Posts Under Category Google
Google Shuts Down Google Health and Google PowerMeter Services
Google confirmed in a blog post on Friday that its two services, Google Health and Google PowerMeter are both officially dead. The Google Health and Google PowerMeter services were launched in 2008 and 2009 respectively with a hope to make a serious impact on healthcare and people’s power usage. But neither saw the level of [...]
Google.com Hits One Billion Visitors Per Month
In a first for any Internet company, Google hit one billion unique visitors in May in the United States, according to the results of a comScore report. According to the comScore Explicit Core Search Share Report for May 2011, Google Sites scored Explicit Core Search Share percent of 65.5%, Yahoo! Sites scored 15.9% and Microsoft [...]
Google Sued by Paypal over Google Wallet Technology
Paypal sues Google claiming that Google stole its technology for turning smartphones into digital wallets. PayPal alleges that Google obtained trade secrets from Osama Bedier, a former PayPal executive who is now Google’s vice president of payments. Google intends to launch Google Wallet in the US in the summer on mobile phones that use its [...]
Facebook and Google to go for a Tie-Up with Skype?
As per a report in reuters, Facebook and Google Inc are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters . Analysts say a tie-up between Facebook and Skype would make more sense than one with Google, which [...]
Logitech Revue Google TV STB Shipments Suspended – Report
DigiTimes reports that, Logitech has temporarily suspended shipments of Revue set-top boxes (STBs) for the period from December 2010 to January 2011. This is anticipation of Google’s complete updates or to launch a new version of its software for Google TV. Logitech Revue is based on Android operating system. Google’s Android 3.0 is expected by [...]
Simple Tech Support Videos for Mom and Dad – TeachParentsTech.org
Google has launched a new website called TeachParentsTech.org for helping people who wants to teach others computer basics. For the purpose, the site hosts more than 50 basic how-to videos for you to send to your mom, dad, roommate, neighbor or anyone else whom you want to learn some PC basics. When you send a [...]
Google Instant for Mobile – Instant Search Now Globally Available
Google Instant is a facility which lets you to make web searches faster by displaying predictions and search results as you type in Google.com. Google Instant for mobile was earlier launched as a Beta version for iPhone and Android devices in U.S. Google Instant for Mobile is now made available in 28 languages and 40 [...]
Google Chrome OS on Netbooks, Tablets & TVs Launching Soon
Google’s Chrome operating system for desktop computers and laptops will also be making its debut in other platforms such as tablets, handheld devices and televisions. Google says the operating system platform will become clearer to users when it launches a lightweight netbook running Chrome OS by the end of this year. Google also owns the [...]
Download Google Chrome Browser 8 – Latest Version
Google has released a new version of its popular browser Chrome. The Chrome Version 8.0.552.215 comes with nearly 800 bug and stability fixes along with a new inline PDF viewer. If you already have any of the stable versions of Chrome installed, it will get automatically updated when you connect to internet. The Sandboxing model [...]
Google’s Book Deal with Hachette Livre
Google had made an agreement with Hachette Livre, France’s biggest book publisher for scanning around a million out-of-print French books. Scanned books will be made available through Google’s online library, the company said. As per the agreement, Hachette will have control over which books Google will scan for electronic form. According to Google officials, the [...]
