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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.
AT&T Ditches Google For Yahoo On Its Motorola Backflip
03/02/2010, No matter how you phrase it, you’ve really got to appreciate the irony of the whole situation. This is probably one of the downsides of having an open OS, as the Motorola Backflip offered by AT&T will have Yahoo Search [...]
Google Snaps Up Picnik Online Photo Editor
03/02/2010, If you’ve been toying around with online photo editors, you’ve probably chanced upon Picnik by now, which is the default online photo editor used by Flickr. Whether you’re a fan of Google or not, the reality is that the search [...]
Google Helps You Find People Lost In Chile Quake
03/01/2010, The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile certainly is a tragedy, but it’s good to see that Google is also doing its part to help out, and as a response, the search engine giant has set up a person-finder site to [...]
Nexus One Live Wallpaper Modded To Cyanogen Blue
03/01/2010, Do you dislike the multi-colored live wallpaper that Google’s Nexus one offers? If it’s just a different color scheme that you’re looking for, some folks have managed to fiddle with the phone and get it to use only Cyanogen Blue. [...]
YouTube ends IE6 support soon
02/23/2010, Google’s YouTube vidoe service is touted to stop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) support come this March 13th, although they did not state it directly, they did mention that “users will still be able to watch YouTube on IE6. As the [...]
Google Earth now available for Nexus One
02/22/2010, Google Earth is finally available for the Nexus One smartphone – a good sign considering it was one of the applications shown during the Nexus One rollout. You can hop on to the Android Market at get Google Earth for [...]
Google Shopper for Android
02/19/2010, Google’s latest step in world domination comes in the form of Google Shopper for Android devices, allowing you to shop smarter. The application relies on your Android’ smartphone’s camera to scan majority of barcodes out there, alongside its ability to [...]
Acer BeTouch E400 Android Phone
02/17/2010, [MWC 2010] Acer is showing its BeTouch E400 mid-range Android phone at Mobile World Congress. It’s a decent Android phone and it has a few Acer-specific widgets and software (including free-music streaming!), but overall, it’s an average Android offering. It [...]
BYD Snaptop concept smartbook powered by Snapdragon
02/17/2010, [MWC 2010] Qualcomm was demonstrating this Smartbook at Mobile. It is a concept, not a product, but its design is very interesting to look at. As you can see, there’s a small keyboard – but what you don’t see is [...]
MOTOROI Hands-On
02/17/2010, [MWC 2010] We’ve heard about it since last month, and now we have had the opportunity to play with it: first impressions. Coming to the U.S in March, the MOTOROI is a cousin of the Motorola Droid. Its design is [...]
Google Adjusts Buzz Privacy Settings
02/12/2010, You might have been busy enjoying Google Buzz over the past few days, but lots of folks out there have rather concerned about the privacy aspects of it, not to mention that it’s difficult to make your list of followers [...]
Multi-touch Used To Get Expose On The HTC Hero
02/11/2010, While Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid users have been clamoring to get their hands on the multi-touch update for said phones, it seems that the HTC Hero has been hacked to allow multi-touch to work on it. The best [...]
Google to build ultra high-speed broadband networks
02/10/2010, Google looks set to jump aboard the Internet Service Provider (ISP) bandwagon with news of them offering a fiber-based ISP service which can hit a phenomenal 1Gbps speed, for a price, of course. After all, there is no free lunch [...]
