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1. News - World

   Stunning timelapse shows how the Earth's surface has changed since 1984

   Posted May 10th 2013, 03:49pm by Staff Reporter

   ... website. Google used satellites from Nasa's Landsat program which perpetually orbit the Earth in order to monitor how the human species was altering the surface of the planet. Along ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1234556/stunning-timelapse-shows-how-earths-surface-has-changed-1984
2. News - Asia - INTERNET

   North Korea a final frontier for Google Maps

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 01:01pm by AFP

   ... on the maps was already available on Google Earth. The information generally came from defectors or human rights groups that tried to expose developments in the opaque state, he maintained. “This ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1139215/north-korea-final-frontier-google-maps
3. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Google map shows 29 years of change

   Posted May 11th 2013, 12:00am by Christy Choi, LAURA ZHOU

   ... News Hong Kong Google Maps Hong Kong Christy Choi and Laura Zhou Project uses decades of satellite images to highlight effects of development across earth Ever wondered how much Hong Kong has changed since 1984? Google has teamed up with Time magazine, Nasa and the US Geological Survey to create time-lapse videos from satellite images of what's happened to the earth over ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1234860/google-map-shows-29-years-change
4. Business - Companies

   Britain to quiz Google and auditor again on tax

   Posted May 02nd 2013, 02:37pm by Reuters

   ... Business Companies Lifestyle Technology Google Reuters in London Executives from Google and its auditor Ernst & Young will be called again to a British parliament committee to testify on tax, after a Reuters investigation highlighted inconsistencies in the way Google portrays its activities in Britain, the committee’s chairwoman told Reuters. Margaret Hodge, head of the Public ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1228359/britain-quiz-google-and-auditor-again-tax
5. News - World

   Google pulls ‘Make Me Asian app’ after racism uproar

   Posted Jan 18th 2013, 09:44am by Agence France Presse

   ... giant’s online store Google Play. “Make Me Asian” had billed itself as allowing a person to “make himself a Chinese, Japanese, Korean or any other Asian.” The user was able to add features ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1130786/google-pulls-make-me-asian-app-after-racism-uproar
6. News - Asia

   Australian man wins US$208k from Google for gang links

   Posted Nov 12th 2012, 01:20pm by Agence France-Presse

   ... News Asia Google Agence France-Presse Google was ordered to pay A$200,000 (US$208,000) in damages to an Australian man on Monday after a jury found the internet giant defamed him by publishing material linking him to mobsters. Milorad Trkulja, an entertainment promoter who is now 62, was shot in the back in 2004 in a crime that was never solved. He accused Google of defaming him ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1080612/australian-man-wins-208k-google-gang-links
7. Business - Companies - TELECOMMUNICATIONS

   Google to grow adoption of social-media tools by leading brands

   Posted Sep 28th 2012, 12:00am by BIEN PEREZ

   ... More than a year since launching its own social-networking service, Google is stepping up efforts for more leading brands to use advanced tools to help them engage with customers on smartphones ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1049012/google-grow-adoption-social-media-tools-leading-brands
8. Business - Companies

   Google+ struggles to attract brands, some neglect to update

   Posted May 13th 2013, 10:58am by Reuters

   ... Business Companies Google Google + Facebook Social Network Reuters in San Francisco To mark the Cinco de Mayo holiday this year, Domino’s Pizza festooned its Facebook page with a string of posts, including an image of a Mexican-themed guacamole pizza that garnered over 2,000 “likes”. But visitors to Domino’s companion Google+ page on that day found less festive fare: The most ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1236639/google-struggles-attract-brands-some-neglect-update
9. News - World - SPACE

   Water on earth, moon came from same place

   Posted May 11th 2013, 12:00am by GDN

   ... for water inside the glass droplets emerged in previous studies, but the latest US research goes further, showing that the lunar water is chemically identical to that on ancient earth. According ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1234783/water-earth-moon-came-same-place
10. Business - Companies

    Google Now useful as a supplement to Siri

    Posted May 01st 2013, 12:45pm by AP

    ... devices to iPhones and iPads. Both Google Now and Siri will respond to voice commands, whether it’s to look up the day’s weather or set the alarm on the phone. Google Now goes further in filling ...

    http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1227421/google-now-useful-supplement-siri

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