Google News is where America turns to find up-to-the-minute, breaking news information…anytime, anywhere.
In Google News, you’ll find such elite news organizations as ABC News, CNN, The Washington Post, and of course…The Onion??
Yes, the satirical news website seems to have somehow duped Google News into being featured on their main page.
What’s next? The National [...]

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AT&T has reportedly declared was on 4chan.  Do they know what they’re getting themselves into?  Probably not.
AT&T has begun blocking some of 4chan.org’s most highly trafficked message boards, including the infamous /b/ board. moot, who began 4chan and runs the site to this day, has already written a post about this on the [...]

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Google apparently got caught with its pants down once news of Michael Jackson’s death began to spread virally across the interwebz.
The increase in Michael Jackson search  terms on  Thursday was first seen as a malware attack, Google admitted.
Google News was forced to temporarily shut down briefly, showing only the following message:
“We’re sorry, but your query [...]

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Google is getting ready to launch a new project called Flipper. The initiative is basically a more visual way to read Google News, by literally “flipping” through it.
When complete, you will be able to browse by section, by source, by keyword, and also by “most popular.”
The visual angle isn’t anything earth-shattering, but the improved [...]

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Google’s Insights for Search tool is powerful.  Don’t get me wrong, I still like Google Trends, but Insights for Search makes that look like chopped liver.
Now, it’s just gotten even better.   Take a look at some of the new features just introduced…

New data sources – They’ve added additional data [...]

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Google has announced that they plan to introduce ads on Google News search results pages in the United States.
Now, when you enter your search query, you will see text advertisements alongside you News search results.
Recently, they’ve tested many different new advertising strategies, including adding overlay ads on embedded videos from partners like the Associated Press.
As [...]

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This just in.  Are you a news freak?  Perhaps a news fiend?  Or maybe a news junkie?
Rejoice!  The ultimate solution is here.
You can now add Google News right to your website.  Google is now offering an embeddable, fully customizable widget / iFrame (called Google NewsShow) that you can add to your website to [...]

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