GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It's Very, Very Good.
Crystal Ray
GrandCentral To (Finally) Launch As Google Voice. It's Very, Very Good
GrandCentral, a phone management service that first launched in 2006 and was acquired by Google for $50+ million in 2007, hasn't been in the news much lately. Other than a few good natured jabs at their marketing gimmicks and coverage of outages, that is.
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Top Georgian Official: Moscow Cyber Attacked Us - We Just Can't Prove It
Last summer, three weeks before the shooting war between Georgia and Russia began, online attackers started assaulting Georgia's websites. Since then, researchers have tried to find out who masterminded the network strikes - military electronic warriors, patriotic hackers, cyber-crooks - without finding anything definitive.
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Iron Eagle Nominee: Israeli Armsdog-Millionaires Assault Bollywood, Good Taste
Let's say you're a defense-company marketing executive. And you want to make a splash at the Indian defense ministry's annual air show. Do you: (a) buy expensive gifts for New Delhi's generals; (b) treat the press to Kingfishers and samosas; (c) produce a Bollywood-esque video featuring bare-midriff girls, flower-draped missiles, and the catch phrase "dinga dinga dee?"
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YouTube blocks "premium" videos in UK after licensing tiff
YouTube is blocking access to "premium" music videos in the UK thanks to a licensing disagreement between Google and a UK royalty collection group. The group, PRS for Music, has apparently jacked up its licensing fees with YouTube just as its contract has come to an end, leading to a stalemate in negotiations.
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