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Url Extractor X gets more international Google sites

Tension Software has released Url Extractor X 3.2.1 (http://pomola.com/products_urlextractor/urlextractor.html). The new version adds more international Google sites to extract starting form search keywords.

Url Extractor X is a Mac OS X app for extracting emails address and generic URLs from files on the HD or directly from the web using a list of “starting” web addresses and working unattended after the startup. You can now retrieve and start search from web pages using keywords from various international Google sites.

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Google launches its own eBookstore

Google has announced that Google eBooks will be available in the U.S. from a new Google eBookstore (http://books.google.com/ebooks).

Google says the eBookstore will be compatible with a variety of devices are compatible with Google eBooks, including iOS devices. With the new Google eBooks Web Reader, you can buy, store and read Google eBooks in the cloud.

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Google sued for violating privacy rights

A class action lawsuit filed Monday challenges Google’s alleged practice of illegally sharing the search queries of its users with third-parties.

In 2006, Google successfully fought a subpoena filed by the Department of Justice that sought to compel the release of search queries. Google argued: “[S]earch query content can disclose identities and personally identifiable information . . .” It further stated that it “will keep private whatever information users communicate absent a compelling reason.”

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Google accounts for 97% of all iPhone search traffic

Despite the hoopla surrounding Microsoft Bing’s tighter integration with Facebook, Google hogs as much as 97% of all the search traffic on the iPhone, according to ad network Chitika, as reported by “eWeek” (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Googles-iPhone-Search-Traffic-as-Great-as-97-755713/).

Apple’s mobile Safari toolbar sends 49% of traffic to Google, while the Google homepage racks up about 42.24% of the traffic on the iPhone. The Google App accounts for 8.68%of Google’s iPhone traffic. 

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