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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 [...]
Opera launches Opera Mini 7 and “Smart Page” feature
05/30/2012, Opera is promising a better way to connect with friends and the web on mobile devices. Today, Opera Software, the Norwegian software company behind the Opera web browser, introduced Opera Mini 7 and an added feature called Smart Page. Smart [...]
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 [...]
Twitter and Pepsi Ink Year Long Deal: Live for Now Music
05/30/2012, Pepsi has unveiled a partnership with Twitter that will span over the next 52 weeks as part of its global ‘Live for Now’ campaign which is called ‘Live for Now Music’. The partnership reportedly uses video, live streaming along with [...]
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 [...]
Facebook’s Highlight Feature Has Arrived
05/30/2012, Just a couple of weeks ago, we heard about a new feature that was rumored to be featured in Facebook called Highlight. This feature effectively allows people to pay a sum and Facebook would promote your selected post and now [...]
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. [...]
Samsung ChromeBox and Chromebook Series 5 550 Announced
05/29/2012, You may have seen the unboxing of the ChromeBox, a small $329 computer that is powered by the latest Chrome OS web-based “operating system” from Google. Samsung just made it official in the U.S today and has announced a new [...]
Twitter Rolling Out New Profile-Based Follower Email Notifications
05/29/2012, Twitter seems to be on a roll with newly added changes and features to its micro-blogging service. In the past two weeks, we’ve seen the service agree to the Do Not Track option on browsers and Twitter has also started [...]
UK artists create a visual Google search dictionary
05/29/2012, It is safe to assume that we’ve all searched for images on Google before. Unless the image is particularly vague, chances are that results of the image search along with its thumbnails should appear on the first page of your [...]
Facebook to acquire facial recognition company Face.com [Rumor]
05/28/2012, Calcalist released a report today citing that Facebook is interested in buying Face.com, a technology company offering facial recognition software to its users. Just last week, we wrote about the rumor surrounding Facebook’s alleged intention to acquire the company behind [...]
Yahoo decides to discontinue Livestand
05/25/2012, We can still remember how excited we were when we first heard that Yahoo is working on a news reader, the beautifully designed “digital living magazine” that is Livestand. But eventually, all good things must come to an end, too [...]
