Google News & New Resources Roundup (Late August/Early September 2011)

Google Roundup (Late August/Early September 2011)
Note: Items in this roundup were published between August 16, 2011 and September 6, 2011.

1. [Oops!]: “Closed, Says Google, but Shops’ Signs Say Open” (via NY Times)
2. See Also: Google Aims to Close Google Maps Loophole (via PC World)

3. “Google Customer Support Surprise: Phone Reps Handling 10,000 Calls A Week From 60 Countries”
by Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land

4. “Google Shutters Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark, Subscribed Links & More Google Labs Projects”
by Matt McGee, Search Engine Land
5. See Also: “Google cleans house, closes 10 projects” (via Venture Beat)
6. See Also: “Google Maps for Flash Among Several Axed Google APIs” (via Programmable Web)

7. “Making Copyright Work Better Online: A Progress Report” (via Official Google Blog)

8. “Offline Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs” (via Google Operating System)
9. See Also: “Google Gmail Offline: Hands On” (via PCMag.com)
10. See Also: “Offline Google Calendar” (via Google Operating System)

11. “Google Turns On New Blogger Interface” (via PC World)

12. “Google begins testing new community features on Google+” (via The Next Web)

13. “Google’s Eric Schmidt Says, “If You Don’t Want To Use Your Real Name, Don’t Use Google+”
14. See Also: “Google+ to Use Personal Data in Services(via Forbes.com)

15. “Google Books: “Google Strikes Deal With French Publisher La Martiniere Groupe”

16. “Full Text of the British Library’s Digitization Contract With Google + Links to Other Google Digi Agreements”

17. “Regulators Say Google CEO Knew About Illegal Drug Ads” (via Newsy.com)

18. See Also: “Google Forfeits $500 Million Generated by Online Ads & Prescription Drug Sales by Canadian Online Pharmacies”

19. Interview: “Inside Google+: The virtuous circle of data and doing right by users'” (via O’Reilly Radar)

20. “Google Users Are Losing Interest In Google+” (via Business Insider)

21. See Also: “Google+ User Statistics Part II – How have the demographics shifted since G+ came out of beta?” (via Bime)
22. See Also: Google+ Demographics Infographic (via Bime)
23. See Also: Interactive Google+ User Statistics (via Bime)

24. “Google Begins Verifying Google+ Accounts” (by Matt McGee, Search Engine Land)

25. “Google Launches Photozine, An iPhone Photo Sharing App” (via PFSK)

26. “Google’s New ‘Sitelink’ Search Dominates Results” (via PCMag.com)

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