Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Facebook Places takes aim at Google — If Facebook Places catches on with the company’s 500 million users, Facebook could be sitting on a gold mine of local business listings that advertisers and users will love and Google will hate. — As part of Google’s quest to pack useful answers …
Garett Rogers / Googling Google Blog:
The problem with Google Voice Actions for Android — Google Voice actions is a “cool” new feature for Android (Froyo 2.2). With this new feature you are able to tell your phone what to do, with just your voice. How about some of these examples: — 1) “send text to bob hey are you coming for lunch or what?”
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Demand Media’s IPO: The Google & SEO Aspects — Demand Media has filed for an IPO. The company, known as a content farm to some, produces much of its content on sites like eHow and others in direct response to what it determines people are searching for on the web.
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Google fixes flaw in Audio CAPTCHA — IDG News Service – Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phony accounts with the company’s services. — The flaw was described in a post to the Full Disclosure mailing list Monday.