Google comes out swinging against popular shopping apps such as, Shopsavvy and Amazon with Google Shopper.  Many of you have probably already noticed Google Maps 2D barcodes on local store fronts in your neighborhood (at up to 190,000 local businesses throughout the US).  Most people have no clue what these little tags are for, but [...]

Officially, I found out about the Google Goggles release on the MSNBC report last week along with the rest of the world.  Unofficially, I’ve known Google has been investing heavily in their image search technology for about 18 months.  In August of 2006