Steve Bryant

Another Google pack, but this one involves fewer downloads than suit coats. Apparently they don’t trust Sergey in D.C.anymore. Google has formed a political action committee, Google NetPAC, to support candidates who promote an open and free Internet. Google also hired former Republican senator Dan Coats of Indiana and Connie Mack of Florida (voting record) […]

I had all but forgotten Belgium existed until this morning, when I read that a press organization in ye olde cockpit of Europe had sued Google for linking to newspaper Web sites through Google News. What’s more, a Belgian court upheld the suit and is fining Google one million euros per day starting today until […]

Just one more reason for AOL to dig for gold. In a bizarre lawsuit that accuses AOL employees of forging signatures on legal documents and purchase orders, renowned bodybuilder and developer of the Cardio Cruiser Jake Steinfeld is suing AOL for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud and failure to pay $295,000 in consulting and […]

Google is testing a new advertising layout on search results pages in which ads are removed if a user consistently chooses not to interact with any of the ad elements on the page. According to posters in the WebmasterWorld forum, Google is removing the top blue ad from search result pages and only showing ads […]

Not a one-trick pony, a one-trick stallion. Those were the words of Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney this week before Google’s stock rallied past $400. According to another analyst, Google is so central to Internet commerce that the company’s growth correlates directly with industry trends. Analysts also noted Google’s research and development spending is up 86 […]

Thanks for the add? A researcher has exploited a security hole in Google Public Service Search to create an ingeniously deceptive phishing attack that looks like it’s hosted on Google’s domain. The fake service, Gmail Plus, which purports to be Gmail + Orkut, doesn’t actually capture your user ID and password. Instead, it delivers a […]

The Google engineers didn’t stay up late nights worrying about Microsoft Outlook. They worried about paper. Google’s Carl Sjogreen gave a talk at The Future of Web Apps today and Rakesh Agrawal covered it in his blog. Carl gives some insight into the Google development process: 1 product manager and 3 engineers internal interest and […]

Google has a public relations problem. Its PR team seems incapable of dealing professionally — at least on a consistent basis — with a lot of my confederates in the media corps. Don’t believe me? Ask Robert Scoble. He signed up for the Google Press Center to receive advance notice on Google news. But instead […]

Google announced today a partnership with Intuit in which Intuit will integrate several of Google’s online services into popular back-office software QuickBooks. In a move that further encroaches on Microsoft’s desktop dominance, QuickBooks 2007 will integrate tools that allow customers to list their businesses on Google Maps, create and manage ad campaigns with Google AdWords, […]

Google’s deal with Intuit isn’t anti-MS, it’s pro-Internet. But for your amusement, here’s a top 10 list of companies that have scrapped with Microsoft and subsequently partnered with the world’s largest search engine. Google’s partnership with Intuit, announced yesterday, closely links one of the most successful applications for small businesses — there are 3.5 million […]