Showing posts with label Google creates €60m Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to support transformative French digital publishing initiatives. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Dragon capsule docks at space station....


Hadfield tweets unmanned spacecraft brought fruit, peanut butter and notes from home


The commercial supply ship Dragon has arrived at the International Space Station after a shaky start.
Station astronauts used a Canadian robotics arm on Sunday morning to latch onto the supply ship.
The California-based SpaceX company had to struggle with the Dragon following Friday's launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Florida.
A clogged pressure line or stuck valve prevented the Dragon's thrusters from working, and it took flight controllers several hours to gain control and salvage the mission.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Doodle 4 Google: A stately competition

Are you a young artist from California? Alabama? Or Indiana (like me!)? Well, get doodling with the topic “My Best Day Ever…” for a chance to see your very own artwork on the Google homepage—and help represent your piece of the union.

Google creates €60m Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to support transformative French digital publishing initiatives

Google has worked with news publishers around the globe for years to help them make the most of the web. Our search engine generates billions of clicks each month, and our advertising solutions (in which we have invested billions of dollars) help them make money from that traffic. And last year, we launched Google Play, which offers new opportunities for publishers to make money—including through paid subscriptions. A healthy news industry is important for Google and our partners, and it is essential to a free society.