The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Terminator No More: Google Glass Gets A Makeover”. Taylor Hatmaker says, “For nearly a year, Google Glass Explorers who lacked 20/20 vision—or didn’t feel like getting crafty with duct tape—were left high and dry with no way to make Glass play nice with prescription lenses. That functionality was among the device’s most requested features—and now it’s here. As the company announced on Google+, Glass-friendly frames are now available in Google’s online Glass store. The online storefront stocks Glass itself (still an astronomical... [...]

The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “Disavow & Link Removal: Understanding Google”. Aaron Wall says, “Few SEOs took notice when Matt Cutts mentioned on TWIG that “breaking their spirits” was essential to stopping spammers. But that single piece of information add layers of insights around things like: duplicity on user privacy on organic versus AdWords benefit of the doubt for big brands versus absolute apathy toward smaller entities the importance of identity versus total wipeouts of those who are clipped mixed messaging on how to use disavow & the general... [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “12 inspiring marketing campaigns from Google”. Ben Davis says, “Google helps us all market our services. That statement can start a healthy debate amongst many in the media, but I think I’ll stick with it. Of course, Google has to market itself, too. Even the biggest and most successful companies must market themselves in some channels. Apple, for example, may shun social media, but it’s all over the television and out-of-home and has a distinctive presence on many high streets“. 12 inspiring marketing... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google and Samsung Strike Global Patent-Licensing Deal”. Adario Strange says, “Furthering strengthening an already close working relationship, Samsung and Google announced a new global patent-licensing agreement on Sunday.“We’re pleased to enter into a cross-license with our partner Samsung,” Allen Lo, deputy general counsel for patents at Google, said in a statement. “By working together on agreements like this, companies can reduce the potential for litigation and focus instead on innovation.” SEE ALSO: Top 15 Recipients... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Responds to Massive Gmail Outage”. Karissa Bell says, “Friday’s Google outage that downed Gmail, Google+, Calendar and Documents for users around the world was caused by a software bug, according to a statement released by Google Friday evening.The culprit, said Google, was an internal software bug that ultimately caused users’ data requests to be ignored, which then caused errors within Gmail and other Google services. “An internal system that generates configurations — essentially, information that tells... [...]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “Understanding Mobile Traffic with Google Analytics”. Kevin Webster says, “Consumers increasingly access the Internet via mobile devices. Businesses should know how their websites are responding to mobile devices, to improve web marketing efforts. Whether you are employing a responsive design that resizes and rearranges itself based on mobile versus desktop visits, or you are sending phone and tablet users to a mobile friendly version of a site, studying visits from mobile users is important. Google Analytics has pre-built “Custom”... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Debuts Video Quality Test and Other News You Need to Know”. Stan Schroeder says, “Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you up to date on what’s happening in the digital world.Google is rolling out a new service called Video Quality Report, which lets users test how well their Internet Service Providers stream YouTube videos. 4Chan founder and CEO of Canvas Networks Christopher Poole said his company’s products, DrawQuest and Canvas, are coming to an end“. Google... [...]

InfoWorld.com reports that there’s a new threat growing out of the easy extensibility of Google Chrome with add-ons. It has always been possible for someone to create a malicious or adware plugin and attempt to place it on the Chrome Web Store. Google worked hard to assure that such apps didn’t see the light of day or at the least were removed immediately. But there’s a back door Google apparently hadn’t considered: What if a good app goes bad? That’s what happened to two such add-ons, Add to Feedly and Tweet This Page. Once considered useful extensions downloaded... [...]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “How Google Hummingbird Affects Website Content”. Pamella Neely says, “At the close of September 2013, during the same week that Google stripped keyword data from Google Analytics accounts, it announced the Hummingbird update. But Hummingbird was no mere algorithm change. It was an entirely new algorithm, a new way for Google to pull search results from its vast database of information on the web. Hummingbird affected 90 percent of search results. That’s a big deal, especially if you consider when Google Panda (another algorithm... [...]

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Testing and Analytics: What’s stopping you from testing?”. Taylor Kennedy says, “How often do you read a blog or case study about a huge lift (sometimes here on this very site) and think, “That’s too good to be true.” Trust me, you’re not alone. I think like that also and I’m here to tell you that it’s alright. It pays to be skeptical in the marketing world. To me, skepticism is just another way of saying you pay close attention to details. After all, it’s the details that help you discover why people buy your products”. Testing... [...]