Google's New Plan: Annoy You Into Compliance 
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Your Next Google Search Is Going To Freak You Out 
Steve Ballmer Up Close Talkin' Bout Phones And Stuff The US Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple as part of an antitrust probe of Google, in order to determine how search is incorporated into iOS devices. The request for information specifically asks for details about agreements that made Google the default search engine on Apple’s mobile devices.
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This protection was especially important because search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more.
On March 1, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1 as well as data it collects on you in the future.
Performing a Google-based search on your touchscreen mobile device could soon get a lot easier. Like “draw a G and circle the text in question” sort of easy.
There are countless search systems floating around the web, but it has just been announced that Apple has purchased the app search company Chomp. This isn’t a normal Apple takeover to squash a competitor though; it looks like Apple has serious plans for the expertise it just purchased.
Blame Google if you find yourself staring at your screen, unable to remember what you were about to search for on the internet. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 155th birthday of German physicist Heinrich Hertz, whose experiments with electromagnetic waves paved the way for the radio — and everything wireless you’ve ever used.
Pagerank is Google’s name for the broader technology that made it the search giant that it is today. What would happen if you applied that idea to chemistry, though?
Google knows a thing or two about complex calculations performed across very big data sets. Which is why chemists are borrowing ideas from the search company to help them predict how substances react with each other.
Wolfram Alpha may or may not be one of my favourite things in tech right now. It’ll spew movie times, compare NFL stats, help you cheat in Words With Friends and tell you exactly what aeroplane you’re staring at in the sky. And now with tomorrow’s arrival of Wolfram Alpha Pro, the company, in its founder’s words, begins “step 2″.
