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Nine Pro-LGBT Companies Facing Conservative Backlash
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Nine Pro-LGBT Companies Facing Conservative Backlash

Here's your excuse to really overdo it on Oreos. Lizzie Plaugic   |   11.20.2012   |  
Cyborg Alert: There will be Google-powered glasses by the end of the year
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Cyborg Alert: There will be Google-powered glasses by the end of the year

Bluetooth technology has been on the market for years and people using it still look like chumps. But the quest to make our technology stick to… Stefan Sirucek   |   02.22.2012   |   Comments (2)
Men are more lovelorn than women, according to their Google habits
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Men are more lovelorn than women, according to their Google habits

To the surprise of embittered sassy single women everywhere, new data from Google indicates that men are actually more desperate eager to find… Virginia Smith   |   02.8.2012   |   Comments (21)
Google to start tracking your every move on its websites
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Google to start tracking your every move on its websites

Moving toward Facebook-worthy levels of creepy surveillance, Google has announced plans to track the activity of users across all of its partner… Virginia Smith   |   01.25.2012   |   Comments (6)
Google Music launches, with the help of Busta Rhymes
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Google Music launches, with the help of Busta Rhymes

Yes, that's a picture of Busta with a life-sized, artfully tagged Android mascot at the program's official launch. Stop asking so many… Virginia Smith   |   11.17.2011   |   Comments (1)
MC Hammer has his very own search engine now, and it's called "WireDoo"
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MC Hammer has his very own search engine now, and it's called "WireDoo"

'90s icon MC Hammer has re-fashioned himself as a search engine mogul because, well... just because. At this week's Web 2.0 conference in… Virginia Smith   |   10.20.2011   |   Comments (7)
Google-powered vibrator brings new meaning to phrase "search engine optimization"
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Google-powered vibrator brings new meaning to phrase "search engine optimization"

Who says that the Internet isn't lady-friendly? Certainly not the maker of the Googlher, a vibrator that turns on every time Google pings… EJ Dickson   |   10.13.2011   |   Comments (8)
Google pulls controversial "Is my son gay?" app
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Google pulls controversial "Is my son gay?" app

Looks like you'll have to communicate with your child now in order to find out their sexual orientation. Bummer, I know. Google has finally… Jessica Gentile   |   10.6.2011   |   Comments (7)
Google now tells you a famous person's sexual orientation
Web Culture

Google now tells you a famous person's sexual orientation

So, Google has a weird new thing going on: the search engine will now supply (for some people) the best guess as to their sexual orientation before even… James Brady Ryan   |   09.29.2011   |   Comments (8)
Rick Santorum asks Google to help him, Google says no
Politics

Rick Santorum asks Google to help him, Google says no

What do you do when gay-rights activists manage to get a neologism for lube and fecal matter at the top of Google searches for your name? Blame… Delia Pless   |   09.21.2011   |   Comments (16)
Google buys Zagat in continuing quest for world domination
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Google buys Zagat in continuing quest for world domination

As part of its efforts to screw Facebook "expand its local offerings," Google has purchased restaurant rating giant… Alex Heigl   |   09.8.2011   |   Comments (1)
Google celebrates Freddie Mercury's birthday with whimsical animation
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Google celebrates Freddie Mercury's birthday with whimsical animation

Today would have been Freddie Mercury's sixty-fifth birthday, and in his honor, Google pays tribute to the Queen frontman with appropriate… Jessica Gentile   |   09.5.2011   |   Comments (5)
Google TV is coming to Europe next year
Television

Google TV is coming to Europe next year

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced plans to bring Google TV to Europe in 2012 while giving a speech at the Edinburgh International… James Brady Ryan   |   08.29.2011   |   Comments (2)
Links: Boston is named worst-dressed American city by <em>GQ</em> &mdash; go Red Sox!
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Links: Boston is named worst-dressed American city by GQ — go Red Sox!

UGG fans and Northface wearers are raising their eyebrows under Red Sox caps today. Finally, Boston is being called out for being the frattiest… Carly Pifer   |   07.19.2011   |   Comments (7)
Google+ hits ten million users, starts turning people away like a trendy nightclub
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Google+ hits ten million users, starts turning people away like a trendy nightclub

Yesterday, when I finally received my invitation to join Google+, it was at capacity. It felt like being turned away at the velvet ropes, at… Carly Pifer   |   07.12.2011   |   Comments (4)
Google launches Google+, its latest attempt at taking down Facebook
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Google launches Google+, its latest attempt at taking down Facebook

Google's attempts at creating a viable social-networking site have thus far made the tech giant look like a seventy-year-old man wearing… Jason Gilbert   |   06.28.2011   |   Comments (7)
Woman accuses Google of "No Fatties" hiring policy
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Woman accuses Google of "No Fatties" hiring policy

Nearly everyone has had some tech friend gush to them about how great Google is, not just as a search engine, but as a company. But a New York… Alex Heigl   |   06.23.2011   |   Comments (108)
Watch: Norm MacDonald, of all people, points out sexist Google search results
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Watch: Norm MacDonald, of all people, points out sexist Google search results

Without a doubt, Google's search results have come under fire for sexism before. (Remember that tiff about "cougar" dating sites? Of… Ray Rahman   |   05.18.2011   |   Comments (2)
Facebook awkwardly attempts to smear Google
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Facebook awkwardly attempts to smear Google

In a move as awkward as you'd expect from the organization that invented virtual poking, Facebook recently hired a top PR firm to pitch… Alex Heigl   |   05.13.2011   |   Comments (4)
Watch: Jane's Addiction perform at Google's I/O developer conference
Music

Watch: Jane's Addiction perform at Google's I/O developer conference

Alt-rock legends Jane's Addiction killed it the other night, performing an eight-song, forty-two minute after-hours set at, of all places… Jeff Mills   |   05.12.2011   |   Comments (5)