Plenty of CEOs earn a symbolic $1 per year, but according to The Wall Street Journal, Google’s Eric Schmidt will be getting a significant raise as the Internet search company’s Executive Chairman, in which he’ll be going from a reported single dollar a year to a slightly better $1.25 million.
To top things off, he’ll also be making an …
I’m hard pressed to remember what Googling was like before Instant, the predictive search feature that preemptively fills your page with results. Google, however, has taken another step in streamlining the service across its products by adding it to their IE toolbar.
Per Google’s official blog:
To enable Toolbar Instant, visit
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Google continues to roll out high-profile investments in renewable energy, announcing today that it’s putting $100 million into a wind farm in Oregon. Shepherds Flat, which is expected to take up around 30 square miles in Arlington, OR, will be the largest wind farm in the world, supplying electricity to around 235,000 homes via Southern …
Got a problem with the placement of your favorite pizza place on Google Maps? Fix it yourself.
Google Map Maker, an editing tool for Google Maps and Google Earth, is now available for the United States. Google’s pitching this as a way to add local landmarks and businesses, map college campuses and mark bike lanes, but you can also add …
If you’re grumbling your way through a mountain of tax forms at the last minute today (or if you forgot today was tax day—hurry!), you may be wondering where all your hard-earned money is going.
Google wondered the same thing, and sought to answer that question with what it calls the Data Viz Challenge. Per a company blog post:
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Google has finally decided to put Google Video out of its misery. What’s that I hear? Silence? Yep, that the sound of people caring.
Starting April 29, the site will not host any more videos, making many nonexistent users forlorn about its demise. An email was sent out to active users to download their videos and re-upload them to …
Recently percolating rumors have suggested delayed launch dates for Android tablets from several manufacturers. Acer’s Iconia tablet may not ship until May, Asus’ Eee Pad Transformer’s ship date has apparently slipped, and there’s loose talk that HTC’s Flyer tablet may show up later than expected, though the company has said it’s still …
It could be argued that we, as humans, learn best from our past mistakes. It could also be argued that the only way to truly live life is to sprint everywhere as fast as you can with your tie knotted around your head like it’s midnight at an open-bar wedding, yelling, “On your left! LEFT!!! I’m not even required to wear a tie for work!” …
Starting yesterday, another one of Gmail’s Labs features snuck their way into the email service permanently. Did you mean to send the email to Andy or Andrew? The new feature helps eliminate accidental boo-boos.
In addition, it’ll also suggest other recipients that you commonly email in conjunction with whoever you’re sending it …
Seven years ago, Google launched Gmail. They did it in a way that no one else had ever done it before: they offered two whole gigabytes of space. Bill Gates couldn’t understand the whole thing worked.
Many people jumped onboard, signing up, and even developers took advantage, launching Gmail Drive. The extension, which turned Google …
You’ve just downloaded Internet Explorer 9, gotten acquainted with its page pins and streamlined tabs and search-in-the-address-bar simplification, but lo and behold: Microsoft’s already teasing Internet Explorer 10!
“Explore a more beautiful web,” writes Microsoft, inviting you to take IE10 for a spin not next year or next …
You probably use it every day, find it useful for searches, email, or random easter egg humor, but beware: Google is actually the enemy of all things good in the world. Or at least that’s what a writer for the increasingly ridiculous British newspaper Daily Mail would have you to believe.
In a piece actually headlined “Google …
