Jul 08

Salesforce opens its toolbox for Google APIPartners in the software as a service (SaaS), Google and  Salesforce dragonet developers. After integrated Ad Words its offer customer relationship management and launched Salesforce for Google Apps, Saleforce.com unveils Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs. This toolbox free and open source, adapted to the Google programming interfaces Data, is available from Force.com. This development platform includes database, integration tools, analysis, exchange, user interface and Apex code. Continue reading »

Jul 02

Google pays $ 1 billion for 5 percent of AOLAfter flirting for months with Google Inc. competitors, America Online Inc. reached a deal Tuesday with the Mountain View, California, search-engine giant that expands their years-long technology and advertising partnership and ends advances from suitors, particularly Microsoft Corp.. The deal, which calls for Google to pay U.S. $ 1 billion [b] for a 5 percent stake in AOL, also plunges Google into the waters of graphical online ads where it has until now only reluctantly dipped its toes. Continue reading »

Jul 01

Google and Yahoo indexer content FlashA small revolution in the world of referral? Adobe, Google and Yahoo said they had worked jointly to the evolution of Flash technology and the development of new search algorithms to go index textual content and hyperlinks contained within achievements in Flash. So far, the Flash remained mostly sealed referencing, and publishers of Web sites who wanted to enjoy this environment allowing animations and integration of multimedia content should make a cross on their presence in search engines, at least to develop a second version, this time in HTML, their windows on the Web. Continue reading »

Jul 01

Google signed a 5-year contract with Tele AtlasWhile Tom-Tom has finalized the acquisition of Dutch cartographer Tele Atlas - now with 99.29% of its shares - is a new commercial partnership of five years with Google to exploit its digital maps on fixed and mobile was signed. The contract between Tele Atlas and Google will allow the giant seeking access maps and dynamic content partners (including points of interest) from nearly 200 countries throughout the world. The objective is to propose, inter alia, on Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Maps Mobile. Interestingly, the principle of sharing Cartographic initiated with the “Map Share” will also apply to the community of Google, users of their services could edit the proposed databases and propose to download. Continue reading »

Jun 28

Sales force opens its toolbox for Google APIPartners in the software as a service (SaaS), Google and Sales force dragonet developers. After integrated Ad Words its offer customer relationship management and launched Sales force for Google Apps, Saleforce.com unveils Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs. This toolbox free and open source, adapted to the Google programming interfaces Data, is available from Force.com. Continue reading »

Jun 28

A subsidiary of Pages Jaunes  joins GoogleThe wolf entered the fold. A subsidiary of Pages Jaunes Group in Spain, QDQ Media company has announced the signing of a partnership with Google to develop local advertising. Specifically the 400 commercial and telemarketers of QDQ will now market the products Google Ad Words from their 77 200 advertisers Spanish. “This agreement should contribute to promoting the expansion and growth in turnover of QDQ Media and should enable SMEs to boost their sales in an economic context affected by the crisis in the real estate and construction were the locomotives of growth in Spain. Continue reading »

Jun 17

Google triggers war widgetsAfter the office windows or customizable home page, Google announced that its widgets available on any website 20 years after the battle of operating systems between Microsoft and Apple, 10 years after that of browsers between Microsoft and Netscape, it is the turn of Google to ignite a new war of standards in computing, again against Microsoft or Yahoo, by announcing the availability of its “widgets” on any site and any blog. Continue reading »

Jun 17

Google pulls out his chequebook to attract developer’s widgetsDetermined to become a development platform, like Windows is a computer, Google has decided to leave his chequebook to attract developer’s widgets, small applications that can enrich a blog or a portal. The group announced the creation of Google Gadget Ventures, an investment programmed offering first a gift with a value of $ 5000 for further developments widgets included in its directory and whose presentation page is accessed more than 250 000 times per week. Continue reading »

Jun 17

The gadgets Google open to LinuxOne small step for Google, another for “free”. At Mountain View, we do not want to forget the free software and its flagship operating system: Linux. That is why initiatives giant search engines are proliferating in the area. Proof of this involvement: the recent adaptation of gadgets Google (weather, agenda, aggregator…) and a semblance of Google “Desktop” free operating system. “To adapt to Linux Gadgets, we did not want to just get to the final offer, we also wanted to allow everyone to tinker code. Continue reading »

Jun 14

forces in mobile InternetGoogle is the second search engine behind Yahoo in Japan but intends to become the first mobile search engine locally. When the world’s number one Internet search combines the number one Japanese mobile operators, it creates a partnership between Google and NTT DoCoMo to develop their respective incomes through mobile advertising. After rumors of partnership between the two entities that run since the end of last year, is now done. Continue reading »