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Motorola/Google Deal Gets OK-With a Warning

As expected both the EU and the United States Department of Justice have given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility the go-ahead. At the same time the US approved the purchase of Nortel wireless patents by an Apple-M [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Pak signs pact with Google to promote tourist sites

Lahore: Pakistani authorities and Google have signed an agreement to use Google Maps to promote historical and tourist sites across the country's most populous province of Punjab. The Punjab provincial government and Google Inc yester [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Google in privacy policy changes across its services

More than 60 different policies will be combined into one that will go into effect 1 March, the company said. Google said the new policy will give people more relevant search results and help advertisers find customers. Google has previou [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Google beats Facebook as 2011's most visited site in US

Google has been the most visited site of 2011 in US, with Facebook coming a close second, a new study has revealed. The survey, conducted by Nielsen, suggests that more than 153 million visitors clicked onto Google branded pages each mont [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Google Nexus S Gets Android Ice Cream Sandwich Update

It looks like Google has started rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the Google Nexus S, and the update is now available for the GSM/UMTS version of the Google Nexus S. This is the first device to get the Android [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

BLOCKED: No Google Wallet For Verizon Customers (GOOG, VZW)

Verizon will not ship the Google Wallet app on the Galaxy Nexus, and will block users from downloading it via the Android Market. It shows one of the big flaws in Google's plan for Wallet, which lets users pay for items at participati [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Google to rival Amazon Prime with one-day delivery service

Google is said to be negotiating with major retailers and shipping couriers to create a service that would rival Amazon’s Prime one-day shipping option. The search giant could even offer same-day delivery on certain items, effective [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Google closes Knol, Friend Connect and other services

Google continues to shut down underperforming services, announcing Tuesday that Friend Connect, Knol and a few other services will soon go the way of Google Health and Google Buzz. “We’re in the process of shutting a number [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Google Translate for iPhone updated with new Indic languages

The Google Mobile blog has declared the latest update to Google Translate for iPhone. The Google app has added a total of five new Indian languages to its kitty namely, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. The Translate app fo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Google Street View Hangs Around In Parks

Google has once again added a stack of new Street View images to its amazing voyeur tool, bringing a selection of the world’s most popular city parks to its database. As you can see from the idyllic portrayal of urban life in the im [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Google updates list of government demands for info

The U.S., India and several European countries are where Google gets the most government demands to turn over information about its users and censor online material. The Internet search leader released the snapshot in a Tuesday update on [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Google Music: Share your MP3s via Google+

Google is planning to closely link an upcoming music download store with its Google+ social network, according to a published report. ZDNet Asia sister site CNET reported last week that Google was planning a new social "twist" t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook and eBay downplay Google threat

Silicon Valley star Sean Parker said Facebook would have to blunder in a big way for Google's social network to steal its crown. "Facebook would have to screw up royally and Google would have to do something really smart," P [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Google to close down Google Buzz

Google Friday announced to shut down the highly-controversial social networking product Google Buzz, along with several other services in the coming weeks, Xinhua reported. Google on its official blog, Google announced the death penalty t [...]