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Quoted by Reuters as a “hubristic” move, Google has decided to play offensive in reply to Blue Destiny Records suing the popular search engine, last year. In spite of having larger annual revenue than the whole global record industry, why Google would want to go to the court against a small blues records, still remains unanswered. This might as well be Google’s shortcut and easy way to solve... Read More »

A web search without Google is unthinkable to all of us. It is a platform to know about the unknowns and to be answered for all your queries. To enhance the search event Google has made some effective modification while displaying the search results on a page. Keeping the Home Page quite same as it was before, the company slightly tides up the logo so that the users do not face any difficulty while... Read More »

Google, the most popular search engine is going to launch their highly anticipated e-bookshop at last. The search giant had been fighting for years with the US court on the issue of creating the world’s largest online library, which is finally won by Google and have been given permission to open it. Google Editions are expected to launch at the end of June or July. Google Editions books will let... Read More »

Anybody trying to ‘Google’ some information from the Internet must have noticed the recent change. Yes, I am talking about Google’s site redesign. Though, the new design can’t be compared to a drastic botox lift, but surely the little nip and tuck procedure has given it a new look and feel. For Google, it is a spring metamorphosis. To the million users, using Google, the homepage is barely... Read More »

Adventurous people may find it a wonderful experience to order food from a menu that is in a language they do not understand, in the course of a foreign trip. However, for cautious and conscious people this may be a grueling experience just because they do not know the language. However, if you have a camera mobile (android 1.6 version or higher) with you and an Internet connection, the leading search... Read More »

The world’s most popular search engine, Google has problems with an Australian businessman over the name of his website called Groggle. Google feels that the name “Groggle” is deceptively similar to its trademark name and they want to eliminate such a possibility. The owner of the website is Cameron Collie and it is problems galore for him because Google is really serious about this particular... Read More »

Google has raised an alarm bell saying that most of the anti-virus software programmes which the users download and install are themselves’ malicious programmes spreading virus and worms into one’s computer. It is annoying to hear that the protector is causing severe harm than anyone else. In the past for a period of one year and one month, Google has conducted a thorough check on millions of... Read More »

Google Chrome has had security flaws since day one, and it has been the center of heavy criticism, since time immemorial. Despite several impressive functionalities, the security levels in Google Chrome have never been too convincing, and it has never been admired by the internet users and critics as a safe browser. Far off, there have been too many bugs reported by the users off-late, and the 4.1.249.1045... Read More »

Google is a relatively new name in the mobile device industry. Its Android device is looking to become one of the top items in the world of smartphones. Concerns over patents are becoming more prevalent for the company though. This is something that could end up influencing how Google works with its marketing strategy for this device. HTC, which works to create many Android smartphones, is being impacted... Read More »

A good application programming interface is vital for all mobile apps and adds ons. This is especially the case for cloud computing processes where a number of resources are shared between all computers in a network. Google’s API services work as cloud-based services. This is something that is proving to be popular among many developers of these apps. A recent study shows just how valuable Google’s... Read More »

Google is noted for being one of the world’s top search engines. However, it is a business that could be in trouble if it does not do more beyond its search engine services. This is according to a recent statement by Yahoo head Carol Bartz. Bartz argues that Yahoo is growing in size primarily because of how Yahoo is offering a variety of different types of functions. It offers such things as news,... Read More »

Barely a few months after the launch of the Nexus One Smartphone Google seems to be pulling the plug on the device by directing potential buyers to the newer HTC Incredible. The Incredible is almost similar in all aspects to the Nexus One but also packs in a more powerful camera. Compared to the sales of any other phone in the same league like the iPhone or Droid, Nexus One seems to have fared the... Read More »

Google released its new feature, Google Buzz, with lot of hype. Somehow it just did not garner as many thumbs up as it had hoped to. Many of you Gmail users might have already indulged in the Buzz. You can share your status updates with all your friends along with pictures, videos and links. These can also be commented upon. Sounds a lot like Facebook or Twitter eh? Well Google Buzz aims to bring... Read More »

We have always known about the legendary rivalry between Microsoft and Google with each vying for the marketshare in almost all areas. Till recently Facebook was just another social networking site, a college student’s pass time creation. Well sorry to break that bubble but Facebook has matured into much more than that. In fact it is now ready to take on the internet titan, Google. Facebook has... Read More »

Worried about the prevailing trend of governments requesting to remove contents from its database, Google launches another monitoring tool. The Government Request tool displays a map and a listing of number of requests from governments to Google. Google stated that “government censorship of the web is growing rapidly: from the outright blocking and filtering of sites, to court orders limiting access... Read More »

Google has now finally found a loophole to circumvent the Chinese laws and provide uncensored internet to Chinese public. The government is not amused though. There have been many actions taken by the government to suppress Google’s presence totally in China. The Chinese government has also tried to cut Google out its marketshare in other related businesses too. People’s Daily, the official newspaper... Read More »

There’s no surprise about Google acquiring a new company again. After all, Google has made it public that it will purchase at least one company per month. What’s different this time, however, along with the Agnilux, it managed to acquire a bevy of talented engineers and programmers. Agnilux, is a hardware-startup company—dealing with chips or semiconductors more precisely—developed by former... Read More »

Google has decided to improve its Google Goggles project by integrating with an Android application. Google Goggles inputs user uploaded images of various things like landmarks, books, wine bottles etc. and identifies them along with quantity of information like product name, price and other search results associated with that product. Google is going to associate itself with the Plink. With just... Read More »

With the launch of iPad, the question of taking a print-out from a wireless device has been raised, once again. Though, we are familiar of taking print-outs by using a notebook, desktop and laptop with the help of drivers and cables. However, in this wireless age of tablets, the need of wires and cables to connect to a peripheral device like printers has vanished. Google has come up with a solution... Read More »

It seems that being no.1 is not just enough for Gmail. Gmail has added two new cool features recently. Gmail users can now drag and drop attachments and send calendar invites. Now Gmail competitors have to really work hard to beat Gmail’s propensity for churning out innovation after innovation. Drag and drop your attachments This drag and drop options is pretty easy to use. From your computer’s... Read More »

In what seems to be a global effort at curbing the spread of malicious malware around the world; Google researchers are all set to release their finding from a research that was carried over a 13 month period. The findings of the research will be discussed at a forum being organized in San Jose titled “Workshop on Large Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats,” on 27 April. The study largely focuses... Read More »

Google, in partnership with Twitter, a social micro-blogging site, announced that it will now include Google Replay in its Google Search. Google recognizes Twitter’s micro-blogging community’s contribution on recording local and international history. According to Google’ blog, the community’s tweets offer valuable insight on certain events and their commentaries show how people reacted to... Read More »

Google just went gaga with its newest acquisition, Plink, a UK based company. With over 50, 000 users since they launched four weeks ago, Plink offered its users a revolutionary visual search technology for their cell phones. The Plink download enables its users to identify work of arts by taking photos of it and searching online for the details. Plink will now be part of the efforts of Google to... Read More »

It’s been a year and a half since the release of the first version of the Google chrome. It has come a long way since its release and has almost all the features of other established browsers. Google will now shortly release the Chrome 5 which is expected to give the other browsers a run for their money. Chrome 5 is presently available in beta for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The Chrome releases... Read More »

Google has released Nexus One Car Dock which will help you to get through the streets of San Francisco. The Google Nexus Car One Dock comes with a built in speaker and volume controls that can enhance the media and in-car experience for its users. The Dock has an adhesive disc and can be mounted on the dashboard or the wind shield of your car. The Dock has a Car Home application that can load itself... Read More »