An Italian court convicted three Google executives of privacy violations. The ruling said Google (owners of YouTube) did not act quickly enough in removing a Google video of teenage bullies attacking an autistic boy.
Convicted:
Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy counsel
David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president and chief legal officer
George Reyes, Google’s retired chief financial...
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Freedom Of Speech On Trial With Google
Google, Advertising, New Media And Energy
For the last few years, our organization has been exploring how an information technologies company fits together with an energy company.
With the demise of traditional publishing (i.e. newspapers and broadcast television), has come the rise of new media marketing. Though the cost to produce each ad has plummeted, the cost to store and...
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FTC Google-eyeing Google
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made a second request to Google for information about its proposed $750 million purchase of mobile phone marketer AdMob. It is another example of the government’s increased interest in Google’s advertising empire.
“We know that closer scrutiny has been one consequence of Google’s success,” Paul Feng, Google product manager.
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Google Fined Over Copyright Violations
Since 2004, Google has been scanning in millions of books and making them available to the public. Google says, “The Library Project’s aim is simple: make it easier for people to find relevant books – specifically, books they wouldn’t find any other way such as those that are out of print – while...
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OpenX Advertising Delivery And Marketplace
The next series of articles is about OpenX.
OpenX is a open source advertising delivery system. “OpenX Ad Server is a powerful open source platform that manages advertising for more than 150,000 websites in over 100 countries. More than 300 billion ads run through OpenX Ad Servers each month. And since it’s...
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Google Continues Ad Growth
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — “Google had a good quarter given the depth of the recession–while revenues were down quarter over quarter, they grew 6% year over year, thanks to continued strong query growth. These results underline both the resilience of our business model and the ongoing potential of the web as users and advertisers...
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