Google TV Ads Platform Adds Bloomberg TV to U.S. Inventory

Google to Bring New Advertising Clients to the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® NetworkNEW YORK & MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (September 25th, 2008) – Continuing efforts to make television advertising more relevant, accountable and measurable, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® network will make national cable advertising time in the U.S. available through the Google TV Ads™ platform. By offering self-service...

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Google Calls for Ideas to Change the World with Project 10^100

AnnouncementSeptember 24, 2008We’ve learned over the last ten years at Google that great ideas can come from anywhere. For that reason, Google is announcing as part of its tenth birthday celebration Project 10^100 (pronounced Project 10 to the 100th), a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.For this challenge we are asking our users to send us exciting ideas for ways to improve people’s lives...

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Plan Public Transit Trips in and Around New York City with Google Maps

AnnouncementSeptember 23, 2008Today, we are excited to announce that Google Maps will feature route and schedule information from New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the largest public transportation agency in the United States. Figuring out how to get around the metropolitan area on subways, buses and regional rail is now just...

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New Collection of iGoogle Themes Created by Leading Fashion Designers and Musicians

AnnouncementSeptember 10, 2008Hi there,Today, Google is introducing a new collection(www.google.com/artistthemes) of iGoogle themes created by leading fashion designers and musicians. This new collection is an extension of the iGoogle artist project that launched in May(googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-art-thou.html), where we originally collaborated with almost 70 artists from 17 countries to create themes for iGoogle.You...

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Google Completes Sale of Performics Search Marketing Business

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 10, 2008) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has completed its sale of the Performics search marketing business to Publicis Groupe (EURONEXT Paris: FR0000130577). Chicago-based Performics, one of the leading search marketing services providers, helps to improve the performance of advertisers’ investments and maximize client campaign effectiveness.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.About...

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NBC Universal and Google Form Strategic Advertising Partnership

NBCU Cable to Implement Google TV Ads Advertising PlatformGoogle to Bring New Advertising Clients to TelevisionPartnership Includes Collaboration on Custom Research Projects to Help Drive New Insights into TV AdvertisingNEW YORK & MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (September 8, 2008) – As part of its continuing effort to offer innovative advertising solutions to its clients, NBC Universal (NBCU) will join forces with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)...

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Google Chrome: A New Take on the Browser

New Open Source Browser Combines Simple User-Interface with Sophisticated TechnologyMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 2, 2008) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today launched Google Chrome™, a new open source browser intended to create a better web experience for users around the world. Available in beta in more than 40 languages, Google Chrome is a new approach to the browser that’s based on the simplicity and power that users have...

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New Picasa 3.0 Takes Photo Sharing From "Easy" To "Effortless"; Upgraded Picasa Web Albums Now Focuses on the People In Your Pictures

AnnouncementSeptember 2, 2008As people buy more expensive digital cameras in hopes of taking better pictures and sharing more photos with friends and family, many have discovered that a few all-too-familiar problems won’t go away no matter how many megapixels you buy – like clunky PC utilities that seem determined to take the fun out of photography, and labor-intensive photo-sharing sites that feel like a chore unto themselves.So...

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Now Showing: Video in Google Apps

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 2, 2008) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced Google Video™ for business, a new application in Google Apps™ for sharing video in an organization in two easy steps – simply upload a video to Google Apps, and then invite others to view it. With Google Video for business, anyone can upload a video – on anything ranging from executive communications to product training to trip reports –...

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