Google’s replacement of post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region before the storm does a ‘great injustice’ to the storm’s victims, a congressional subcommittee said.Comment Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

A congressional subcommittee accused Google on Friday of “airbrushing history” by replacing post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its popular map portal with images of the region taken before the storm’s …Comment Original post by Las Vegas Sun

The video, easily accessed on YouTube, is chilling. “Hi my name is Tyler and I’m going to show you how to make and use a bump key,” it begins.Comment Original post by Mercury-Register

Valleywag writes about a billboard on California’s Highway 101, that reads: THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES The reference is about Ask.com, but the question is: Who bought it? Sure, Google is the likely culprit, perhaps as a response to Ask’s “Information …

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“If you use some of the things that we understand about finding appropriate value and targeting,” said Douglas Merrill, vice president of engineering at Google, “we might get folks who haven’t advertised on …Comment Original post by TechNewsWorld

INDIANA, Pa. Indiana University of Pennsylvania will honor the co-founder of the video-sharing Web site YouTube at a distinguished alumni program this weekend.Comment Original post by Kdka.com