Sep 5, 20100
Don’t Be Evil? Meet Eric Scmidt, Google’s CEO
This video was played in Times Square as part of a Consumer Watchdog campaign for a “do not track me” list:
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Sep 27, 20090
Google Sidewiki
Google’s recently released Sidewiki presents some interesting possibilities for recruiters and marketers alike. Stay tuned for more on this…
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Aug 13, 20090
Google Opt Out Feature Protects Privacy
Option 1: Opt-out; Option 2: Opt-in. You decide…
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May 26, 20090
Google Calculating Who’s About to Quit
Quoting the WSJ Google Blogoscoped picks this up:
[Google] recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula Google says can identify which of its 20,000 employees are most likely to quit.
Google officials are reluctant to share details of the formula, which is still being tested. The inputs include information from surveys and peer reviews, and Google says the algorithm already has identified employees who felt underused, a key complaint among those who contemplate leaving.
May 25, 20090
Google Sued by Inventor of Vibrating Toilet Seat
It happens…
This according to InformationWeek:
Google this week was sued, along with AOL, by Johnny I. Henry, the inventor of a vibrating toilet seat.
Note the use of the indefinite article “a,” rather than the definite article “the,” to indicate that there might be more than one such device. According to Google Patents, two other inventors received a patent for a vibrating toilet seat of their own in 1990.
Though Google is known for its use of high-tech toilets, this is not a patent claim.
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