Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Google watching who’s searching for flu information

Sunday, November 16, 2008 21:02 No Comments

Google announced the launch of  flu tracker; a program which keeps tabs on who is searching for flu-related information and displays the level of nationwide activity on a map.   Is this creepy “big brother” stuff, or a useful tool for the CDC? 
Google has created a Predict and Prevent initiative which “supports efforts to identify hotspots where [...]

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Google G1 Phone – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 20:04 No Comments

Moving from search engines to cellular phones, Google has released the The Google Phone, or the G1, or the Android, technically, the T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android™-powered mobile phone. Wow – that is a mouthful. This new gadget has software developed by Google, a phone developed by HTC and the network by T-Mobile.
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