All the stories tagged with: Google
Google is an Internet Search company with profits mainly derived from its AdWords advertising program. Google is also known for other high-profile web-related products such as Chrome, GMail, Google Docs or Google Map, and it has also made a very successful entry into the mobile handset market with its Android mobile operating system. The company was created in 1998 and went public in 2004. Google is one of the most visited site in the world.
Google files complaint against Microsoft and Nokia over “mobile patent abuse” in the EU
06/01/2012, If you have been following the tech scene for a while, you are probably aware of the various patent lawsuits that are being thrown around by patent trolls and huge corporations alike (think Apple vs Samsung, Microsoft vs Motorola, Google [...]
Court rules that Java APIs are not copyrightable in Google vs Oracle case
06/01/2012, A little over a week ago, we reported that in the legal battle between Google and Oracle, the jury ruled that while Google was guilty of infringing upon Oracle’s copyright, they did not infringe upon any of the company’s patents. [...]
Google applies for .google, .youtube, .lol top level domains
06/01/2012, About a decade or more ago, URLs ending in .com, .net, and .org were fairly commonplace. In fact they still are although lately they have started getting creative with URLs ending with .tv, .biz, and my personal favorite, .xxx. Well [...]
Google Drive offline coming in five weeks, says Google exec
05/31/2012, According to Sundar Pichai, Google’s Senior Vice President of Chrome & Apps, the offline version of Google Drive will be coming in “five weeks”. The Google executive dropped the bomb at the closing session of D10 in California today. Unfortunately, [...]
Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook Review
05/31/2012, It has been about one year since Google released new Chromebooks, which are laptops running on Google’s Chrome OS, a Linux-based Operating system that revolves around one thing: the Chrome web browser. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, the [...]
Google’s World Wonders Project lets you explore historical sites without flying there
05/31/2012, Here is yet another side project that might pique your interest – the World Wonders Project from Google that allows you to explore those historical places that you read about (or seen on the Internet for children these days). Back [...]
Baidu releases ROM of their own for Android smartphones in China
05/31/2012, When it comes to China, the country has its own version of Google that mimics some of the company’s services, like a search engine, a mobile platform (which admittedly is based off Android) and a cloud service of their own [...]
Google Voice update now allows users to handle anonymous calls
05/31/2012, Google is launching a new update to Google Voice, the behemoth’s free PC-to-PC voice service that was launched way back in 2009. Google is updating the service with two new features that users might find useful. Essentially, two new groups [...]
Google reportedly raided by Korean Fair Trade Commission over anti-trust concerns
05/30/2012, Oh dear Google, what have you done in Korea? The Korea Fair Trade Commission reportedly raided Google’s offices in Seoul on Monday this week. This marks as the second time that the search engine giant’s headquarters in South Korea have [...]
Google Translate now allowing users to edit translations
05/30/2012, Unless you are polyglot – one who is talented enough to speak many different languages – then you’re not a stranger to Google’s statistical machine translation service, Google Translate. But sometimes, I must admit that it can cause quite a [...]
Google now selling accessories for Galaxy Nexus on Google Play
05/30/2012, It was a month ago when the Galaxy Nexus popped out from the Google Play store, retailing for $399 without the hassle of getting locked into a two-year contract. Well, just a month after that, Google is now selling accessories [...]
Google+ New Local Tab Features Zagat Ratings
05/30/2012, Back in October, Google forked over $151 million to acquire Zagat. Of course we didn’t know what Google had in store for it then but now however, the company has revealed its plans with regards to the restaurant review and [...]
Orkut to be Linked with Google+
05/30/2012, Google apparently is now allowing users on its first ever social network Orkut, to link their profiles to their Google+ account. What we can take from it is that users will be sharing their posts on both social networks simultaneously. [...]
