Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Microsoft And Yahoo Close To Search Deal

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Microsoft and Yahoo are close to completing a deal which would set Yahoo's default search engine to Bing.com. In a move aimed at increasing competition against dominant search engine Google, Microsoft would pay Yahoo millions in order to serve search queries on the number two web portal. Microsoft, the world’s largest software ...

Google Chrome O/S Coming Soon

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Google is expected to announce the release of their Google Chrome operating system in the next few days. The company will ready a list which will contain the names of several PC makers who have signed on in order to distribute Chrome-based PCs. Google Chrome OS will come in several ...

YouTube Losing Money

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Recently a lot of talk surface about whether Google should buy Twitter, the fast growing social website. But now some are questioning the wisdom of such a move because the acquisition of YouTube still hasn't proven profitable for Google. In fact, the losses are enormous. But here’s the thing: the site ...

Gmail “Undo Send”

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Google has added a new feature to GMail that should be well liked by users. If you've ever sent an email, you've probably experience an "Oh shit" moment where you wish you would have reviewed it prior to mailing. Now GMail will give you five seconds to think ...

Google Street View Goes Live In UK

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Google Maps has expanded its Street View to the UK. The launch takes place in 25 cities around the United Kingdom. Featured will be 7 cities in England, four cities in Scotland, two cities in Wales and two more cities in Northern Ireland. Street View takes pictures that are ...

Google Voice Could Challenge Skype

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Google is not one to shy away from competition, even when they're late to the market. Google Voice will give users a way to make cheap international phone calls, just like the leading service from Skype. Plus it offers a speech-to-text option. "This could be big. Google is seen ...