but it doesn't relate to live TV as Google's will.

Continue to read www.patentlyapple.com