Updates at foot of post: We’re getting reports of many Google Calendar users suffering missing data right now. It appears that the when users load their accounts, all calendars and entries are missing. While the problem certainly isn’t affecting everyone (it’s working fine for us), a large number of people appear to be suffering. First tipped to us byJaap van der Meer, complaints arecominginonTwitteras well as on abusy threadon the Google Calendar support forum....

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a big difference. Today marks five years since Google first launched itsCalendarservice. To celebrate, the company hasunveileda new favicon that that will update every day, to show the current date. Useful, huh? While the new feature hasn’t rolled out to all just yet, Google says everyone should have it within the next few days. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....

The war of words between Google and Bing is reaching new heights as Google hasreleased a missivethat directly attacks Bing’s response concerning the quality of its search results. If you missed the start of the controversy, this iswhat is going on: Google has run a sting operation that it says proves Microsoft’s Bing search engine is copying Google search results, and it’s using the blogosphere, rather than its own blog, to get the word out....

As wereportedrecently, the UK is in the midst of areviewof Intellectual Property laws as part of the government’splansto boost technological innovation in the country. As part of the review, interested groups were invited to submit formal responses and amongst those that did is Google. The company writes in its submission [PDF link]: “Google supports copyright policy that protects artists and fosters innovation in ways that help people create, distribute and engage information… our mission is to help people find information online, so encouraging the creation of information is essential and complementary to our business....

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.Jorge Luis Borges Perhaps it is Jorge Luis Borges’ most famous quote because it is the epitome of his grand theme that runs through much of the famous Argentine author’s work. Borges work captures dreams, labyrinths, libraries, animals, fictional writers, religion and God, dancing around this idea that all of the world can be deduced into one powerful thought, that everything around us is connected, juxtaposed and paradoxical....