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It looks as though Google Maps could be in a spot of bother in China as it has failed to comply with new regulations introduced by China earlier this year which stipulates that all companies providing online mapping must obtain official approval. … [Read more...]
It’s very odd that on a day when we’ve already posted an article wondering if Google TV has already hit problems, along comes news of more developments taking place to put it in a rather more positive light as both Toshiba and Vizio seem set to produce new Google TV goods. … [Read more...]
If you are a biking fanatic and dont have a regular route, then you may be pleased by what Google has just done. The internet leader is preparing to bring out an updated version of their maps with a new street view and bike routes. … [Read more...]
It’s been announced today by Bing, the Microsoft search unit, that parts of its search results will now include integration from Facebook’s social graph. Because the social graph and “like” data from Facebook will now form part of the search this means that the usual algorithms that Bing … [Read more...]
Google's video sharing site YouTube is looking to expand its movie streaming and so is in talks with the soon to be new owners of movie company Miramax. YouTube is looking for the streaming rights to their large catalogue of films. … [Read more...]
It appears that Google in the coming weeks will be releasing their Google branded (not manufactured) Netbooks. The first Notebooks will be built by someone else however you can bet your bottom dollar that they will be trying to find a way to cut the cost and do this internally … [Read more...]
Previously we have brought you where the Google Wave went wrong as well as if it were to be re-incarnated that it could be a competitor to Facebook. Well it looks like it could be on it’s way back after Google previously ended any further development on the project, this time Apache are taking it … [Read more...]
We’ve been hearing various rumors about the Samsung Nexus S (previously known as the Nexus 2), for some time and at one point were not even sure if it was a myth. Then we heard the phone, which will be only the second Google branded handset following the Nexus One, was delayed because of a … [Read more...]
For all those of you with Android smartphones and who enjoy using Android apps, the news came out yesterday that Android Market is to have a new system whereby all apps will have to have a content rating, in much the same way as Apple has with its App Store. … [Read more...]
You will probably already have heard of all the many stories concerning privacy issues on Google’s Street View and we have posted previously about privacy laws being broken and how personal information, including passwords have been collected by Google. In Germany this led to a clampdown by … [Read more...]
You will all be aware by now of Google Doodles that appear on the Google homepage every now and again usually to commemorate an event or to mark an anniversary of something or someone noteworthy. Recent examples have included one for Robert Louis Stevenson and another on the anniversary of the … [Read more...]
There have long been privacy concerns with Facebook, Google and others and this story about information being given to companies about people accessing an NHS website, may well worry a lot of people. It has been disclosed that users of the NHS Choices website are having the ‘conditions’ pages … [Read more...]
With Google’s immanent release of their Cloud Connect we are wondering how it will effect Microsoft Office users, will it make them want to switch? I mean, what is so great about it? Lets have a proper look and then you make your own mind up … [Read more...]
Facebook vs. Google, the saga continues… previously we have brought you news surrounding their user data battle which continues along with Facebook actually failing privacy risk reports. Now we bring you the news that Facebook are going to be asking users to change their homepage to THEIR site … [Read more...]
Latest stats have shown that Facebook accounts for a whopping 25% of all page views in the U.S which makes the social network the site that is visited every one in four times by users. This huge amount of traffic is rapidly growing and Facebook is responsible for 10% of all Internet visits. … [Read more...]
Have you noticed over the past months just as you are about to put your feet up and enjoy a nice video on YouTube it is interrupted by a pesky 30 second advertisement? Well that could be about to change as Big Mouth Media reports that Google may be about to offer you the option to skip the ads. … [Read more...]
Apple TV vs. Google TV the saga continues. Previously we brought you news about Sony launching their Google integrated Tvs with Hulu and Pandora but it looks like Viacom are not really helping Google TV. This could prove to be a thorn in their side as they are trying to make Google TV big. Viacom … [Read more...]
Google has gone for a more unusual type of advertising, this time they have put an ad in the LA Times. So the LA Times Google ad, what did it actually say? Well Google are offering a simple guide to browsers and the web, then at the bottom of the advert have added “Google chrome” … [Read more...]
The big battle between fierce rivals Google and Facebook is set to heat up as the search engine's CFO Patrick Pichette, said that they are planning to target social media as part of its growth strategy. … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook is still enjoying an increase in user numbers, and we have to congratulate CEO Mark Zuckerberg for all of his success. But it seems that even one of the top entrepreneurs can make mistakes as he highlighted in a recent interview. … [Read more...]
I think it is fair to say that when somebody says the word Google, the first thing that pops into your mind will not be glamour and fashion. In fact its most probably the big colourful letters and a computer that you think of first. … [Read more...]
Firstly, if you didn’t know NFC stands for Near Field Communication, this is one of the things that will be coming to the Android platform as communicated by Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the web summit. This is the next generation of phones so how will this effect you … [Read more...]
Previously we reported to you that the Google Voice app was banned from the app store, well guess what… it’s back again! Before it was banned it had seemed like Apple had relaxed its rules a bit for developers to create iOS apps and we wondered just how relaxed these rules would be … [Read more...]
Google have announced their new location based recommendation engine called Google Hot Pot. As we all know, location is becoming more and more popular especially with social media groups such as Facebook and Foursquare users making the most out of the functionality. So what does Hot Pot do? It … [Read more...]
Google’s Eric Schmidt that “There’s a set of things that the iPhone did a brilliant job of doing on a closed system… but that the next real focus is on the application layer. You have to establish volume first, which is what we’ve done…We think Android will be a leading platform, if not … [Read more...]
