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Google Music And Android 3 Debuting This Fall

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If reports and rumours flying around are to be believed, Google might be bringing 2 goodies for consumers in fall this year or before the year ends. Reports out of Israel say that Google will be launching Google Music and Android 3 before winter break this year. Though Google hasn’t officially announced the name for […]

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Never Watch a YouTube Ad Again

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Wall Street Journal reported today that YouTube is about to introduce a skip button to allow users to stop playing an ad embedded in a video and will not charge advertisers for ads that were skipped. This was announced today at a Google press conference by senior product manager Baljeet Singh. YouTube began testing skippable […]

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Android 2.2 Roll Out Begins With Google’s Nexus One

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All Nexus One owners are in for a pleasant surprise today: An over-the-air-update to Android 2.2. The upgraded version, also known as FroYo was revealed last month at Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Showcasing major speed upgrades, WiFi hotspots and tethering functionality, cloud-to-device integrations and Adobe Flash 10.1, it became one of the most […]

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Browser Wars: Chrome Beats Safari In the US Too

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Web analytics company Net Applications had reported in December 2009 that Google Chrome has become the number three browser in the world and its popularity was expected to soar in the future. That future is here already. Latest statistics released from StatCounter show that in just 6 months Chrome has beaten Apple’s Safari in the […]

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All Microsoft Word Attachments Now Open in Google Docs

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The new feature was rolled out yesterday allowing all Microsoft Word documents to be opened and viewed with all features in Google Docs. The “view as HTML” button at the end of a message containing an attachment is now replaced only by “View” which opens all your files using Google Docs; which then offers multiple […]

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Google Chrome Now Has Adobe Flash Player Built In

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Google has delivered on its promise made last year of bringing Adobe Flash Player as a built in component of its Chrome browser, eliminating the need for users to download, install and update it separately. Google released Chrome 5.0.375.86 on Thursday to the Stable channel on Linux, Mac, and Windows, with a fix for a […]

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YouTube’s New Record, 14.6 Billion Videos Viewed in May 2010

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American web metrics company comScore released new statistics today which reveal an astonishing increase in the online video viewing trend around the world. The leader among all video hosting sites is who else but Google owned YouTube which received a record 14.6 Billion hits in the month of May alone, representing 43.1 % of all […]

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Google Voice Now Open to All in the U.S.

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Known as GrandCentral upon its launch in 2006, Google Voice till now was an invite only service. Not any more. Google has announced today that Google Voice is now open to all in the U.S after immense popularity among the one million exclusive users. The service (available only in America) acts as a unified phone […]

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Dell Considering Google Chrome OS for Its Laptops

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Sources at Computerworld.com reported after a detailed browser speed test a few days ago that Google Chrome beat all other browsers on a Dell machine and seems like Dell is paying attention. Google is planning to launch its Chrome OS soon and Reuters are reporting that Dell is currently in negotiations with Google regarding adding […]

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Improved Version of Gmail for the iPad

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Talk about preferential treatment! Google just announced a new and improved version of Gmail for the iPad. This is the second time Google has presented a special Gmail version for an Apple product as it launched one in April 2009 for Apple’s mobile iOS along with the Android. The current version is inspired from users’ […]

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Google Introduces a New Command-Line Tool, GoogleCL

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Google has announced the launch of a new useful command-line tool GoogleCL which aims to make accessing the company’s web services a lot easier and more interactive. The tool works for YouTube, Picasa, Calendars, Docs, Contacts, and Blogger. GoogleCL is developed in Python on top of the gdata-python-client library. It’s an open-source software project that’s […]

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YouTube’s Search for World’s Most Creative Video

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YouTube has teamed up with HP and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in search of what they’re calling “the very best creative video from around the world”. Video artists can submit their entries till July 31, 2010, 12:00 p.m PT, simply by posting them on YouTube and then submitting them at Youtube Play, a platform […]

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Fastest Browser in the World, Chrome or Safari?

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Apple is claiming its new Safari 5 browser is lightening fast after a major performance boots that beats Google Chrome hands down. It also comes with the new Safari Reader (which makes it much easier to read multi-page Web articles), extensions and better HTML 5 support. The Safari reader is getting rave reviews from all […]

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Chrome, Chromium and Frame Get an Update

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Google has released a new and updated version of its Chrome browser, its developer version Chromium and a new plug-in Chrome Frame that allows MS Internet Explorer to access websites using the Chrome rendering engine. What’s interesting is that it’s Apple which is being credited for fixing two of Chrome’s high-risk security flaws. Apple’s Safari […]

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Google’s Custom Background Image, Want to Turn it Off?

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Google has announced the rolling out of its customized background image feature last week and now the search giant has gone international with it. The feature will remain activated for 24 hours to create awareness of its availability with Google collaborating with various artists, sculptors and image developers to bring a slew of images to […]

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Is Social Networking the New Google?

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The web analytics firm Hitwise’s latest survey is enough to send web search giants like Google in to some serious damage control mode. Studies and survey results show that the trend of users preferring social networking sites over search engines is continuously on the rise and after the US, where Facebook’s overall traffic beat that […]

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Now a Google Account Not required to Use Google Docs

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Google seems to be wooing non users to give it a try as now a Gmail account is no longer necessary to use the Google Documents service. A new site docs.google.com/demo was just launched which allows non Google users to try full-fledged versions of its word processor, spreadsheets and drawing tool. The site allows first […]

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iTunes’ Upcoming Competitor, Google Music!

This seems like the next big virtual war all set to happen and tech geeks will be happy to be on either side of the fence. There’s a new logo hosted on the Google domain throwing everyone in the online world into a flurry of excitement as it reads Google Music. The web based competitor […]

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Google.com’s New Feature, Add Personal Background Photos

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Google will begin to roll out its latest feature which allows users to upload their personal photos to their Google home page in the next few days. The feature will be made available in the US first and later to international users. Users can upload photos from their computers, Picasa web albums or a public […]

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