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Woman Sues Google for Bad Directions

June 7th, 2010 by Jeff
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This case should serve as an illustration that common sense is something very rarely found in some people. According to this article at SearchEngineLand.com, Lauren Rosenberg used Google Maps on her BlackBerry to get walking directions to another location in Park City, Utah. Part of the directions indicated that she should walk along Utah State […]

Google Search Page Gets Custom Background Images

June 7th, 2010 by Jeff
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Google announced in a blog posting on June 2 that they would now allow users to setup a customized background image for Google.com. Microsoft Bing has had a photographic image background on their site since launch, but the image is selected daily by Microsoft, and users are unable to change the image that is displayed.
Google allows […]