Googling Google

This past weekend, Google quietly held the first-ever Solve for X conference, gathering top minds to tackle the world’s problems.

Even though the new policy doesn’t change how Google operates, lawmakers are using it as a springboard into an inquiry over user privacy.

A 2007 e-mail uncovered in the course of a lawsuit reveals that under Steve Jobs’ request, Google’s Eric Schmidt got one of the company’s own recruiters fired after they tried to hire an Apple engineer.

A lot has been made of Google’s new privacy policy and terms of use. I say bring it on.

The new, streamlined Google privacy policy and terms of service arrive on March 1st, bringing with them a slew of new questions over Google’s customer data collection practices.

Google’s Daniel Alegre says that Google China is alive and thriving, but the reality is that Baidu is still in the lead.

Google has announced that Google Message Continuity, Picnik, the Social Graph API, Urchin, Google Sky Map and Needlebase are getting merged, open sourced or else killed entirely.

The solution to SOPA won’t be found in Washington - and shouldn’t be. The only way to really combat piracy is for Silicon Valley and Hollywood to start working as a team.