But if it weren't Google News, there would be any number of other Web sites doing the same thing.
He just had me keep working the phone, and back then we didn't have the internet so we couldn't Google.
Google ( GOOG - news - people )--those who have never known a world without the Internet--it turns out, not only cannot use Google effectively, they don't even know enough about how to search for information to know they can't use Google effectively.
But unlike hidden paid links, says Google's Matt Cutts, Adwords advertisements don't bias Google's search results.
"I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions, " he elaborates.
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But that doesn't mean Google's engineers are idly watching semantic search from a distance, says Norvig.
Many people have the naive idea that the First Amendment doesn't protect Google.
Don't tell Google, but its latest X lab project is something performed by the great internet public every day.
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Dangermond doesn't see Google as a competitor ("We like those guys"), but he admits his software needed to be prettier and quicker.
Or when we were told that phones with skins like HTC Sense or additional features like Exchange integration wouldn't have Google branding?
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Fertik won't reveal the details of MyEdge's tactics, but he says he's confident they don't break Google's rules or those of any other search engine.
In other words, unless we see a quick firmware update prior to the 31st, don't expect Google Maps to work particularly well out of the box.
The most glaring shortcoming: You can't use Google Apps offline, so you can forget about putting together a slide show or document while working on an airplane.
"It didn't violate Google's guidelines, and yet it was kind of unsatisfactory, like fast food when what you want is a real meal, " says Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, which chronicles the business.
TmoNews received a document stating that the handset is coming to all T-Mobile retail locations this month, which should handily ease any lasting supply issues -- for those who didn't want Google's unmolested version, anyhow.
Ms. Mayer wasn't one of Google's top officers and so her compensation wasn't publicly disclosed, but she was employee No. 20 at the Internet search firm and received a windfall in the company's 2004 initial public offering.
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Google executives, including outgoing Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, haven't been shy about saying that Android devices could serve as payment facilitators, thanks to NFC technology, though they haven't specified what Google's role will be.
That doesn't mean that semantic search won't someday offer results that Google doesn't, says Chris Sherman, a search engine analyst and blogger for Search Engine Land.
Even if it doesn't fit within Google's business model to sell the phone at a low cost, this shouldn't be a major deterrent.
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Don't charge more to Google and allow them to, don't put the telephone companies in charge of picking favorites by whoever pays them the most money.
The government wouldn't comment whether Google's actions were legal or if the government planned further action.
While earnings weren't spectacular, Google claimed a victory Thursday in the closely watched wireless spectrum auction.
"You can't focus on Google alone, " says Stoney G. deGeyter, an online-marketing consultant in Canton, Ohio.
"I just don't see the Google phone as a vehicle for Google in the U.S., " Golvin says.
Having a touchscreen doesn't mean that Google plans to integrate its mobile OS, Android, into the device.
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