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Google banned 134 million 'scam ads' in 2011

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Google makes the majority of its revenue from advertising, but the company is engaged in a seemingly non-stop war to ensure that so-called "scam ads" don't slip through the cracks. Just how big is the problem? Last year Google says it suspended...

Asus Transformer Pad 300TL appears in FCC database with support for AT&T LTE

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We found the Asus Transformer Pad to be a great choice for those looking for an Android tablet at a price, but the lack of cellular connectivity could be limiting for some. It appears Asus is planning to address those concerns with a new variant, the TF300TL, appearing in the FCC's database with support for 2G, 3G, and LTE. According to the filing, the device will support LTE at 700MHz and...

Watch this: Google CEO Larry Page discusses 'big bets' on future technologies

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Google CEO Larry Page has been on a bit of a tear lately, showing up in the US and England to discuss both the company's future and the challenges it's currently facing. In a 40-minute interview with Charlie Rose that aired on May 21st, Page covers a lot of ground, touching on the rise of Google Chrome, driverless cars, and his company’s recent decision to provide office space to Cornell University in order to incubate its nascent high-tech campus. Later, Page discusses his company’s disagreement with Facebook over contact portability, saying that users "don’t understand" that they can’t bring their Facebook contacts to Gmail. He goes on to challenge Facebook’s justification for the practice, saying "they claim it’s a privacy issue, but it’s not really, because they do it with Yahoo, they just don’t do it with us." This...

"We should really be focusing on really important things that are going to matter a lot." Larry Page

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Netflix: a 'frenemy' to the cable TV establishment

Ted Sarandos, Netflix's Chief Content Officer, probably felt like a bit of an outsider sitting on a panel with executives from Cox, Time Warner Cable, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation at the 2012 Cable Show. After all, it's not a stretch to say his service is one of the...

VoIP firm files first net neutrality complaint with FCC after being accused of theft of service

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VoIP provider L2Networks has filed what it claims is the first formal net neutrality complaint since the FCC's new set of rules went into effect last year. It was filed earlier this week against the Georgia-based Albany Water Gas & Light Commission, and was made in response to a criminal complaint. According to L2, Albany's director of telecommunications Ronald Skates has alleged theft of service, claiming that his company should be compensated for L2's use of its fiber-optic network to...


EU finds four potential antitrust offenses in Google search, prefers to resolve them amicably

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After 18 months of investigation into Google's search practices, the European Commission has found four particular areas of concern where the search engine giant may be exploiting its market dominance to the detriment of competition. Those have been set out by Joaquín Almunia, EC Vice President for Competition Policy, who has also stressed the Commission's desire to get them settled "without having to engage in adversarial proceedings."...

InstaCRT is Rube Goldberg's answer to Instagram

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Swedish developer Martin Ström, filmmaker Ruben Broman, and photographer Erik Wåhlström have teamed up to create a unique filter system for your iPhone images, using a real-world 1-inch CRT monitor. InstaCRT takes a typical iPhone camera image and instead of applying a software filter, it sends the photo to a machine in Sweden where it's projected onto a 1-inch CRT screen (from a VHS camera) and a modern DSLR snaps a photo of the screen and...