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Google Reports Strong Earnings and Exceeds Expectations

Google’s core business, search advertising, seems so far to have weathered the economic doldrums that have hurt other sites and publications relying on ads.

Senh: They have been smart. They came to the smartphones competition late and still won. Chrome is also tied with Firefox as the second most used browser. Now, let's see what happens with Google+.

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U.S. Gets Secret Court Order for WikiLeaks Data

The U.S. government obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google Inc. and small internet provider Sonic.net Inc. to turn over information from the email accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer.

Google+ opens up, traffic rockets 1200+ percent

Reports of Google+'s demise may have been greatly exaggerated, as the upstart social network exploded in traffic last week after the service opened up to the masses.

Senh: Let's see if people stick around. My hunch is that they won't. If you can't get early adopters to stick around, how can you get the general masses to do it?

Dead Sea Scrolls go online, thanks to Google, Israel Museum

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a popular draw whenever fragments of the ancient manuscripts are displayed at museums around the world. Now you can get a close-up glimpse of the scrolls with a few keystrokes on your personal computer.

Senh: Here's the url: http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/

Link by Link: Dealing With an Identity Hijacked on the Online Highway

Rick Santorum has lost control of his online identity, a predicament that stands as a chilling example of what it means to be at the mercy of the Google algorithm.

Senh: It's unfortunate, but as soon as Google adds an editorial layer on top of their search engine, it's game over for the company - then you can definitely say there's a bias in their search results. It opens up a whole can of worms. What I don't get is why Rick Santorum couldn't do the same and get his followers to tweet and blog about him to push his official site up to the top of the results.

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JIM HENSON’s MUPPETS: New Google Doodle celebrates late creator’s 75th birthday

The Muppets Take Mountain View. Today, Google’s Bay Area-based imagineers and the Muppets’ digital puppeteers have teamed for a new, interactive “Doodle.” The home-page logo animation — refashioned with six Muppets that the user can manipulate by clicking on “hand” buttons — celebrates what would have been the 75th birthday Saturday of late Muppets creator Jim Henson.

Google denies 'cooking' searches

Google's executive chairman denies that the company fixes its search results to promote its own websites and services.

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Google+ opens service to everyone

Google+ is being opened up for anyone to join after two-and-a-half months is closed testing.

Senh: Dead on arrival. My account is already as dead as Buzz. It is a nice product. It's just that anyone who's not a tech geek would rather just stick with Facebook. And all those people who tried it are going back to Facebook because that's where all the action is.

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Google unveils flight search tool

Google announced the launch of its new flight search tool, challenging sites such as Kayak and Orbitz.
The company acquired travel-search software maker ITA in April, following a Justice Department probe into how the merger would affect competition with other travel sites. This latest product seems to be a direct result of that acquisition.

Google acquires Zagat

Google Inc. announced Thursday that it has acquired Zagat Survey LLC, the restaurant review and ratings service that is a go-to source for foodies everywhere.

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