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Apple Dumped Google & Skyhook In April

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We told you Apple was delving in to location database when it acquired Poly 9 earlier this month, its second mapping company after it bought Placebase last year. Now, it has just come to light that Apple had actually dumped Google and Skyhook in April this year in favour of its own location database. This […]

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Google Maps 4.4 Update Brings The New ‘Places’ App

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Google Maps is one of the most useful services from the company and it’s also one of the fastest updated ones. It has received six updates in six months and has just launched the next one for Android 1.6: Places. As the name suggests, it’s a new application that allows users to search and find […]

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Google Chrome To Be Updated Every Six Weeks

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It might sound a bit crazy but this is hardly surprising on Google’s part. Google has always promoted its browser for its lightening speed more than anything else. Now arguably the fastest browser in the world will also be the fastest in delivering updates. Apparently, engineers at the company are developing new features so fast […]

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Android 3.0 Releasing In October 2010

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Google’s next update to its Android OS, Android 3.0 or ‘Gingerbread’ as it’s called, is reported to be coming in the fall this year. The news was disclosed through a Russian podcast by Eldar Murtazin and has the fans buzzing. The leaked details suggest that Gingerbread will be essentially a separate branch of the Android […]

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Google Acquires ‘Metaweb’ To Further Improve Web Search

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When it comes to search engines, no one can come close, let alone beat, Google. The name is now synonymous with web searching and ‘Googling’ has become an accepted term to use in place of searching. Google, though, is not sitting content on its laurels but continues to look for ways to push the boundaries […]

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‘Open Spot’ By Google Helps You Find And Share Parking

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Open Spot is a brand new Android app aiming to help users overcome their parking woes. The app allows you to update a map when leaving a parking spot for others who may be in the same area frantically driving around looking for a free spot. This gives the controls in users’ hands who can […]

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Apple, Microsoft, Google, HTC, LG & Motorola, All Sued by NTP

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NTP Inc. is a small company which hit the headlines first in 2006 when it won a law suit worth of $ 612 million against BlackBerry manufacturers RIM, filed over claims of infringement of wireless email patents. RIM was even rumoured to be shutting down because of the debacle but it paid the amount and […]

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Facebook Fever Killing Orkut In India

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India and Brazil are the biggest Orkut using countries in a Facebook and Twitter crazy world but things are changing very fast in India in favour of Facebook. Data from ComScore reveals that Facebook attracted 18 million unique visitors from India in the month of May, compared to Orkut’s 19.7 million. In the past year […]

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Mobile YouTube Gets a Major Update

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YouTube’s mobile website, m.youtube.com , has just received an update revealing a new and improved user interface and support for better quality video for mobile devices. This is being called a major downer for iPhone’s YouTube app which may become irrelevant in the update’s aftermath. Google made the announcement on its YouTube blog calling it […]

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Android Shows Highest Growth Rate In The Smartphone Market

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ComScore’s latest statistics regarding smartphone market share have revealed a major shift towards Android based phones in the March to May quarter. The company released the numbers today and it’s safe to say there’s a party going on at the Google headquarters right now. Though RIM and Apple remain the top 2 companies respectively in […]

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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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‘Google Me’ The New Facebook Competitor?

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Talking about social media must be a sore, if not taboo, topic over at the Google headquarters. The world leaders in a number of online services have still to create a decent presence in the field which is fast becoming internet users’ biggest playground. Social media has changed the way we communicate, promote, earn and […]

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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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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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